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4 (twice - to display "М").
+1/ҮЕ$.
0 (twice - to display "А").
+1/YES.
2 (three times - to display "H").
+1/ҮЕ$.
0 (twice - to display "А").
+1/ҮЕ$.
8 (four times - to display a space).
+1/ҮЕ$.
Т (once - to display "1").
Exit by pressing the SONG key. You will now see that the song
title you have chosen is shown whenever you select the song:
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Deleting a song
This is easy. Just press JOB and 4 together from the main SONG
menu, then press + I/YES. You will be asked if you are sure. If
you are, press
1/YES, otherwise, press -1/NO, and you will be
returned to the main song menu.
Saving your work
Though the RX8 allows you to store 20 songs and 100 patterns,
which is usually enough for one session, you'll probably want to
store patterns and songs for future reference. The RX8 allows
you three ways to store them - cassette, memory card and MIDI
Bulk dump. For the moment, we'll talk about cassette, and the
other methods will be described in "Functions"
recorder suitable for data storage (if you must use a hi-fi re-
corder, make sure any automatic gain control and noise reduction
are OFF),
and connect
the supplied cassette
lead from the
CASSETTE socket of the RX8 (8-way DIN type)as follows:
Red lead (3.5mm jack plug) to MIC or REC or IN of your
cassette recorder.
White lead (3.5mm jack plug) to EAR or PLAY or OUT of
your cassette recorder
The black lead (2.5mm jack plug) is not used with the RX8.
. Use a cassette
To enter cassette
mode,
press the CARD/CAS
button. The
display will read
Don't worry about this - we're not using a card anyway. Just
press CARD/CAS
again:
Make sure your tape is at the right point in the cassette recorder,
start recording, and then press +1/YES. The display will tell you
that you have started to save the data in the RX8 to tape. As a
rough guide, this will take about 45 seconds. When this has been
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done, the display will briefly show "Complete !" before return-
ing to the Cassette menu. If you find that you are saving on the
wrong
tape, or you've made
the wrong
connections
(or no
connections), you can interrupt the saving process by pressing
the STOP/CONTINUE button to get the following display:
Save
Break
CASS
> 123
Any data saved on the tape up to this point will obviously be
incomplete, and therefore unusable.
Use the JOB+1
keys to
access the Save Job again.
Making sure
It's a good idea to make sure that the data has been correctly
saved on tape. Rewind the cassette to the point where you started
saving, and press JOB and 2 together on the RX8:
CASSETTE
VERIFY?
CASS
> 123
Now start playing the tape, and press +1/YES on the RX8:
Verifyin
CASS
> 153
If the data on tape matches the data in the RX8, then a message
will briefly appear, and you will be returned to the "Cassette
Verify Message"
data, or the tape or cassette recorder are not functioning cor-
rectly). then the message "Verify Error!" will appear. If this
happens, check the following:
. If there is an error (wrong tape, wrong set of
You have the right tape in the cassette recorder.
No data has been changed in the RX8
since the tape was
recorded.
.
The volume of the cassette recorder is set correctly (trial and
error will tell you what is best).
If you're using a hi-fi recorder, noise reduction and automatic
gain control are OFF.
The heads of the cassette recorder are clean and are demagnet-
ized
Usually, though, everything will be OK. If you want to stop the
Verify process at any time, press the STOP/CONTINUE button,
in exactly the same way as for saving.
Getting it all back again
This is the Load job (JOB and 3 together from the Cassette menu)
E LOAD
? |
CASSETT
CASS
> 123
Make sure the correct tape is in the right place. start it playing,
and press +1/YES on the RX8. If everything loads OK, then a
message will be displayed briefly on screen. A "Load Error !"
message
will be displayed if there is a failure of any kind.
Failures are due to the same causes as for Verify, so check the
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