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STANDARD MIDI FILE - MIDI SONG FILE PLAY
The S3000XL is able to load Standard MIDI Files (SMF's) into its memory and play them
as standard MIDI sequence files. Of course, you cannot edit these sequence files but this
function allows you to use the S3000XL as a sequence data filer so that, if you are
playing live and require backing tracks or whatever, you can do so without the
inconvenience of taking your sequencer with you. These functions are made available
using the
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Up to 50 MIDI files to be loaded simultaneously (a total of 300kB of data)
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Support of SMF files up to 999 bars per song (to a total of 300kB).
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Compatible with SMF formats 0 and 1.
NOTE: Please refer to the S3000XL's MIDI implementation chart to see what functions
are available when working with SMFs on MS-DOS format floppy disks (i.e. note on/off,
control change, etc..).
Pressing
The parameters are as follows:
NOTE: Normally, these parameters are left unchanged.
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key. The SMF function allows:
gives something like this screen:
This shows the name of the currently selected song. When
you have some songs loaded in the sampler, use the
DATA wheel to select them. If no songs are loaded, this
field will be blank.
This selects the bar the song will start at. You may use the
DATA wheel to set a range of 1-999.
This sets the bar the song will end at. Selection is made
using the DATA wheel
This selects whether the tempo is set as per the MIDI file
loaded (i.e. FILE - as specified in the song data file) or will
be set to MANUAL. When set to MANUAL, the tempo of
the song is set in the
below.
Here, you may set the tempo of the song manually (please
note that the
for any tempo changes to take place).
When the
counting up elapsed bars and beats and the TEMPO field
shows the song's tempo settings as set in the
field should be set to MANUAL
key is pressed, BAR and BEAT start
or
fields.
S3000XL Operator's Manual
field described
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