ENSONIQ ASR-X PRO - Saving Music to Disk; Formatting a Floppy Disk

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ENSONIQ ASR-X Pro UserÕs Guide 19

You can save your work to any writable SCSI device or to the ASR-X ProÕs built-in floppy drive, which

can write and read files to and from standard 3.5Ó high-density or 3.5Ó double-density floppy disks. Since

the ASR-X Pro uses a DOS-based format, its floppy disks can be read by any Macintosh or PC-compatible

computer. ASR-X Pro sequences are saved to floppy as Standard MIDI Files that can be played by any

sequencer or sequencing program that can accommodate SMFs. ASR-X Pro waves are saved to disk as

AIF files so that they can be edited by most major sound-editing programs.

The easiest way to save your ASR-X Pro music is to save an ALL-SESSION file. ALL-SESSION files save

all of the sounds and waves in RAM and all of your sequencesÑthey even save your System/MIDI,

Resampling Setup and sequencer Click settings, and be automatically loaded when you power up.

ASR-X Pro floppy and SCSI disk operations are described in detail in Chapter 7 of the ASR-X Pro

Reference Manual.

Before you can save anything to floppy, the disk must be formatted. You can format the floppy on a

computer or, if youÕre using a high-density disk, on the ASR-X Pro.

Note: In order to be formatted or written to, a floppy must not be write-protected. The sliding

window on its lower edge should be in the closed position.

1. Insert a fresh 3/5Ó high-density floppy disk into the ASR-X Pro disk drive label-side up, as shown:

As you insert the disk into the driveÕs slot, stop pushing it in when itÕs seated in the drive

mechanismÑyou can usually feel when this occurs.

2. Locate and press the System/MIDI button.

3. Turn the Parameter knob until the display shows:

System/MIDI

Access disk utils?

4. Press the Yes button.

Save AllAll Notes Off MIDI

Load Save System

Disk / Global

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