Part Vi Disk Drive; Outline Of The Disk Drive Function - Technics sx-PR604/M Operating Instructions Manual

Part VI Disk Drive

Outline of the Disk Drive function

The Disk Drive enables you to store recorded and stored data from this instrument's memories on disks, as well as play commercial
recorded disks on this instrument.
Internal memory and Floppy Disk
Drive
The storable internal memory of this instrument as well as
the backup time are limited. However, the Disk Drive maxi-
mizes your control of data management by allowing you to
store (SAVE) this instrument's data on disks, and then to
recall (LOAD) it at any time.
Disk Drive
The following data can be saved/loaded:
PERFORMANCE
CURRENT PANEL (The current panel settings)
PANEL MEMORY*
SEQUENCER
COMPOSER* (MEMORY contents)
SOUND MEMORY*
EFFECT MEMORY*
PADS (USER memories of the PIANO PERFORMANCE
PADS) (PR804)
BACKUP
MIDI (USER memory of the MIDI PRESETS)
FAVORITES
• When creating or saving song data, it is recommended that
you use the performance data in the PERFORMANCE
group.
• Instead of using MIDI & FAVORITES as frequently loaded
and saved data, it is recommended that you save it with
other data as this instrument's backup data.
• A
mark indicates that data can be loaded to and from a
*
specific memory (SINGLE LOAD).
• The SEQUENCER contents can be saved in one-song in-
crements (SEQUENCER SONG SAVE).
• Please use 2HD disks to load/save BACKUP data.
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SAVE
LOAD
Disk
Main parts of the Floppy Disk Drive
Disk slot
Eject button
⇒ Press to remove the disk from the Disk Drive.
• You can use 3.5 inch 2DD (720 KB) or 2HD (1.44 MB)
disks; however, 2HD disks formatted as 2DD cannot be
used.
Using commercial song disks
Not only disks recorded on this instrument, but also data from
commercial song disks can be read on this instrument.
• This instrument accepts the following file formats:
TECHNICS File format
Standard MIDI File format
Loading Technics File format disks
Using Technics file format disks allows you load new SOUND
EDIT, rhythm & accompaniments, PANEL MEMORY, PADS
and Song data into your instrument to expand its potential
even further.
About Standard MIDI Files
"Standard MIDI File" (SMF) is a standardized data format
which makes it possible for music data to be exchanged
among different sequencers. Data stored in this format on
sequencers of different models can be played back on this
instrument, and vice versa. Note, however, that Standard
MIDI Files ensure the compatibility of data such as NOTE
data (keyboard performance data), VELOCITY (how hard the
keyboard is played), PROGRAM NUMBER data (voice num-
ber data), etc. Because it does not guarantee 100% faithful
reproduction of recorded music which is replete with such
data, it may be necessary for you to adjust the settings to
your satisfaction.
• Only files with the ".MID" extension can be loaded.
• Standard MIDI File FORMAT 1 can be loaded, but not
saved.
• This instrument's SEQUENCER data can be saved to a
disk in Standard MIDI File (FORMAT 0) and can be used
by other equipment.
Eject button