User Manual

Saving data Saving to disks, CDs, and USB media
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If you are using a removable disk, insert the media. After
you exchange media in your USB device, press the LCD
screen to make the KRONOS detect the media. When the
media has been detected, the LCD screen will display
information about the media.
7. If the media needs to be formatted, execute the
Format operation.
Media requiring formatting is indicated as Unformatted in
Drive Select. For more information, see “Formatting media”
on page 206.
Saving memory contents to disk
You can save various types of data individually, as listed
under “Saving to disk, CDs, and USB media” on page 199.
However, you can also save all of the most important
contents of memory at once, including:
• Set Lists, Programs, Combinations, Drum Kits, Wave
Sequences, User Drum Track Patterns, and global
settings
• Songs and recorded audio
• Sampling Mode Multisamples and Samples
• Links to loaded EXs and User Sample Bank data
If you save this data to low-capacity media, you may
need more than one disk.
To save all of the above data at once:
1. Prepare the media on which you want to save the data.
(See “Media setup” on page 204.)
2. Press the front-panel DISK switch to enter Disk mode.
3. Select the Disk–Save page. Press the File tab, and then
the Save tab.
4. Press Drive Select to select the save-destination drive.
5. If the media contains directories, select the directory
in which you want to save the data.
Press the Open button to move to a lower level, or press the
Up button to move to an upper level.
Note: If you are saving data on high-capacity media, we
recommend that you create directories to organize the media
into sections.
To create a new directory, move to the level at which you
want to create the directory, and use the Utility page menu
command Create Directory.
6. Select the Save All command from the page menu.
Save All will save the sounds, songs, and sample data, and
KARMA GEs at the same time.
A dialog box will appear. The contents, settings, and
operations for the dialog box will depend on the type of data
that you are saving.
7. Press the text edit button and enter a name for the
files. (See “Editing names and entering text” on
page 201.)
All of the files created by Save All will share this name, but
with different file extensions. If you load one of these files
later, you’ll be given the option to automatically load all of
the other related files as well—a handy time-saver.
8. For now, leave all of the boxes checked in the Selection
button dialogs.
There are individual check-boxes for each bank of Programs
and Combis, and for various other types of data. Leaving all
of these checked ensures that you’re saving everything
you’ll need.
9. Press the OK button to execute the Save operation.
All of the data will be saved, creating a handful of different
files. For details, see “File types included in Save All,”
below.
When the save is complete, the system returns to the Save
page, and the display will show the resulting file(s). The
amount of time required will depend on the amount of
data
being saved.
If a file with the same name already exists on the media, you
will be asked whether you want to overwrite. If you wish to
overwrite, press the OK button. If you wish to save without
overwriting, press the Cancel button, re-do the operation
from step 6, and rename the data in step 7 before saving it.
Split files
If the data does not fit onto the selected volume, the “No
space available on medium” dialog box will appear. You can
press the OK button to divide the file will be divided and
save it to multiple volumes of media (such as multiple USB
sticks). If you don’t want to divide the file, press the Cancel
button, and save the file to larger-capacity media.
For more information, see “Save All (PCG, SNG and KSC)”
on page 857 of the Parameter Guide.
File types included in Save All
The various types of data are saved as the following files.
.PCG file: This contains all of the Programs, Combinations,
Drum kits, Wave Sequences, and global settings from the
internal memory.
.SNG file: This contains all of the Songs from Sequencer
mode.
Note: If the audio tracks contain recorded data, region data
will also be saved at this time. The WAVE files are stored in
a directory named after the .SNG plus “_A” at the end, in the
same directory as the .SNG file itself.
.KSC file: This lists all of the Multisamples and Samples in
Sampling Mode, along with all of the loaded EXs and User
Sample Bank Multisamples and Drumsamples.