Disk Mode
Directories
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If you’re planning to buy an external SCSI hard disk to use with your K2500, it’s a good idea to
buy one with two SCSI ports. Most new hard disks have two ports, and can be terminated or
unterminated relatively easily. This gives you added flexibility, since you can install it at the
end of a chain, leaving its termination in place, or in the middle of a chain, using both its SCSI
ports, and removing its termination.
When your SCSI device is connected, you can select it with the Current disk parameter on the
Disk mode page. Use any data entry method to select the SCSI ID that matches the SCSI ID of
your SCSI device. If you’re using the numeric keypad to select the device, enter "9" to select the
floppy. Newer SCSI devices usually have an external switch for setting their IDs. Older units
may not have these; check your device’s owner’s manual for its SCSI ID.
Using your K2500 in a SCSI System
SCSI IDs
All devices in a chain of SCSI devices must have different SCSI IDs, including the K2500. The
K2500’s SCSI ID is set at 6 by default, and can be changed on the RECV page in MIDI mode. If
your SCSI system includes a Mac, be sure not to use SCSI ID 7 for any of your other devices,
since the Mac’s SCSI ID is 7, and can’t be changed.
Once you’ve made sure that all connected devices are set to different SCSI IDs, you should be
able to select the devices, format them, and start loading and saving files.
Formatting a SCSI Device
The procedure for formatting hard disks is essentially the same as with floppy disks, once the
SCSI device is selected with the CurrentDisk parameter. The K2500 will recognize the disk as a
SCSI disk, and will warn you that formatting will erase the contents of the disk. Compared with
personal computers, the K2500’s formatting time for SCSI disks is surprisingly short.
Directories
A directory is a file on the disk that lets you group other files together as you might separate
documents using folders in a file cabinet. You can create directories on K2500 Format SCSI and
floppy disks. You can even create directories within directories, which are also called
subdirectories
.
Directories are very useful for organizing your sample, song, and program files. The K2500
provides many operations for setting up and managing the directories on your disks and the
files within them.
Path
The Path field shows the current directory on the current disk if it is a K2500 format disk. This
field is displayed upon returning to the Disk Mode page after you have pressed one of the disk
function soft buttons and viewed the file contents of a specific disk.
The current directory is always set to the top-level or root directory when the K2500 is powered
on, or when the CurrentDisk parameter is changed. After this, the current directory is
remembered by the K2500 as the most recent directory accessed by the disk functions.
The root directory is displayed as
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