Roland KR-770 Owner's Manual page 47

2-3 Recording and Playback
4. Choose a name for the performance with < <q > and < > > below the screen and the <A> and
<V> buttons to the left of the screen.
The characters you can use to do this are listed below:
Blank!" #$% &'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]%
"abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{} | ~
When it is all right to do the save, press <Save>.
If you are going to listen to the saved performance, please refer to "Let's Listen to Some Music
Data-Playing Back Disk Performances" (p.24).
If you want to cancel the save, press [Exit].
If you get an error message sometime during the procedure, please refer to the "Error Message List"
(p.78).
Saving After Converting Data to SMF Format
In some cases you will not be able to play back performances on other instruments in the same form
that they were recorded on this instrument. In such cases, by converting the performances recorded
on this unit to the widely-used SMF data format, you will then be able to play them back on other
instruments.
The number of songs that can be saved onto a disk depends on the amount of performance data they
contain.
1.
When the performance you want to convert is on a floppy disk, insert the disk into the disk
drive.
After you press the [Song] button, the Song Select screen will appear in the display. Select a per-
formance, and press the [Play] button to start playback.
. Substituting SMF Data Disks.
You can save onto the following disks.
*® New disks formatted on this machine;
¢ Disks on which performances recorded on this machine are saved.
. Press the [Save] button.
. Select anumber with <A> and <W> to the left of the screen.
You can choose from numbers 1-99. Numbers previously entered on the disk will be highlighted.
Selecting one of these numbers will cause the previous one to be overwritten.
. Choose a name for the performance with < <> and < >» > below the screen and the <A> and
<V> buttons to the left of the screen.
. When you press <As SMF> on the screen.
If you want to cancel the operation, press the [Exit] button.
You cannot convert performances other than those recorded on this instrument.
You can play back performances on other instruments sing the GS format. However, depending on the GS
Format instrument you use, expression numbers may be insufficient, and the sounds themselves may differ.
If you get an error message sometime during the procedure, please refer to the "Error Message List"
(p.78).
Due to copyright protection, you may not be able to save as SMF format from some commercially avail-
able music data disks.
If you are going to use disks formatted with this instrument on other instruments, prevent accidental
overwriting by setting the disk's write protect tab to "Protect."
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