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Chapter 13
Disk Mode
Disk mode lets you load and save files of objects between the K2500 and the outside world,
through the K2500's floppy drive or SCSI ports. The floppy drive accepts MS-DOS format
double-sided double-density (DSDD—720K) and high-density (HD—1.4 M) floppy disks. It
will also accept single-sided double-density disks (SSDD—360K) if they're formatted as
double-sided. To save data from the K2500 to a floppy disk, the disk must be formatted
(initialized) by the K2500 or by an IBM®-compatible computer running MS-DOS® software.
Most SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) devices will operate with the K2500. The K2500's
SCSI ports require 25-pin SCSI connectors, and will work with hard drives up to 2 gigabytes in
size. The most common use for the SCSI ports is to connect a hard disk or chain of hard disks
for storing samples and other objects. You can also connect a CD-ROM drive for reading files to
the K2500. The K2500 will treat a CD-ROM drive like any other SCSI device (except that you
can't save files to it).
Disk Mode in the K2500 allows flexibility to organize disk files and their contents. Many
powerful operations are included that can save a lot of time by allowing you to easily specify
exactly what you want to load or save. Examples of this range from organizing related files
into directories, to loading macro lists of files or selected objects from multiple SCSI drives, to
setting up programs to automatically link with samples off of a CD-ROM.
Lastly, the K2500 offers MS-DOS file system compatibility, sample transfer using the standard
audio file formats "AIFF" and "WAVE", and saving of song files as MIDI Type 0 format.
Furthermore, the K2500 can read song files in MIDI Type 1 format.
Disk Mode Page
To enter Disk mode, press the Disk button, and the Disk mode page will appear:
DiskMode||||Samples:65535K||Memory:747K|
Path|=|\DRUMS\||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(Macro|on)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
CurrentDisk: SCSI|4||||||||Startup:Off|||
||||||||||||||||||||||||||Library:Off|||
Direct|Access,|121MB||||||||||||||||||||
TAXMOR|XL3-1001||||1.07|||||||||||||||||
<more|| |Load|| |Save|| Macro|| Delete| more>
As usual, the current mode is displayed on the top line. At the middle of this line, the amount
of available sample RAM is shown (if you have added optional sample RAM; if you haven't,
this part of the top line will be blank). To the right of the top line you see the amount of memory
available for storing all other RAM objects. Straight from the box, this number should be
around 240K. If you have added the optional P/RAM extension kit, the number will be about
1260K. The P/RAM kit enables you to store hundreds of additional programs, songs, and any
other objects. If you do a lot of programming or sequencing, the P/RAM option is a good idea.
In the center of the page is a line indicating the currently selected device. Select different
devices using any data entry method. You can select the floppy drive, or SCSI IDs 0–7. (If you
connect an Apple Macintosh® personal computer, don't select SCSI ID 7, since that's the SCSI
ID of the Mac, which can't be changed. All SCSI devices connected in a network must have
different SCSI IDs in order for the network to function). When you want to communicate with
any of the SCSI storage devices in your network, set the Current disk parameter to the value
Disk Mode
Disk Mode Page
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  • Page 1: Chapter 13 Disk Mode

    Disk Mode Disk Mode Page Chapter 13 Disk Mode Disk mode lets you load and save files of objects between the K2500 and the outside world, through the K2500’s floppy drive or SCSI ports. The floppy drive accepts MS-DOS format double-sided double-density (DSDD—720K) and high-density (HD—1.4 M) floppy disks.
  • Page 2 Disk Mode Page" on page 13-5 for complete information. Formatting a Floppy Disk Floppy disks must be formatted (initialized) to the Kurzweil format before they can be used with the K2500. The K2500 uses the MS-DOS format, so floppies formatted on DOS computers should work with the K2500.

