SQ-80 — Musician's Manual
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> ALL (SEQ) —Allows you to save the entire Sequencer Memory (all Songs and Sequences)
to Disk. Each time you save ALL SEQ the data takes up one of the ten available
Sequencer/Sys-Ex Blocks on the disk.
− > BANK — Saves the 40 Programs in the Internal Memory to disk. Each disk has room for
forty (40) such banks. Note that Program Banks can only be saved to disk from the Internal
Memory — they cannot be saved directly from a Cartridge. If you have a Bank of Cartridge
Programs which you want to save to disk, transfer the bank to the Internal memory first (see
p.154) and then save them to disk.
PROGRAM — Will save the Current Program to disk. 128 individual Programs can be saved
on each disk.
To Save One Sequence to disk:
− > Insert a formatted 3.5" Double-Sided Double-Density disk into the Disk Drive
− > Make sure the Sequence you want to save is selected (underlined on the Display).
− > Press the
Storage button to go to the Storage Page.
− > Press
DISK. The Disk Storage menu appears.
− > Press
SAVE. The SQ-80 then gives you two options: 1) SAVE NEW FILE or 2) UPDATE
OLD FILE. (Updating Files is covered later in this section.)
− > Press
SAVE NEW FILE. The disk drive light goes on briefly and the Display says "READING
DIRECTORY FROM DISK." Then the Disk Save Menu appears as shown above.
− > Press
ONE. The Display shows the following:
− > Choose a Name of up to ten
letters for the data. The default
name is shown as ten dots, with a
Cursor (underline) beneath the
first character. Use the Data
Entry Slider and the Up and
Down Arrow buttons to selec
a letter or number for the first
character of the name.
Then press RIGHT to move the Cursor to the next character, and select a letter or number there.
Continue this, pressing LEFT and RIGHT to move the Cursor, and using the the Data Entry Slider
and :he Up and Down Arrow buttons to change the character until the Display shows the name
you want.
The data will be saved to the lowest-numbered empty Sequencer/Sys-Ex Block on the disk. The
lower-left portion of the Display (FILE=
—
) shows you which of the ten Sequencer/Sys-Ex
Blocks the data will occupy on the disk.
− > Press
*YES*. The Display reads "ACCESSING DISK DRIVE..." while the data is being
saved. When it is done you are returned to the
Storage Page.
Or Press
*NO* to cancel the procedure for any reason.
To Save the Entire Sequencer Memory to disk:
-> Insert a formatted 3.5" Double-Sided Double-Density disk into the Disk Drive -
> Press the
Storage button to go to the Storage Page.
− > Press
DISK. The Disk Storage menu appears.
-> Press
SAVE. The SQ-80 then gives you two options 1) SAVE NEW FILE or 2) UPDATE OLD
FILE. (Updating Files is covered later in this section.)
-> Press
SAVE NEW FILE. The disk drive light goes on briefly and the Display says "READING
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