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Basics Section
Quick Guide
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Appendix
Playing the Songs
Playing the Songs
You can directly play back the Song files stored on
Memory Card. Up to 100 Song files can be played back
end-to-end by using the Chain Step feature. This Chain
Step data can also be saved to Memory Card (page 82).
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Make sure to insert a Memory Card containing
appropriate Song data to the Card Slot.
Make sure to read the section “Using Memory Cards” on
page 82.
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The S90 is compatible with and can play back Standard
MIDI Files or Format 0. If necessary, you can use the
included File Utility software to convert Standard MIDI
files on your computer from format 1 to format 0.
Never attempt to remove/insert the Memory Card while
in the SEQ PLAY mode.
Setting the Chain (CHAIN)
Chain Step Number
Change each Chain Step by using the [
▲
]/ [
▼
]
buttons.
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You can jump to the next Chain Step and change the
Chain settings in advance, even while a Song is being
played back.
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When a Song is being played back, a [
] indicator
appears for the current Song.
Song File/Mix Template
Assign a Song file to the Chain Step. Any Song files
with the “.MID” extension can be selected. Mix
Templates (page 79) can also be selected to call up the
tone generator settings for each part.
For continuous (chained) playback of multiple Chain
Steps, you can specify how to play this Chain Step after
playback of a previous one by selecting one of the
commands: “skip,” “end,” or “stop.”
If you select “skip,” the Chain Step is skipped and
playback will jump to the next Chain Step. If you
choose to skip the 100th Chain Step, playback will
jump back to the first Chain Step after the 99th Chain
Step. If you select “end,” when the Song reaches this
Chain Step, chained playback is stopped and you are
returned to the first Chain Step.
If you select “stop,” the Song stops when it reaches this
Chain Step.
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Settings
: skip, end, stop, song file, mix template
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You need to have already specified (in Card mode) the
directory containing the song files you wish to select.
1
Press the [SEQ PLAY] button to enter the Sequence
Play mode.
2
Use the [
▲
] and [
▼
]
buttons to select the chain step
number.
3
Use the [DEC/NO] and [INC/YES] buttons to
assign the song file/mix template or skip/end/stop
to the chain step.
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Song files on the same directory can be played back
with chain.
4
Repeat steps 2 and 3 above to set up the chain.
Song Playback
1
Select the desired Song file for playback, in the
same manner as you did
1
to
3
above.
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When playing back a single Song, you do not need
to select a Chain Step Number (any Chain Step
screen can be open).
2
Set the tempo (if necessary).
3
Follow the two secondary steps below if the Play
directory and the Current directory are not the
same. (You can check this from the
INFORMATION screen.)
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Keep in mind that the Play directory (for
Sequence playback) and the Current directory
(in the Card mode) can be set to different
folders. For proper Chain Step operation, they
must be set to the same folder.
1
Press the [F5] button from the CHAIN screen.
A confirmation message appears.
2
Execute the operation by pressing the [INC/YES]
button.
4
Press the [PLAY/STOP] button to playback the Song.
5
Press the [PLAY/STOP] button again to stop the
Song playback.
Chain Step
Number
Mix Template
Song File
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