﻿NU1XA Owner's Manual

Handling Song Files
The “File” menu in the “Song” menu display (page 81) enables you to apply various operations to Song files— Songs you recorded on this instrument or commercially available Songs.
To connect a USB flash drive, be sure to read the section “Precautions when using the [USB TO DEVICE] terminal” on page 64.

File
A file contains a group of data. On this instrument, a Song file includes Song data and a Song name.

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Operation	File menu	Page
Deleting Song files	Delete	pages 58, 59
Copying Song files	Copy *	pages 58, 60
Moving Song files	Move *	pages 58, 60
Converting a MIDI Song to an Audio Song during playback	MIDI to Audio *	pages 58, 61
Renaming Song files	Rename	pages 58, 61
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File menu items indicated by “*” can be used only when a MIDI Song is selected.


Song Types and File Operation Limitations
Song types are indicated as the category name and icon in the Song display. The following chart shows the Song type and restrictions on File operations. 
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Category name
Icon *
Song name

* The icon appears only when you select a Song in the “User” or “USB” category.

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Data Location		Song Type	Delete	Rename	Copy	Move	MIDI to Audio
	Category						
Instrument	Demo	Demo (Voice Demo)	No	No	No	No	No
	50 Classical	50 classical Preset Songs	No	No	No	No	No
	Lesson	Lesson Preset Songs	No	No	No	No	No
	User	Your own recorded Songs (MIDI)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
USB flash drive	USB	MIDI Songs 	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
		Audio Songs 	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
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Range of the Copy/Move operation
As for a MIDI Song in the “User” category in the instrument, you can Copy/Move it only to the USER FILES folder on a USB flash drive. Selecting a MIDI Song from “User” for copying/moving automatically specifies the USER FILES folder as the destination.
As for a MIDI Song in a USB flash drive, you can Copy/Move it to the “User” category in the instrument.
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USB flash drive
Root
USER FILES folder
Can be copied/moved.
Can be copied/moved.
Instrument
User

USER FILES folder
If the USB flash drive device plugged into the instrument contains no USER FILES folder, one will be created automatically when you format or record a Song to that device.
The recorded Song will then be saved in that folder.

NOTE
• Please note that the copy features are intended for your personal use only.
• Folders cannot be copied.

Root:
The highest level of a hierarchical structure. This indicates an area which does not belong to a folder.


Basic Song File Operation
Song files can be handled via the instructions shown below.
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[Menu] button
[Exit] button

1	If necessary, connect a USB flash drive to the [USB TO DEVICE] terminal.

2	Select a Song for handling.
For information on selecting a Song, see page 37.

3	Enter the File mode.

3-1	Press the [Menu] button repeatedly to call up the “Song” menu display. Use the [Cursor up]/[Cursor down] buttons to select “File” then press the [Cursor right] button.
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“Song” menu display

3-2	Select the desired operation from “Delete,” “Copy,” “Move,” “MIDI to Audio” or “Rename.”
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For example: Renaming files

From here, if you wish to close the File mode, press the [Exit] button once or twice.

4	Execute the selected operation.
For specific instructions, refer to the corresponding section.
• Delete	page 59
• Copy	page 60
• Move	page 60
• MIDI to Audio	page 61
• Rename	page 61

During operation, messages (information, confirmation, etc.) may be shown on the display. For explanations and details, refer to “Message List” on page 98.

NOTICE
Do not disconnect the USB flash drive during file handling or when a USB flash drive is mounted. Doing so may delete all data in the USB flash drive and the instrument.

5	Press the [Exit] button to exit from the File mode.


Deleting Song Files — Delete
For details about Song types which can be deleted, refer to page 57.

NOTE
You cannot delete multiple Songs at the same time.

See page 58 for information on basic operations. The following is a detailed procedure of step 4 on that page.

4-1	While “Delete” is highlighted, press the [Cursor right] button to call up the setting display. 
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4-2	Highlight “Execute” by pressing [Cursor down] button, and then press the [Cursor right] button.
After the Song is deleted, the display returns to the Song List display.

NOTICE
Do not turn off the power or eject the USB flash drive while “Executing” is shown in the display.


Copying Song Files — Copy
For details about Song types and ranges that can be copied, refer to page 57.

See page 58 for information on basic operations. The following is a detailed procedure of step 4 on that page.