  • Page 3: Scsi Termination

    (with one SCSI port connected to the Mac, and the other to the hard disk). In this case, you’ll need to have your Kurzweil/Young Chang dealer or service center remove the K2500’s internal termination. This is very easy for a qualified technician to do, and shouldn’t take more than a half hour or so.
  • Page 4 Disk Mode Directories If you’re planning to buy an external SCSI hard disk to use with your K2500, it’s a good idea to buy one with two SCSI ports. Most new hard disks have two ports, and can be terminated or unterminated relatively easily.
  • Page 5 Disk Mode Directories If you press the Load button and load in a file from a subdirectory called SOUNDS, the Path field will appear as Path|=|\SOUNDS\ The slash character is also used as a directory separator, as in the following Path: Path|=|\NEWTUNE\SAMPLES\DOGS\ This represents the subdirectory DOGS, that is located in the SAMPLES subdirectory of the NEWTUNE directory in the root directory.

  • Page 6: File List Dialog

    Disk Mode File List Dialog Macro Controls macro recording. Allows modifying entries from the current macro list. Delete files from the current disk if it is a K2500 disk. See "Deleting files", below. Delete Rename Change the file name of a file on a K2500 disk. See "Renaming Files", below. Move Change the location of a file from within one directory to another (on the same disk).
  • Page 7 .AIF Audio Interchange File Format (AIFF) Kurzweil K2500 operating system file .KOS Kurzweil K2000 format file .KRZ Kurzweil K2500 format file containing objects and/or sample data .K25 Kurzweil K2500 disk macro file .MAC MIDI type 0 sequence file .MID .WAV Microsoft RIFF WAVE format When loading files, the K2500 will try to find out the type of file if the extension is not the same...

  • Page 8: The File Index

    Disk Mode File List Dialog The File Index On the right end of the top line is the Index field. This tells the position of the highlighted file relative from the beginning of the file list. The first entry in a file list is index 1. Dir:\||||||||||||Sel:2/23||||Index:|||3| |||||||||||||||||AXM||||||.KRZ*|||122K|| |||||||||||||||||CHIME||||.KRZ|||||42K||...
  • Page 9 Disk Mode File List Dialog Dir:\||||||||||||Sel:2/23||||Index:|||3| |||||||||||||||||AXM||||||.KRZ||||122K|| |||||||||||||||||CHIME||||.KRZ|||||42K|| ||||File|to|load:DOORS||||.KRZ*||3456K|| |||||||||||||||||JUNE27|||||||(dir)||||| |||||||||||||||||LONGSMPS|||||(dir)||||| |Total:21034K||||FLUTE||||.KRZ*||||.5K|| Select||Root||Parent||Open|||OK|||Cancel the files DOORS.KRZ and FLUTE.KRZ would be loaded. The Select button will toggle the selection, meaning that if you press Select on a given file, the asterisk will go on if it is currently off, and vice-versa. Selecting can only be done for files, not for directories.

  • Page 10: Quick Scrolling To Subdirectories

    Disk Mode File List Dialog while in the Delete function will display the objects within the file in a scrollable list, however no delete action will be possible on the individual objects. Pressing the OK soft button will cause the K2500 to proceed with the selected function. After pressing OK, there may be further dialogs such as bank specification (for the Load function), confirmation (for Delete), or name entry (for Rename).

  • Page 11: Creating Directories

    Disk Mode Creating Directories ALTO|||||||||(dir)||||| BOOBAMS||.KRZ*||||.5K|| CYMBALS||||||(dir)||||| DOGS|||||.KRZ||||122K|| DOORS||||.KRZ*||3456K|| E4PROG|||.KRZ|||||10K|| Creating Directories As stated above, you can create directories for organizing your K2500 files, whether you are using SCSI or Floppy disks. No reformatting is necessary to add directories to disks that were formatted with a K2000.

  • Page 12: The Directory Selection Dialog

    Disk Mode The Directory Selection Dialog Pressing OK will select the default path, which is the current directory. Pressing Change will allow you to view the disk, traversing its directories, until you find the one in which you want to create the new subdirectory, in this case "THINGS". (see Change Directory Dialog, below) Creating a Directory with the Save and NewDir Soft Buttons As a convenience when saving files to a directory, you can press Save from the Disk Mode page and then press NewDir at the "Save what:"...

