Part V

Disk Drive

SMF LOAD

Load data which was saved in the “Standard MIDI File” (SMF) format.

1.On the LOAD (PAGE 1/3) display, press the

SMF button.

• The display looks similar to the following.

For disks which contain SMF files only, this display appears automatically when LOAD is selected on the DISK MENU display.

2.Use the buttons below the display to select the

filename you wish to load.

If the number of files is 10 or more, you can use the PREV and NEXT buttons to go back or advance 10 files at a time.

If you press the TECH button, the display changes to the LOAD display for Technics format.

You can use the INFORMATION button to switch the dis- played data.

5.Press the LOAD button.

The LOAD operation begins.

When the operation has been successfully completed, “COMPLETED!” is shown on the display.

If you press the START/STOP button, playback of the loaded data begins.

During the LOAD operation, data that cannot be pro- cessed by this instrument is ignored.

COMPOSER LOAD

Load COMPOSER data only from a disk.

1.In the RHYTHM GROUP section, press and hold the LOAD (MEMORY) button for a few seconds.

RHYTHM GROUP

 

 

FUNK &

 

 

 

BALLROOM

METRONOME POP

ROCK

SOUL

DISCO

POP BALLAD

BALLAD

& SHOW

 

 

 

WALTZ

JAZZ &

LATIN &

 

8 BEAT

16 BEAT

USA

& TRAD

SWING

WORLD

MEMORY

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOAD

• The display looks similar to the following.

Disk Drive

DISK: Disk name

SONG: Song name

3.Use the TO SONG button to select the num- ber to load to (this instrument’s SEQUENCER

song number).

Songs to load are specified one at a time.

The song name to load to is shown below the TO SONG button.

4.Use the LOAD AS button to specify the load method.

Select from the following. GM/GM2 → GM2:

Activate the GM2 initialized settings, and

load GM/GM2 data. NX → NX:

Active the NX SOUND settings, and load

NX data. GM/GM2 → NX:

Activate the NX SOUND initialized settings,

and load GM/GM2 data. PREV. TEC → NX:

Activate the NX SOUND initialized settings, and load SMF data that was saved in the TECHNICS mode on a previous model. (The volume balance and octave settings may differ from the saved settings.)

If you select the setting which is different from that in which the song was stored, the sounds, octaves, and arrangement of percussion instrument sounds, etc. will be different.

2.Select the name of the file you wish to load.

3.Press the LOAD button.

Data is loaded to this instrument’s COMPOSER memory (MEMORY).

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Technics SX-PR54/M operating instructions SMF Load, Composer Load