Saving And Loading Data; Saving Your Edits; Saving To And Loading From Disk - Korg Kronos Quick Start Manual

Saving and loading data

Saving and loading data

Saving your edits

Understanding Write and Save
There are two ways to store your work on the
KRONOS: Write and Save.
You can use Write for Programs, Combinations, Set
Lists, Wave Sequences, Drum Kits, and FX Presets—
everything except for Songs, Samples, and
Multisamples. Write stores into the internal memory,
which persists even if you turn power off and on again.
Save stores data to files on disk—either the internal
drive or USB storage devices. You must use Save for
Songs, Samples, and Multisamples. Save is also handy
for all the other data types, though. For instance, you
can easily Save the entire state of the KRONOS,
including all user‐editable data, in a single step.
Hundreds of these files will fit onto the internal drive.
You can use this for backups, and for saving and
recalling setups for particular projects, gigs, and so on.
Writing Programs
To write a Program to the internal memory:
1. Select the Write Program command from the page
menu, at the upper right‐hand corner of the screen.
You can also call up this menu command by holding
ENTER and pressing 0 on the numeric keypad.
This brings up a dialog box which allows you to save
the Program. Optionally, you can also select a new
location, change the Program's name, and assign it to a
sound category (such as keyboard, guitar, etc.).
2. Press the "T" button to bring up the text edit
dialog.
You can give the Program a descriptive name using the
on‐screen keyboard.
3. After entering the name, press OK.

Saving to and loading from disk

Saving data
Anything that you create or edit in the KRONOS can
be saved to disk. There are a number of file types for
different types of data, but for now we'll concentrate
on the three main types: .PCG, ,.SNG, and .KSC files.
PCG stands for "Program, Combination, and Global."
These files can also include Set Lists, Wave Sequences,
Drum Kits, user Drum Track patterns, and user
KARMA GEs. PCGs are variable in size; they may
include only a single bank of Programs, for instance, or
all 13 banks of all data types.
SNG stands for "Song." These files store all of the
Songs from Sequencer mode.
KSC stands for "Korg Sample Collection." This is a list
all of the Multisamples and Samples loaded into
Sampling Mode, along with all of the loaded
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The text edit window will disappear, returning you to
the main Write dialog.
4. Under "To" at the bottom of the dialog, press the
popup button next to Program to bring up the save
location dialog.
5. Select a location to save the edited Program.
From the factory, banks USER–G and AA...GG are left
open for your use, containing only initialized
Programs. If you like, you can also overwrite any of the
factory sounds (except for the General MIDI sounds in
I‐G), and easily re‐load them from disk at any time.
Important: HD‐1 Programs can only be written to
HD‐1 Banks, and EXi Programs can only be written
to EXi Banks. For more information on the default
Bank types, and on how to change them, please see
"Program Bank Contents" on page 18.
6. After selecting the location, press OK.
7. Press OK again to start the write process.
8. If you're sure you want to write to this location,
press OK one more time.
After that, you're done!
Saving edits to GM Programs
You can edit GM Programs, but you must then save
them to a Bank other than I‐G; the GM Programs
themselves cannot be over‐written.
Shortcut: Update via SEQUENCER REC/WRITE
You can also use the SEQUENCER REC/WRITE button
to quickly update the current Program, using the
existing name, bank, number, and category. To do so:
1. Press the SEQUENCER REC/WRITE button.
The Update Program dialog will appear.
2. Press OK to write the program.
Multisamples and Drum Samples from EXs and User
Sample Banks. Note that this is just a list of which
samples are loaded; the actual data is stored separately.
You can store all of this data together in a single step.
1. Press the front‐panel DISK button to enter Disk
mode.
2. Press the File tab, and then the Save tab, to go to
the Disk–Save page.
3. Optionally, Press Drive Select to select the drive to
which to save.
The internal disk is the default. Unless you want to use
an external USB device, you don't need to select
anything different.
4. Select the directory in which you want to save the
data.