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Song operating mode
Save Song page
SAVE SONG PAGE
The new or edited Song is contained in RAM, and is
lostwhenturningtheinstrumentoff.TheSongisalso
lostwhenyouoverwriteitinBackingSequenceRecord
mode,or when switchingtotheSongPlay mode.You
mustsavetoacardanySongyouwishtopreserve.The
Songissa
vedasaStanda
rdMIDIFile(SMF).
Note:WhensavingaSongasaSM
F,anemptymeasurein
automatically inserted to the beginning of the Song. This
measurecontainsvariousSonginitializationparameters.
1. Ifyouareinaneditpage,pressEXITtogobackto
theMainpage.
2. Sele
ct the Save Song button. The Save Song page
appears.
3. Moveth
efolderwhereyouwi
shtosaveyourSong
tothefirstlineofthedisplay,usingtheE–F(Scroll
Up) and G–H (Scroll Down) VOLUME/VALUE
buttons,ortheTEMPO/VALUEcontrols.PressF‐3
(OPEN) to open it. Close the current folder by
pressingF‐4(CLOSE).
4. Wheninthesel
ectedfolder,
youcansavetheSong
over an existing midifile (a file with a “.MID”
extension),orcreateanewmidifile.
•Tooverwriteanexistingmidifile,move
ittothe
firstlineofthedisplay.
•Tocreateanewmidifile,move
the
“NEW_NAME.MID”itemtothefirstlineofthe
display.
5. When the “NEW _NAME.MID” item is sel
ected,
pressoneoftheAVOLUME/VALUEbuttons.You
arepromptedtoassignanametothenewfile:
MovethecursorusingtheDOWN/‐andUP/+but‐
tons. Select a character using the DIAL. Insert a
character at the cur
sor position by pressing the
INSERT button. Delete a character at the cursor
positionbypressingtheDELETEbutton.
6. When you have finished wr
iting a name for the
new midifile, press F‐2 (SAVE) to confirm. The
“A r e you sure?” message will appear. Press
ENTERtoconfirm,orEXITtoabort.
Play/Mute status saved with the Song
When saving a Song, the Play/Mute status is saved
with the Song. This status is preserved when playing
backthesameSonginSongPlaymode.
Master Transpose saved with the Song
When saving a Song, the Master Transpose value is
savedwith the Song. Since this value is saved as Sys‐
temExclusive data,itispreservedwhen playingba
ck
theSonginSongPlaymode.
Hint:SincetheMasterTransposeisaglobalparameter, load‐
in
gaSongwithanon‐standardtranspositionmayre
sultin
unwantedtransposingwhenloadingotherSongsthatdonot
containtheirowntranspositiondata.TotransposeaSongit
is advisable to use the Edit‐Transpose function; you can
accessthisfunctionby pressingtheMENUbuttonandone
of the E VO
LUME/VALUE buttons (see “Page 18‐Edit:
Tr
anspose”onpage100).
You mayalsolocktheMaste
rTransposeforvarioustracks,to
avoidunwant
edtransposition.See“Page2‐MasterTrans‐
pose”onpag
e126oftheGlobalchapter.
As a general ru
le, you should use the
Master Transpose
(TRANSPOSEbuttonsonthecontrolpanel)whenyouneed
totransposetheRealtimetrackstogetherwiththeSong.You
should use the Edit‐Transpose function (Song Edit mode)
whenonlytheSonghastobetransposed.
Note: The Master Transpose value is always shown in the
upperrightcornerofth
edisplay:
REALTIME RECORD PROCEDURE
Here is the general procedure to follow for the Real‐
timeRecording.
1. PressSONGtoentertheSongmode.
2. Press RECORD to enter the Song Record
mode.
You are now in the Main page of the Song
Record mode
, and you can prepare your record‐
ing.(F
ormoredetail
s,see“SongRecordpage”on
page92).
3. Be sure one of the Overdub or Overwriterec
ord‐
ing options is selected (see “Rec (Record mode)”
onpage92).
4. Set
the tempo. There are two ways of changing
tempo:
•Keep the SH
IFT button pressed, and use the
TEMPO/VALUE
controlstochangethetempo.
•Move the cursor to the “Sel.Tempo” parameter,
and use the TEMPO/VA
LUE controls to change
tempo.
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