Yamaha RX8 Operating Manual page 36

CASSETTE MODE
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Cassette mode lets you save and load RX8 data to a cassette tape.
The CARD/CAS key is dual-function. Each press will alter-
nately enter CARD or CASSETTE mode. Press CARD/CAS, till
the following display appears:
and use the 4 and № keys to move the cursor to select one of the
3 jobs. You can also press a numeric key 1—3 while pressing
JOB to jump to the desired job.
JOBs
Note :
You can abort Cassette Save by pressing STOP/CONTINUE.
The display will show:
S
ave Break !
CASS > 12
Exit the message by pressing 4 or №, огапу main mode
switch (PATTERN, SONG, CARD/CAS or MIDI/SYNC). |
Obviously, if you have aborted the Cassette save job, the data |
on tape will be incomplete, and thus unusable. |
Job 2: Cassette Verify
1 CASSETTE SAVE
2 CASSETTE VERIFY
Save data from КХ8 to cassette
Verify that data has been saved cor-
rectly
3 CASSETTE LOAD Load data from cassette to RX8
The following Data is saved and loaded in Cassette mode:
* Pattern data
* Song data (including song name and initial tempo)
* Voice data (all settings of Voice Edit mode)
* Setup data (all settings of Voice Assign, Multi Key Assign,
MIDI Mode)
It is not possible to save or load individual types of data to
cassette.
Cassette Connections
To save and load RX8 data on a cassette, the special cable
included with the RX8 should be used to connect a cassette
recorder as in the section Connections. If possible, use a cassette
recorder intended for personal computer data storage.
Job 1: CASSETTE SAVE
Cassette Save lets you save data from the RX8 to a cassette tape.
From the following display:
AVE ? SETTE 5
5 > 123
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make sure that the cassette recorder is correctly connected, and
start recording. Then press +1/YES, and the RX8 will begin
transmitting data from the cassette output.
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5
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When all data has been saved to tape. the display will briefly
show "Complete", "CASSETTE SAVE ?"
display.
and return to the
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Cassette Verify lets you check whether the data on tape is the
same as the data in RX8 memory. It is strongly suggested that this
is carried out after each SAVE operation. Press JOB + 2 to obtain
the following display:
The RX8 will wait for data to arrive from tape. Rewind the tape
to the beginning of the data, and start the tape playback. If the
data on the tape matches the data in RX8 memory, you will be
returned to the "CASSETTE VERIFY?" display. If the data on
the tape does not match the data in RX8 memory, you will get an
error message "Verify Error!"Press 4 or >, ога main mode
switch to exit the error message. Since the data was not correctly
saved to cassette, you should check your setup, and try again.
Check the possible causes given in the Tutorial section.
Note:
You can abort the Cassette. Verify operation by pressing
STOP/CONTINUE. The display will show
Job 3: Cassette Load
Cassette Load lets you load RX8 data from a cassette into RX8
memory. The data from cassette will replace any data that was in
RX8 memory. Press JOB + 3 to obtain the following display:
CASSETTE LOAD ?
CASS > 123
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