Roland EM-50 User Manual

14.2 Disk functions (EM-50)
The Disk mode allows you to save the Recorder Song
in the internal Song RAM memory to disk, to save
and load your User Programs to and from disk, to for-
mat floppy disks, to delete files on a floppy disk, and
to copy disks.
You are free to use 2DD or 2HD disks. Please bear in
mind, however, that 2HD disks have twice the capaci-
ty of 2DD disks, so use 2HDs whenever you can.
Whenever the disk drive writes data to or reads data
on disk, the Disk icon { ) flashes in the dis-
play. Do not remove the floppy disk while this icon is
displayed as that may damage both the disk drive and
the disk (so that it becomes unreadable).
Note: The following only applies to the EM-50. The
EM-30 does not have a disk drive.
Loading files from disk
There are two Load functions:
LOAD UPr—This function allows you to transfer a
set of 64 User Programs (i.e. for all eight banks) to the
EM-50’s internal memory. This will overwrite the
User Programs that currently reside in the internal
memories.
LOAD CSt—This function allows you to transfer a set
of 8 Music Styles from floppy to the EM-50/30's Cus-
tom Style memories (1~8, see also page 16), thereby
overwriting the eight Music Styles that currently
reside in the EM-50’s Custom Style memories.
Note: If you wish to use the User Programs or Custom
Styles in the internal memory at a later stage, first save
them to disk before proceeding. See page 57.
1. Insert a disk into the drive.
2. Press MENU AY to place the mode arrow (<4)
next to the LOAD entry.
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The display now responds with LOAL. The ENT mes-
sage to its left flashes.
3. Press the [ENTER] button.
4. Use the MENU A V buttons to select either LUAL:
UPF orLŪAD ESt.
5. Press [ENTER] again.
6. Use the MENU A V buttons to select the file whose
contents you wish to load (example: “USPR_000”).
The ENT message and the file number flash alterna-
tively.
EM-50/30
7. Press the [ENTER] button to load the selected file.
Note: Press [CANCEL] if you do not want to load the
selected file after all. You need to do so before pressing
[ENTER].
If you pressed [ENTER], the display now shows the
message L.ciadiria. Once the data have been loaded,
the Complete message briefly appears.
8, Press [CANCEL] several times to select another
mode.
Possible error messages
No Disk—You forgot to insert a floppy disk into the
drive.
No Files—The disk you insert contains no User Pro-
gram or Custom Style Set data.
Disk Err—The disk is probably damaged and cannot
be used.
File Err—The file you selected is damaged and cannot
be loaded.
Saving files to disk
The EM-50 provides the following Save functions:
SAVE Sng—This allows you to save the Song in the
internal memory to a floppy disk. Please note that a
Song saved to disk becomes a Standard MIDI File. You
can therefore no longer replace the Realtime parts
(“2nd TRACK”) with new versions after transferring
the Song back to the EM-50's internal memory.
By the way: there is no LOAD Sng function. All you
need to do to transfer the Song data back to the
EM-50's internal Song memory is play back the Stan-
dard MIDI File in guestion.
Note: See also “Saving your Song” on page 34.
SAVE UPr—Use this function to save the contents of
the EM-50's internal User Program memories (all 64
of them) to a floppy disk.
SAVE CSt—This function allows you to save the con-
tents of all eight Custom Style memories to disk.
1. Insert a blank disk into the drive.
See page 34 for a few precautions you may want to
take.
2. Press MENU AV to place the mode arrow (<4)
next to the SAVE entry.
The display now responds with ZALE. The ENT mes-
sage to its left flashes.
3. Press the [ENTER] button.
4. Use the MENU A V buttons to select HUE
Sa, SAUE UPF, orSHLE CSL.
5. Press [ENTER] again.
The display now looks as follows:
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Roland EM-50 Specifications

General

Brand	Roland
Model	EM-50
Category	Electronic Keyboard
Language	English