Import - Yamaha A4000 Owner's Manual

6. IMPORT

These functions can be used to import data from the Yamaha
EX7/5/5R, SU700, or TX16W, computer sample files, or
commercially available sample data. Also, SMF (Standard
MIDI File) data can be imported as sequence data.
Press the [DISK] button and then the [F6] button to go to the
IMPORT display.
1 display page is provided: Import.

Import

[DISK] Button [F6] Button
Allows importing sample and sequence data from other
equipment and computers.
• The A5000/A4000 is fully compatible with all data created on the
Yamaha A3000, and the data can be loaded and managed via the
PROGRAM, SAMPLE, SEQUENCE, VOLUME, and DISK functions
in the normal way.
• The following files are imported with all wave data used in all
voices, sample banks, and key mapping parameters ("HD" includes
hard disks, ZIP drives, and all orther SCSI/IDE storage devices).
EX7/5/5R : Voice (from EX ALL files on FD, HD, non-LPC
RAM samples only).
Wave (from EX WAVE files on FD, HD, non-
LPC RAM samples only.)
• The wave data in the following files are imported as samples ("HD"
includes hard disks, ZIP drives, and all orther SCSI/IDE storage
devices).
SU700 : Sample (from FD, HD)
* Except segmented data stored on multiple
floppy disks.
TX16W : Sample (from FD)
WAV File : 8/16-bit linear, mono/stereo, (.WAV) extension
(from DOS-format FD, HD, or ISO9660-format
CD-ROM)
AIFF File : 8/16-bit linear, mono/stereo, (.AIF) extension
(from DOS-format FD, HD, or ISO9660-format
CD-ROM)
• The following files are imported as sequence data ("HD" includes
hard disks, ZIP drives, and all orther SCSI/IDE storage devices).
Standard MIDI File : Format 0, ".MID" file-name extension (from
• Import not possible from FAT32 format hard disks.
• The following DOS floppy disk formats are supported:
2DD : MS-DOS 9 sector format (720 kBytes)
2Hd : MS-DOS 18 sector format (1.44 MBytes)
• The pitch and loop points of some samples may change when
imported.
• A "~" character used in file or directory names on DOS-format
disks will appear as " " on the A5000/A4000 display.
• AKAI S1000 or S3000 format programs or samples saved to
floppy disk, hard disk, or other media; E-mu EIIIx presets or sam-
ples saved to hard disk or other media; and Roland S760 format
patches or samples saved to hard disk or other media can be
loaded (some types of data may not be loaded correctly).
* The product and company names listed above are trademarks or
registered trademarks of the respective manufacturers.
[DISK-Import]
DOS-format FD, HD, or ISO9660-format
CD-ROM)
Knob 1 Knob 2
Turn
— Disk
action
Press
Tree View —
action
Knob 1
[ Press] Tree View
Calls the Tree View display (page 83).
Knob 2
[ Turn] Disk
Selects the floppy disk, hard disk, or other storage media
containing the data to be imported. When a disk is
selected, the directories and files contained in the upper-
most (root) directory are listed on the right side of the dis-
play. When a hard disk, CD-ROM drive or similar storage
device is selected, the SCSI ID number or IDE M/S (Mas-
ter/Slave) status of the device is shown to the right of the
disk name.
[Range] All installed/connected disks.
• If a connected SCSI or IDE device (hard disk, ZIP
drive, etc.) cannot be selected, go to the disk select
display (DISK-DISK-Disk) and check the mount/
unmount status and SCSI ID settings of the device.
Knob 3
[ Press] UP
Press this knob to move upward from the current disk
directory to the next highest directory. The name of the
current directory will appear on the left side of the display
under the disk name. The contents of the current direc-
tory are listed on the right side of the display
. • Pressing the UP knob will have no effect if the top
(root) directory on the disk is selected.
A5000/A4000 •
DISK-IMPORT
Knob 3 Knob 4 Knob 5
— File / Directory View
DOWN /
UP VIEW
IMPORT
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Chapter 7 DISK Mode