Step 12. Song Saving; Copy Song Copy All Songs; Backup/Restore - Korg D16 Owner's Manual

A word about data
There is always a remote possibility that the D16 will
malfunction, causing errors in the data or loss of
data. If the D16 malfunctions, recorded data or other
types of data may be lost. Please copy or back up
your important data on an external drive such as a
hard disk or removable disk.
You must obtain appropriate permission before digi-
tally recording copyrighted audio material from a
DAT or CD. Otherwise you must use non-copy-
righted material.
Korg disclaims all responsibility for any damages
that may result from loss of data or from your viola-
tion of copyright law.
The D16 provides an auto save function that automati-
cally stores the recorded/edited song to disk when you
switch songs or turn off the power. This means that you
are not required to perform an operation to save the
data. (You will need to save the effect after editing an
effect program.)
The save operations explained here assume that you
wish to save the song to an external disk, for example
in order to save important data on an external disk, or
to transfer data from the internal hard disk to an exter-
nal disk so that data can be deleted from the internal
hard disk to free up more space.
When saving a song on an external disk, you can select
from the following methods.
• Copy Song, Copy All Songs
• Backup 1 Song, Backup All Songs
Copy and Backup differ in the following ways.
Copy Song
Copy All Songs
A copied song can be directly
played back
The songs in the save destination
are not erased
Song data exceeding the disk
capacity cannot be saved
Songs can be saved on hard disk
or removable disk
Initialization/formatting is neces-
sary when using a disk for the first
time
Effect user data cannot be saved
When saving a song to an external removable disk,
you can use either Copy or Backup. Refer to the
above table and choose the most suitable method
for your needs.
If the song to be saved is larger than the disk capac-
ity, use the Backup operation.
If you use Copy to save a song, and then subse-
quently modify and re-save the user effect settings

Step 12. Song saving

Backup 1 Song
Backup All Songs
A backed up song cannot be
directly played back (the song
must be Restored before it can
play back)
All songs in the save destination
are erased
Song data exceeding the disk
capacity can be backed up using
multiple removable disks
Songs can be saved only on
removable disk
Initialization/formatting is not nec-
essary when using a disk for the
first time
Effect user data can be saved
that were used by that song, the modified effect
settings will be used the next time you play the
copied song, meaning that it will not sound the
same. To avoid this situation, you should use
Backup instead of Copy. Alternatively, you could
use Copy, but backup the user effects separately by
using the Backup User Data command.
Copy Song
Copy All Songs
You can use the "CopySong" command to copy the
currently selected song, or the "CopyAllSongs" com-
mand to copy all songs of the currently selected drive.
For the copy procedure, refer to "CopySong" ( p.61)
or "CopyAllSongs" ( p.61).
To restore a copied song to the internal hard disk,
select the copied song on the external hard disk as the
copy source, and select the internal hard disk as the
copy destination. Then execute "CopySong" or "Copy-
AllSongs."
Undo is not available for these commands.
If a disk is being used for the first time, it must be
initialized/formatted. ( p.47, 48)

Backup/Restore

Backup
You can use the "Backup1Song" command to back up
the currently selected song, the "BackupAllSongs"
command to back up all songs of the currently selected
drive, or the "BackupUserData" command to back up
the current user effect settings.
The user effect settings will always be backed up when
you execute the "Backup1Song" command or the
"BackupAllSongs" command.
Be aware that the backup commands will always
overwrite the entire backup destination drive.
It is not necessary to format the disk.
If the amount of data to be backed up will not fit on
a single disk, making it necessary to use multiple
volumes of media, you must use media of the same
capacity.
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