Kurzweil K2000 - MUSICIANS GUIDE Musician's Manual page 446

MIDI and SCSI Sample Dumps
The MIDI Sample Dump Standard
always know if the MIDI Sample Dump is still proceeding. The MIDI mode LED will ßash only
when the K2vx is transmitting or receiving a MIDI Sample Dump, or when it receives a MIDI
System Exclusive message.
Note: if youÕre using Sound Designer Ò to transfer samples, youÕll have to offset the sample
number by 2 to transfer the right sample. For example, if you want to dump sample ID 208
from the K2vx, then when you begin the sample fetching command from Sound Designer,
instruct it to get sample 210.
Loading Samples with the MIDI Standard Sample Dump
To load a sample into the K2vx from an external source such as a computer or sampler, Þrst
connect the MIDI Out port of the sampler (or computer) to the K2vxÕs MIDI In port, and
connect the K2vxÕs MIDI Out to the MIDI In of the sampler. This is known as a closed-loop
conÞguration.
Next, access the Sample Dump facility on the sampler. In addition to selecting which sample
you wish to transfer over MIDI, you will need to set the correct sample dump channel number
and destination sample number. The channel number should match the K2vxÕs SysX ID
parameter (on the RECV page in MIDI mode). If the sampler has no facility for setting the
Sample Dump channel number, try setting the K2vxÕs SysX ID parameter to 0 or 1.
Alternatively, if you set the SysX ID to 127, the K2vx will accept a MIDI Sample Dump no
matter what Sample Dump channel is used to send the sample dump.
If the sampler has a provision for setting the destination sample number, you can use it to
specify the ID the K2vx will use for storing the sample. The K2vx sample number is mapped
from the destination sample number as follows:
Sample Number
0
1-199
200-999
If the sample number maps to a number already assigned to a RAM sample in the K2vx, the
RAM sample will be deleted prior to the K2vxÕs accepting of the new sample load. The K2vx
will always map sample number zero to an unassigned ID, and therefore no samples will be
overwritten when zero is speciÞed.
Some computer-based sample editing software limits the sample numbers to a low range such
as 1-128. This conßicts with the K2vx, which reserves IDs 1-199 for ROM samples, which cannot
be loaded or dumped. To get around this, the K2vx adds 200 to any numbers between 1 and
199. Therefore, if you want to load a sample into the K2vx at number 219, but your program
canÕt transfer samples at numbers greater than 128, specify number 19 (ThereÕs an exception to
this; please see ÒTroubleshooting a MIDI Sample DumpÓ later in this section).
At this point, youÕre ready to try loading a sample. See ÒAccessing a New K2vx SampleÓ later
in this section to learn how to use samples once theyÕve been dumped to the K2vx.
Getting a Sample into a Sample Editor from the K2vx
Connect the MIDI ports of the K2vx and the computer/sampler in a closed-loop conÞguration
as described for the Sampler/Computer to K2vx procedure above.
Access the computer softwareÕs ÒGet SampleÓ page (it might be called something different). As
with loading a sample into the K2vx, the K2vx adds 200 to dump request sample numbers
between 1 and 199. K2vx samples with IDs from 1 to 199 are ROM samples, and cannot be
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K2vx ID
uses lowest unassigned ID between 200 and 999.
adds 200 to the ID (i.e. 5 becomes 205 in the K2vx.)
ID is the same number.