Loading Standard Midi Files - Akai S3000XL User Manual

The soft key functions are:
NOTE: Although you may select another song for playback, when the current song
reaches the end, it will stop - it will not then play the next SMF.

LOADING STANDARD MIDI FILES

In the MIDI SONG PLAY screen, pressing F2 -
The S3000XL will read the floppy disk and list the song files that it contains.
NOTE: As the title of this page implies, files must be on a DOS format floppy disk. SMF's
on floppy disks other that DOS format cannot be read. If the disk is not an MS DOS
formatted disk, you will see the message:
This will occur if the disk in the floppy is a sound library disk.
The fields on this screen are:
NOTE: If the memory is full with sound data, there may not be enough room to load an
SMF. Be sure to leave a bit of memory free for song files.
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This will take you to the SMF load page (see below).
You may delete the selected song file from memory using this key.
This will play the selected song at the tempo specified in the
or from the bar selected in the
plays, so you will see its progress in the
It will not surprise you to know that pressing this key will stop playback of
the song!
This indicates the percentage of memory free for loading song files. 100%
indicates approximately 300kB free for this purpose.
Although not specifically named, underneath the
list of song files available on the currently selected floppy disk. Use the
UP/DOWN cursor keys to select the one(s) you want to load.
This shows the floppy disk label (if any).
This indicates the number of files on the disk. In this case, 12 is shown
indicating that there are files 'off screen' which may be loaded.
field. As the song
fields.
- will display this screen:
field, you will see a
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