User Manual

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Storage Mode
The LOAD Page
Loading .WAV and .AIF Audio Files
FromtheLOADpage,.WAVand.AIFaudiofilescanbeloadedandusedwithusercreated
keymaps(seeBuildingaKeymap on page 14‐7andEditingSamples on page 14‐9.)Monoand
stereofilescanbeloaded,8or16bit,withsampleratesuptoamaximumof96000Hz.Once
samples
areloadedtothePC3K’susersampleflashmemory,samplesremaininthePC3Keven
whenthepowerisoff,untiltheyaremanuallydeleted.Also,oncesa mplesareloadedtothe
PC3K’susersampleflashmemory,thereisnoloadtimeforthoseusersampleswhenturningon
the
PC3K.
Toloadauseraudiofileorfiles,selectoneormore.WAVor.AIFfilesfromtheLOADpagefile
listandpresstheOKsoftbutton.Youwillbepromptedtochooseabank(groupof128ID
numbers)toloadthesampleinto.UsetheAlpha
Wheelor‐/+buttonschoosefromthelistof
banks.Itisrecommendedtoloadintothefirstuserbank(1025...115 2),thismakesiteasiertofind
yoursamplelateronintheSamplelist.Next,chooseoneoftheloadingmethodsoftbuttons(see
LoadingMethods on page 13‐11fordetails.)
GenerallyyouwillwanttousetheFillsoftbuttonto
loadthesampleintotheselectedbank.ThisusestheFillloading method,whichloadsthe
sampleintothelowestavailableID#,startinginthechosenbank.Anyexistingsampleswillnot
beoverwritten.Pressthedesiredsoftbuttonto
beginloading.Samplesloadslowly,pleasebe
patient.YoucancancelloadingasamplebypressingtheCancelsoftbutton.OntheEditKeymap
page(seeTheKeymapEditor on page 14‐1)loadedaudiosamplescanbeselectedintheSample
field.OntheEditKeymappageyoucanfindanaudiofilewith
thehighestID#byselectingthe
Samplefield,entering0onthealphanumerickeypadandpressingEnter,thenpresstheminus
(‐)buttononce(belowtheAlphaWheel.)
Loading Individual Objects From a .P3K Or Compatible File Type
Sincea.P3Kfilecancontainover3000objects,itisoftenusefultoloadonlyasubsetofthe
informationcontainedinafile.Youcanselectindividualobjectsorgroupsofobjects(programs,
effects,songs)forloadingfromwithinasingle.P3K,.PC3,.K26,.K25or.KRZfile(see

Appendix Eforcompatibi litydetails.)TheLoadObjectfeatureisaccessiblefromtheLOADpage.
Toactivateit,scrollthefilelistuntilyouhavehighlighted thefilethatyouwishtoloadobjects
from.
PressOpentobegintheLoadObjectdialog.ThePC3Kthenscansthefilecontentsinorder
to
presentalistofalloftheobjectsinthefile.Sometimesthisprocedurecantakeafewmoments,
dependingonhowmanyobjectsareinthefile.
Theobjectsinthelistaregroupedbytype(program,setup,etc.).Scrollthroughthelistusingthe
alphawheel,cursorbuttons,
or‐/+buttons.Eachlineinthelistrepresents oneobject,and
displaystheobject’snumberinthelist,aswellastheobject’stype,IDnumber,andname.TheID
numberofeachobjectisthenumberthatwasusedtoreferencetheobjectwhenthefilewaslast
savedbythePC3K.Thesenumberswillusuallybedifferentaftertheobjectsareloaded,
dependinguponthe bank(forexample,1 28...255)andmodethatisspecifiedforloading(see
LoadingMethods on page 13‐11fordetails.)
Enteringinanumberfromthealphanumericbuttonpadwilljumptotheindexedentry,and
typing
inalargenumberlike9999willgototheendofthelist.
Thefollowingsoftbuttonsareusedforselectingobjectstoload:
Select Selectordeselectanobject.
Next Jumptothenextselectedobjectinthelist.
Type Jumptothenextobjectofadifferenttype.
OK Loadtheselected
objects.
Cancel ExitbacktotheFileListDialog.