Format Disk - Yamaha SY77 Operating Manual

UTILITY MODE
3. To select the destination into which the selected
voice (multi) will be loaded, press F2 (Dst) the
bank A-D (only when loading voices), and the
memory select buttons 1-16 to specify the load-
ing destination. Voice saved from bank A-C can
be loaded only into bank A-C.
4. When you have selected the destination voice
(multi), press F8 (Go) and the selected voice
(multi) will be loaded from disk into internal
memory.
Load from disk (type 12): Selecting data type 12.
Other sequence allows you to load sequence
data that was saved in E-Seq or N-Seq format
into the SY77 sequencer. This allows you to
load sequence data into the SY77 sequencer
from a disk that was saved by another Yamaha
device.
1. When data type 12. Other sequence is selected,
the display will show all files on the disk,
whether or not they were created by the SY77.
DISK UTILITY
Summary: Before a disk can be used it must be for-
matted to accept SY77 data.
Procedure:
From: disk utility job directory
Select: 03:Disk Format
To execute: the formatting operation press F8
(Go).
To quit: without executing press EXIT.
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2. The LCD can show only ten filenames at once.
3. After selecting a file which contains sequence

3. Format disk

Newly purchased disks must be formatted by the
SY77 before they can be used to store data.
Formatting a disk will erase all the data on the disk.
Be careful not to accidentally format a disk which
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contains valuable data.
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blank disk". Make sure that the write protect slider
of the disk is in the write enabled position with the
slider covering the hold, insert the disk into the disk
drive, and press F8 (Go). You will be asked "Are
you sure?" If you are sure you want to format the
disk press YES and formatting will begin.
show "xx% Formatted". When the number reaches
100% the display will show "Completed !" until a
switch is pressed.
The three character extension of each filename is
also displayed. "K" indicates K-Seq data, "E"
indicates E-Seq data, and "N" indicates N-Seq
data. Files that contain no data are displayed as
"----". Move the cursor in this area to select a
file.
To see the rest of the filenames press Fl
to scroll the filename display up or down,
F2
data, press F8 (Go) to load the file into the
SY77's sequencer memory. If you select and
attempt to load a file which does not contain
sequencer data readable by the SY77, an error
message will be displayed.
When loading E-Seq or N-Seq data, any data
specific to the device which created the file will
be ignored. For example when loading N-Seq
data saved by the QX5FD, macro data will be
ignored, and when loading K-Seq data saved by
the V50 sequencer only song 1 will be loaded.
The display will ask you to "Please insert a
While the disk is being formatted the display will
or
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