Song Copy - Yamaha PortaTone PSR-540 Owner's Manual

Disk Operations

Song Copy

This operation allows you to make backup copies of your important Song data. Prima-
rily, this will come in handy when you are recording and editing song data. For
example, if you are quantizing the track of a song (page 86) — which makes perma-
nent changes to the track — making a backup copy of the song allows you to restore
the original song data in case you're not satisfied with the results of the quantization.
Having a dedicated backup disk for every song you work on is a good idea. In this
way, you can save a new copy of the song each time you make an important edit to it.
Copying song data from one floppy disk to another
Prepare a backup disk by formatting it. One file can be copied at a time. As shown in
the illustration below, first copy the desired file on the disk to internal memory, then
copy it to the destination disk.
If the quantity of data is large, it may be necessary for the data to be copied in parts.
1
Insert the disk to be copied (source disk) into the disk drive.
2
Press the [UTILITY] button.
3
Select "SongCopy".
Use the data dial, the [+/YES] button or the [-/NO] button.
4
Press the [NEXT] button to display the Copy Type selection
screen.
5
Select "Another".
Use the data dial, the [+/YES] button or the [-/NO] button.
6
Press the [NEXT] button to display the Song selection
screen.
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PSR-540
Internal Memory
copy copy
Source Destination
Menu=SongCopy
CopyTyp=Another
• When the destination disk's
write-protect tab is set to ON
(page 58) or the disk is a
purposely "copy-protected"
disk, an alert message
appears indicating that the
Song Copy function is not
possible.