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Welcome back! This is the fifth part of our deep dive into the excellent Yamaha Smart Pianist app. If you haven’t already seen parts 1 to 4, I highly recommend giving them a watch first:
This time, we’re getting into one of the most powerful and creative aspects of the app: recording. And not just basic recording, but multi-track recording with full mixing, quantising, and effects control.
Whether you’re using a Yamaha CSP-295 (like I am in this demo), or a Clavinova, CVP, or even a P-series model, the Smart Pianist app gives you a really intuitive way to record your playing.
You’ll start by choosing between MIDI and Audio recording:
For this walkthrough, we’re sticking with MIDI.
To begin, it’s as simple as:
Once you’ve finished playing, hit stop and save your track. You can find it under User Songs, and even preview it before saving.
Now comes the fun bit: building your own recording layer by layer, just like a mini studio.
We start by recording a simple drum backing from one of the app’s accompaniment styles — I went with a Pop & Rock Ballad. You don’t need to play anything for this part; the backing style gets recorded directly onto tracks 9 and 10.
From there, you can:
It really does feel like you’re building a full arrangement, right from your piano bench.
None of us play perfectly in time every time — and that’s where quantising comes in. This tool nudges your playing to the nearest beat, cleaning up any small timing slips and making the whole recording sound tighter and more professional.
You can apply quantise to individual tracks (e.g. piano, bass) and set how strongly it adjusts the timing.
Once you’ve built up your track, you can head into the Mixer to fine-tune:
Just like a real studio setup, except all within the app.
A little trick I learned the hard way: if you want to save your panning and mix settings, you must use the Song Edit > Setup option and press save. Otherwise, those tweaks might disappear the next time you open the song.
This part of the app really lights up your creative side. Once you get the hang of layering and editing, you’ll find yourself experimenting with all sorts of sounds. It’s not just about recording a performance — it’s about composing, building, and producing your own music.
I hope this walkthrough has inspired you to give multi-track recording a go. It’s one of the features that really sets Yamaha digital pianos apart, especially the CSP and CVP ranges.
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