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Chapter 4 Recording and Saving the Performance

7. After you’ve entered the name of the song, touch to

choose a song number.

When you select a song number that is already being used for another song,

the name of the song appears in the save destination column. If you then

proceed to save the new material to that song, the song previously saved in

that destination is erased, and the new song is saved in its place. If you don’t

want to erase a previously saved song, choose a number where no song

name appears in the destination column.

8. Touch Compatibility <KF> or <GS>.

The KF-90 feature specially created tones, exclusive to the KF-90, which

provide richer, more realistic musical expression on these instruments.

However, song data recorded using these tones may not be reproduced

correctly when played back on other instruments. If you want to save your

data so that it can be played back on other GS (p. 183) devices, save the data

with Compatibility “GS” enabled.

Indication	Description
KF	Saves the data using sounds exclusive to the KF-90, for
	rich, expressive performances.
GS	Saves the data in a form that allows you to enjoy play-
	back on other GS devices.

9. Touch <Save> or <As SMF> to start saving.

There is a difference described below between <Save> and <As SMF> in

format for saving.

Indication	Description
	Saves the song in KF-90 format. You can listen to songs
Save	saved in this format on the Roland HP-G series and KR
	series keyboards as well as on Roland MT series devices.
	This format is called “i-format”.
As SMF	Saves the song as a SMF (Standard MIDI File). Songs
	saved in this SMF format can be listened to on many
	instruments that can play SMF music files (p. 183).

Saving may take from several second, to several dozen seconds.

When the saving process is finished, the Song Disk Menu screen appears.

Touch <Exit> to go back to the previous screen.

If the Compatibility function is “GS” when you save the data, the performance may differ slightly from the original recording when played back on the KF-90.

NOTE

You can only save songs in one format on a single floppy disk. And a song recorded using commercial music files can’t be saved in “Save As SMF” format for reasons of copyright protection.

NOTE

Don’t take the floppy disk out of the disk drive until the saving process is finished.

It’s a good idea to get into the habit of moving the write-protect tab on the floppy disk to the “Protect” position when you’ve finished saving your data. Keeping the tab at “Protect” prevents operations that could erase your songs by mistake.

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