  • Page 13: Disk Mode Functions

    Disk Mode Disk Mode Functions Dir:\||||||||||||Sel:0/23||||Index:|||8| |||||||||||||||||N123AB|||.KRZ|||||42K|| |||||||||||||||||OCEANS|||.KRZ|||3456K|| Select|directory:STRINGS||||||(dir)||||| |||||||||||||||||T1|||||||||||(dir)||||| |||||||||||||||||UNDULATE|.KRZ|||||.5K|| |Total:21034K||||ZORK|||||.KRZ|||||.5K|| |Root||Parent|Open||Current|SetDir|Exit| There are two ways that you can select a directory in this dialog. Pressing "Current" - This selects the directory you are currently in (whose file list you are viewing), as specified in the Dir: parameter on the top line of the display.
  • Page 14 Disk Mode Disk Mode Functions Dir:\||||||||||||Sel:0/6|||||Index:|||3| |||||||||||||||||BASSDRMS|.KRZ||||426K|| |||||||||||||||||HIHATS|||.KRZ||||788K|| ||||File|to|load:SAXES||||.KRZ|||2510K|| |||||||||||||||||TOMS|||||.KRZ||||301K|| |||||||||||||||||TOMS1||||.KRZ|||1400K|| |Total:|5037K||||XCYMB||||.KRZ|||1012K|| Select||Root||Parent||Open|||OK|||Cancel Press Open to begin the Load Object dialog. (Note: The file must have a .KRZ extension in order to load individual objects from it.) The K2500 then scans the file contents in order to present a list of all of the objects in the file.
  • Page 15 Disk Mode Disk Mode Functions Root Key and Stereo Indicator Object Type Name (samples only) Size Sample||203|Tenor|Sax3|||||||||F#3S|||||198K The ID numbers are the same numbers that were used to reference the objects when the file was last saved by the K2500. These numbers will usually be different after the objects are loaded in, depending upon the bank (i.e.

  • Page 16: Shortcuts When Loading Objects

    Disk Mode Disk Mode Functions object by pressing Select again. The asterisk will disappear. The easiest way to choose objects for loading is to scroll the list and individually press Select on each object you want to load. If you only want to select one object for loading, you need not select it with the Select button. Instead, pressing OK implicitly selects the highlighted object if there are no other objects selected.

  • Page 17: Loading Dependents Of Selected Objects

    Disk Mode Disk Mode Functions Viewing the Name Table The Name Table is an object that appears in files that were created using the "Save dependents by name" feature (described below, in the section on the "Save" function). This object contains a list of dependent objects needed by the other objects in the file at the time the file was saved.

  • Page 18: Load Function Dialog

    Disk Mode Load Function Dialog (note that if the first second of data is silence then you won't hear very much when the sample is auditioned.) If the loop points fall within the first second of the stored sample data, they will be loaded in as well.
  • Page 19 Disk Mode Load Function Dialog |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||200...299*|||||||||| ||Load|this|file|as:300...399||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||400...499*|||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||500...599||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||600...699||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||Append|Fill||Cancel You will see the following screen if the bank contains any objects (in RAM or ROM): |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||200...299*|||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||300...399||||||||||| ||Load|this|file|as:400...499*|||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||500...599||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||600...699||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||700...799||||||||||| OvFill|Overwrt|Merge|Append|Fill||Cancel The soft buttons control the mode for loading and renumbering of objects from the file. The meaning of these soft buttons is: OvFill First deletes all RAM objects in the selected bank, and then loads in objects using...
  • Page 20 Disk Mode Load Function Dialog Note that when loading into a specific bank (as opposed to loading as "Everything"), the object ID's in the file are used as follows: The "bank" digit is ignored, and the remainder of the number is used when the K2500 re-banks the object ID into the bank that you specify. For instance, if you save Program 453 into a file, and load it back into the 300's bank, the K2500 will use the number "53"...

  • Page 21: Multiple Selection Of Files To Load

    Disk Mode Load Function Dialog Multiple Selection of Files to Load As stated previously, you can select multiple files for loading into the K2500 from within a single directory, in one operation. This is done from the file list dialog with the Select button. After you have selected one or more files in this way, you will still choose a bank and mode to be used for the load process, just as with loading a single file.

  • Page 22: Saving Files

    Disk Mode Saving Files You will see the following question after the current file being loaded is completed: |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Abort|the|load?||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||Yes||||No|| It may be a good idea to practice using this method of aborting a multiple file load, so that when the time comes that you accidentally select 100 files, you will remember how to abort the process.
  • Page 23 Cancel to return to the file dialog. When the file is saved, the K2500 adds an extension (.KRZ) to the filename. This enables the K2500 to recognize it as a Kurzweil file when it examines the disk’s directory.

  • Page 24: Soft Buttons In The "Save Selection" Dialog

    Disk Mode Saving Files Soft Buttons in the "Save Selection" Dialog The meaning of the soft buttons in the "Save selection:" dialog is as follows: Export Save a sample or a song in an exported file format (i.e. AIFF, WAVE, MIDI Type 0). This feature is described in the section "Using Standard File Formats."...

  • Page 25: Auditioning Objects In Ram

    Disk Mode Saving Files Viewing Selected Objects When there are lots of objects selected, but they are scattered in the objects list, it can be helpful to be able to view a list of only the currently selected objects. Such a list is displayed by double- pressing the CHAN/BANK buttons to the left of the K2500's LCD display.

  • Page 26: Saving Dependent Objects

    Disk Mode Saving Files auditioned from this page become the Current Song (as seen on the Song Mode page). Once auditioned, the above object types remain active on the keyboard until another object is auditioned, or Cancel is pressed. If a song is being auditioned, no other objects are auditioned until the song audition is stopped (by pressing one of the Left or Right cursor buttons).

  • Page 27: The Name Table

    Disk Mode Saving Files |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Save|dependent|objects?||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||Names|||Yes||||No|| Choosing Yes will cause any dependent objects to be saved in the file together with the selected objects. Choosing No means that unselected dependents will not be saved. The Names button creates a new kind of object to be stored in the file, called the Name Table.

  • Page 28: Working With Relink-By-Name

    Disk Mode Saving Files The Search Algorithm used for relinking dependent objects to their parent objects during loading is as follows: The search for a dependent object (whose name matches that of an entry in the name table) begins at the beginning of the bank that is specified for loading the parent file. All possible IDs are then consecutively searched.
  • Page 29 Disk Mode Saving Files pressing "Open" on the file just saved (which should come up already highlighted). The display of objects for the file will look like this: Func:LOAD|||||Sel:0/2|||||||||||Index:|1 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Table||||36|Names|||||||||||||||||||334| Program|317|Steinwave|Piano|||||||||274| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Select||Next||Type||Multi|||OK|||Cancel| The Name Table will always be the first object in the list. You can verify the exact contents of the name table by using the "View Name Table"...
  • Page 30 Disk Mode Saving Files Furthermore, you could edit the program and create more variations of it that reference the "Steinwave Piano" keymap, add ROM layers, and/or effects programs if desired, and resave all of the programs (and any effects) to the same or a new file (remember to press Names when you are asked "Save dependent objects?".

  • Page 31: Not Loading The Name Table

    Disk Mode Saving Files the Song objects, plus a Name Table. Once again, this is done by selecting the Songs from the Save Object dialog, and answering Names to "Save dependent objects?". The contents of this file can then be displayed by pressing Open (as was done for the previous example). Func:LOAD||||Sel:0/2|||||||||||Index:||||1 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||...

  • Page 32: The Multiple Object Selector Page

    Disk Mode The Multiple Object Selector Page The Multiple Object Selector Page The Multiple Object Selector is used for making multiple selections of objects from an object list according to combinations of selection modes such as object type, object ID, and dependencies.

  • Page 33: Multiple Object Selector Soft Buttons

    Disk Mode The Multiple Object Selector Page Multiple|Object|Selector|||||||||||||||| Select|:Everything|||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Multiple|Object|Selector|||||||||||||||| Select|:SearchStrg|||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| "Select: Everything" is one way to choose all objects in the list. The All button performs a similar function, as described below. "Select:SearchStrg" allows you to enter a string to be searched for in all of the object names in the list.

  • Page 34: Entering Selection Criteria In The Multiple Object Selector

    Disk Mode The Multiple Object Selector Page Multiple Object Selector page, set the selection range to Everything (or press the All soft button), and press Toggle. This will return you to the object list display, with everything that is not in use by the song now selected for deletion. All you would have to do then is press OK and confirm the delete operation.
  • Page 35 Disk Mode The Multiple Object Selector Page Selection by Type/Range This mode sets a specific range of object types cross referenced with a specific ID range. Parameters Possible Values Function Type Sample, Keymap, Sets the desired object type. The value All Types will Effect, Program, Set- select all of the other possible types.
  • Page 36 Disk Mode The Multiple Object Selector Page Selection by Dependents This mode is used to select a group of objects that are dependents of other objects. This is not available in Load Object Parameters Possible Values Function Current Item, If set to Current Item, selection range is confined to Selected Items those objects in the object list that are dependents of the currently indexed item (Current =), including the...

  • Page 37: More Features Of The Save Dialog

    Disk Mode The Multiple Object Selector Page Working with the Multiple Object Selector The Multiple Object Selector can be helpful to avoid a lot of button presses and quickly allow you select whatever group of items in the K2500 's RAM that you want. It is available in all of the related object management functions.

  • Page 38: The Macro Page

    Disk Mode Macros Selecting the Directory to use for Saving a File After you specify the file name when saving any file, you can then be choose either the default current directory for saving the file in, or any other directory on the current disk: |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||...

  • Page 39: Macro Modes

    Disk Mode Macros DiskMode||||Samples:12313K||Memory:102K| Path|=|\CYBER\|||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| CurrentDisk:SCSI|2||||||||Startup:Off||| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||Library:Off||| Direct|Access,|84MB||||||||||||||||||||| Psyquest|PS-427||||||||XMC1.7||||||||||| <more|||Load|||Save||Macro||Delete|more> The following screen is what you will see if Macro recording is Off: Func:MACRO|||||[|Off||]||||||Index:|||0| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Select|Modify||Load||Record||On||||Exit| The top line displays the disk function , Func:MACRO the current Macro mode, |[|Off||]||...
  • Page 40 Disk Mode Macros Func:MACRO|[Record]||||||||||Index:|||0| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Select|Modify||Load||Pause||||Off||Exit| The new Macro mode is displayed ([Record]), and the soft button that used to say Record now says Pause. The soft button that used to say On now says Off. Pressing Pause will cause the Macro mode to read [Pause ] and the Record soft button will reappear.

  • Page 41: How To Make A Macro File

    Disk Mode Macros Pressing No will return to the Macro page with no action taken. The "Reset macro?" question is displayed to allow you to change your mind about deleting the Macro Table, in case you have accidentally pressed the Off button. When the Macro Table is first created it takes up a minimal size (14 bytes) in your non-volatile RAM.
  • Page 42 Disk Mode Macros |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||Load|selected|as:200...299||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||300...399||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||400...499||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||500...599||||||||||| Insert||||||||||||||||Macro|||OK||Cancel The extra soft buttons are available only when a macro is being recorded. First, select the bank that you want, as usual. Pressing OK means to load all of the selected files into the K2500, and add all of the files to the Macro list.
  • Page 43 Disk Mode Macros You can use the following double-presses to select and deselect all entries in the list: Left/Right cursor double-press -> Select All Macro Entries Up/Down cursor double-press -> Clear All Selections The top line indicates how many total Macro entries are in the current Macro Table, and how many are selected.
  • Page 44 Disk Mode Macros |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |Load|this|macro|as:specified||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||300...399||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||400...499||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||500...599||||||||||| Insert|||||||||||||||Macro|||OK|||Cancel There are a couple of things to notice here. The first is a new choice in the bank list, specified. "Load this macro as specified" means load all the files in the Macro following the exact instructions for the bank and load mode for each file.

  • Page 45: Macro Entries

    Disk Mode Macros Macro Entries Each file load operation that is recorded into the Macro Table is called a Macro entry. While Macro Record is enabled, you have the option of either loading files into the K2500 or just adding files to the Macro without actually loading them. Each Macro entry stores information about how a disk file should be loaded.

  • Page 46: Using The Bank And Mode Fields

    Disk Mode Macros Mode The mode specified for loading in the file. The following one-letter codes are shown in the display: 'O' means Overwrite mode (Overwrt) 'V' means Overwrite/Fill mode (OvFill) 'M' means Merge mode 'A' means Append mode 'F' means Fill mode This field is to the right of the bank field, after a colon.

