Media Edit Mode; Storage Devices And Internal Memory; Selecting And Deselecting Files; File Types - Korg pa 500 User Manual

Media edit mode

The Media edit mode is the place where you can manage files.
This edit environment overlaps the current operating mode
(Style Play, Song Play, Sequencer, Sound Edit).

Storage devices and internal memory

User-accessible storage devices
During a Media operation, files are usually exchanged between a
storage device (SD or MMC card) and the internal memory
(SSD). Depending on the page, you can access the following
mass storage device types:
Abbreviation Media type
CARD Secure Digital (SD) or MultiMedia (MMC) mem-
ory card.
SSD Internal SSD Flash-ROM memory. Only accessible
when updating the Operating System and Musi-
cal Resources, or exchanging Factory Sound,
Styles and Pads, or erasing files.
In some pages, a device can be selected by using the Device pop-
up menu, shown in the lower left corner of most Media pages:
Device pop-
Selecting and deselecting files
While a file list is shown in the display, you can select any item by
touching it. The selected item is highlighted.
You can deselect all items in any of the following ways:
• Touch an empty area in the file list (if available).
• Press the Device pop-up icon, and select the current device
again.
up menu
Device
name
Media edit mode
Storage devices and internal memory

File types

The following tables describe all the file and folder types the
Pa500 can manage. Here are the files you can read or write with
the Pa500.
Extension File/folder type
SET All the User data. (This is a folder containing
other folders).
BKP Backup file, created with the "Full Resource
Backup" function of the Media > Utility page.
PKG Operating System and Musical Resource files.
GBL Global
PRF Performance
PCG Sound
STY Style
PAD Pad
SBD SongBook
SBL SongBook's Custom List
JBX Jukebox
MID Midi file (Standard MIDI File, SMF)
TXT Plain text file
Pa500 can also read (but not write) the following type of data.
Extension File type
KAR Karaoke file
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