The Midi Sample Dump Standard; Loading Samples With The Midi Standard Sample Dump - Kurzweil K2600 Musician’s Reference

MIDI, SCSI, and Sample Dumps

The MIDI Sample Dump Standard

The MIDI Sample Dump Standard
Samples can be transferred between the K2600 and most other samplers and computer sampling
programs using the MIDI Sample Dump Standard.
Due to the relatively slow transfer rate of MIDI data, transferring samples into the K2600 via the
MIDI Sample Dump Standard can take a long time, on the order of a coffee break for a large
sample. Most samplers, synthesizers, and software will Òfreeze upÓ during this process,
preventing other features of the machine or program from being used. Your K2600, however,
will allow you to continue playing the instrument or using any of its sound editing features
during a MIDI Sample Dump! The transfer takes place in the background; the MIDI-mode LED
on the K2600Õs front-panel ßashes repeatedly during the transfer, so you will always know if the
MIDI Sample Dump is proceeding. The MIDI-mode LED ßashes only when the K2600 is
transmitting or receiving a MIDI Sample Dump, or when it receives a MIDI System Exclusive
message.
Note: if youÕre using Sound Designer
number by 2 to transfer the right sample. For example, if you want to dump sample ID 208 from
the K2600, then when you begin the sample fetching command from Sound Designer, instruct it
to get sample 210.

Loading Samples with the MIDI Standard Sample Dump

To load a sample into the K2600 from an external source such as a computer or sampler, Þrst
connect the MIDI Out port of the sampler (or computer) to the K2600Õs MIDI In port, and
connect the K2600Õs MIDI Out to the MIDI In of the sampler. This is known as a MIDI loop.
Next, access the Sample Dump facility on the sampler. In addition to selecting which sample
you wish to transfer over MIDI, you will need to set the correct sample dump channel number
and destination sample number. The channel number should match the K2600Õs SysEx ID
parameter (on the RECEIVE page in MIDI mode). If the sampler has no facility for setting the
Sample Dump channel number, try setting the K2600Õs SysEx ID parameter to 0 or 1.
Alternatively, if you set the SysEx ID to 127, the K2600 will accept a MIDI Sample Dump no
matter what Sample Dump channel is used to send the sample dump.
If the sampler has a provision for setting the destination sample number, you can use it to
specify the ID the K2600 will use for storing the sample. The K2600 sample number is mapped
from the destination sample number as follows:
Sample Number
0
1-199
200-999
If the sample number maps to a number already assigned to a RAM sample in the K2600, the
RAM sample will be deleted before the K2600 loads the new sample. The K2600 will always
map sample number zero to an unassigned ID, and therefore no samples will be overwritten
when zero is speciÞed.
Some computer-based sample editing software limits the sample numbers to a low range such
as 1-128. This conßicts with the K2600, which reserves IDs 1-199 for ROM samples, which
cannot be loaded or dumped. To get around this, the K2600 adds 200 to any numbers between
1 and 199. Therefore, if you want to load a sample into the K2600 at number 219, but your
6-4
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to transfer samples, youÕll have to offset the sample
uses lowest unassigned ID between 200 and 999.
adds 200 to the ID (for example, 5 becomes 205 in the K2600.)
ID is the same number.
K2600 ID