Disk Operations - Yamaha PortaTone PSR-550 Owner's Manual

Disk Operations

Built into the PSR-550 is a disk drive. Simply insert a floppy disk and you've got access to a wide variety
of convenient functions, such as recording and playback of User songs (page 78), as well as saving and
loading of User styles (page 96), User pads (page 92) and Registration Memory data (page 54).
You can save any number of User styles, pads and registration data to floppy disks, create your own
song libraries or find many other ways to make playing and using the PSR-550 more efficient.
The PSR-550 is capable of playing back songs contained on the included data
disk, as well as commercially available song data in the following formats,
indicated by the corresponding logos (page 9):
You can play back song files collected on these disks using the
voices defined in the GM standard.
You can play back songs using the XG format, an extension of the
GM standardthat allows for much higher sound quality.
You can play back song files collected on these disks using the
voices defined in Yamaha's DOC format.
The PSR-550 is compatible with style data contained on the included data disk,
as well as commercially available disk styles in the following format, indicated by
the corresponding logo (page 9):
You can load and play with the style files collected on these disks.
You can record your own performances to User songs and play them back (page
78).
The PSR-550 features special User style, User pad and Registration Memory
functions. The data recorded with these functions can also be saved to disk
individually or in any combination. Likewise, data (files) saved to disks can be
loaded individually or in any combination to the PSR-550.
User data compatible with the PSR-550 is indicated in the chart below.
Data that can be Saved or Loaded with the PSR-550
Data Type
User song
(Standard MIDI format0)
User style
(Style file format)
User pad
Registration Memory
Other disk functions include:
• Format ............................................................... page 60
• Song Copy ......................................................... page 64
• Delete ................................................................ page 67
Record
(Direct save)
User Song
Playback
(Direct read)
User Style
Save
Save or load individually
User Pad
or gathered together
Load
Registration Memory
Extension
.MID
.USR
.USR
.USR
Floppy
Disk
Maximum of 60 files
can be saved.
Floppy
Disk
Up to 32 All type files (page 61)
can be recorded on a 2HD disk.
Up to 13 All type files can be
recorded on a 2DD disk.
Save Load
– –
O O
O O
O O
• Refer to page 9 for more
details on the logos.
• It may not be possible to
record the full 60 files to a
disk, depending on the
length of the recorded files.
• The maximum number of
files may vary according to
the type and volume of the
saved files (page 61).
• When saving data, use a
floppy disk formatted on the
PSR-550.
• The three letters following
the file name (after the
period) are referred to as a
file "extension". The
extension indicates the type
of file.
• Since the user songs are
directly recorded to the disk
as you play during recording
and read from the disk
during playback, the Save/
Load functions are not
available. The Copy and
Delete File operations
related to the user songs can
be executed.
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