Owner`s manual

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Working with the Patch List

7.3 Playing a MIDI file from a Floppy Disk

Certainly, you do not want to play only the supplied songs from the patch list, but maybe even your own MIDI files.

You will learn here how to play a MIDI file directly from a disk. Please understand that files that should be played

(whether MIDI or audio) are always loaded to a patch on the patch list. If you have selected a patch for this that

already has a song linked to it, this song will be overwritten. If you do not want this to happen, choose an empty patch

first by clicking on the patch number in the top line of the patch list using the data wheel to look for an empty position.

If you want to store the MIDI file directly on a specific place, then select its number. Subsequently press

[ENTER/YES] to activate the patch. Now, load the MIDI file, assuming that you are in the patch list:

1 Select the drives icon on the botom line of the screen.

2 Go to the top directory by holding the [● ] key.

3 Select the Floppy entry.

4 Click on the [Open] button on the bottom line of the screen. You will be able to see the

files on your disk.

5 Select the MIDI file which you want to load and click on the [Open] button on the bottom

line. The MIDI file will be loaded to the memory of the MULTISTATION and its title will

be shown on the title line.

The screen will not close after loading the MIDI file. This is on purpose because it allows you to load several files from

the file manager into the patch list without having to recall the file manager every time. Simply press again the [FWD] key

and load the next patch into the patch list.

6 Switch to the patch list by pressing the [PERF] key. The file will be shown there and can

begin play with the [PLAY] key.

7 You will proabably not hear anything yet. This is because you have not established the

output where the MIDI file will be sent. In this illustration, let us use one of the two

internal synthesizers:

8 Click on the song icon on the icon line of the patch list:

9 The following screen will open: