Saving a pattern

If you want to keep a pattern that you edited or created, you must perform the

Write/Rename operation explained below. When you perform the Write/Rename

operation, the “Copying data within a pattern” operation will be performed

automatically depending on the length of the pattern.

If you decide not to save a pattern you create

Simply switch patterns without performing the Write/Rename operation.

Saving by overwriting an existing pattern

1. Press the WRITE/RENAME key.

The parameter display will indicate “WriteTo,” and the value display will indicate “(the save-destination pattern number).” At this time you can press the SHIFT key to change the display from “(the save- destination pattern number)” to the corresponding “(six characters of the pattern name).”

To overwrite onto a different pattern

Use the dial to change the pattern number to the desired save-desti- nation. Be sure to select a pattern number that does not contain important data you want to keep.

2.Press the WRITE/RENAME key to begin saving. The WRITE/RE- NAME key will light while the data is being saved, and will go dark when the operation is completed. If you decide to cancel, press the STOP/CANCEL key. When the data has been saved, the save-desti- nation pattern number will be selected.

Be aware that when you write a pattern in this way, the pattern data in the save-destination will be overwritten.

You will not be able to write if the Global mode Memory Protect setting (☞p.75 “Protecting the data in memory”) is on. In this case, turn off the Global mode Memory Protect setting before you write.When shipped from the factory, memory protect is turned on.

Never turn off the power while data is being written into memory (i.e., while the Write/Rename key is lit). Doing so may destroy the data.

Saving a pattern under a different name

1.Hold down the shift key and press the WRITE/RENAME key. (The key will blink.) The parameter display will indicate “Rename,” and the value display will show “(six characters of the pattern name)”.

2.Assign the name for the pattern that you want to save.

Copying a pattern

You can use the Write operation to copy a pattern to a different pattern number than the currently selected program.

Use the [ ]/[ ] cursor keys to move the cursor to left or right in the parameter display, and turn the dial to edit the parameter name. You can assign a name of up to eight characters to the pattern. When you have finished assigning the name, press the WRITE/RENAME key.

3. Select the save-destination pattern number.

The parameter display will indicate “WriteTo,” and the value dis-

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play will indicate “(save-destination pattern number).”

4. Press the WRITE/RENAME key to begin saving the data. The

WRITE/RENAME key will light while the data is being saved, and

will go dark when saving is complete.If you decide to cancel, press

the STOP/CANCEL key.When saving is complete, the save-desti-

nation pattern number will be selected.

If you saved while playing back, the playing pattern will not change. If you had initiated the saving process while a pattern was playing back, and you then canceled the save operation, playback will not stop when you press the STOP/CANCEL key. Playback will stop if

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you press the STOP/CANCEL key once again after canceling.

 

STOP/CANCEL

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