Technics sx-PR804/M, sx-PR604/M operating instructions Save Option, SMF Format, Sequencer Song Save

Part VI Disk Drive

<SAVE OPTION>

Specify the kind of data you wish to save to the disk. To maximize effective use of disk memory or to minimize the save time, select only the type of data you wish to save.

1.Use the PAGE buttons to access the 2/3 SAVE

OPTION display.

•The display looks similar to the following.

2.Use the buttons below the display to specify

the types of data you wish to save (YES/NO).

•For PANEL MEMORY, select from NO/1 BANK/ALL.

If you save data with 1 BANK selected, only BANK 1 data is saved.

•Press the PERFORM button to select all the performance data, or press the BACKUP button to select all the back up data at once.

•If the ALL OFF button is pressed, all the settings change to NO.

3.Press the SAVE button.

•The SAVE operation begins.

SMF FORMAT 0

This instrument’s SEQUENCER data can be saved in the “Standard MIDI File” format (FORMAT 0) for use on other instruments.

•What you can save in the SMF format (FORMAT 0) is ordinary performance data, such as note data. Data such as chord and rhythm data, COMPOSER data, etc. is not saved. If you wish to also save this special Technics data, save the data in the Technics File format.

•If you use the APC TO SMF CONVERT function of the SEQUENCER, you can convert the patterns of the auto- matic accompaniment, etc. in their respective tracks.

1.Use the buttons below the display to select

the song number you wish to save to.

•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.

2.If you wish to assign a name to the file, press the NAME button.

Disk Drive

<SEQUENCER SONG SAVE>

You can specify a single song in the SEQUENCER to save to the disk.

1.Use the PAGE buttons to access the 3/3

SEQUENCER SONG SAVE display.

•The display looks similar to the following.

2.Use the buttons below the display to select the song number you wish to save.

3.Press the SAVE button.

•The SAVE operation begins.

If there is no point assignment in the SEQUENCER song you are trying to save even though your original images have been loaded, when the SAVE button is pressed, a display appears asking whether or not the image data is to be saved.

3.Use the buttons below the display to assign a name.

4.Press the OK button.

•The display returns to the SAVE display.

5.Use the FROM SONG buttons to select the

SEQUENCER song number you wish to save.

•The song name to save from is shown below the FROM SONG button.

6.Use the PANEL HEADER buttons to specify ON or OFF.

ON: The sound and volume settings for each part are saved as data at the beginning of the file.

OFF: This data is not saved.

7.Use the 1 MEASURE SPACE buttons to select ON or OFF.

ON: A one-measure space is added to the beginning of the file.

OFF: No space is added.

•When there is various data other than performance data stored at the beginning of a file, the start of playback may be delayed. This can be avoided by set the 1 MEASURE SPACE to ON, thereby inserting a space at the beginning of the performance.

•If it seems the data you saved with the 1 MEASURE SPACE set to OFF is not played back properly, try saving it again with it set to ON.

•When set to ON, a space is added each time a file is saved. Therefore, if you have already saved a file once with the 1 MEASURE SPACE set to ON, please set it to OFF each time the file is subsequently saved.

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