Recongizing Files With Extensions; Save Operations - GEM PK5 Owner's Manual

RECONGIZING FILES WITH EXTENSIONS

All files, except Songs in PK and WK format, STYLE and ALL, can be recognized by their extensions.
For MIDI Files and single STYLES (User), the relative extension shown in the 3 digit display area is 'Mid'
and 'U01-U08' respectively.
For SAMPLES and PERFORMANCES, the respective extensions appear in the 8 digit display area in the
form SamplSPK and PerfoPPK.
For CD files, the 3 digit display area shows the extension 'Cd', while the 8 digit display area shows the file
name with one of the three possible extensions: SNG, STY, SMP.
For PK and WK format songs, no extension is shown.
The floppy disk may contain the following file types: SONGS, MIDI FILE, STYLES, PERFORMANCES and
SAMPLES.
To load all the Styles as a group, press the PAGE button. The word STYLES will appear in the display.
Press ENTER to start the loading procedure.
To load all the files present on disk, press PAGE again. The word ALL will appear in the display.
Press ENTER to start the loading procedure.
• To listen to the Songs loaded into RAM, specify the relative number (111-117) on the SONG / STYLE
selection keypad and press PLAY/STOP to start the playback.
• To play a User Style loaded to memory, select the Style by specifying the relative number on the SONG /
STYLE selection keypad, press SINGLE TOUCH PLAY and start the Style as you would start a normal
ROM Style.

Save operations

Even though the RAM saves your programmed data when the instrument is turned off, you are recommended
to save a copy of the data to disk. The RAM should be seen as a work area which can constantly be updated
and not as a data storage media.
The PK7 RAM is backed by a rechargeable battery to safeguard the data when the instrument is turned off.
For security reasons, however, it is wise to store your data to disk for future use.
PK7 data can be saved to disk using one of the following methods:
• as single elements (Song, Style, MidiFile);
• as a set of files corresponding to Groups (Styles, Performance, Samples);
• as an "ALL" operation, i.e. all data present in RAM.
In order to save a single element, you must specify a name for the relative file. To save Performance and
Samples files, and the Styles and ALL formats, the name is not required.
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NB. in order for the ALL pro-
cedure to load correctly, you
must first save the files to
disk with SAVE ALL after
having loaded them to RAM
one at a time.
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