Technics Digital Ensemble Sx Pr54 Owners Manual

Part V Disk Drive
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Disk Drive
Using commercial song disks
Not only disks recorded on this instrument, but
also data from commercial song disks can be
read on this instrument.
This instrument accepts the following file formats:




 
Loading Technics File format disks
Using Technics file format disks allows you load
SOUND EDIT, rhythm & accompaniments,
PANEL MEMORY and Song data into your
instrument to expand its potential even further.




 
About Standard MIDI Files
“Standard MIDI File” (SMF)...

Part V Disk Drive
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Disk Drive
Outline of the procedure
1.Insert the disk into the Disk Drive slot. Push it
all the way in until you hear a click.
On this instrument, if the normal display is active, it auto-
matically changes to the DISK MENU display when a disk
is inserted into the Disk Drive (initialized settings). The
PREFERENCES menu is used to specify which display is
shown when a disk is inserted.
2.Select a menu on the DISK MENU display.
If the DISK MENU display does not appear, turn...

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Loading data
Recall (load) the data from the disk to this instrument’s memories.
 Note that the load procedure causes any data which is currently stored in the relevant memories to be erased.
LOAD
Load data that saved to a disk into this instru-
ment’s memory.
1.Insert the disk with the stored data into the
Disk Drive. Push it all the way in until you hear
a click.
2.On the DISK MENU display, select LOAD.
 The display looks similar to the following.
 If there...

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SMF LOAD
Load data which was saved in the “Standard
MIDI File” (SMF) format.
1.On the LOAD (PAGE 1/3) display, press the
SMF button.
 The display looks similar to the following.
 For disks which contain SMF files only, this display
appears automatically when LOAD is selected on the
DISK MENU display.
2.Use the buttons below the display to select the
filename you wish to load.
 If the number of files is 10 or more, you can use the
PREV and NEXT buttons to...

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Direct Play
You can enjoy immediate playback of “Standard MIDI File” (SMF), “Disk Orchestra Collection” (DOC) and
“PianoDisc” disks—all without loading the song data.
1.Insert the disk with the stored data into the
Disk Drive.
2.On the DISK MENU display, select DIRECT
PLAY.
The display looks similar to the following.

3.Use the buttons below the display to select the
song you wish to have played.
If the number of files is 10 or more, you can use the
PREV and NEXT...

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MEDLEY PLAY
With DIRECT PLAY, songs saved on a disk can
be played back continuously in a medley.
1.On the DIRECT PLAY display, set the MED-
LEY settings.
If ALL is pressed, all the files are selected, and the songs
are played back in order in a medley. If ALL is pressed
again, the files are deselected.
You can use the buttons below the display to select a
song to add to the song list, then press the ADD button to
add it to the list. Repeat these steps to...

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Saving data
The recorded data and panel settings of this instrument can be saved on a disk.
Disks
You can use 3.5 inch 2DD (720KB) or 2HD
(1.44MB) disks.
How to distinguish the two disk types:
Although 2HD disks can hold more data and are conve-
nient for quick loading and saving, some models may be
able to read only 2DD disks. Therefore, you may not be
able to use your 2HD disk data with other musical instru-
ment models.
When saving data to the disk, the...

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Specify the kind of data you wish to save to the
disk. To maximize effective use of disk memory
or to minimize the save time, select only the type
of data you wish to save.
1.Use the PAGE buttons to access the 2/3
SAVE OPTION display.
The display looks similar to the following.
2.Use the buttons below the display to specify
the types of data you wish to save (YES/NO).
For PANEL MEMORY, select from NO/1 BANK/ALL.
Selecting 1 BANK will save only bank A.
Press the...

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When set to ON, a space is added each time a file is
saved. Therefore, if you have already saved a file once
with the 1 MEASURE SPACE set to ON, please set it to
OFF each time the file is subsequently saved.
8.Use the SAVE AS button to select the sound
generator mode (GM/GM2/NX).
9.Press the SAVE button.
The SAVE operation begins.
When the operation has been successfully completed,
“COMPLETED!” is shown on the display.
If you attempt to save data to a file name...

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Set the automatic display when a disk is 
inserted
When a disk is inserted in the Disk Drive, the display automatically changes to a disk-procedure display.
Follow this procedure to customize the automatic display.
PREFERENCES
1.On the DISK MENU display, select PREFER-
ENCES.
The display looks similar to the following.
2.Use the buttons to the left of the display to
select the item, and the 
∧ and ∨ buttons to
change the setting.
DISK INSERT OPTION: 
The display...