Yamaha SY99 Owner's Manual page 281

UTILITY MODE
Save to disk (type 7): This operation allows you to
save the entire contents of a data card inserted
in the DATA slot onto an SY99 disk, regardless
of whether or not the SY99 itself is able to use
the data from that card. For example, you can
use this operation to save the contents of
MCD64/32 data cards which contain data for the
Yamaha V50, SY55/TG55, or RX8.
The procedure for saving data from a card is
different from that described for save operation
types 1-3 above in that you must specify
whether the card to be saved is 32 or 64 Kbytes.
If you have selected save operation type 7, a
display like the following will appear when you
press ENTER:
1. Press F5 (64k) or F6 (32k) to specify the type of
card you are saving from. For an MCD64 card,
press F5 (64k). For an MCD32 card, press F6
(32k).
2. Move the cursor or use the numeric keys to
select a file number under which the card data
will be saved.
3. If you wish to name the file, press F7 (Name) to
enter the job described in the following section
3.1 Save to disk filename.
4. To save the data to the selected file, press F8
(Go).
5. If the selected file number is already occupied by
data, the SY99 will ask you if you wish to over-
write the file. If you do not wish to keep the data
in the file, press YES and the old file will be
overwritten. If the old data is important, press
NO and select a different file number.
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System setup data: The system setup data saved
using save operation types 1 and 2 consists of
all System utility, MIDI utility, and master con-
trol settings.
Remarks: Some "All Data" files are very large and
will not fit on a single disk. When you save data
to such a file, the SY99 will display the number
of disks required to save the file. If two disks are
required, for example, the message "You need
2 pc. disks, OK?" will appear. Press YES to
continue. If the disk you have inserted is
unformatted or contains any data files, the SY99
will ask "Format before saving? or Change
disk." Press YES to format the disk while sav-
ing, or NO after replacing the disk, if using empty
disks which are already formatted. (Remember
that formatting a disk will destroy any data it
contains!)
The SY99 will pause during the save opera-
tion and ask you to "Please insert No. 2 disk,
OK?" At this time you should insert the next
disk, or press NO to quit the save operation.
When sequencer data is saved to an "All
Data" or "Sequencer All" file using the SY77
format, only the song data for the currently
selected song only will be saved. Any other
songs currently held in the SY99's memory will
not be saved by the save operation. For details,
refer to the following section, 8.Disk save type.