Load Program; Load Sample From; Disk; Parameters: Save Program - Akai s900 Operator's Manual

11
I
PART
5:
THE
DISK
BUTTON FUNCTIONS
DISK
FUNCTIONS
The
disk
drive:
• Loads
disk samples and programs
into the
S900, and
•
Saves samples and programs
stored
in the
S900
to disk.
The S900
loses
ail
data
in its
memory when
power
is
turned
off,
so save your work
to disk
before
turning
off
power. Also
save your work
to disk
periodically to guard
against power
failures or unforeseen problems.
One
additional function,
format, converts standard disks
into
disks
suitable
for
use
with the S900.
Any new
disk, or
disk used
previously with a
diffeent piece
of
equipment
(e.g.
personal
computer,
other instrument) must be
formatted before
it
can be
used
with the
S900.
Disks
have
a write-protect feature
that helps prevent accidental
erasure. There
will
be
a
small,
movable
tab
in
one
corner
of
the
disk.
When
slid
towards
the outside
of
the
disk, a hole
will
appear and you
will
not
be
able
to
record data
on, or format,
the
disk.
Moving
the tab towards the inside
of
the disk
blocks
the
hole
and
defeats the
write-protect feature.
PAGE
01
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Page
01 displays "Clear
memory
and
load entire disk
(ENT)."
To do
this,
press
the
ENT
button.
Any
data
in
the S900's
memory
will
be
replaced with data from the
disk.
After loading, the
LCD
wil!
indicate
what
percentage
of
the
S900
memory
has been
filled,
and what
percentage
of
the disk
was
filled.
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AND
SAMPLES,
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This page
offers
two main
choices:
»
Load program
only.
Use
this
when
you have samples
in
memory
that
you want
to
arrange
into
a program, and
already
have a program on
disk
that
would be
suitable
for
the samples
currently
in
S900
memory.
•
Load program and
samples.
Use
this to
make
up a
disk with
many
different
sounds
by loading programs and samples
from other
disks.
(Example: Load bass program and samples
from one
disk
and
drum
program and samples
from another
disk
to
make
up
a "rhythm section"
disk.)
1
Point arrow
at
"name." Turn
CONTROL
to
scan
the catalog
of
available programs,
or
enter the
name
of the program you
want
to load.
2.
Point arrow
at
"PR
only"
to
load only the program
data. Point
arrow
at
"PR & Sample"
to
load the programed samples
that
make
up
the program.
3. After
making
your
choice, press
ENT. The
disk
activity light
wili
turn
on
to
indicate that loading
is
taking place.
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LOAD SAMPLE FROM
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Use
this
feature
to
fill
the
S900 memory
with
many
different
sounds
by
loading
samples from
various disks.
1
Point
arrow
at
"name." Turn
CONTROL
to
scan
the catalog
of
available
samples,
or
enter the
name
of the
sample you want
to load.
If
the
LCD
says "none," there are no samples on
the
disk.
If
you
switch disks during
this
process, press the DISK
function
button immediately
after the
change
to
load the
new
disk
sample
catalog.
2.
After selecting a sample, press
ENT. The
disk
activity
Sight
will
go on
to
indicate that loading
is
taking place.
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DISK,
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Page 04
displays "Clear disk
and
save
entire
memory
(ENT)."
To do
this,
press the
ENT
button. Caution! This
will
erase whatever had
previously
been on
the
disk,
unless
it
was
write-protected.
If
the disk
is
write-protected, the
LCD
will
notify
you
and
advise you what
to do.
After saving, the
LCD
will
indicate
what
percentage
of
the disk
has been
filled,
and what
percentage
of
the
S900 memory was
filled.
PAGE
05
!
SAVE PROGRAM, OR PROGRAM
&
SAMPLES,
FROM
S900 TO
DISK
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PR OS
RAM
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This page
offers
two main
choices:
* Save program
only.
Use
this
when
you
come
up
with a par-
ticularly
useful
program
in
the
S900.
Once
saved
to disk,
you
can subsequently use
this
program
with
different sets
of
samples.
• Save program and
samples.
Use
this to
transfer a complete
program,
including the
samples contained
in
the program
from
S900 memory
to
disk.
To
transfer
a
program and
its
sam-
ples
from
one
disk
to
another
disk,
load the program and sam-
ples
from one
disk
in
memory
(Page
02),
then
save
to
another
disk from
S900
memory.
1
.
Point arrow
at
"name." Turn
CONTROL
to
scan
the catalog
of
available programs,
or
enter the
name
of
the program you
want
to
save.