Kurzweil K2000 - MUSICIANS GUIDE Musician's Manual page 448

MIDI and SCSI Sample Dumps
The MIDI Sample Dump Standard
The name will be ÒNew Sample! - C 4Ó (note the exclamation point) if checksum errors were
detected by the K2vx. Checksum errors are usually not serious, since they may just mean the
source sampler doesnÕt adhere to the MIDI Sample Dump Standard checksum calculation. In
other cases, a checksum error could indicate that the MIDI data ßow 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 K2vx
There are two reasons a K2vx will not accept a MIDI Sample Dump. First, a dump will not be
accepted if the destination sample number maps to a K2vx sample that is currently being
editedÑthat is, if youÕre in the Sample Editor, and the currently selected sample has the same
ID as the sample youÕre 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 K2vx. There may be
samples in the K2vx 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 youÕre loading a sample to an ID thatÕs already in use, the K2vx 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 K2vx 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 K2vx 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 K2vx
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 K2vx dump sample ID 203, which
would ordinarily dump a different sample from the one you intended, possibly causing the
dump to fail. The K2vx 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
you Þnd that the K2vx is sending samples with higher IDs than the ones you requested, you
can compensate by requesting the sample ID one lower than the one you want. For example, if
you want the K2vx to dump sample 205, ask for sample 204.
Some samples in the K2vx are copy-protected. These include all ROM samples and possibly
some third-party samples. The K2vx will not dump these samples.
Aborting a MIDI Sample Dump
The Abort soft button in the Sample Editor can be used to cancel any sample load into the K2vx
from an external source (e.g. a computer or a sampler). This button will also halt a sample
dump from the K2vx. The K2vx will ask for conÞrmation before it aborts the sample dump.
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