Kurzweil K2500 - PERFORMANCE GUIDE REV F PART NUMBER 910251 CHAP 13 Manual page 23

bank will be saved. (You cannot save ROM objects. If you wish to save a ROM object, such as a
program, you must first save it internally as a RAM program.) If any objects within the selected
bank have dependent RAM objects that exist in a different bank, you will be asked if you want
to save dependent objects. See page 13-26 for more on saving dependent objects.
Use one of the data entry methods to select a bank to be saved. If you press the Cancel soft
button, you'll return to the Disk mode page. After you've selected the bank, press OK. The
following page will appear:
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You can now name the file according to the naming procedures outlined in Chapter 5. You can
enter up to eight characters. When you've entered a name, press "OK" to save the file as shown
in the display, or press Cancel to return to the file dialog. When the file is saved, the K2500 adds
an extension (.KRZ) to the filename. This enables the K2500 to recognize it as a Kurzweil file
when it examines the disk's directory.
Saving Master and Everything Files
Among your choices in the Bank dialog are Master files and Everything files. Master files
consist primarily of the items on the Master mode page and the three MIDI mode pages. They
also include information like marked pages, view settings, and MIDI channel and program
assignment. In fact, saving Master files (or dumping them via SysEx) is a good way to configure
your K2500 (or another K2500) to your performance or sequencing needs. For example, you
might save different Master files with every sequence you create using an external sequencer.
Then, when you load the Master file, you would have all the correct programs assigned to the
appropriate MIDI channels.
Everything files consist of the Master file parameters and every other RAM object. Saving an
Everything file will literally save everything in RAM, including samples, into a single file.
These can be quite large, so if you don't have a hard disk, be sure to have a few preformatted
floppy disks handy.
Split Files
When you're saving memory banks, it's not uncommon to create files larger than 720K or even
1.4M—especially when you're saving RAM samples. If you're saving to floppy disks, the K2500
will create split files stored on multiple disks. A little advance preparation is necessary for this.
If the K2500 fills a floppy disk before it finishes saving a file, it will prompt you to insert a
second disk in the floppy drive. This disk must be preformatted; the K2500 will not format
disks in the middle of a save operation. When the second disk is inserted, the K2500 will
continue to save. This process will be repeated until the entire file is saved. The K2500 marks
these disks internally with a number that indicates the sequence in which they were saved.
When you're loading these split files, they must be inserted in the same sequence as they were
saved. When the K2500 has loaded the contents of the first disk, it will prompt you to insert the
second disk, and so on. Make sure to label your disks as soon as you save to them, so you'll
keep them in the correct order.
Disk Mode
Saving Files
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