Novation A-Station - Saving a Sound; Using the Compare Function

6Quick Start Guide
Sounds may be saved in any location. It is recommend that the
user locations (Banks 3 and 4, 300 - 499 ) be used early on for
saving new sound creations. The factory preset sounds in
Banks 1 and 2 may also be overwritten if desired. Once these
factory presents are overwritten, they may only be retrieved by
performing a factory restore - See page 54 (A backup of the
factory preset or user programs, either one by one or by bank
may be made to an external MIDI storage device - See page
54)
NOTE: When the A-Station is shipped from the factory, the
global memory protect switch is set to on. In order to save a
sound, the global memory protect must be switched off.
Switching off Global Memory Protect
Press the MODE button repeatedly until the UTILITY LED is lit.
Press the +(UNPROTECT) button once. The LED above and to
the right of the FUNCTION switch will now light indicating that
memory protect is now off (writing is enabled).
To save a program in the same location
Assuming the sound in location 499 has been edited, it may be
saved in the same location or a different one. To save it in the
same location, repeatedly press the MODE button until the
SAVE mode LED is lit.
Press the + (WRITE) button once. The write and edit dots on
the LED display will flash once to confirm that a new program
has been written. If a program is written and there has been no
edits (changes to the sound) then the write dot only on the LED
display will flash. Once a sound has been written, the operating
MODE will automatically return to PROGRAM mode.
NOTE: Any edits to any parameters will cause the edit LED to
light.
NOTE: Since there is only a two digit display available, a value
of any parameter greater than 99 (100 - 127) will be displayed
as (00. - 27.) Negative values greater than -9 will also be dis-
played as 10. - 63."
To save a program in a different location
Press the MODE select button until the SAVE LED is lit. Using
the keypad buttons 0 - 9 only, select the program number
where the new program is to be stored. Remember this is a
three digit entry, (100 - 499)
Press the + (WRITE) once. The write dot (and the edit dot if
there has been an edit) on the LED display will flash once to
confirm that a new program has been written. Once a sound
has been written, the MODE will automatically return to PRO-
GRAM mode.
Using the Compare Function
After editing a sound it may be useful to compare it to the origi-
nally stored program.
Press the MODE button until the SAVE mode LED is lit.
Hold down the - (COMPARE) button. The sound being listened
to will be the originally stored program. Releasing the - (COM-
PARE) button will switch to listening to the edited sound again.
To save the edited sound, press the + (WRITE) button.
Saving a sound
Saving a sound