24•4 Reference Guide
SMF (F6)
When this option is selected, the left part of the
display shows the MIDI files contained in the disk,
identified by the extension ‘.MID’, together with
any other sub-directories present (shown with the
.<DIR> extension).
SELECT ALL (F7)
Selects all the files shown in the left part of the
display and inserts them directly into the list. The
list can contain a maximum of 16 files.
If the SMF option is selected, Select All inserts
all MIDI files present in the current directory. The
list will show the Song names without the .MID
extension.
PLAY (F8)
Starts the playback of the Songs contained in the
list, after a short period. If the songs shown origi-
nate from Midi files, the preloading period takes
more time due to the conversion process.
During playback, you can advance or rewind the
Song using the << and >> buttons. You can se-
lect one or more tracks, set them to key-play and
play along with the Song. It is not possible, how-
ever, to select the Song-Performances.
To stop the playback, press the STOP button.
The instant you start the playback, all Songs cur-
rently residing in memory are cancelled, except
the one currently playing.
Preload exploits locations 1 and 2 for playback
and stand-by of the background loaded files.
If the «Auto Preload» option is selected, a Song
will load with its associated RAM Sounds and
RAM
Sounds contained in the Block housing
the Song. If there is not sufficient memory in RAM
for the operation, the Song will play incorrectly
using ROM-Sounds.
Hint: When the samples of a Song are loaded,
the Auto Preload utilizes the free Sample-RAM,
then starts to substitute the samples of the Song in
playback with the samples of the new Song. At a
certain point, the Song in playback will start to play
incorrectly. It is advisable, therefore, to avoid using
an excessive amount of samples (not more than
half the available Sample-RAM).
