Roland KF-90 Owner's Manual page 112

Chapter 4 Recording and Saving the Performance
7.
After you've entered the name of the song, touch
choose a song number.
When you select a song number that is already being used for another song,
the name of the song appears in the save destination column. If you then
proceed to save the new material to that song, the song previously saved in
that destination is erased, and the new song is saved in its place. If you don't
want to erase a previously saved song, choose a number where no song
name appears in the destination column.
8.
Touch Compatibility <KF> or <GS>.
The KF-90 feature specially created tones, exclusive to the KF-90, which
provide richer, more realistic musical expression on these instruments.
However, song data recorded using these tones may not be reproduced
correctly when played back on other instruments. If you want to save your
data so that it can be played back on other GS (p. 183) devices, save the data
with Compatibility "GS" enabled.
Indication
KF
GS
9.
Touch <Save> or <As SMF> to start saving.
There is a difference described below between <Save> and <As SMF> in
format for saving.
Indication
Save
As SMF
Saving may take from several second, to several dozen seconds.
When the saving process is finished, the Song Disk Menu screen appears.
Touch <Exit> to go back to the previous screen.
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Description
Saves the data using sounds exclusive to the KF-90, for
rich, expressive performances.
Saves the data in a form that allows you to enjoy play-
back on other GS devices.
Description
Saves the song in KF-90 format. You can listen to songs
saved in this format on the Roland HP-G series and KR
series keyboards as well as on Roland MT series devices.
This format is called "i-format".
Saves the song as a SMF (Standard MIDI File). Songs
saved in this SMF format can be listened to on many
instruments that can play SMF music files (p. 183).
to
If the Compatibility
function is "GS" when you
save the data, the
performance may differ
slightly from the original
recording when played
back on the KF-90.
NOTE
You can only save songs in
one format on a single
floppy disk. And a song
recorded using commercial
music files can't be saved in
"Save As SMF" format for
reasons of copyright
protection.
NOTE
Don't take the floppy disk
out of the disk drive until
the saving process is
finished.
It's a good idea to get into
the habit of moving the
write-protect tab on the
floppy disk to the "Protect"
position when you've
finished saving your data.
Keeping the tab at
"Protect" prevents
operations that could erase
your songs by mistake.