Save Operations - GEM GPS3600 Owner's Manual

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Save operations

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The Save procedures operate in the direction
RAM –> Destination where the destination can
be Floppy disk, Hard disk or SCSI (optional).
The PS/GPS RAM is backed by a rechargeable
battery to safeguard the data when the instru-
ment is turned off. For security reasons, how-
ever, it is necessary to store your data to floppy
disk or Hard disk with the Save command. The
RAM should be considered as a work area which
can be continually updated, not as a data stor-
age device.
Have a new or used disk ready to save data to.
These can be PS/GPS format disks or standard
MS-DOS disks for the exclusive storage of MIDI
files. You can also save MIDI Files to PS/GPS
format disks.
Check that the floppy disk is not write protected -
if so, remove the protection beforehand. If you
forget to do this, the instrument will prompt you
with an appropriate message when you attempt
to save to the disk.
Save operations are characterized by an addi-
tional option: the creation of a new Block if nec-
essary.
WARNING - Do not save data to the original disks
supplied with the instrument. As a precautionary
measure against data loss, always check that your
original disks are write protected.
SAVE SINGLE
The Save Single command offers the following
possibilities:
SAVE SINGLE BLOCK
Saves the entire contents of RAM to disk or Hard
disk in a single step. Block data contains: a Setup
file, Sounds, Presets, ROM Style Presets, User
Styles (and relative Presets) and Songs (and rela-
tive Presets), all housed in their respective
Groups.
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SAVE SINGLE SETUP
Saves a Setup file to a Block on floppy disk or
Hard Disk. The Setup corresponds to the con-
figuration of the instrument's global parameters
(Edit General status) that determine how the
machine operates, regardless of the contents of
RAM. Saving a Setup file to a Block overwrites
the existing Setup file without affecting other data.
Only one Setup file can be saved in each Block.
You can create different Setup files for particular
occasions. For example, one for home sessions,
one for live shows, one for piano-bar work, etc.
SAVE SINGLE SONG
Saves Songs to disk one at a time. If you have
already loaded some MIDI Files to RAM, use this
procedure to convert the files to PS/GPS format
songs.
SAVE SINGLE PRESET
Saves a single user-programmed Presets (Glo-
bal) to any of the 64 locations of the Global Pre-
set Groups (1-8) on disk or Hard disk. The in-
coming Presets overwrite those present on the
storage device.
Note: If you assign a new block the name
"AUTOLOAD", you can load the Block into RAM au-
tomatically on a future occasion by turning the in-
strument on with the floppy disk inserted in the drive.
Naturally, only one Block with the name "AUTOLOAD"
can exist in a disk.
Hint: A Block can hold up to 16 Songs divided into
two virtual groups. If no empty locations are shown,
it means that the block is fully occupied. In this case,
either overwrite an existing Song that you don't mind
losing, or close the Block with ESCAPE, then select
an empty location and press ENTER to create a new
Block.
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