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Playing back Standard MIDI Files
The EM-55 OR allows you to play back commercially available music data files (called Standard MIDI
Files
) or your own songs you saved to disk.
In fact, when you save a song to disk, it is saved as Standard MIDI Format 1 file and can also be played
back using any other SMF compatible sequencer (or software).
(1) Insert a floppy disk with Song/Standard
MIDI File data into the drive.
(2) Press the [SONG] button to switch to the
Song mode.
This is necessary because, otherwise, press-
ing the [START/STOP] button will start
Arranger playback.
(3) Press [SONG] again to display the name of
the first Standard MIDI File on disk.
What is actually displayed depends on
whether you have inserted a disk and
whether it contains Standard MIDI Files. See
below for what the various messages mean.
(4) Use the [TEMPO/DATA] dial to select the
Standard MIDI file you want to listen to.
Note: Please bear in mind that starting playback of
the selected song on disk will erase your own song.
Be sure to save it to disk before proceeding (see
p. 54).
(5) Press [START/STOP] to load the first data
chunk and start playback.
You can also wait for the flashing “EXE”
message and press [EXECUTE]. You then
need to start playback by pressing [START/
STOP].
Press this button once again to stop play-
back. See also “Fast Forward, Rewind, and
Reset” (p. 42) and “Loop playback (Repeat)”
(p. 42) for other functions you can use dur-
ing playback.
If one of the following error messages
appears, either select another Standard
MIDI File or insert another disk:
Changing the song tempo
You can change the song tempo with the
[TEMPO/DATA] dial. Doing so, however,
means that the tempo will still change if
the song you are playing back contains
tempo change messages. Furthermore,
every time you jump back to the beginning
of the song using [|
√], the programmed
song tempo will be set.
Message Meaning
Empty The Song memory does not contain
data (you have neither recorded a
song nor played back a song on
disk).
No Disk You forgot to insert a disk into the
drive.
No Files The disk you inserted into the drive
does not contain Standard MIDI
Files.
IntSong You selected the Song you recorded
yourself (nternal memory).
SONG
120 001
ARRANGER CHORD
MEASURE TEMPO
KEYBOARD
VELOCITY
SONG
Accrdn4L
Message Meaning
NoFormat The inserted floppy disk has
not been formatted for the
EM-55 OR.
File Err The selected file cannot be
read.
Over 18T The Standard MIDI File con-
tains more tracks than the
EM-55 OR can handle.
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