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MIDI, SCSI, and Sample Dumps
The MIDI Sample Dump Standard
KEYMAP soft button, and select a keymap. Use the default keymap called "168 Silence" if you
don't want to alter any existing keymaps.
Now, enter the Keymap Editor by pressing EDIT once again. Use the Sample parameter to
select the new sample. If the new sample was loaded from another K2500, it will have the same
ID as it did on the other K2500. If the sample was loaded from any other source, its ID will be
defined as described above (in the section called "Loading Samples with the MIDI Standard
Sample Dump").
The name of the sample will be assigned by the K2500 if the sample has been assigned to a
previously unused ID. In most cases, the sample will have a name of "New Sample - C 4".
The name will be "New Sample! - C 4" (note the exclamation point) if checksum errors were
detected by the K2500. Checksum errors are usually not serious, since they may just mean the
source sampler doesn't adhere to the MIDI Sample Dump Standard checksum calculation. In
other cases, a checksum error could indicate that the MIDI data flow was interrupted during
the sample transfer.
You can now press EDIT to edit the parameters of the new sample such as Root Key, Volume
Adjust, Pitch Adjust, and Loop Start point. You can also rename the sample. Be sure to save the
parameters you change when you press EXIT. Once the sample is adjusted to your liking, you
can assign it to any Keymap.
Troubleshooting a MIDI Sample Dump
This section will help you identify what has gone wrong if your MIDI sample dumps fail to
work.
WHEN LOADING SAMPLES TO THE K2500
There are two reasons a K2500 will not accept a MIDI Sample Dump. First, a dump will not be
accepted if the destination sample number maps to a K2500 sample that is currently being
edited—that is, if you're in the Sample Editor, and the currently selected sample has the same
ID as the sample you're trying to dump. Second, a dump will not be accepted if the length of
the sample to be dumped exceeds the available sample RAM in the K2500. There may be
samples in the K2500 RAM that you can save to disk (if not already saved) and then delete from
RAM to free up sample RAM space. You can delete the current sample by pressing the Delete
soft button while in the Sample Editor.
Note that when you're loading a sample to an ID that's already in use, the K2500 will not accept
a MIDI Sample Dump if the length of the sample to be loaded exceeds the amount of available
sample RAM plus the length of the existing sample. If the K2500 accepts the sample load, the
previously existing sample will be deleted.
Also note that certain computer-based editing programs will subtract one from the sample
number when performing MIDI sample transfers to remote devices. So if you instruct these
programs to send a sample to the K2500 as sample ID 204, the program will send the sample as
203. The only way to know if your program behaves in this manner is to try a MIDI Sample
Dump and see what happens.
WHEN DUMPING SAMPLES FROM THE K2500
Certain computer-based sample editing programs subtract one from the sample number when
performing MIDI Sample transfers to remote devices. For instance, if you tell these programs to
get sample number 204, the programs will request that the K2500 dump sample ID 203, which
would ordinarily dump a different sample from the one you intended, possibly causing the
dump to fail. The K2500 automatically counteracts this offset by adding a number to sample
requests. This was done because more sample editing programs create this offset than do not. If
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