Disk Functions; About The Disk; Save; Load - Yamaha V50 Authorized Product Manual

About the disk

Unlike a memory card, a single disk can contain many
different types of data, and many different sets of each
type.
A newly-purchased disk must be formatted before it can
be used (see page 108).
Note:
Formatting a disk will erase all the data it contained.
Be careful not to format a disk that contains valuable
data.
The V50 uses 3.5" 2DD disks. (It cannot use 3.5"
2D or 2HD disks.) Be sure to use the correct type
of disk.
Disks have a write protect slider located at the
lower left. When this slider is on (the window is open),
writing data or formatting is not possible. Leave this
slider on when you want to keep valuable data from
accidently being erased.
You can save various types of data to disk. The procedure
is as follows.
Note:
Disks that have not been formatted cannot be used.
If the write protect slider is on, data cannot be saved.
(1) Insert the disk into the disk drive. (Newly-purchased
disks must be formatted before they can be used to
save data.)
(2) Press to get the following display.
(3) Press the below " > Save" to get the following
display.
You can press the
to the previous display.
(4) Press a to select one of the following types
of data to save.

DISK FUNCTIONS

Save

below " > EXIT" to return
ALL........ Save synthesizer data (internal voice, in-
ternal performance, setup), sequencer
data (all songs, setup), and rhythm ma-
chine data (pattern, song, setup) to disk.
SYN........ Save only synthesizer data to disk.
SEQ........ Save only sequencer data (a single song)
to disk.
R.SEQ.... Save only rhythm machine data for an
entire song to disk.
CARD.... Save all data from the specified bank of
the currently inserted card to disk.
You will then get the following display. (The "ALL"
display will differ according to the data that was
selected.)
(5) With the cursor at ">File", select a file number,
and set a file name for the data you are saving. Page
00 explains how to enter characters.
If you want to write over (replace) an already
existing file, move the cursor to " > File", and select
the file by number.
(6) Press the below " > GO" and you will get a
message "Are you sure?", and if the disk is near the
limit of its capacity, you will get a warning message.
If so, select "> EXIT".
(7) Press and the specified data will be saved to a
file on disk. An indication of the free space on disk
(in kilobytes) will be displayed.
Load previously saved data from disk using the following
procedure.
Note:
When memory protect (internal) is on, you will get
a message of "Memory Protected", and will not be
able to load. (SEQ is an exception to this.)
When you execute load, the data in internal
memory (of the type that is being loaded) will be
erased. Be sure to check before loading.
(1) Insert the disk into the disk drive.
(2) Press to get the following display.

Load

Utility functions 105