  • Page 47: The Library Disk

    Disk Mode Macros Macro|Object|List|||(load|dependents)||| Program|210||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Program|211||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Program|212||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Program|213||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||OK| Left or Right cursor button -> Displays Macro entry object list The "Macro Object List" display, a scrollable list, shows what objects are to be loaded from the file specified in the currently indexed Macro entry. You will not see the names of the objects in this display, because they are not stored in the Macro Table.
  • Page 48 Disk Mode Macros should be able to load the correct sequences of files just by loading a Macro, without those nasty SCSI ID conflicts. A macro of this type would first load the CD-ROM files containing samples and keymaps (off the "Library"...

  • Page 49: Loading Selected Entries From A Macro File

    Disk Mode Macros Loading Selected Entries from a Macro File It is possible to examine the contents of a Macro file from any disk function page - the same way you would open a .KRZ file to check out what objects are stored in it - by highlighting the .MAC file and pressing Open: Dir:\ANALOG\|||||Sel:0/5|||||Index:|||5| |||||||||||||||||RESONANT|.KRZ||||109K||...

  • Page 50: Editing Macros

    Disk Mode Macros Func:VIEW|MACRO|||Sel:0/4||||Index:|||1| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |5:\ANALOG\MULTIVOX.KRZ||||||||200:F:||| |5:\ANALOG\NOISE.KRZ|||||||||||200:F:||| |5:\ANALOG\RESONANT.KRZ||||||||200:F:||| |5:\ANALOG\SYNAPSE.KRZ|||||||||200:F:||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||Exit| The only function of this dialog is to view the Macro list entries stored in a Macro file. This feature is useful when, for instance, you are about to delete a Macro file and want to know what information is contained in the file before you remove it from the drive.
  • Page 51 Disk Mode Macros With all the entries selected, our display looks like this: Func:MACRO|[Record]||||||||||Index:|||1| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| *4:\NEWMIX\TRASHX12.KRZ||||||||200:F:||| *4:\POTS\TEAPOT.KRZ||||||||||||300:F:||| *4:\PANS\FRYING.KRZ||||||||||||400:F:||| *4:\KITCHEN\SINK.KRZ|||||||||||500:F:Obj Select|Modify||Load||Pause|||Off|||Exit| Two soft buttons have yet to be explained. They are Modify and Load. Press the Modify soft button to change any items mentioned at the top of this section. You will see the following display: Modify|Macro|Entries|||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||...
  • Page 52 Disk Mode Macros |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Delete|macro|entries?||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||Yes||||No|| If you answer Yes, the display returns to the Macro page and all of the previously selected entries will be gone from the list. If you answer No, the display will return to the Modify Macro Entries dialog.
  • Page 53 Disk Mode Macros Pressing the Load button gives you the choice of loading either all of the files in the Macro list or loading only the files that are selected: |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Load|selected|items|or|all|items?||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||All|Selected|Cancel If you don't have any items explicitly selected (with an asterisk), the message you see when you press load is slightly different: Load|current|item||or|all|items?|||||||| This word "current"...
  • Page 54 Disk Mode Macros Press OK to enable the insert point. Press Cancel to disable the insert point. The display will return to the "Load this file as:" dialog. If a Macro insert point has been set, an indicator will appear at the top left of the screen: (Macro|insert)|||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||...

  • Page 55: Remote Macro Load

    Disk Mode Macros It may be a good idea to practice using this method of aborting a macro file load, so that when the time comes that you load in an out of date Macro with 25 entries all at the wrong SCSI ID. you will remember how to abort the process.

  • Page 56: Disk Utilities

    Disk Mode Disk Utilities Disk Utilities The Disk Utility functions provide certain necessary information about disks and their files and directories. These functions are useful when you want to know how your disks are organized and how much disk space you have available. They also help you to locate files and directories. To access the Disk Utilities page, press the Util button from the Disk Mode page.
  • Page 57 Disk Mode Disk Utilities |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Found|file:||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| \BABYTOYS\RATTLE.KRZ|||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||FindNext|Go|To|Cancel |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Found|directory:|||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| \CRATES||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||FindNext|Go|To|Cancel If the search string is found anywhere within a file name it will be matched. The search algorithm independently checks both the file name and the extension. For instance, if you wanted to find any Macro file on the disk, you could enter in "MAC"...
  • Page 58 Disk Mode Disk Utilities The K2500 will remember the last search string that you entered. This makes it easy to repeat the same search. If you press Util->Find again, the "Search string :" dialog will contain the previously used string. List The List utility allows you to view directories on a disk with the expanded contents of all sub- directories.

