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Chapter 3. Creating Your Own Sounds
Keeping Edited Sound
■ Memory and Data Storage
The location where Patch and Performance settings, etc. are
stored is Memory. There are three memory types: temporary
memory, rewritable memory and non-rewritable memory.
fig.3-19.e
Preset E (PR-E)
Preset D (GM)
Preset C (PR-C)
Preset B (PR-B)
Preset A (PR-A)
Performance
32
Patch
128
Rhythm Set
2
Load
Data File (.SVD)
Performance
32
Patch
128
Rhythm Set
2
System
XP-C
XP-B
XP-A
Patch
Rhythm Set
Temporary Area
Save
XP-30 Sound
User (USER)
Performance
32
Patch
128
Rhythm Set
2
EXP-E Slot (XP-E)
EXP-D Slot (XP-D)
Patch
Rhythm Set
Write
Expansion Board
Rewritable Memory
System Memory
System memory stores system parameter settings that
determine how the XP-30 functions. When you modify these
settings, the system memory settings are rewritten directly.
These settings are non-volatile, being retained even when the
power is turned off.
User Memory
User memory contains data for 32 Performances, 128 Patches
and two Rhythm Sets.
Memory Card (optional: SmartMedia)
These are read/write cards which can store data from
internal system memory and user memory. You can use
memory cards to store data for which there is no room in
internal user memory, or data which you wish to use on
another XP-30.
Before a memory card can be used, it must be formatted (p.
122).
* Either “S2M-5” or “S4M-5” memory cards can be used.
Memory cards are not included, but may be purchased from
your dealer.
Non-Rewritable Memory
Preset Memory
Data in Preset memory (Patch: PR-A–C, E, GM, XP-A–C,
Performance: PR-A, B, Rhythm Set: PR-A–C, E, GM, XP-A, C)
cannot be rewritten. However, you can call up settings from
preset memory into the temporary area, modify them and
then store the modified data in rewritable memory.
Chapter 3
Memory Card
Temporary Memory
Temporary Area
This area holds data for the Performance, Patch, and Rhythm
Set you select using the front panel buttons, etc. When you
play the keyboard or play back an external sequence, sound
is produced based on data in the temporary area. When you
modify a Performance, Patch or Rhythm Set, you are
modifying the data that has been called into the temporary
area instead of the data in memory.
Settings in the temporary area are temporary, and will be lost
when the power is turned off or when you select another
Performance/Patch/Rhythm Set. To keep the settings you
have modified, you must write them into rewritable
memory.
Wave Expansion Boards
(optional: SR-JV80 Series)
Up to four Wave Expansion Boards can be installed in EXP-
D, E Slots in the XP-30. Wave Expansion Boards contain
Wave data, as well as Patches and Rhythm Sets that use this
Wave data, which can be called directly into the temporary
area and played.
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