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Gertje
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Joined 10-08-2006 status: Regular |
Probably a noob question, but can’t find a clear answer in the manual, nor in the forum. Not so used yet to Yamaha/Motif interface…
I recorded some stuff (no audio, juist MIDI) into the sequencer of my newly acquired XS, within song 2.
What did I do wrong? Should I have backed up (save) on USB drive in addition to ‘store’?
Thanks in advance! |
5pinDIN
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Joined 09-16-2010 status: Legend |
Your song should have been at Song 2, with some exceptions.
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Two possibilities:
2) If Auto Load is turned on, whatever file on an attached USB drive is specified will be loaded. (See page 262 of the Owner’s Manual.) Whatever Songs might be in such a file will be loaded when the XS is powered on. If neither is the case, then I’d suggest recording something short and unimportant to a Song location, STORE it, try again to turn the XS off and back on, and determine whether the Song data was retained. Let us know.
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Pressing [STORE], [ENTER], [YES] should have been sufficient. Of course, if you had then SAVED to a USB drive, that would have been more secure. |
Gertje
Total Posts: 11
Joined 10-08-2006 status: Regular |
Thanks for replying.
Option 2) is the case: I autoload a file in order to use the S700 piano, which is loaded (including the keybanks/waveforms) by by means of a song/mixing setup.
Excuse me for forgetting to mention this. Any ideas where my song is, and how to get to it? Thanks again! |
5pinDIN
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Joined 09-16-2010 status: Legend |
You’re welcome.
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Whenever a file is loaded, its contents overwrite the User data stored in the memory of the XS. (An “All"/X0A file will overwrite all User data.) Auto Loading the file caused whatever was stored in Song 2 in the XS to be overwritten with whatever was in the Song 2 location in the file. Unfortunately, that means your sequence is permanently gone.
To avoid this in the future, after STORING the Song, you could…
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Gertje
Total Posts: 11
Joined 10-08-2006 status: Regular |
Seems clear to me. Thnx for the support! |