  • Page 59: Moving Files Between Directories

    Disk Mode Disk Utilities |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Computing|free|space|on|SCSI|2|||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Please|wait...|||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| DiskUtil:|SCSI|2|||||||(DOS)|||||||||||| Used:23%|||Free:94814K|||Total:124396K|| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Select|utility|function:|||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||Find|||List||Free|||Done| The parameters tell you the following: Used The percentage of the disk that is taken up by the existing information stored on it. Free The amount of disk space available for new files.
  • Page 60 Disk Mode Disk Utilities |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Use|default|directory|for|ATOMTOM.KRZ?|| (Path|=|\DRUMHITS\)||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||Change||OK|||Cancel Press OK to use the default. Press Change if you want to select a different destination from the default shown. The K2500 will then display a directory selection dialog (described early in this chapter), and you can select the move destination directory from there: Dir:\||||||||||||Sel:0/15||||Index:|||4| |||||||||||||||||BLOWFISH.KRZ||||||36K||...

  • Page 61: Renaming Files

    Disk Mode Disk Utilities Renaming Files Press the Rename soft button (from Disk Mode) to rename files or directories without loading them. When you press Rename, the K2500 will prompt you to select the file to be changed, by showing you a list of the files found on the current disk. When you’ve selected the file to be renamed, press OK, and the K2500 will ask you to enter the new file name.

  • Page 62: Backup And Copy Functions

    Disk Mode Backup and Copy Functions Backup and Copy Functions File Backup To access the Backup function from the Disk Mode page, first make sure that the Current Disk is set to be the drive that you want to make a backup of. Next, press the Backup soft button: Dir:\||||||||||||Sel:0/15||||Index:|||1| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||...
  • Page 63 Disk Mode Backup and Copy Functions |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Replace|or|increment|mode?|||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |Help||||||||||||||Replace|Increm|Cancel Replace Any files to be transferred that already exist in the destination directory will be replaced (overwritten.) Increm Any files to be transferred that already exist in the destination directory will be skipped (not transferred.) Help Displays a reminder about the meaning of Replace and Increment modes.
  • Page 64 Disk Mode Backup and Copy Functions for the currently viewed directory. To find this file or directory, you will need to look in the Parent directory. A large SCSI drive backed up in this way can be restored by individually backing up the removable media in the reverse direction.

  • Page 65: Creating A Startup File

    Disk Mode Creating a Startup File Creating a Startup File You can create a Macro file that will automatically be loaded in when you power-on your K2500. This file, called the Startup file, or Boot Macro, can be on a disk drive at any SCSI ID or else on the Floppy disk.

  • Page 66: Ms-Dos File System Compatibility

    Disk Mode MS-DOS File System Compatibility 'Everything' to clear out all of the object RAM) ,and specify Overwrite for the load mode. Make sure you press Macro and not OK, so that the overwrite doesn't take place until you use the Startup file.

  • Page 67: Importing And Exporting Data Using Standard File Formats

    Disk Mode Importing and Exporting Data using Standard File Formats Importing and Exporting Data using Standard File Formats The K2500 supports three common data interchange file formats, Apple Interchange File Format (AIFF), Microsoft RIFF WAVE, and MIDI Type 0. The first two are used to transfer sample data, and the latter is used for sequences.

  • Page 68: Standard Midi Files (Midi Type 0 And Type 1 Files)

    Disk Mode Importing and Exporting Data using Standard File Formats WAVE Files The K2500 can read 8 or 16 bit WAVE files, mono or stereo. WAVE files do not support looping. The K2500 will save 16-bit WAVE files, either mono or stereo. Standard MIDI Files (MIDI Type 0 and Type 1 Files) The K2500 reads MIDI Type 1 files (multi-track) and can read or write MIDI Type 0 files (single track).

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