Operation Manual

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F9 Utility:
This calls up a page with the following options:
F1 Info: This displays the free space on Floppy and the number of files stored.
F2 Tempo: This is used to modify the Tempo of a Midi file stored in the Folder currently in use. Once the Midi files are
displayed, select that desired using the VALUE +/- and CURSOR +/- push buttons, then press F10 Exec. A window
appears where the difference in steps of 1 can be entered compared to the original Tempo using the VALUE +/- push
buttons. Once the value has been entered, press F10 Exec that calls up a new window where the original name of the
Midi file can be modified. When the modification has been completed, confirm the procedure using F10 Exec or press
F5 Escape to skip saving it.
F3 Transposer: This is used to define a negative or positive transposition value for the Midi file selected. Once the Midi
files are displayed, select that desired using the VALUE +/- and CURSOR +/- push buttons, then press F10 Exec. A win-
dow appears where you can define whether the transposition applied will be valid only for the Midi file (Song) or
whether it will also apply to the keyboard transposition (Global). To select this application mode, cyclically press the F9
function push button that shows the application mode and upon completion press F10 Exec to confirm or press F5
Escape to cancel the procedure. Once you have confirmed you can enter the transposition value to be applied to the
Midi file, using the VALUE +/- push buttons. Confirm again using F10 Exec that will call up the window in which the name
can be modified. Confirm the transposition procedure using F10 Exec or abandon using F5 Escape.
F4 Format: This is used to format the Floppy Disk and can be done only by disabling the default protection function
using the F6 Lock Format push button. You will be requested to confirm using F10 Exec or to abandon using F5
Escape. Once the protection function has been disabled you can format the Floppy Disk by pressing F4 Format. You
will be requested twice to confirm using F10 Exec. Press F5 Escape to cancel the procedure. The formatting lock func-
tion is enabled each time the XD9 is turned on to avoid irreversible mistakes. The formatting procedure erases the entire
contents of the Floppy Disk.
F5 Escape: This returns to the previous page of the Disk menu.
F6 Lock Format: This locks the F4 Format function.
F7 Chain Edit: This is used to create chains of Midi files (no longer than 32 Midi files), to be reproduced one after the
other without having to call up each file individually. It only works for the Midi files stored in the same Folder, which is
called up as already explained for the F3 Transposer. Once F7 Chain Edit has been pressed the XD9 displays the Midi
files stored in the Folder that can be selected using the VALUE +/- and CURSOR +/- push buttons. The options available
are the following:
F5 Escape: This cancels the procedure
F7 Save Chain: This creates a file with .CHN extension within the same Folder in which the Midi files relative to
the chain programmed are stored.
F10 Select: This selects the Midi files to be added to the chain.
The procedures required to create a chain of Midi files are the following:
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Select the Folder in which the Midi files are stored.
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Press F7 Chain Edit.
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Find the first Midi file of the chain using the VALUE +/- and CURSOR +/- push buttons.
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Select the Midi file using F10 Select, a number will appear next to the name that indicates the position with-
in the chain.
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Find and select the other Midi files that follow.
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If you make a mistake, find the wrong Midi file and press F10 Select again. The Midi file will be removed from
the chain and the following Midi files will move back by one place.
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Save the chain using F7 Save Chain. From the page called up you can enter the name using the keyboard
keys and the CURSOR push buttons. Confirm using F10 Exec or cancel using F5 Escape.
The chain thus created is loaded in Song Play using the Load function from the Disk menu or called up directly from
the first page of Song Play, by entering the number associated with the file chain using the numeric keypad (STYLES
push buttons). Then if you go to Song Play, the title of the first Midi file will appear. There are three ways of moving
along the chain, namely:
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Let the Midi files come-in as they end normally and the XD9 will load the next file and reproduce it without
touching a key.
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Without starting Song Play using the START push button, use the VALUE +/- push buttons to select the Midi
files of the chain.
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With Song Play running, to call up another Midi file, press the COUNT/PAUSE/RESTART push button and then
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