Chapter 3 Basic operation (as a replacement for a tape MTR)
Before you finish operations
■Saving the performance to disk
(Song Store)
Song data that you recorded or edited will be lost if you simply turn the power off. You must be sure to use the Shutdown procedure before turning the power off, so that the data will be saved onto the disk drive. When you switch songs or change the current drive, a message will ask you to confirm whether the song should be saved.
If you wish to save the currently selected song data to a disk drive separately from these operations, use the following procedure.
*It is not possible to recover lost song data. When handling important song data, or when using the
1.Hold down [SHIFT] and press [STORE (ZERO)].
2.A message will ask “STORE OK?” If you wish to store the song data, press [YES]. When the song has been stored, you will return to the previous condition.
■Preventing accidental erasure of
your performance (Song Protect)
Even if you have stored your performance to disk, it is still possible that the performance can be lost by being acciden- tally recorded over or deleted. To prevent such accidents, you can protect the performance from accidental erasure (Song Protect).
Protecting a performance
1.Press [SONG] several times until “SNG Song Name/Prtct?” appears.
2.Press [YES].
The name of the song (Song Name) will appear.
3.Press PARAMETER[ 
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The display will indicate ÒSNG ChangePrtct➝OnÓ.
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4.Press [YES].
You can press [NO] to cancel Song Protect.
5.The display will indicate "STORE Current?" If you wish to store the current song and then protect it, press [YES].
If you do not wish to store the current song, but prefer to protect the song in the condition in which it was when Song Store was last executed, press [NO].
6.The song will be protected.
The display will indicate "SNG Complete" and you will return to Play condition.
Removing protection from a perfor- mance
1.Press [SONG] several times until “SNG Song Name/Prtct?” appears.
2.Press [YES].
The name of the song (Song Name) will appear.
3.Press PARAMETER[ 
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The display will indicate ÒSNG ChangePrtct➝Off?Ó.
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4.Press [YES].
You can press [NO] to cancel the removal of Protect (i.e., it will remain protected).
5.Protect will be turned off for the song.
The display will indicate ÒSNG CompleteÓ and you will return to Play condition.
< Song Protect >
This function corresponds to the write protect switch of a floppy disk or
¥Track Edit
¥Locate Point
¥Mark Point
¥Scene
¥Auto Mix
However if you attempt to save the results, the display will indicate ÒErr SONG Protected.Ó
*When turn the Song Protect ON, the display in the CONDITION field will be indicate ÒPly.Ó
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