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Changing MDF3 File Name Extensions

Here are a few examples of advanced techniques that become possible when you

use a computer to change the extensions of your MDF3 files.

Reordering songs

You will recall that when you set the “Repeat play” function

to “all”, the MDF3 will play back each of the SEQ data files

on a disk in order. Now, imagine that you have recorded a

number of SEQ files to a disk, and suddenly decide you want

to play the first and second files in the opposite order.

You could change their order using the “Append” and “De-

lete” function; but this would be pretty troublesome. It would

be much easier to simply insert the disk in your computer,

change the extension of file 01 to “.X02”, and then change

that of file 02 to “.X01”. When you put the disk back in the

MDF3, the songs will have changed place just as if you had

gone through the trouble of moving them.

Note:

When you are renaming files, be careful not to give two or

more files the same extension. If you do so, the MDF3 will only be

able to read one of the files.

Changing MDR files to SEQ files

The MDF3’s “Prog play” function is handy, so long as the

synthesizer or tone generator that plays the data can use the

same data setup for all of the songs. But you may find your-

self in a situation where you wish you could transmit some

bulk data to change the setup between files.

Of course, you can record the bulk data in SEQ mode; but

you’d just as soon avoid the trouble this entails. Here’s good

news: you can!

Sure, the MDF3 uses extensions to distinguish between MDR

and SEQ data files; but this is only done as a matter of conve-

nience. Since both types of data are recorded using Standard

MIDI File format 0, there’s nothing wrong with changing the

extension of an MDR file to “.X??” and playing it (or even

appending it to another SEQ file) as though it were a song.

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