Sending Bulk data (back) to the FR-7/FR-5
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• Entire Sets that overwrite the contents of all internal
Set memories. If you don’t want to lose the settings
that currently reside in the FR-7/FR-5’s internal
memories, archive them first using the procedure
described on page 74.
• One Set: in this case, you can choose where to save
the received Set data.
• Icon data: you can transmit them from your com-
puter to icon memories 24~40 of the FR-7/FR-5 and
assign them to your Sets using “7.9 Icon” on p. 58.
Icons need to be transmitted one by one.
(1) Connect the FBC-7’s MIDI IN socket to the
sequencer’s/computer’s MIDI OUT socket.
See page 65 for a connection diagram. Obviously,
you also need to connect the FR-7/FR-5 to the FBC-7.
Note: Your computer needs to be equipped with (or con-
nected to) an appropriate MIDI interface.
(2) If you are working with a computer, launch the
sequencer program.
(3) Load the song that contains the data you want to
transmit.
Icon data can be transmitted to the FR-7/FR-5 using
a MIDI SysEx utility.
(4) On your sequencer, perform all necessary actions
to ensure that it transmits SysEx data.
See its manual for details.
Note: If you are about to transmit a group of 40 Sets (“ALL”)
to the FR-7/FR-5, ask yourself whether you have archived the
Set data that currently reside in the internal memories or
whether it is OK to overwrite them. Be aware that by proceed-
ing with an “ALL DATA” file, you replace all internal settings.
(5) Start playback of the data file or song on your
sequencer, etc.
The display now responds with:
Note: When transmitting an “ALL DATA” file to the FR-7/FR-5,
wait until the “WRITE COMPLETE” message appears before
stopping playback on your sequencer. Failure to do so will ren-
der your FR-7/FR-5 inoperable. If that happens, you need to
initialize it (see “Restoring the factory defaults” on p. 77).
(6) Stop playback of your sequencer.
If you transmitted one Set or an icon to the FR-7/
FR-5, the display now responds with:
This message means that the corresponding data
currently reside in the FR-7/FR-5’s temporary mem-
ory but that you need to save them if the FR-7/FR-5
should remember them. While a Set received in this
way can be used until you select another (internal)
Set, a received icon only becomes available after you
have saved it in one of the internal memories.
If you think you’ll need the Set at a later stage, be
sure to save it. If you only need it temporarily, you
can select “NO”. The FR-7/FR-5 will then use the
sound (and MIDI) settings received from the com-
puter, but they will be “forgotten” when you switch
the FR-7/FR-5 off or select another Set.
“YES” is selected by default. If you want to save your
changes, proceed as described below. (If you don’t,
turn the [DATA÷ENTER] knob to select “NO”, then
press the [DATA÷ENTER] knob.)
To save the icon or Set data:
(7) Press the [DATA÷ENTER] knob. The display now
responds with:
(8) Rotate the [DATA÷ENTER] knob to select the target
memory for the received icon (24~40) or Set (1~
40).
Be aware that the data in the memory you select
here will be overwritten.
(9) Press the [WRITE] button to save your changes. The
display briefly shows a confirmation:
(10)Press the [EXIT÷JUMP] button to return to the Main
page.
In some cases, the display may show the following
message. It means that the SysEx data were incom-
plete or that the checksum was missing or wrong.
Press [EXIT÷JUMP] to return to the Main page, reduce
the speed at which the data are transmitted by your
sequencer, and try again. If that does not help, check
the data file you are transmitting.
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