Chapter 7 Use with a Zip Drive
Saving Performance Data to a Zip Drive (Song Copy)
You can save song data created on the
Furthermore, since Zip disks are easy to handle and manage, you can use them when sharing song data with friends or when you have a
*Incorrectly conducting the Song Copy procedure may result in loss of data. Roland Corporation assumes no lia- bility concerning such loss of data. Furthermore, Roland does not warrant any copied data, regardless of the perfor- mance or condition of the Zip Drive.
Backing Up Song Data with a CD-R Drive or DAT Recorder
You can use a
There are two ways to carry out the Song Copy proce- dure. Select the method depend on the amount of free space on the destination disk (100 MB for Zip disks). The size of the current song is shown in the display. To see the size of the current song, hold down [SHIFT] and press [SONG] (p. 164).
Playable:
Use this method to copy songs that use relatively little data onto disks with sufficient memory to hold them. If the destination drive or disk already has saved song data on it, then you can copy additional songs that will fit within the remaining free space.
Song
Archives:
Use this method to copy songs that are too large to be saved on a single disk. The song data is converted into a data format specifically for saving (archives format), and is copied onto multiple disks according to the free space on the disks. This means that it will not be possi- ble to directly play back the song data. If you wish to play back song data copied in archive format, you will need to reload the archive data into the current drive using the appropriate procedure. Furthermore, song data cannot be copied onto disks that already have songs recorded on them.
Song
Data 1 | Data 2 | Data 3 |
About Optimize
When operations such as
When you find that you cannot save something to a single disk, then try the “Song Optimize” proce- dure (p. 156). This way, you can reduce the mem- ory required to save a song, enabling you to save to a single disk.
