ENSONIQ TS-12 User Manual

Section 13 — Storage TS-12 Musician’s Manual
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FORMAT DISK Error Messages:
There are a number of messages you might encounter while formatting a disk:
• DISK DRIVE NOT READY — No disk in the drive.
• DISK FORMAT FAILURE -- DISK IS UNUSABLE. This indicates a defective disk. If you get
this message we advise that you throw out the disk in question. Try again with another disk.
• DISK WRITE-PROTECTED — The plastic write-protect tab in the lower-left corner of the disk
must be closed (so you can’t see through the hole) before anything can be written to the disk.
Close the write-protect tab and try again.
COPY — Making a Backup Copy of a Disk
The COPY function lets you duplicate the contents of one entire disk (the source disk) on another
disk (the destination disk). It is a good practice to regularly back up your valuable data in this
way.
Be Careful!
This procedure uses the sequencer memory to temporarily hold the information while copying it
between disks. Anything in the sequencer memory before you start will be erased. Save any
important sequencer data before copying a disk.
To Make a Backup Copy of a Disk:
• Slide the plastic write-protect tab on the source disk — the original — so that the disk is write
protected (you can see through the hole). This is an extra precaution to safeguard the data.
• Press Storage and then select DISK.
• Press COPY. The display shows SEQUENCER DATA WILL BE ERASED.
• Press *YES* (or press *NO* to cancel and save the data before proceeding). The display shows:
• Insert the destination disk (the copy) and press *OK*. If the destination disk is not formatted,
the TS-12 will format it before proceeding.
• After a moment, the TS-12 will ask INSERT SOURCE DISK. Insert the write-protected source
disk (the original) and press *OK*.
• The TS-12 will load the data from the source disk into the sequencer memory, and then save it
to the destination disk, asking you to insert the appropriate disks as it needs them. Each time,
insert the proper disk and press *OK*. (Note that you can press *QUIT* at any time to abort
the procedure.)
• The Copy disk procedure requires about three disk swaps with the standard TS-12 memory
configuration.
• Once the Copy procedure is successfully done, the display will read DISK COMMAND
COMPLETED, and then return to the Storage page.
DISK COPY Error messages:
• DISK WRITE-PROTECTED — A write-protected disk (window open) was inserted when
INSERT DESTINATION DISK was displayed. The Destination Disk must have the Write-
protect window closed.
• DISK IS NOT SOURCE DISK or DISK IS NOT DESTINATION DISK — You put the wrong
disk in the drive when prompted for a certain disk. This is not fatal; it doesn’t abort the Copy
procedure. Just insert the proper disk and proceed.

ENSONIQ TS-12 Specifications

General

Brand	ENSONIQ
Model	TS-12
Category	Synthesizer
Language	English