Owner's manual

14
Project Operations
The data used for creating songs is managed as a “project.” Here’s how to create and save projects for each song.
NOTE
If you turn o the power without saving the data, any data you edited is lost. To keep your edited data, make sure to save the projects to an SD card.
Loading a Project
Load the project from the SD card and then edit the song.
NOTE
When you load a new project, any unsaved content of the currently open
project is lost.
1. Press the [LOAD] button.
The PROJECT screen appears.
2. Use the [VALUE] dial to select “LOAD,” and then press the
[VALUE] dial.
The PROJECT LOAD screen appears.
3. Use the [VALUE] dial to select the project you want to edit,
and then press the [VALUE] dial.
A conrmation message appears.
* To cancel the operation, press the [EXIT] button.
4. Use the [VALUE] dial to select “OK,” and then press the
[VALUE] dial.
This loads the project.
* If you have edited the project, a conrmation message appears asking
whether you want to save the current project. Select “SAVE” to save the
current project, or select “LOAD” if you don’t want to save it.
Creating a New Project
To make a new song, you’ll need to create a project.
1. Press the [LOAD] button.
The PROJECT screen appears.
2. Use the [VALUE] dial to select “NEW,” and then press the
[VALUE] dial.
A conrmation message appears.
* To cancel the operation, press the [EXIT] button.
3. Use the [VALUE] dial to select “OK,” and then press the
[VALUE] dial.
This creates the new project.
* If you have edited the project, a conrmation message appears asking
whether you want to save the current project. Select “SAVE” to save the
current project, or select “NEW” if you don’t want to save it.
Saving a Project
Here’s how to save the project to the SD card.
1. Hold down the [SHIFT] button and press the [LOAD] button.
The project name edit screen appears.
Cursor (blinking)
2. Edit the project name.
You can change the character shown at the cursor position.
Operation Explanation
MEASURE [<] [>] Selects the character to edit.
[VALUE] Edits the character.
[SHIFT] + MEASURE [>] Inserts a space.
[SHIFT] + MEASURE [<] Deletes the character.
[CLEAR] Deletes the character and replaces it with a space.
3. Press the [VALUE] dial.
A conrmation message appears.
* To cancel the operation, press the [EXIT] button.
4. Use the [VALUE] dial to select “OK,” and then press the
[VALUE] dial.
This saves the project.
NOTE
Never turn o the power or remove the SD card while the screen indicates
“Now Writing.”
* If there is already a project with the same name, a conrmation message
appears, asking you whether to overwrite it and save the new project. Select
“OK” to overwrite and save, or “Cancel” to stop.
* A locked project (p. 15) cannot be overwritten.