FLASHROM
Page 282 CD3000XL OperatorÕs Manual
FLASHROM
When the optional FMX008 FLASHROM board is installed, it allows you to keep samples and
programs in a separate piece of memory so that your favourite sounds can reside in the sampler
even when its power is switched off. Two FMX008 boards may be installed to expand your
internal memory beyond 32Mbytes to a maximum of 48Mbytes.
HOW THE FLASHROM WORKS
The FlashROM is a separate piece of the sampler’s memory area available on top of the RAM
but the way it works is similar to that of harddisk. The FlashROM has volumes where different
data may be saved similar to the harddisk. The data is saved to the FlashROM in the SAVE
mode and works pretty much the same as saving to disk. The time it takes to save the data is
about the same as saving to a hard disk but, once saved, the data is available virtually
immediately because the sampler only has to load the program data, but not the samples. Even
though a single FMX008 can hold as much as 8Mbytes of data, because the samples
themselves do not need to be loaded, it take just a few seconds to load3.
Simms slot #2
(up to 16Mbytes)
TOTAL RAM AREA - 32Mbytes
Simms slot #1
(up to 16Mbytes)
FlashROM #2
(8Mbytes)
TOTAL FLASHROM - 16Mbytes
FlashROM #1
(8Mbytes)
TOTAL INTERNAL MEMORY - 48Mbytes
Record
Load
Play
Save to
FlashROM
Play
Save
Disk
CD-ROM
Etc.
Copy FlashROM
sample to RAM
The above diagram shows the signal flow of data in the sampler. You record samples (or load
some sounds from disk or CD-ROM) into RAM, you edit them as appropriate. With the FMX008
installed, you can save them to the FlashROM instead of disk you would normally save to.
Further, you can select so that these sounds will be loaded automatically when the sampler is
powered up or you can, if you prefer, select to load the material from FlashROM manually.
Because the samples reside in the FlashROM, the sampler reads them directly from that and so
it is only necessary to load the programs into RAM which is fast, taking only a few seconds.

Note: Even though the total memory capacity is increased when the FlashROM board is

installed, the total number of items (Programs, Keygroups and Samples) that can reside in RAM

and active volume in FlashROM remains the same.

3 The actual time it takes depends on the number of programs you have saved. The more
programs, the longer it takes but it is still very fast indeed.