Friday, June 13, 2008

Save & Load SPD 20 Tone bulk from Floppy Disk



How to Save SPD Tone Bulk to a Floppy disk

  • Connect the MIDI OUT of the SPD-20 to the MIDI IN of the floppy enabled Keyboard
(Roland XP-50, XP-60, XP-80 etc...)



  • Set the ID (the same as the Basic Channel’s) of the device transmitting the Exclusive Messages.
  • Press [EDIT] to enter the Edit mode.Use [UP ] or [ Down] to select the BULK DUMP in the SYSTEM parameter group.
  • Use PATCH/VALUE [-] or [+] to select the Patch data you wish to transmit (ALL/1–99).
  • Set the receiving MIDI device (XP-50/60/80 Keyboard) so that it will be able to receive Exclusive messages.
  • Press [ALL/ENTER] and data transmission will begin.
  • Press [EDIT] to return to the Play mode.
  • save your all received tones on Floppy disk from SPD. You can save your Sequencer data on your keyboard
  • Now you can carry it anywhere with you

How to Receive SPD Tone Bulk from a Floppy disk

  • Connect the MIDI OUT of the XP Keyboard (Roland XP-50, XP-60, XP-80 etc...) to the MIDI IN of the SPD-20.
  • Make sure that the MIDI channel of the transmitting keyboard matches the Basic Channel of the receiving
  • Insert Floppy Disk to the XP Keyboard.
  • Select the Sequencer mode and choose your tone bank's name (You saved)
  • Then Play your tone file from the Floppy using the Sequencer Play button.
  • When reception begins, “Lod” appears in the SPD-20’s display.

Hear is the Sample Tones Bank from Threethaal Music Band on Sri lanka



2 comments:

Anonymous said...

please give the sample Tones Bank from Threethaal Music Band on Sri lanka.. the link is not working.

Unknown said...

Where is the tone bank? link is not work. pls upload or mail me (diyawinnage@gmail.com)