Playing Songs; Playing Your - Roland JV-50 Owner's Manual

Playing Your
Own
Song Data
You can
play song
data that
was
created on other computers
or
sequencers,
if it
is
in
the standard
MIDI
file
format. Standard
MIDI
file is
a
type of data format created so
that
song data
can be compatible with
various
different
devices. This data format
can be
used
for
devices of manufacturers from
all
over the world.
•
For
Standard MIDI
files
created
on IBM-PC and
Atari computers:
Save
the
Standard
MIDI
file
to
a
disk
which
has
been
formatted
for the JV-50
(•
P.66).
The
JV-50
may
not be able
to
play
disks formatted
by your
device.
Change
the
file
extension
to
".MID"
if
the extension
is
not so named.
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For Standard
MIDI
files
created
on
a
Macintosh computer:
Save
the Standard
MIDI
file
to a disk
which
has
been
formatted
for
the JV-50
(•• P.66).
The
JV-50
may
not
be able
to
play
disks
formatted
by
your
device.
For a Macintosh equipped with
an Apple Super
Drive, use the "Apple
File
Exchange"
software to
save
data
to disk,
converting Standard
MIDI
files
to
MS-DOS
data.
A
disk drive
such
as a
"DaynaFile"
is
necessary
for
a
Macintosh which
is
not
equipped
with
a
Super Drive
(SE/ll/Plus).
Change
the
file
extension
to
".MID"
if
the
extension
is
not so
named.
*
Song data
may
not
be played back
correctly
depending on
the
device
(or
software)
that
was
used
for
con-
verting to
Standard
MIDI
file
format.
' The
IV-
50 numbers
song data recorded
on
a disk
using the order of the following
characters,
numbers and
marks
(the
order of
the
ASCII
characters).
If
you
number
the play order
at
the
beginning of the song before
hand when
playing
song
data
which has been recorded with another sequencer,
you can have
it
corre-
spond
with
the indicated
song number.
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