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To view the list of Standard MIDI Files on the disk, press

[F5] (List). To select a user groove template from the list,

move the cursor to the desired file and press [F6] (Select) or

[ENTER].

✳ The Standard MIDI File list displays format 0 as well

as format 1 files. If you try to load a format 1 Standard

MIDI File as a user groove template, a message

“Cannot Read the Song/File” will appear.

❼ Press [F6] (Execute) to load the user groove template.

Now, the user groove template has been loaded.

❽ Press [EXIT] to return to the Groove Quantize display

(SEQ/Quantize).

Perform Groove Quantize in the normal way.

Saving 16 user groove templates together to disk

The XP-80 allows you to save 16 user groove templates

loaded into USER:001–016 to disk as a single file. This file is

called a ‘user groove template file.’

If you load a user groove template file into XP-80, all user

groove templates in USER:001–016 will be replaced with

new ones. It is more convenient to organize user groove tem-

plates according to the musical genre, etc.

❶ Insert a disk into the disk drive.

❷ Make sure that the Groove Quantize display (SEQ/

Quantize) is up.

❸ Press [F5] (Save) to call up the Save Groove Template

display (SEQ/Save).

The File Type parameter is set to Groove. This means that

user groove templates USER:001–USER:016 will be saved to

disk as user groove template files.

❹ Press [l] or [r] to move the cursor to a position where

you want to enter a character.

❺ Use numeric keys, [INC]/[DEC] or the VALUE dial to

input a character for the file name.

When you will be naming the file in the Name window,

press [F1] (Name).

To view the list of user groove template files on the disk,

press [F5] (List). To select a file from the list, move the cursor

to the desired file and press [F6] (Select) or [ENTER].

❻ Repeat steps 4 and 5 to assign a name you want to the

template file.

❼ Press [F6] (Execute) to save the file.

The file name extension “SVT” appears.

✳ If you try to save a file with a pre-existing name, a win-

dow asks “File Name duplicate. Overwrite?” To

rewrite the file, press [F5] (OK). To cancel saving, press

[F6] (Cancel).

✳ When you try to save data to a disk which has not been

formatted for the XP-80, a window asks “Unformatted

disk. Format?” When formatting the disk, press [F5]

(OK). If you decide not to format the disk, press [F6]

(Cancel).

❽ Press [EXIT] to return to the Groove Quantize display

(SEQ/Quantize).

Loading a user groove template file

If you load a user groove template file into the XP-80, all the

user groove templates in USER:001–016 will be replaced

with the new ones.

❶ Insert the disk to the disk drive.

❷ Make sure that the Groove Quantize display (SEQ/

Quantize) is up.

❸ Press [F4] (Load) to call up the Load Groove Template

display (SEQ/Quantize/Load).

❹ Move the cursor to “File Type” and select “GROOVE.”

❺ Move the cursor to “File Name” and select a user

groove template file .

To view the list of user groove template files on the disk,

press [F5] (List). To select a user groove template file from

the list, move the cursor to the desired file and press [F6]

(Select) or [ENTER].

To view the list of Standard MIDI Files, press [F2] (SMF).

❻ Press [F6] (Execute) to load the user groove template

file.

When the user groove template file has been loaded, the

Groove Quantize display (SEQ/Quantize) will automatically

appear.

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