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Recording and Saving the Performance
Selecting the tone compatibility format (when saving to disks)
8. Touch <KR> or <MT>.
Some Tones are unique to the KR105. Data that is recorded using these tones may
not play back correctly on other Roland Digital Pianos or Music Players. When you
want to save data so that it can be played back on another devices, save the data with
“MT” set as the Tone compatibility format.
<Note>
When data saved with “MT” as the Tone compatibility format is played back on this
instrument, some of the nuances that were part of the performance at the time the
data was recorded may be altered.
Even with data saved with “MT” as the Tone compatibility format, an exact
reproduction of the original performance may be unobtainable when using GS
devices other than Roland Pianos and Music Players.
Save
9. Touch <Save> or <As SMF> to start saving.
The resulting file format will be different depending on whether <Save> or <As
SMF> is chosen, as described below.
The time required for saving ranges from several seconds to half a minute or more.
Don’t take the floppy disk out of the disk drive until the saving process is finished.
Touch <Exit> to return to the Song File screen.
Display Explanation
KR The song is saved as data capable of reproducing performances with richness
of expression using the KR105’s special Tones.
MT
Data is saved in a form that can also be played on the Roland Digital Pianos or
Music Players other than the KR105.
You can listen to songs saved in this format on the Roland HP-G/R series and
KR series keyboards as well as on Roland MT series devices.
Display Explanation
Save
Saves the song in KR105 format. You can listen to songs saved in this
format on the Roland HP-G/R series and KR series keyboards as well as
on Roland MT series devices. This format is called “i-format”.
Save As SMF
Saves the song as an SMF (Standard MIDI Files). Songs saved in this SMF
format can be listened to on many instruments that can play SMF music
files (p. 168).
A song recorded using commercial music files can’t be saved in “Save As
SMF” format for reasons of copyright protection.
NOTE
You can only save songs in one
format on a single floppy disk.
NOTE
Never turn off the power
while the saving operation is
in progress. Doing so will
damage the KR105’s internal
memory, making it unusable.
NOTE
Depending on the playback
instrument, some notes may
drop out or sound different.
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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