Memory Allocate - Yamaha SY99 Owner's Manual

UTILITY MODE
SYSTEM UTILITY
Summary: Specify how the SY99's 512 Kbytes of
internal MDR/sample RAM will be allocated for
use by MDR data, and how much will be used
for sample data.
Procedure:
From: system utility job
directory
Select: 06:Memory Allocate
Specify: how much memory to allocate to MDR
data and sample data.
To execute: memory allocation press F8 (Go)
To quit: without executing press EXIT
With the cursor located at the MDR memory
value, adjust the allocation for that type of mem-
ory in 4-Kbyte steps. (The minimum value which
can be allocated to MDR memory Kbytes is 8
Kbytes.) The Sample memory value is
automatically adjusted so that the total will
always be 512 Kbytes.
By pressing F4 (Init) you can clear the memory
and assign all 512 Kbytes to sample memory.
After you make settings in
F8 (Go) for the settings to take effect. If you in-
crease the sample memory allocation and press
F8 (Go), the existing sample data will be pre-
served. The same will be true if you decrease
sample memory, but leave enough memory to
hold the samples currently contained by the
SY99. However, if you attempt to decrease the
sample memory area to a value insufficient to
hold the samples currently contained by the
SY99, an error message will appear informing
you that the change cannot be executed as de-
sired. In such a case, you will have to initialize
the sample RAM area before attempting to de-
crease its volume.
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MDR Memory: The MDR function lets you use the
SY99's disk to save and load bulk data from
other devices. Refer to MIDI Data Recorder
Utility, page 279.
Sample Memory: Sample data can be received at
any time via MIDI from another device. Sample
data can also be loaded from disk as explained in
Sample Utility, 3.Load from disk, page 277.
These samples can be assigned to a waveform,
and used in the same way as preset and card
AWM waveforms. Refer to AWM element data,
2.0 Waveform edit, page 160.
Expansion RAM: The size of the MDR/sample
memory area can be expanded to a maximum of
3 Mbytes using optional expansion memory
boards, model SYEMB05. However, even when
the SY99's MDR/sample memory has been
increased in this manner, the amount of this area
which can be allocated to MDR use is limited to
a maximum of 512 Kbytes.
For details regarding memory expansion,
refer to Expansion memory boards in the
appendix (page 325).
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