Roland Piano owner manual Saving a Recorded Song on Disk, 135, File Name and Song Name

Saving a Recorded Song on Disk

A song you record is temporarily stored in internal memory. A song in internal memory will be lost when the power is turned off or when you load another song. If you want to keep the song, you must save it to disk.

1.Into the disk drive, insert the disk on which you will save the song.

2.Press [MENU] to access the Menu window.

3.Use or to select “Song Edit,” and then press [8 (Select)].

The Song Edit screen appears.

4.Press [2 (Save)].

The Select Command window appears.

5.Use or to select the format in which the song will be saved.

Save Song File: The song will be saved to disk in MRC Pro song format. The settings of the currently selected multitimbre/ performance will also be saved with the data. An extension of “.SVQ” will be added automatically.

Save SMF (Format 0): The song will be converted into a Format 0 Standard MIDI File (in which all sequencer data is saved in a single phrase track), and saved to disk. An extension of “.MID” will be added automatically.

Save SMF (Format 1): The song will be converted into a Format 1 Standard MIDI File (in which the sequencer data is saved in multiple phrase tracks), and saved to disk. An extension of “.MID” will be added automatically.

•The extension will be “.MID” for both “Save SMF (Format 0)” and “Save SMF (Format 1).” These two cannot be distinguished.

•When you save the data using “Save Song File,” the settings of the patches and rhythm sets assigned to each part of the multitimbre/performance will not be saved.

•When you save the data using “Save Song File,” the multitimbre/performance settings at the time you saved the data will be saved. This means that if the multitimbre/performance was modified midway through the song, and you save immediately after recording, the song will start with the multitimbre/performance sounds that were selected at the time of saving. If you modify the multitimbre/performance during the song, use the Microscope window to record the desired bank select and program number data (corresponding to the multitimbre/performance settings from which you will start) at the beginning of the song (p. 156).

Recording Songs

•Even if you save using “Save Song File,” the song will not use the correct sounds when played back on a MRC Pro sequencer other than the Fantom. In order to make the song play back with the correct songs, you must record the appropriate bank select and program number in the song.

6.After specifying the format in which the song will be saved, press [8 (Select)].

The Save **** window appears.

The window title will depend on the format in which the song is being saved.

7. Assign a file name (up to 8 characters). Press [5 (Name)],

and use the Name window that appears to assign a file name.

For details on assigning a name, refer to “Assigning a Name” (p. 30).

		Songs
If a song name has already been assigned to the song, the first
eight characters of the song name will be used to automatically		Recording
assign a file name. If no song name has been assigned,
“SONG_000” will be assigned automatically.
If you want to view a list of the files stored on disk, press [6
(List)]. To select a file name from this list, move the cursor to the
desired file and press [8 (Select)].
File Name and Song Name
MRC Pro songs and Standard MIDI Files have a song name in
addition to a file name. The file name is used to distinguish
between files, and must be assigned when you save a file. It will
help you manage songs if you use the file name to distinguish
between types of song, and use the song name to assign a title.
	Use the Song Name window to assign a song name (p. 137).

8.Press [8 (Execute)] to execute the operation.

•If you assign a file name that is the same as the name of a file already existing on the disk, then attempt to save it, a message of “File “****” Already Exists! Over Write OK?” will appear. If you want to overwrite the existing file, press [7 (OK)]. If you decide to cancel without saving, press [8 (Cancel)].

•If you attempt to save data to a disk that has not been formatted by the Fantom, a message of “Unformatted Disk” will appear. Please format the disk on the Fantom (p. 191).

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