KR103 Digital Intelligent Piano

Disk functions

15.Disk functions

The KR103’s Disk functions allow you to save the Recorder song in the USR memory to disk, to delete song files on a floppy disk, and to format disks. Though you can use 2DD or 2HD floppies, 2HD disks have twice the capacity of 2DD disks, so use 2HDs whenever you can.

Whenever the disk drive writes data to or reads data

from disk, the disk icon ( ) flashes in the display.

Do not remove the floppy disk while this icon is

displayed as that may damage both the disk drive and the disk (so that it becomes unreadable).

Saving a song to disk

This function allows you to save the song in the USR memory to a floppy disk. A song saved to disk becomes a Standard MIDI File that can be played back using any SMF-compatible sequencer or workstation.

(1)Insert a disk into the drive.

Every floppy contains a square tab that allows you to “close” a little window. With the tab in that position, you can save data to the disk. Do not forget to write- enable the disk by closing this little window prior to inserting the floppy disk.

(2)Press the [Disk] button.

(7)Now use the [+][–]and [√][®] buttons to name your song file.

Skip this step if you want to update an existing song. Be sure to enter an original name if you do not want to overwrite an existing SMF.

[√][®] allow you to move the cursor to the character position you want to change. [+][–]allow you to select a character for the position indicated by the cursor. The available characters are:

_! # $ % & ’ - @ ^ ‘ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

A B C D E F G H I J K L M

N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

(8)Press the [Enter] button to save your song. (Press [Exit] if you don’t want to save it after all.)

Note: The file name of the song you are saving will be

“KR103_01.MID” (or any other number up to “_99”). The name you entered above is the internal name – not the file name.

(9)Press the [Exit] button to leave this function.

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Piano

Tone

Brass

Drum/Sfx

Disk

■Possible error messages

 

 

Organ Bass

Strings

 

 

 

Guitar

 

Sax

Others

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Melody

OverWrt?

The name you assigned to the data already

 

 

Piano

Arranger

Split

 

Layer

Intelligence

 

exists on the floppy disk you inserted. If you

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exit

Enter

One Touch Program

 

Lower

 

 

 

press [Enter] to continue, the file on disk will

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

be overwritten (and the corresponding data

(3) Use the [√][®] buttons to select the following

 

will be erased). Either insert another floppy

 

disk, or press [Exit] and enter another name

parameter:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

for the data you want to save.

 

SAVE SMF =120

Ent

No Disk

You forgot to insert a floppy disk into the

 

 

drive.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Impssble

The remaining disk capacity does not allow

(4) Press the [Enter] button.

 

 

 

 

 

to save your data to this disk.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Protect

You forgot to switch off the disk’s Write

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

protection. Press the EJECT button of the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

disk drive, remove the floppy and close the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

tab, insert the disk again and press [Enter].

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NoFormat The floppy disk is either not formatted or

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exit

Enter

 

uses a format the KR103 doesn’t recognize.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Press [Enter] to format it now (careful: this

The display now shows the number and name of the

 

will erase all data on disk).

first song on floppy disk (if available).

 

Disk Err

The disk is probably damaged and cannot be

 

WhyDon't =120

 

 

used.

 

Ent

No Data

The USR area contains no song data, which

is why the Save command is not available.

(5)Use the [+][–]buttons to select the number that should contain your new song.

Be careful not to select a number that contains a song you want to keep.

(6)Press the [Enter] button.

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