User Manual

An Overview of the FA
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About Memory
The area where studio sets, tones, and other settings are stored is called memory.
Memory can be classied into three types by its function: “temporary memory (the temporary area),” “rewritable memory (user memory,
system memory, an SD card),” and “non-rewritable memory (preset memory).”
User memory System memory
System
setting
FA
Temporary area (Temporary memory)
Select Write
Studio set
SuperNATURAL acoustic tone
SuperNATURAL synth tone
SuperNATURAL drum kit
PCM synth tone
PCM drum kit
Preset memory
SuperNATURAL acoustic tone
SuperNATURAL synth tone
SuperNATURAL drum kit
PCM synth tone
PCM drum kit
Preset rhythm pattern
Preset arpeggio style
User rhythm pattern
Select
Backup
BACKUP folder
SD card
ROLAND folder
SONG folder
Song data
BackupRestore
Select Write
User arpeggio style
Sample
Studio set
Temporary memory
The temporary area
This area temporarily holds the studio set,
tones, and song data that you select using
the panel buttons.
When you perform, the sounds are
produced according to the settings in the
temporary area. Likewise, when you edit
a studio set, tone, or song, your edits are
modifying the data that has been called
into temporary memory; you are not
directly modifying the data in the original
memory.
Settings in temporary memory are not
permanent; they will be lost when you
turn o the power or recall other settings.
If you want to keep the settings that are in
temporary memory, you must save them
to user memory or an SD card.
Rewritable memory
System memory
This area stores system settings for the
entire FA. To save system parameters,
execute the system save operation (p. 97).
User memory
Data that you save on the FA is held in this
memory. To save data, execute the Save
operation.
• Saving a studio set (p. 45)
• Saving a tone (p. 48)
• Saving a drum kit (p. 48)
• Saving a rhythm pattern (p. 51)
• Saving an arpeggio style (p. 45)
SD card
• The user memory data and the system
parameter settings can be backed up
together to an SD card (p. 94).
• Song data (including samples) is also saved
on an SD card. To save a song, execute the
Save operation (p. 74).
• Samples are automatically saved when
you stop sampling or when you exit the
SAMPLE EDIT screen.
Non-rewritable memory
Preset memory
Data in preset memory cannot be
rewritten.
However, you can call this data into the
temporary area, modify the settings, and
then save those modied settings in user
memory.