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All names must be unique. If you attempt to use a name already in use by another
song in memory, the screen will briefly display the NAME EXISTS message and
then return you to the editing screen. You can then re-edit the name, or else press
[CANCEL] to restore the original name.
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If you press the [OK] button when the song name consists only of blank spaces,
the display will indicate “ILLEGAL NAME” for several seconds, and will then re-
turn you to the song name editing screen.
2.3.14 Saving the Song
The SU700 loses all song data when you switch off the power. So let’s save the song to
floppy disk.
To save a song, you must execute a volume save. This will write all existing song data
(all songs currently in SU700 internal memory) to disk. In this case our volume will
have only one song—the song we just created.
Volume: All song data, sample data, markers, and scenes in the memory of the
SU700 is collectively referred to as a Volume.
For this procedure, it is assumed that you are using an empty MS-DOS formatted
floppy disk (2DD or 2HD type), with the disk’s write-protect tab switched off (so that
writing is enabled). In fact it is also possible to use an unformatted or non-empty
floppy disk, although the procedure flow will differ somewhat.
NOTE:
For detailed information about all aspects of data saving and loading, refer to the expla-
nations of the DISK | LOAD and DISK | SAVE jobs (pages 281 to 292). Note that if you
have installed the optional SCSI board (ASIB1 board), you have the option of saving data
to an external SCSI hard disk, MO drive, or ZIP disk. While floppy disks are limited to a
single volume, external SCSI disks can hold multiple volumes.
Procedure
1. Insert the floppy disk into the disk slot on the front panel.
▼ Make sure that the write protect slider of the floppy disk is in the OFF position. (
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