Yamaha W5 Electronic Keyboard User Manual


 
DISK MODE
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SAVE TO DISK
The Save To Disk function lets you designate the type of data you want to save, and
offload it into a file on a floppy disk.
SAVING ALL TO DISK - After naming the new file,
you can engage the save operation directly from within
the Name screen. (You may also engage the save
operation by pressing ENTER from the Save to Disk/All
screen or from within the File Directory.) The Execut-
ing message will appear, indicating that the saving
operation is underway. When finished, the message will
change to Completed!
SAVE 1 SONG - For saving a single song (sequencer
and/or multi data) into a file on the floppy disk. To
select the 1 Song subfunction, from within the Save to
Disk submenu screen, position the cursor over 1 Song
and press ENTER, or simply press [F3] ( 1Song ). The
Save to Disk/1 Song screen will appear.
Choose the song you want to save using the JOG, INC/
DEC, or the KEYPAD. To return to the Save to Disk/
1Song screen, press EXIT.
FILE DIRECTORY - To view the File Directory and
see what 1 Song files are already on the inserted
disk before saving your new file, press [F8]. After
viewing the File Directory, to return to the Save to
Disk/1 Song screen, press EXIT once.
NAME FILE - To name the file before saving, from
within the Save to Disk/1 Song screen, press [F7]
( Name ). Position the pointer with [F4] and [F5],
and select characters with the CURSOR keys, INC/
DEC, or the JOG. When you ve finished entering the
name, press EXIT once to return to the Save to Disk/
1 Song screen.
SAVING 1 SONG TO DISK - After naming the new
file, you can engage the save operation directly from
within the Name screen. (You may also engage the save
operation by pressing ENTER from the Save to Disk/1
Song screen or from within the File Directory.) The
Executing message will appear, indicating that the
saving operation is underway. When finished, the
message will change to Completed!
NOTE: If there is not enough space on the disk to complete a Save To Disk
operation, the Disk Full! message will appear. In such a case, either delete
some files on the disk or remove the disk and insert another one. When
attempting to save a file using the same file name as the one which already
exists, the W5/W7 will ask you Overwrite? . Be careful not to delete or
overwrite an important data file, since deleted or overwritten files will be
erased from the disk.
ACCESSING SAVE TO DISK
To access the Save to Disk submenu of functions, from
within the Disk Mode main menu screen, position the
cursor over Save To Disk and press ENTER, or simply
press [F3] ( Save ).
SAVE ALL DATA - For saving all 16 songs (sequencer
and/or multi data) plus accompanying Song voice and
Song drum voice banks into a file on the floppy disk. To
select the Save All subfunction, from within the Save to
Disk submenu screen, position the cursor over All
Data and press ENTER, or simply press [F2] ( All ).
The Save to Disk/All Data screen will appear.
FILE DIRECTORY - To view the File Directory and
see what All-type files are already on the inserted
disk before saving your new file, press [F8] ( Dir ).
After viewing the File Directory, to return to the Save
to Disk/All screen, press EXIT once.
NAME FILE - To name the file before saving, from
within the Save to Disk/All screen, press [F7]
( Name ). Position the pointer with [F4] and [F5],
and select characters with the CURSOR keys, INC/
DEC, or the JOG. To return to the Save to Disk/All
screen, press EXIT.