Transferring Files To Or From Your Computer (Storage Mode) - Roland Fantom-Xa Owner's Manual

Transferring Files to or from
Your Computer
(Storage Mode)
By connecting the Fantom-Xa with your computer via a USB cable,
you can transfer files from Internal user area or a memory card to
and from the hard disk or other media of your computer, in order to
back up your data.
You can use software on your computer to edit wave data you've
created on the Fantom-Xa. Conversely, wave data that you've
created on your computer can be used on the Fantom-Xa.
In this way, USB Storage mode lets you transfer files such as patch
and waves to or from a connected computer.
Connect or disconnect the USB cable only when the Fantom-Xa
is powered-off. Never connect or disconnect the USB cable or
turn off the power while in USB mode or while data is being
transferred.
Connections
1.
With the Fantom-Xa not connected, start up your computer.
2.
Use a USB cable to connect the Fantom-Xa to your
computer.
3.
Turn on the power (POWER switch) of the Fantom-Xa.
Specify the Connection-Destination
When the Fantom-Xa is connected to your computer, you can select
the area on the Fantom-Xa to which a connection is to be made;
either the internal user area or the memory card.
1.
Press [MENU] to open the Top Menu window.
2.
Press or to select "4. USB Storage," and then
press [ENTER].
The USB STORAGE screen appears.
fig.USB-STORAGE
* If USB is not set to Storage mode, a warning of "The USB is in MIDI
Mode!!" will appear when you press [ENTER] in step 2. Press [F6
(EXEC)] if you want to switch to USB Storage mode (the SYSTEM
SETUP USB screen will appear). If you decide to cancel, press [F5
(CANCEL)].
3.
Press [F2 (INTERNAL)] or [F5 (PC CARD)] to connect with
your computer.
[F2 (INTERNAL)]: Connect to the user memory
[F5 (PC CARD)]: Connect to the memory card
* To cancel the connection, press [F6 (EXIT)].
Connecting to Your Computer via USB
4.
The display will differ as follows, depending on the
computer you're using.
• Windows Me/2000 users
A drive named "Removable disk" will be displayed within My
Computer.
Below that drive there will be folders named "ROLAND" and
"TMP."
• Macintosh, Windows XP users
A drive icon named "FANX USER" will appear on the desktop.
If a memory card is connected, the volume name of the memory
card will be displayed.
Below it will be folders named "ROLAND" and "TMP."
Cautions Regarding Folders and
Files
You must observe the following points when the Fantom-Xa is
connected to your computer via USB.
• Don't use your computer to move or delete folders within the
Fantom-Xa.
• Don't use your computer to format or optimize the Fantom-Xa's
user memory or memory card, or execute operations such as
Scan Disk.
• The Fantom-Xa can only handle filenames consisting of single-
byte alphanumeric characters.
• Only the following types of files can be transferred between the
Fantom-Xa and your computer.
Song files (.SVQ) (MRC PRO songs)
Standard MIDI Files (.MID)
Audio files (.WAV/AIFF)
• To handle these files, use the appropriate method described
below.
Song files, Place the files in the following folder.
Standard MIDI Files
ROLAND/SEQ/SNG folder
Audio files When placing the files from your comput-
er, place them in the following location.
TMP/AUDIO_IMPORT folder
Then import the audio files.
If you want to use your computer to read
samples that were written by the Fantom-
Xa, load the files from the ROLAND/
SMPL folder into your computer.
• Don't use your USB-connected computer to delete or rewrite
any files placed in the ROLAND/SND folder.
• Don't place any files in the ROLAND/SMPL folder.
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