Some notes about the card structure
After formatting (see “Card” on page 17-14), the card will be
automatically divided in two different areas:
• A 1,420KB Generic Data area, you can use as any other
storage device for Pa80 data (Styles, Programs, Midi-
files).
• A 6,752KB Sample area, reserved to samples. This are
cannot be accessed for normal disk operations.
During formatting, an AUTOLOAD.SET folder is automati-
cally created. Save onto this folder all Styles and Programs to
be assigned to the CARD banks. These data are automatically
loaded when the card is inserted into the slot, or when turn-
ing the instrument on with a card inserted in the slot. You
can save Styles and Programs into a card:
• To access Card Styles, turn both LEDs of the STYLE sec-
tion on, then press the [0] button.
• To access Card Programs, turn the PROGRAM LED on,
turn both LEDs of the PROGRAM/PERFORMANCE
section on, then press any of the bank buttons. Buttons
[9] and [0] are reserved to Drum Programs.
LOADING OLDER I-SERIES DATA
Pa80 is compatible with the Styles of the older i-Series instru-
ments. You can load them as if they were ordinary Pa80 data.
1. Insert an older i-Series floppy disk into the disk drive.
2. Press DISK to go to the Disk environment.
3. While in the Load page, use the F1 button to select the
floppy disk (FD).
4. If you are reading an i30 disk, move the “.SET” folder to
the first line of the display (use the TEMPO/VALUE
controls, or the E-H buttons), and press F3 (Open).
5. Move the “.STY” folder to the first line of the display
(use the TEMPO/VALUE controls, or the E-H buttons).
6. At this point, you can load the whole “.STY” folder, or
open it and select a single Style.
• To load the whole folder, press F2 (Load). You will be
prompted to select one of the three USER Style banks in
memory.
Once the target bank is selected, press F2 (Load) to load
the bank. The “Are you sure?” message will appear. Press
ENTER to confirm, or EXIT to abort.
• To load a single Style, press F3 (Open) to open the
“.STY” folder. Since a conversion will be started at this
point, please wait some seconds for the operation to be
completed.
Move the Style to load to the first line of the display.
Then press F2 (Load). You will be prompted to select a
target location in memory.
Once the target location is selected, press F2 (Load) to
load the Style. The “Are you sure?” message will appear.
Press ENTER to confirm, or EXIT to abort.
Note: Loading a whole “.SET” folder from an i30 disk
takes very long. You are advised to load a single bank or a
single Style a time.
7. Select the loaded Style. Set the Tempo, then press
WRITE and select “Current Style” to memorize the
changes to the Style Performance. Press ENTER twice to
confirm.
8. Due to difference in Programs, you will probably make
some adjustment to the old Styles, once they are loaded
in Pa80 (changing the Program, Volume, Pan, Tempo,
Drum Mapping, Wrap Around…).
9. To make the Program assignment to the Style tracks
effective, you should set the “Prog (Program)” parame-
ter to On (see page 9-11).
10. Save the Style Performance again. Press WRITE and
select “Current Style” to save the changes in memory.
Press ENTER twice to confirm.
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