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Saving a chain to disk
The chain you’ve created will be lost if you turn the power off.
If you wish to keep the chain, save it to disk as a chain file.
<Procedure>
❶ Insert a disk into the disk drive.
❷ Make sure that the Play display (CHAIN) is up.
❸ Press [F5] (Save) to call up the Save display (CHAIN/
Save).
❹ Move the cursor to the character input location and
input characters to assign a file name.
When assigning the file name using the Name window,
press [F1] (Name).
To view the list of chain files saved on disk, press [F5] (List).
To select a chain file from the list, move the cursor to the
desired chain file and press [F6] (Select) or [ENTER].
❺ Press [F6] (Execute) to save the chain.
The file name extension “.SVC” attaches automatically.
✳ If you try to save a file with a pre-existing name, a win-
dow asks “File Name duplicate. Overwrite?” To
rewrite the file, press [F5] (OK). To cancel saving, press
[F6] (Cancel).
✳ When you try to save data to a disk which has not been
formatted for the XP-80, a window asks “Unformatted
disk. Format?” When formatting the disk, press [F5]
(OK). If you decide not to format the disk, press [F6]
(Cancel).
❻ Press [EXIT] to return to the Play display (CHAIN).
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Chain play
If you create a chain containing the songs for your stage
setup, you can play back songs in the appropriate order sim-
ply by pressing [STOP/PLAY]. Songs will be quick played
without any gaps between them.
<Procedure>
❶ Insert a disk containing the chain file into the disk
drive.
❷ Make sure that the Play display (CHAIN) is up.
❸ Move the cursor to the chain file number and select a
chain.
If you select a chain, the file number and file name will be
boxed.
❹ Press [ENTER] to finalize the chain file.
The chain file will be loaded into the XP-80 from the disk.
✳ To view the list of chain files saved on disk, press [F6]
(List). To select a chain file from the list, move the cur-
sor to the desired chain file and press [F6] (Select) or
[ENTER].
✳ Pressing [STOP/PLAY] instead of [ENTER] will imme-
diately load the chain file and start chain play.
❺ Move the cursor to “Loop Mode” and specify how the
chain is to play back.
ONEWAY: The chain will play back once.
REPEAT: The chain will play back repeatedly.
✳ Loop Mode parameter settings will be saved as part of
a chain file when it is saved to disk.
✳ Loop Mode parameter settings can also be modified
during chain play.
❻ Press [STOP/PLAY] to start chain play.
If the Play mode for the step 01 has been set to WAIT, song
playback will not start until you press [STOP/PLAY] again.
If LOAD has been selected, the data file will be loaded
immediately.
✳ If you wish to start chain play during song play, press
[FWD] or [BWD] to move to a new step and press
[STOP/PLAY].
✳ To advance to the next step during chain play, press
[FWD]. To return to the beginning of the current step,
press [BWD].
❼ To stop chain play, press [STOP/PLAY].
If the Loop Mode parameter has been set to ONEWAY,
chain play will stop automatically when chain playback
reaches the end of the chain. If REPEAT has been selected,
press [STOP/PLAY] to stop chain play.
✳ Starting/stopping chain play with a Start or Stop mes-
sage from an external MIDI device is not possible.
During chain play, Continue, Song Position Pointer,
Song Select, and MIDI Clock will also not be received.
✳ If a single chain contains songs or data files from two
or more disks, the file number which is not found in
the currently inserted disk will be indicated with “**.”
If the file of the current step is not contained in the cur-
rently inserted disk, the display upper right will show
“ERROR” and chain play will stop temporarily. If this
is the case, insert the new disk and press [STOP/
PLAY] to restart chain play.
Chapter 7. Playing songs in sequence (Chain Play)
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