Owner's Manual - Roland

Saving/Loading a song (Save/Load)4. Press [F1 (User)] (User memory) or [F2 (Card)] (Memorycard) to select the location where you want to save thesong.If you decide to cancel, press [F7 (Cancel)].5. Press [F8 (Save)].A screen will ask you for confirmation.If you decide to cancel, press [F7 (Cancel)].6. Press [F8 (Exec)] to execute.Even if you save your song using “Save,” it cannot be playedback by a sequencer other than the Fantom-X’s own sequencer.If you want to play back your song on a sequencer other thanthe Fantom-X’s sequencer, you must save the song as an SMFfile. Also at this time, you must record the appropriate bankselects and program numbers so that the correct sounds will beplayed.The performance settings will be saved in the state they were inwhen you executed Save. This means that if the performancechanged during the song, and you saved the song in that statewhen you finished recording, the state in which recordingbegan will not be saved. In other words when you play back thesong from the beginning, it will begin with the performancesounds that were being used at the point where you saved. Ifyou change the performance during the song, you must use theMicroscope screen etc. to insert the appropriate bank select andprogram number at the beginning of the song to specify theperformance with which you began recording it (p. 192).Saving a Song as an SMFFile (Save as SMF)Here’s how to convert and save an Temporary Song as an SMF file.1. From the Save/Load Menu screen, press [F4 (Save asSMF)].The Save As SMF screen will appear.2. Assign a file name to the song.For details on assigning names, refer to “Assigning a Name”(p. 36)Song file names may not contain lowercase characters or certainsymbols (“ * + , . / : ; < = > ? [ \ ] |).3. After you have assigned a name, press [F8 (Write)].4. Press either [F1 (User)] (user memory) or [F2 (Card)](memory card) to select the save-destination.fig.20-005_50Saving Samples (Save All Samples)Here’s how to save all samples from sample memory into usermemory or a memory card.1. From the Save/Load Menu screen, press [F3 (SaveAllSmpl)].A screen will ask you for confirmation.If you decide to cancel, press [F7 (Cancel)].2. Press [F8 (Exec)] to execute.* When samples are saved, they will automatically be overwritten ontothe same number of the same bank in the sample list.5. Press either [F5 (Format 0)] or [F6 (Format 1)] to select theformat for saving.Format 0: Convert the song to a Format 0 Standard MIDI File(all performance data is saved in one phrase track)and save it to disk. An extension of “.MID” will beadded automatically.Format 1: Convert the song to a Format 1 Standard MIDI File(performance data is saved in more than one phrasetrack) and save it to disk. An extension of “.MID”will be added automatically.6. Press [F8 (Save As SMF)].A screen will ask for confirmation.7. Press [F8 (Exec)] to execute.* The filename extension will be “.MID” whether you select “Save SMF(Format 0)” or “Save SMF (Format 1).” The two cannot bedistinguished in this way.When you save data in SMF format, the sound setup data willnot be saved. In order to ensure that the correct sounds areplayed, you must record the appropriate bank select andprogram numbers (p. 192).200