Section 10: Expansion Boards (Exb, Moss) (9) - Korg KARMA Frequently Asked Questions Manual

Section 10: Expansion Boards (EXB, MOSS) (9)

1. Is there one bank or two banks of new sounds on a PCM EXB
Expansion Board?
Here is the info straight from Korg:
"Regarding EXB-PCM - Boards 1 through 5 contain one bank of 128
Programs and 128 Combinations. This can be loaded into either the C or
D Bank of the keyboard so you can decide which Bank locate them into."
This means that they give you the same set of new programs and combis
duplicated in both C and D bank, to simplify loading operations. In
other words, if you want the new stuff in Bank C, you could load Bank C
-> C. If you want the new stuff in Bank D, you could load Bank D -> D.
Note that there is no reason you can't load Bank C -> Bank D, so I find
this presentation confusing, myself. Instructions for doing this are
located elsewhere in this document.
The ONLY EXCEPTION is the new orchestral board, which has 32 mb of
ROM on 2 separate boards, and ships with 2 completely new banks of
Programs/Combis (256 each).
See also Section "Karma vs. Triton" elsewhere in this document.
2. How do I load the Expansion Board Programs without overwriting
my Karma data? I just tried it and nothing works anymore!
You loaded ALL of the data (which is meant for a Triton) and overwrote
all your Karma Programs/Combis.
What you want to do is just load 1 Bank (C or D, it doesn't matter,
they're both the same on the EXB 001-005 disks).
Start over. If you haven't already tried this, start from step (2).
(1) Load your KARMA Factory preload into the Karma. In Disk Mode,
select PRELOAD.PCG and "Load Selected." You do not need to load the
.SNG data. Verify at this point that everything is back to normal.
(2) After finishing this, put in the EXB disk.
(3) (Disk Mode)-> Load -> Select the .PCG file. Press [Open].
(4) Now you can see the different types of files (Programs, Combis, etc.)
Cursor to Programs. Press [Open].
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