Exporting A Pattern As Smf; Saving A Pattern; (Export) - Roland FANTOM Series Reference Manual

Exporting a Pattern as SMF

Here's how a pattern of the currently selected scene can be
converted into SMF data and exported to a USB flash drive .
1.
In the PTN UTILITY screen, select [E6] EXPORT.
The SEQ EXPORT screen appears .
2.
In the upper left of the screen, touch <EXPORT
SOURCE> and select "PATTERN" as the source.
In addition to exporting an individual pattern, you can also
export by group or by song (p . 97) (p . 100) .
3.
In the upper left of the screen, touch
<INCLUDE PARAMETER> and select the
parameters that will be included in the
exported data.
Parameter Explanation
Tempo Include the pattern's tempo data in the export .
Level
Include the pattern's level data in the export .
Pan Include the pattern's pan (stereo position) data in the export .
4.
After you select the necessary items in
INCLUDE PARAMETER, press the [EXIT] button.
You return to the SEQ EXPORT screen .
5.
In the Export Tracks field, select the tracks that
will be exported. Touch <MUTE TRACK> or
<SOLO TRACK>.
The MUTE SELECT screen or the SOLO SELECT screen appears .
6.
Select tracks in the same way as when "Muting a
Track" (p. 83) or "Soloing a Track" (p. 83).
Patterns of the tracks that are not muted (or are soloed) are
exported . If multiple variations exist in the applicable track, all
variations are exported .
7.
Select the necessary tracks, and press the
[EXIT] button.
You return to the SEQ EXPORT screen .
8.
Select [E3] RENAME.

(EXPORT)

The RENAME screen appears .
9.
Enter a file name as described in the
procedure for the RENAME screen (p. 13).
When you execute EXPORT, individual consecutively-numbered
SMF files are created starting with the file name that you enter .
Example: If you assign "MyPTN" as the file name, SMF files with
the following names are created .
MyPTN_01-A .MID
MyPTN_01-B .MID
MyPTN_02-A .MID
* If you proceed without assigning a name, the scene number is
automatically used as the file name.
10.
Select [E6] OK.
You return to the SEQ EXPORT screen .
11.
Select [E4] DESTINATION.
The EXPORT DESTINATION screen appears .
12.
Select the export-destination folder.
The selected folder is highlighted . You can use the following
operations to select the folder .
Operation
Touching a file name in
the screen
[E1] knob
[H] button [I] button
[ENTER] button
[J] button
[K] button
[EXIT] button
13.
Select [E6] OK.
You return to the SEQ EXPORT screen .
14.
Select [E6] EXECUTE.
First, a folder of the same name as the file name you entered is
created in the folder specified by EXPORT DESTINATION, next
a folder named according to the EXPORT SOURCE ("PTN, " "GRP, "
"SNG") is created inside the first folder, and then the SMF files are
created inside the next folder .
* If the export destination already contains files of the same name, a
confirmation screen asks whether you want to overwrite them.
15.
Press the [EXIT] button to return to the PTN
UTILITY screen.

Saving a Pattern

Pattern data that you create is saved together in the current
scene . If you want to keep a pattern that you create, save the
scene (p . 44) .
Recording a Pattern
SMF of track 1 pattern A
SMF of track 1 pattern B
SMF of track 2 pattern A
Explanation
Directly selects the folder that you touched .
Scroll up/down to select a folder .
Expands the contents of a folder . Press once again
to hide the expanded contents .
Expands the contents of a folder .
Hides the expanded contents .
Returns to the previous screen .
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