Saving And Loading Data; Saving Your Edits - Korg KRONOS2-61 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.
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...CC 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!
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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.