Specifications
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SP-3 SCSI Interface Manual
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Directories
What is a Directory?
A directory is a group of up to 38 files. These files can be any combination of file types. One
possible file type is another directory, so you can create a directory within a directory (called a
sub-directory). If you do not create any sub-directories, you will be limited to the thirty-eight
files of the Root (or Main) directory. The Root directory is the default top level directory selected
when you change storage devices or boot up. If you save a sound without selecting a sub-
directory first, it will be saved in the Root directory. If you are familiar with the Macintosh
computer, or Microsoft Windows
TM
for IBM/PC Compatibles, sub-directories are similar to
folders.
As explained above, the ASR-10 will only allow you to scroll through a list of up to 38 files at any
one time without changing directories. However, any one (or more) of these files may be a
directory, which may contain up to thirty-eight more files. Every time you create a directory, you
are making space for thirty-eight more files on your SCSI Storage Device. You eventually create a
tree-like structure with the root directory as the trunk, and the various levels of sub-directories
conceptually similar to the branches of the tree. For example:
Example Directory Structure
ROOT Direct04
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1
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SOUNDS
;
2
MY
SS;~IENCES
FLitX;EQ4
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C!YSEX
,
1
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FACTORY SNDS
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GWD PIANO 1
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FEZ BASS 1
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OFKH
SIRING
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PEFKLJSSlON
(Directory)
t
1
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STEFM)DFLMS
2
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PBWJSSlON 1
L
1
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GWND
SONG
In this example, files 1,2, and 3 in the FACTORY SNDS directory are Instrument files that would
be displayed by pressing
(m),
then (INSTRUMENT). Also located within this directory is File
4. File 4 is a Sub-Directory called PERCUSSION. If you press (ENTER-YES) while this Directory
is displayed, you will enter the sub-directory and will no longer be able to see GRND PIANO 1 or
REZ BASS 1 when you press the (INSTRUMENT) button, you will see STEREO DRUMS and
PERCUSSION 1. This means that the directory named PERCUSSION is currently selected and
you are viewing the files contained in it. There are several ASR-10 operations and commands for
creating directories and moving up and down through the directory structure that you will need
to use.
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