User Manual

25 WRITE/COPY

This option lets you save a MIDI preset's edited settings (in this context, "edit"

simply means changing settings). The system will select a Write operation

whenever you edit a MIDI preset. You'll know that this is the case because when

you rotate a knob or press a sound-shaping button, the corresponding LEDs flash.

A Write operation is executed exclusively for MIDI presets. Here's how you can

distinguish between Write and Copy: with the former you're actually

programming or writing a new MIDI preset, with the latter you´re making an

exact duplicate of an existing preset.

So the system will select Copy if you did not edit a MIDI preset. This means that

the given preset becomes the source, and its unedited contents are dumped to

another preset. The center decimal point in the display illuminates to indicate a

Copy operation is underway. If you activated Copy accidentally, you can cancel

that command by pressing the MANUAL button. The system will cancel Copy if

you don't activate a new preset within some 30 seconds.

The programming process—the Write command, that is—is not carried out as soon

as you press the button. First the preset number will begin flashing in the display

to indicate that the preamp is about to program this preset. The reason for this is

to prevent inadvertent programming. You can cancel the programming process at

any time during this phase.

The preset will only be programmed successfully if you press and hold the button

until the preset number in the display stops flashing, and the LEDs of the knobs

and sound-shaping features that you have edited stop flashing.

You'll have to go through the same routine to copy a preset once you select a

target preset.

In this case, the original contents of the MIDI preset are automatically dumped to

the corresponding shadow preset. The same thing applies when you overwrite a

target preset by means of the Copy option.

Copy is always activated for factory presets as well as in Manual mode whenever

you edit a setting.

You can protect every MIDI preset against unintentional overwriting by locking it.

Once you have locked a preset, it can't serve as the target of a Write or a Copy

operation. A locked preset can, however, serve as the source of a Copy operation.

A tip from the designer:

Descriptions of seemingly complicated functions like the one above can sometimes

be hard to follow. For this reason, this owner's manual includes some diagrams

that illustrate the diverse procedures step by step. Hopefully, these will make

easier to understand these processes. You'll find these hands-on explanations on

pages 25 to 38.