305Chapter 7. DISK MODE
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2. Style
• Style files contain all the data included in a style of Pattern
mode.
• Style files contain the following data.
Patterns 8 (sections)
User Phrases 99 (user phrases)
• Pattern data also contains the Play Effect, Pattern Voice,
and Pattern Effect settings in addition to the musical data.
3. Song
• Song files handle all data included in one song of Song mode
as a single file.
• Song files include the following data.
Musical data recorded in the song
Pattern track, Chord track, and Tempo track data
Play Effect, Out Channel settings
Voice mode settings
Effect mode settings
4. Song ESEQ
• ESEQ is a sequencer format developed by Yamaha that is
used on many Yamaha products including digital musical
instruments such as the QY300 and QS300, Clavinovas and
piano players. ESEQ-compatible models can exchange se-
quence data via floppy disk. (If you plan to exchange data
with another Yamaha product, we suggest that you use 2DD
disks to ensure disk drive compatibility.)
• Song ESEQ handles as a single file only the musical data of
TR1 – TR16 and the tempo track from one song in Song
mode.
• Play Effect, Out Channel, Voice mode and Effect mode set-
tings are not included in an ESEQ file.
• Disks which are commercially available for use on the
Clavinova or piano players are protected for reasons of copy-
right, and cannot be loaded into the QY700.
5. Song SMF
• SMF (Standard MIDI File) is defined as a suggested format
for MIDI musical data, and is a sequencer data format used
by many musical instrument manufacturers and computer
software companies. Devices that are Standard MIDI File
compatible can exchange sequence data via floppy disk, etc.
• Song SMF handles one Song mode file as a single file.
• Play Effect, Out Channel, Voice mode and Effect mode set-
tings are not included in an SMF file.
• The QY700 can use the following two types of Standard
MIDI Files.
Format 0
This format combines data of two or more MIDI channels
into a single track. This format can handle the musical data
of QY700 Tr1 – Tr16 and the tempo track.
If a song in which music is recorded on Tr1 – Tr32 is saved
as format 0, all of the data in Tr17 – Tr32 will be mixed to
Tr1 – Tr16 when it is saved. If your song uses tracks 17 and
later, use the following format 1 to save it.
Format 1
This format allows an unlimited number of tracks, and each
track can contain data of multiple MIDI channels. This for-
mat can handle the musical data of all QY700 sequence
tracks (Tr1 – Tr32) plus the tempo track.
Format 1 was defined as an extension of format 0. This
means that some SMF-compatible devices are able to han-
dle only format 0, and cannot handle format 1. If compat-
ibility is a concern, songs created with 16 or fewer tracks
should be saved in format 0.
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