What are Registration Memories, and how are they used?
The Registration Memory Buttons are where you can store set-ups you have put together for a particular piece you want to play. You then have instant access to what you did for that piece without having to set it all up again.
On my Yamaha AR 80 organ I have 12 Registration Memory Buttons, placed right across the organ between the Upper and Lower Manuals (the AR 100 has 16 Registration Memory Buttons). On the Tyros 5 there are 8 buttons, situated to the right (the 'Blue' buttons); and on the Genos there are 10, in the centre just above the keys and below the screen.
So how do you actually 'save' a set-up to a Registration Memory? On the AR you have to 'Press and hold' the RED M button whilst you press the Registration Memory button where you want it stored. The videos below show you how to save registrations on a Tyros or a Genos.
Then once you have put some registrations into the memory buttons it would be a good idea to SAVE what you have done .. or you will lose them next time those Registration Memory buttons are used. The AR has nowhere to save things like this in the organ, so one has to 'save' the registrations externally to a floppy disk (yes, we still use floppy disks!). On the Tyros (and the Genos) there is hard disk for saving files like this, so you can give your registrations a File Name and store it in the instrument itself.
Now, although it is not necessary to 'clear' any existing registrations you may have in those 'blue buttons', as any new registrations stored will 'over-ride' the old, I do like the idea of starting with a blank slate. Otherwise, if you don't use all 8/10 registrations (or however many you have) you will end up with a mishmash of registrations, as the ones you don't replace will remain there and won't have any relevance to what you are doing.
These first two videos explain how to 'clear' any existing registrations, and how to give the resultant file an appropriate file name like BLANK. In another video I watched they named it 0 BLANK, the zero making sure it would appear at the top of the list so you wouldn't have to go hunting in the Bs if you wanted to use it.
Tyros 5 - 61 note Keyboard
How to 'clear' existing registrations in the Registration Memory Buttons.
Tyros 5 - 76 note Keyboard
How to 'clear' existing registrations in the Registration Memory Buttons, and how to set up a 'short cut' file to do the job for you.
This third video shows how to store a 'registration' on a Tyros.
Hugh