Yamaha AW 16G 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Song management

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Copying or deleting a song

Here’s how to copy or delete a song in the hard disk.

Note

•You cannot copy or delete a song while the AW16G is

running.

•A deleted song will be lost forever. Use great caution

when deleting a song.

•You cannot delete a song for which protect is on, or

delete the current song (the highlighted song). If you

want to delete such a song, you must ﬁrst turn off the

protect setting or switch the current song.

1In the Work Navigate section, press the

[SONG] key

The SONG screen will appear.

2Repeatedly press the [SONG] key or hold

down the [SONG] key and use the CURSOR

[ ]/[ ] keys to access the LIST page.

This page contains the following items.

1DELETE button

Displays a popup window that allows you to delete

a song.

BCOPY button

Displays a popup window that allows you to copy a

song.

3Turn the [DATA/JOG] dial to select the song

that you want to copy or delete.

The line that is enclosed by a dotted frame indicates

the selected song.

■To copy a song

4Move the cursor to the COPY button and

press the [ENTER] key.

A popup window will ask you to conﬁrm the copy

operation.

Tip!

If you have selected the current song as the song to be

copied, a popup window will ask you whether you want

to save the current song. Move the cursor to either the

YES button (if you want to save) or the NO button (if you

don’t want to save), and then press the [ENTER] key.

5To execute the copy, move the cursor to the

OK button and press the [ENTER] key.

The song you selected in step 3 will be copied, and

you will return to step 2. If you move the cursor to

the CANCEL button and press the [ENTER] key, the

copy operation will be cancelled.

Note

When you copy a song, the hard disk will contain two

songs with the identical song name and size. To avoid

confusion, we recommend that you rename the song

after copying it.

■To delete a song

6Following step 3, move the cursor to the

DELETE button and press the [ENTER] key.

A popup window will ask you to conﬁrm the delete

operation.

7To delete the song, move the cursor to the

OK button and press the [ENTER] key.

The song you selected in step 3 will be deleted, and

you will return to step 2. If you move the cursor to

the CANCEL button and press the [ENTER] key, the

delete operation will be cancelled.

Note

If you have selected the current song as the song to be

deleted, a popup window will warn you that it is not pos-

sible to delete the current song.