Roland Piano Positions for Storing a Song, Overview of the Fantom, Internal Memory, Disk

Overview of the Fantom

Positions for Storing a Song

Load	Sequencer Section
	Save
	Internal Memory
	Sound Generator Section
	User Memory
	Disk
	Song file
	Standard MIDI file
	Chain file
	Data file

Internal Memory

The sequencer has an area called internal memory that can temporarily store one song. So we call this temporary song Internal Song.

To play back a song saved to a disk with the Fantom, it doesn’t have to be loaded into internal memory. Only when you’re going to record a song or edit a song saved to disk, do you have to load it into internal memory. Since only one song can be worked on during recording or editing, all the internal memory has to do is store one song (about 120,000 notes).

The song in internal memory is volatile and will be lost when the power is turned off. To keep a song, you must save it to disk.

Disk

When keeping a recorded or edited song in internal memory, save it to disk as a song file. Up to 99 songs can be saved to a single disk. A disk can contain five file types. The three-letter symbol shown in parentheses ( ) is a file name extension that distinguishes the different file types.

Song File (.SVQ)

This file is a song created on the Fantom. It is called an MRC Pro song. Other MRC Pro songs include those created on the XP-60/80.

Standard MIDI File (.MID)

Standard MIDI File is a standard file format that allows sequencer data to be exchanged between most musical applications. Fantom files can be saved as Standard MIDI Files. This also allows you to play back commercially available music data (GM scores) that is compatible with the GM/GM2 system.

Chain File (.SVC)

Chain Play is a function that successively plays back songs stored on the disk, in the specified order.

Data File (.SVD)

This file contains Sound Generator and System settings.

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