Saving All Drum Sounds - Akai MPC 60 Operator's Manual

7.5 Saving all drum sounds

This function saves all 34 drum sounds to disk in one file, called a "SET"
file (the 3 letter file extension is "SET").
NOTE: If your MPC60 has the standard amount of sound memory (13.1
seconds), saving a SET file when the sound memory is 100% full will require
nearly all of one disk! For this reason, it is a good idea to use empty disks
when saving very large SET files. If your MPC60 contains the sound
memory expansion option, be sure to read the section below entitled "If
your MPC60 has the sound memory expansion option".
From the disk menu screen, type 4 to select SAVE ALL SOUNDS and the
following screen will appear:
To save a SET file:
1. Assign the 16 character name for the SET file to be saved. To name
the file, use the same method as used to name sequences:
A) Rotate the DATA CONTROL one step in either direction to
change the alphabetic keys to their letter functions.
B) Type in the new name, followed by ENTER.
There are two on-screen fields to determine whether there is enough space
on disk to save the file: SIZE and DISK SPACE AVAILABLE. SIZE
displays the size (in bytes) of the SET file; DISK SPACE AVAILABLE
displays the available space (in bytes) on the disk currently inserted in the
disk drive. The SET file should be smaller than the disk space available for
the file to fit on the disk.
2. Press SOFT KEY 1, <Save it to disk>, to save the sequence file to disk.
The file extension of SET files is "SET". After the file is saved, the "Save
All Sounds" screen remains so that you can save another file.
NOTE: If you attempt to save a file to a disk which already contains a file of
the same name, the lowest 2 lines of the screen will change to the following:
Section 7: Saving to / loading from Disk
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