Yamaha qx21 Owner's Manual page 23

Cassette Savel
Verify
/Load
(Job
D-4)
This job incorporates
the cassette save,
verify
and
load functions
which
permit
you
to save your
QX21
compositions on
standard
cassette tape
and
load
them whenever
they
are
needed. To
use
the cassette
interface,
make
sure that the cassette cable
is
properly connected
to
the QX21's
CASSETTE
DIN
connector and
the cassette
recorder's
earphone and microphone connectors
(see
page
4).
To
perform any
cassette operation,
it
is first
necessary
to
call
the
CASSETTE TAPE
job. Call
job
D-4
by
holding the
RESET
button and
pressing the
JOB/STEP
SIZE
B/D
selector
4
times.
The LED
display
will
read
\[P\
indicating that the
CASSETTE
TAPE
job
is
active.
Any
of
the three
available cassette functions—
LOAD, VERIFY
and
SAVE—
are
then
activated by
pressing the corresponding
button:
RECORD/LOAD, STOP/CONTINUE/VERIFY
or
START/SAVE.
The
three functions
will
be covered
separately below.
SAVE
This function saves the contents
of the
QX21 memory
to cassette tape.
First call
the
CASSETTE TAPE
job,
start
the cassette recorder
running
in
the record mode,
then press the
SAVE
button.
The
LED
display
will
read
\^}
indicating that the
SAVE
operation
is
being performed. The
QX21
will
beep once
for
each
data block (256
bytes)
which
is
saved.
When
the data has been saved
the
QX21
will
automatically
revert to job A-1.
VERIFY
This function reads the data on
the cassette tape and compares
it
to the data
in
the
QX21 memory,
"verifying" that the preceding
SAVE
operation
was
accomplished
with
no
data
errors.
The
VERIFY
function should always be used
to
ensure
the
integrity of your saved
data.
First,
rewind
the cassette tape
to
the
beginning
of
the
file
to
be
verified (the
file
you
just
saved).
Call the
CASSETTE TAPE
job, start
the cassette recorder running
in
the play
mode,
then
press the
VERIFY
button.
The LED
display
will
read
[<7]
while
the
QX21
is
searching
for
the beginning
of
the
file,
to indicate that
it
is
reading the
file,
and
finally either \3h\
if
the data
is
OK,
or
\^Z\ if
the cassette data does
not
match
the
QX21 memory
data.
The
QX21
will
beep once
for
each
data block (256
bytes)
which
is
received.
If
an
error
is
encountered,
try
saving the
memory
contents
again.
LOAD
This function
lets
you
load a previously
SAVEd
file
back
into
the
QX21 memory
from
a cassette tape.
First,
rewind
the cassette tape
to
the beginning
of the
file
to
be
loaded,
call
the
CASSETTE TAPE
job,
and
press the
LOAD
button.
The LED
display
will
read
\TJ
while
the
QX21
is
searching
for
the beginning
of
the
file,
\i~\
to indicte that
it
is
loading the
file,
and
when
the
file
has been
loaded
the
QX21
will
show
gt].
The QX21
will
beep once
for
each
data block (256
bytes)
which
is
received.
NOTE:.
1
if
a
data
error
is
encountered
during
Verify or Load, the
QX21
will
sound
alternate high
and low
beeps.
2.
Yamaha
QX7
Digital
Sequence
Recorder
cassette tape data
is
fully
com-
patible
with the QX21, and may
be loaded and used with
the
QX21
as
described above.
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