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Roland Fantom Xa Features Manual page 5

Working with standard midi files
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The Fantom-Xa can load and play SMFs stored in either memory area, so
choose whichever one you want to use.
The Fantom-Xa displays "USB Access" and then "Connected"
when communication is established. The Fantom-Xa's
user or card memory appears on the computer in a new
window or on the desktop as a removable storage device.
User memory appears as "FANX USER. " Card memory
appears as "FANX CARD. "
5. Open FANX USER or FANX CARD on your computer.
SMFs must be placed in specific folders in user and card
memory.
6. Double-click the ROLAND folder, then the SEQ folder, and
finally, the SNG folder.
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You may see .svq files—Fantom-Xa song files—in the opened SNG
folder.
7. Drag the SMF into the SNG folder. Your computer will copy
the file into the Fantom-Xa's user or card memory.
8. When you're done, eject the Fantom-Xa's memory area
from your computer as you would any removable device.
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Ending USB Communication and Disconnecting
1. Once you've ejected the Fantom-Xa's memory area from
your computer as described above, press EXIT on the
Fantom-Xa to leave the USB Select screen.
2. Power off the Fantom-Xa, and disconnect its USB cable.
Loading and Playing an SMF
You can load and play an imported SMF just as you would any
other Fantom-Xa song. Before you do that, though, you'll have
to select the GM2 performance so the SMF plays the intended
sounds.
Selecting the GM2 Performance
1. Press
LAYER/SPLIT
PERFORMANCE LAYER screen.
2. Press 3, and then press INC once to select the PRST
performance bank.
3. Press 4, and then turn the VALUE dial to select PRST : 64
GM2 Template.
to
display
the
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