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This

section

describes

the

basic

operational

procedures

of

the

FD-1.

Playing

Back

a

Standard

MIDI

File

(SMF)

SMF

(Standard

MIDI

format)

is

a

standard

file

format

that

makes

MIDI

data

compatible

with

different

sequencers

and

musical.

There

are

actually

four

different

SMF

formats,

iden-

tified

by

the

numbers

0,

1,

2,

and

3.

The

FD-!

support

SMF

Format

0,

which

is

the

one

most

compatible

with

the

greatest

number

of

sequencers

and

available

software.

Most

commer-

cially

available

MID]

file

data

is

SMF

Format

0.

SMF

compatibility

also

means

you

can

play

computer-creat-

ed

data

without

converting

it.

To

play

back

an

SMF

Press

the

FD-1

POWER

button

to

turn

on

power.

Load

the

diskette

that

contains

the

SMF

into

the

FD-1.

Press

one

of

the

SONG

SELECT

buttons.

¢

The

currently

selected

file

name

appears

on

the

dis-

play.

Press

the

PLAY

button

to

start

playback.

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Notes

are

Indicated

on

the

graphic

keyboard

as

they

play.

See

page

E-18

for

details.

To

stop

playback,

press

the

STOP

button.

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ENOTES!

The

above

operation

plays

all

of

the

Standard

MIDI

Files

on

the

diskette.

See

"Playback

Mode”

on

page

E-20

for

informa-

tion

about

how

to

play

a

specilic

file.

The

top

of

the

FD-1

becomes

warm

during

operation.

This

is

normal

and

does

not

indicate

malfunction.

Some

commercially

available

SMF

data

may

not

playback

prop-

erly

on

the

FO-1.

Playing

a

Specific

File

*.

Use

the

SONG

SELECT

buttons

to

display

the

name

of

the

file

you

want

to

play.

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(8

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Press

the

PLAY

button

to

start

playback.

3.

To

stop

playback,

press

the

STOP

button.

Adjusting

the

Playback

Tempo

Use

the

TEMPO/VALUE

buttons

to

adjust

the

tempo.

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*

Pressing

both

of

the

TEMPO/VALUE

buttons

at

the

same

time

returns

the

tempo

value

to

its

initia)

default

for

the

file

that

is

playing.

»

Whenever

a

new

file

starts

to

play,

the

tempo

setting

automat-

ically

changes

to

the

initial

default

vatue

for

the

new

file.

«

You

can

also

change

the

tempo

setling

when

playing

back

a

(ile

with

the

Lesson

Function.

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