Editing Conventions
Special Button Functions
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YouÕll want to think about organizing your edited objects in the memory banks when you start
using the ßoppy disk drive or a SCSI device to store your programs, samples, and other objects.
Objects that are stored in the same memory banks can be easily stored in the same Þle on diskÑ
which generally is a good idea. You can also store all the banks to one Þle by selecting
ÒEverythingÓ in the Disk-mode Bank dialog.
The memory banks work automatically, that is, you donÕt have to select the different banks to
gain access to the objects stored in them. The K2600 selects the appropriate bank when you enter
the object ID you want to work with. To select Program 201 while in Program mode, for
example, just press 2, 0, 1, Enter on the alphanumeric pad. The 200s bank is automatically
selected, and the program list will show programs numbered in the 200s. If your MIDI controller
can send program change commands from 0 to 127 or 1 to 128 only, youÕll probably want to
adjust the way the K2600 responds to program change commands. See the discussion of the
Program Change Type parameter (ProgChgType) in Chapter 10.
When you do a save operation in Disk mode, youÕre creating a Þle to be saved to disk. This will
save either individually selected objects or an entire bank of objects from the K2600Õs RAM. If
you choose to save a complete bank, then all objects with IDs in the range of the selected bank,
regardless of type, are saved as part of the Þle. For example, if you save the 200s bank (objects
with IDs from 200Ð299), then every object with an ID from 200 to 299 will be saved to the Þle.
This system makes it easy for you to keep track of everything you save. The Þrst program you
save, for example, will have an ID of 200 (unless you specify another ID). The Þrst setup you
create will also have an ID of 200 (since theyÕre different types of objects, the IDs can be the
same). If you were to save the 200s bank, both your program and your setup would be saved to
the same Þle.
Saving and Loading Files—Disk Mode
Saving to disk simply involves selecting objects or a complete bank of objects to be stored as a
single Þle. All objects with IDs within that range will be saved to the Þle. When you load a Þle,
the K2600 asks you which bank will receive the Þle. You can load a Þle into any of the ten banks,
regardless of the bank it was saved from. The K2600 will automatically reassign the object IDs. A
Þle saved from the 200s bank, for example will be stored on disk with its objects numbered from
200Ð299. If you load it back into the 300s bank, its objects will be renumbered from 300Ð399.
See Chapter 13 for more information on loading and saving Þles.
Special Button Functions
The Mode buttons and the Chan/Bank Down button have additional functions, depending on
the mode or editor youÕre in. When youÕre in the Program or Setup Editor, they function
according to the blue labeling under each button. They also work as track mutes on the MIX
page of Song mode.
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