Copy destination:
“USB” will be shown when the copy destination is the USB flash drive or “User” when the instrument is the copy destination. A file copied to the USB flash drive is stored to the USER FILES folder on it.

NOTE
A message appears when a Song with the same name already exists in the copy destination. Select “Overwrite” when you want to overwrite the selected Song, or “Cancel” to cancel by using the [Cursor up]/[Cursor down] buttons, and then press the [Cursor right] button.

NOTICE
• Overwrite operations erase any existing data of the copy destination file and overwrite  with data of the copy source file.
• Do not turn off the power or eject the USB flash drive while “Executing” is shown in the display.

4-1	While “Copy” is highlighted, press the [Cursor right] button to call up the setting display. 
(Figure)
Copy destination
File name

4-2	Highlight “Execute” by pressing [Cursor down] button, then press the [Cursor right] button.
The selected Song will be copied to the destination with the same name as the copy source file.


Moving Song Files — Move
For details about Song types and ranges that can be moved, refer to page 57.

See page 58 for information on basic operations. The following is a detailed procedure of step 4 on that page.

Move destination
“USB” will be shown when the move destination is the USB flash drive or “User” when the instrument is the move destination. A file moved to the USB flash drive is stored to the USER FILES folder on it.

NOTE
A message appears when a Song with same name already exists in the move destination. Select “Overwrite” when you want to overwrite the selected Song, or “Cancel” to cancel by using the [Cursor up]/[Cursor down] buttons, then press the [Cursor right] button.

NOTICE
• Overwrite operations erase any existing data of the move destination file and overwrite with data of the move source file.
• Do not turn off the power or eject the USB flash drive while “Executing” is shown in the  display.

4-1	While “Move” is highlighted, press the [Cursor right] button to call up the setting display. 
(Figure)
Move destination
File name

4-2	Highlight “Execute” by pressing the [Cursor down] button, then press the [Cursor right] button.
The selected Song will be moved to the destination and the display returns to the Song list display.


Converting a MIDI Song to an Audio Song During Playback — MIDI to Audio
A MIDI Song in the “User” memory of the instrument or on a USB flash drive can be converted to an Audio Song then saved to the USER FILES folder on a USB flash drive. For information about which Song types can be converted, refer to page 57.

See page 58 for information on basic operations. The following is a detailed procedure of step 4 on that page.

NOTE
After conversion, the MIDI Song remains in the original data location.

NOTICE
Do not turn off the power or disconnect the USB flash drive during the conversion.
Otherwise the data will be lost.

NOTE
• A message appears when a Song with same name already exists in the copy destination. Select “Overwrite” when you want to overwrite the selected Song by using the [Cursor up]/[Cursor down] buttons, then press the [Cursor right] button.
• To cancel this operation, press the [Exit] button during the conversion. When the operation is canceled, the converted Audio Song will not be saved.

4-1	While “MIDI to Audio” is highlighted, press the [Cursor right] button to call up the setting display.
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4-2	Highlight “Execute” by pressing the [Cursor down] button, then press the [Cursor right] button.
This operation starts playback and conversion from MIDI to Audio.
This is basically the same as that of Audio Song Recording, which allows you to record your keyboard performance and other audio input sounds (via Bluetooth, [AUX IN] etc.) from the external device (page 46). After you convert the Song, a message “Convert completed” will be shown and the display returns to Song List display.


Renaming Song Files — Rename
For details about Song types which can be renamed, refer to page 57.

See page 58 for information on basic operations. The following is a detailed procedure of step 4 on that page.

4-1	While “Rename” is highlighted, press the [Cursor right] to call up the setting display. 
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Cursor

4-2	Assign a name to the Song.
Use the [Cursor left]/[Cursor right] buttons to move the cursor highlight (underline).
Use the [Cursor up]/[Cursor down] buttons to change the character at the current cursor position. Pressing the [REC] button will delete the character at the current cursor position.
A Song name can contain up to 46 characters. Characters which extend beyond the display capacity and are not visible can be viewed by moving the highlight by using the [Cursor left]/[Cursor right] buttons.

NOTE
For information about the character types available for the Song name, refer to “Language” on page 89.

NOTICE
Do not turn off the power or eject the USB flash drive while “Executing” is shown in the display.

4-3	Press the [Menu] button to actually rename the file.
After the Song is renamed, the display returns to the Song List display where the renamed Song can be selected.


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