ION iDM02 Manual page 28

Erase an Entire Song
1. The iDM02 should be in Song and Perform modes.
2. Use the number buttons to select the Song to be erased.
3. Press and hold the ERASE button. The display says SONG ERASE?
4. While holding down the ERASE button, press PLAY. The display says SONG
ERASED.
Copy a Song to Itself (Double Song Length)
Copying a Song to itself doubles the Song's length.
1. The iDM02 should be in Song and Perform modes.
2. Select the Song to be copied to itself with the number or INC/DEC buttons.
3. Press and hold the COPY button. The display says COPY TO SONG .
4. While continuing to hold the COPY button, enter the same Song number as the one
selected in step (2) and press PLAY. The display will say COPY DONE.
Copy a Song to Another Song (or to the End of Another Song If That Song is Not
Empty)
1. The iDM02 should be in Song and Perform modes.
2. Select the Song to be copied with the number or INC/DEC buttons.
3. Press and hold the COPY button, and keep holding it down until step (6). The
display says COPY TO SONG with the number of the currently selected Song.
4. While continuing to hold the COPY button, enter the destination Song number to
which the source Song should be copied using the number or INC/DEC buttons.
5. While you continue to hold the COPY button down, press PLAY. The display will
say COPY DONE.
Note: If the destination Song was not empty, then the source Song is
appended to the end of the destination Song.
Copy a Song to an iDM01 or SR16 Via MIDI
The iDM02 can send Song system exclusive information to an iDM01 or Alesis SR16 via
MIDI. If you don't have one of those drum machines, you can skip this section.
1. The iDM02 should be in Song mode and stopped. Connect the iDM02 MIDI out to
the destination device's MIDI in.
2. Select the Song to be copied.
3. Press and hold the COPY button, and keep holding it down until step (5). The
display says COPY TO SONG.
4. Press PLAY to send the data out over MIDI. It will end up in whatever Song number
had been selected at the receiver. If the Song was not empty, the new Song steps
will be appended to the existing Song steps. Note, this does not transfer Pattern
information, only the song steps.
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