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Chapter 7 Loading a Variety of Data

Playing Back Loaded

Sampler Libraries

Patches and Performances loaded from CD-ROMs are recorded in the USER Group.

After selecting a Patch or Performance in the USER Group, you can then play the sounds.

1.Press [USER], getting the indicator to light.

2.Press [PATCH] or [PERFORM] to make its indicator light.

3.Turn the VALUE dial, or press [INC]/[DEC] to select the Patch or Performance you want to play.

You can play the sounds using a connected MIDI keyboard or other such device.

*You can also press the VOLUME knob to listen to the sound. When a Performance is selected, this plays the Patch phrase of the currently selected part.

Loading Data Saved on a Zip Disk

Files containing the collected Patch, Performance, Rhythm Set, System, and Favorites List settings (.SVD), as well as the wave data (.WAV/.AIF) that use them, are saved to Zip Disks. (p. 200)

These files are loaded to the internal memory (All wave data in the Sample folder is also loaded to the SIMM.).

*A disk that can be used by Windows 98/95/3.1 or MS-DOS can be used as is.

*A Mac OS format disk cannot be used.

1.Turn on the power to the Zip disk drive and the XV-5080.

2.Insert the disk containing the data you want to load.

3.Press [DISK].

The Disk Menu page will appear.

4.Press [F1 (Load)].

The Load page will appear.

5.Press [F1 (Drive)].

The Drive window will appear.

The SCSI ID and Volume Label of the connected SCSI device appears in the window.

6.Turn the VALUE dial to select the SCSI ID for the drive you want to load.

7.Press [F6 (OK)].

The contents of the disk drive appear.

*Items enclosed by <> indicate folders. Folders cannot be loaded.

8.Turn the VALUE dial or press [ ] or [ ] to select the folder containing the file to be loaded.

9.Press [ ], and the files (.SVD) available for loading will be displayed.

* Press [ ] to move up one level in the hierarchy.

10.Move the cursor to the file to be loaded (.SVD) and press [F6 (Select)].

11.Press [F6 (Load)].

All of the XV-5080’s settings in effect at the time the particular file was saved are loaded.

* All data in the User Area is overwritten.

Individually Loading Patches, Performances, or Rhythm Sets

You can load data for Patches, Performances, or Rhythm Sets separately.

Use the following procedure.

1.Move the cursor to the file (.SVD) that appears in Step 9

in the preceding operation and press [ ].

The Patch, Performance, and Rhythm Set folders are displayed.

2.Move the cursor to the type of tone you want to load and

press [ ].

The files that can be loaded are displayed.

3.Turn the VALUE dial or press [ ] or [ ] to select the file to be loaded, then press [F5 (Mark)] to place a “✔”

marker.

*If you want to place a marker on all files, press [F4 (Mk ALL)]. Press this once more to remove all markers.

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