• 5 Disk & Hard Disk
Working with a hard disk and floppy disks provides you with a means of building a library of
Sounds, Samples, Performances, Styles, Songs and Song Style that can be loaded into the
WK2 RAM at any time.
This chapter introduces you to the concepts of Files, Hard Disks, Floppy Disks and RAM
Memory, explains the principal functions by showing you how load and save Songs, Styles,
Performances, Samples and MIDI Files and other files compatible files.
Floppy Disk
If this is the first time you are using floppy disks, you are recommended to refer to the pages
at the end of this chapter which discuss disk handling precautions, how to insert and extract
disks and other general information.
Floppy Disk formats
WK2 handles 3.5" HD and 3.5" DD disks. These are of the most commonly used type,
available in office stationer's, supermarkets and computer outlets.
WK2 is able to read data stored on disks in one of the following formats: GMX, WK, PK,
MIDI FILE, MS-DOS, Atari ST/Falcon, and Generalmusic CD Series disks.
WK2 is not able read Song, Style and Sound data in non-Generalmusic instrument
formats. The exclusive format of musical instruments adopted by one manufacturer is
incompatible with instruments of other manufacturers. To exchange Songs with instru-
ments of other manufacturers, the Song must be saved as MIDI file format data to an MS-
DOS formatted disk.
Files
Data is stored on disks in the form of files. Files identify Songs, Song Styles, Performances,
Styles and Samples.
File Types and extensions
The types of File encountered when working in the Disk environment are identified by a
name (which appears in the 8 digit display area) and an extension (shown in the 3 digit
display area) which identifies the type of file.
In file types that include SONGS in the PK, WK, STYLES and ALL formats, the extension is
not displayed. The extensions of all other recognised file types are listed in the paragraph
explaining the LOAD function afterwards.
The Hard Disk
The Hard Disk (HD) is a large internal memory incorporated in the WK2 capable of storing
files (Songs, Midi Files, Performances, Styles, Song Styles and Samples). You can think of
the Hard Disk as being a large number of virtual floppy disks (partitions) which can be
accessed at high speed. The load and save operations are very similar to the same func-
tions found in the Floppy Disk mode. The owner's manual refers to the Hard Disk "Partition"
as the equivalent of the term "Floppy disk" to differentiate between the two devices.
Access to the Hard Disk
Press the HARD DISK button to gain access to the HARD DISK, then use the DIAL, or the
+/– buttons of the right hand numeric keypad, or specify a partition number on the same
keypad, followed by ENTER.
When the partition is open, use the Dial (or +/– buttons) as navigational tools and work as
if you were using a normal floppy disk. The Hard Disk functions are identical to those used
in the Floppy Disk (LOAD, SAVE, DELETE, FORMAT and UTILITY).
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Note: WK4 Songs disks saved as MIDI Files are recog-
nised only if WK4 data conforms to the GMX format, a
General MIDI extension exclusive to Generalmusic which
renders the first three banks of all WK and PK Series units
fully compatible.
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