Playing The Songs; Setting The Chain; Song Playback; Chained Playback - Yamaha S08 Owner's Manual

You can directly play back the Song files stored on
Memory Card. Up to 100 Song files can be played back
end-to-end by using the Chain Step feature. This Chain
Step data can also be saved to Memory Card.
n A Memory Card containing Song files must already be
slotted in the Card Slot.
n Make sure to read the section "Handling the Memory
Card" on page 53.
n Format 0 Standard MIDI Files (SMFs) on the highest
directory of the Memory Card can be played back. With
the included software "Card Filer," you can convert
Standard MIDI file on your computer from format 1 to
format 0.
Never attempt to remove/insert the Memory Card in the
SEQ PLAY mode.

Setting the Chain

You can set up to 100 Steps in a Chain here. Each
Chain Step is assigned a Song file. You can play back
one particular Chain Step or multiple Chain Steps end-
to-end.
■ Chain Step Number
Change each Chain Step by using the [
buttons. If you choose a Step Number here, the screen
for the selected Chain Step will be displayed.
Chain Step Number
SongFile
PAGE PART ELEM KEY
❏ Settings: 00 ~ 99
n You can jump to the next Chain Step screen and change
the Chain settings in advance, even while a Song is being
played back.
n When a Song is being played back, a [P] indicator appears
in the PART/ELEM/KEY column of the Chain Play
screen for the current Song.
■ Song File
Assign a Song file to the Chain Step. Any Song files
with the ".MID" extension can be selected. When you
select a file Number here, the file name is shown in the
top line of the display.
For continuous (chained) playback of multiple Chain
Steps, you can specify how to play this Chain Step after
playback of a previous one by selecting an option from
among "skip," "end" and "stop."
If you select "skip," the Chain Step is skipped and
playback will jump to the next Chain Step. If you
choose to skip the 99th Chain Step, playback will jump
back to the first Chain Step after the 98th Chain Step.
If you select "end," when the Song reaches this Chain

Playing the Songs

]/ [ ]
Song File
Seq
Step, chained playback is stopped and you are returned
to the first Chain Step.
If you select "stop," the Song stops when it reaches this
Chain Step.
❏ Settings: skip, end, stop, song file
1 Press the [SEQ PLAY] button to enter the Sequence
Play mode.
Song1
PAGE PART ELEM KEY
2 Use the [
] and [ ] buttons to select the chain
step number, then press the [ENTER] button to
specify it.
3 Use the [DEC/NO] and [INC/YES] buttons to
assign the song file or skip/end/stop to the chain
step, then press the [ENTER] button to specify it.
4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 above to set up the chain.

Song Playback

1 Select a Song file you wish to play back, in the
same manner as you did 1 to 3 above.
n When playing back a single Song, you do not need
to select a Chain Step Number (You can have any
Chain Step screen open).
2 Set the tempo (if necessary).
3 Press the [PLAY/STOP] button to playback the Song.
4 Press the [PLAY/STOP] button again to stop the
Song playback.

Chained Playback

1 Use
the [ ] and [
Chain Step Number of the first Song you wish to
play back.
2 Set the tempo (if necessary).
3 Press the [PLAY/STOP] button to play back the
Song.
When the Chain Step playback has finished, the
Song of the next Chain Step Number will
automatically be started. Songs can be played
back continuously this way.
4 Press the [PLAY/STOP] button again to stop the
chained playback.
Also, if an "end" or "stop" Chain Step is reached,
playback will stop.
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] buttons to select the
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Playing the Songs