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The EM-55 OR’s Disk functions allow you to save the Recorder Song in the internal Song RAM memory
to disk, to save and load your User Programs to and from disk, to format floppy disks, to delete files on a
floppy disk, and to copy disks.
Though you can use 2DD or 2HD floppies, 2HD disks have twice the capacity of 2DD disks, so use 2HDs
whenever you can.
Whenever the disk drive writes data to or reads data on disk, the Disk icon ( ) flashes in the display.
Do not remove the floppy disk while this icon is displayed as that may damage both the disk drive
and the disk (so that it becomes unreadable).
Loading User Programs from disk
This load function is called LOAD UPr. It allows you to transfer a set of 64 User Programs (i.e. for all
memories) to the EM-55 OR’s internal memory. This will overwrite the User Programs that currently
reside in the internal memories.
Note: If you wish to use the User Programs in the
internal memory at a later stage, first save them to
disk before proceeding. See p. 54.
(1) Insert a disk into the drive.
(2) Press [DISK] to select the Disk mode.
The “LOAD UPr” function is already selected,
so there is nothing else you need to do.
(3) Wait until the VALUE message starts
flashing, then use the [TEMPO/DATA] dial
to select the file whose contents you wish
to load (example: “USPR_000”).
(4) Press the [EXECUTE] button (next to
[DISK]) to load the selected file.
Note: Press [DISK] if you do not want to load the
selected file after all.
If you pressed [EXECUTE], the display now
shows the message “Loading”. Once the data
have been loaded, the “Complete” message
briefly appears.
(5) Press [MUSICAL GAME], [TONE], [STYLE],
or [FUNCTION] to select another mode.
Possible error messages
Saving files to disk
The EM-55 OR provides the following Save functions:
SAVE UPr: Use this function to save the con-
tents of the internal User Program memories (all
64 of them) to a floppy disk.
SAVE Sng: This allows you to save the Song in
the internal memory to a floppy disk. A Song
saved to disk becomes a Standard MIDI File. .
Note: There is no LOAD Sng function. All you need to do
to transfer the Song data back to the internal Song
memory is play back the Standard MIDI File in question.
(1) Insert a disk into the drive.
Every floppy contains a square tab that
allows you to “close” a little window. With
the tab in that position, you can save data
to the disk. Do not forget to write-enable
the disk by closing this little window prior
to inserting the floppy disk.
(2) Press [DISK] and use the [TEMPO/DATA]
dial to select “SAVE Sng” or “SAVE UPr”.
(3) Wait until the VALUE message starts
flashing, then use [TEMPO/DATA] dial to
move the flashing cursor to the character
position you want to change (the “O” in
the illustration below).
(4) Enter the character with [A/B], the
numeric keypad, and [VARIATION].
You may have to press the same button sev-
eral times.
18. Disk functions
No Disk You forgot to insert a floppy disk into
the drive.
No Files The disk you insert contains no User
Program data.
Disk Err The disk is probably damaged and
cannot be used.
File Err The file you selected is damaged and
cannot be loaded.
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