Korg Soundlink DRS OASYS PCI User Manual page 61

Using the OASYS PCI
PCI users can add the sounds simply by dragging the main folder (e.g. "John Smith
Analog Collection") into the OASYS PCI folder.
Cross-platform considerations
All OASYS PCI files can be used on both MacOS and Windows computers, as long
as you are careful to observe the following:
Naming conventions. Make sure that your file names don't exceed 27 characters,
do include three-character extensions, and don't include forbidden characters. For
more information, see "File Names," below.
File type and creator. If OASYS PCI files created using Windows are transferred to
a MacOS computer, you won't immediately be able to use them with OASYS PCI.
This is because the MacOS marks files with a "type" and "creator," which
determines which programs can open the file. Files created on Windows do not
have this information, so the MacOS doesn't know what programs can use the files.
To fix this, just drag the files or (folders of files) onto the OASYS Windows-MacOS
Autotyper program. This program will automatically set the type and creator for
Programs, Multis, and Multisamples, based on the three-character file extension
(.oap, .oam, and .kem or .k2m, respectively).
File type and creator are transparent to Windows, which uses three-letter name
extensions instead. If you are distributing sounds created on Windows, you might
consider using a MacOS computer to run the files through the autotyper program;
this will ensure that the files can be opened by both MacOS and Windows users,
without any additional work on their part.
Sound Designer II format is MacOS only. The Sound Designer II sample format
includes a MacOS-specific file characteristic called a "resource fork," which makes
the files incompatible with Windows. If you have samples in this format which
you'd like to distribute within OASYS PCI Multisamples, convert them to AIFF or
WAV format first.
File Names
To ensure compatibility with OASYS PCI users on all computing platforms, you
need to observe a few file name conventions.
Restricted characters
Be careful not to use the following characters in any file names:
\/:*?"<>.
These characters will work fine on MacOS computers, but will not work on
Windows systems.
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