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Loading & saving data, and creating CDs
Saving data
Types of data that can be saved
Therearethreewaystosavedata;youcanwriteitinto
internalmemory,saveittomedia(internalharddisk,
internalCD‐R/RW,oraUSB‐connectedharddisk,CD‐
R/RW,orremovabledisk),ortransmititasaMIDIdata
dump.YoucanalsouseWAVEfilestocreate
anaudio
CDthatcanbeplayedbyCDplayers.
Writing to internal memory
Thefollowingtypesofdatacanbewrittenintothe
internalmemory.
• Program
Programs000–127inbanksINT‐A…F,USER‐A…G
• Combination
Combinations000–127inbanksINT‐A…G,USER‐
A…G
• Globalsettings
(GlobalP0:Basic–P3:CategoryName)
• Userwavesequencepatterns
BanksINT:000…149,BanksUSER‐A…G:00…31
• Userdrumkits
BanksINT:
00…39,BanksUSER‐A…G:00…15
• UsertemplatesongsU00–U15
Songsettingssuchasthesongnameandtempo,
tracksettings,KARMA,andeffectsettingscanbe
saved(written)tointernalmemory.However,the
musicaldataforsongtracksandpatternsarenot
savedtointernalmemory.Furthermore,settings
thatgovernhow
themusicaldataisplayedback
suchas“Meter,”“Metronome,”“PLAY/MUTE,”
“TrackPlayLoop(includingStart/Endmeasure),”
andRPPRsettingswillnotbesavedeither.Usethe
Sequencermodepagemenucommand“Save
TemplateSong”towritethisdata;formore
information,see“SaveTemplateSong”onpage 583
oftheParameter
Guide.
RAMMultisamplesandSamplesmustbesavedto
andloadedfromdisk;theycannotbewritteninto
internalmemory.
Thismeansthatifyouturnthepoweroffandthen
ononceagain,butdonotre‐loadthenecessary
RAMMultisamplesorSamples,anydatathatuses
suchmultisamples
orsampleswillnotsoundas
intended.ThiscanincludeCombinations,
Programs,DrumKits,WaveSequences,and
Multisamples.
DatathatyoueditinSequencerorSamplingmode
canonlybesavedtodisk;itcannotbesavedin
internalmemory.
Saving to disk, CDs, and USB media
Thefollowingdatacanbesavedtovarioustypesof
media.
• .PCGfile:
Programs,combinations,globalsettings,drumkits,
andwavesequences(Thedatathatwascheckedin
thecheckboxesoftheSavedialogboxwillbe
saved.)
• .SNGfile:
Songandregiondata.
• .KSC,.KMP,.KSFfiles:
Listsofsample
andmultisamples(.KSCfile),
multisamples(.KMPfile),samples(.KSFfile).
• .KFXfile:
Effectpresetdata.
• .MIDfile:
SavesaSequencermodesonginStandardMIDI
File(SMF)format.
• .EXLfile:
Systemexclusivedatafromanexternaldevicethat
wassavedontheOASYS(ThisallowstheOASYS
tobeusedasa
datafiler.)
• .WAVand.AIFfiles:
Asampleyourecordedcanbeexported(written)as
aWAVEfileorAIFFfile.
• .KCDfile:
ThesearetracklistsforaudioCDs.
MIDI data dump
Thefollowingtypesofdatacanbetransmittedasa
MIDIdatadumpandsavedonanexternaldatafileror
otherdevice.
•Programs,combinations,globalsettings,drumkits,
andwavesequences
•Songs
Formoreinformation,see“DumpProgram”on
page 742oftheParameterGuide.
About preloaded data and preset data
“Preloadeddata”referstothedatathatisloadedinthe
OASYSwhenitisshippedfromthefactory.Youare
freetorewritethisdata,andwiththeexceptionofthe
demosongs,thedatawillbewrittentothelocation
listedin“Writingtointernalmemory.”Allofthis
data
isstoredintheinternalharddisk.
•ProgrambanksINT‐A,B,C,D,E(HD‐1program):
000–127,INT‐F,USER‐F(EXiprogram):000–127
• CombinationbanksINT‐A,B,C:000–127
•DrumkitbanksINT:00–39