Alesis K2661 Soft Buttons in the File List Dialog, Dir\Sel0/0Index0 Filetoload, Total0K, 13-9

Basic Disk Mode

File List Dialog

In addition to remembering the current directory on the most recently used disk, the K2661 also remembers the index within the file list for the current directory. For example, if you were to hit Cancel on the above page, go to Setup mode to check the current setup, then return to Disk mode to load a file, the file index would still show 3 DOORS.K26 after you pressed Load. This index is remembered until a new disk is selected by changing the value of the Current Disk parameter on the Disk-mode page.

There are exceptions to this however. For example, when a file is written to the disk using the Save function, the index will subsequently be set to the file that was just saved. The index can also be explicitly set using the List and Find utilities.

If there are no files in the current directory, then the index is 0, and no value appears for the File to load parameter:

Dir:\Sel:0/0Index:0

Filetoload:

Total:0K

SelectRootParentOpenOKCancel

The maximum number of files that can be accessed within a single directory is 360. If you have more files than this amount in a single directory, then you will not be able to view the entries past index 360.

While in this dialog, pressing the Chan/Bank buttons will scroll the file list either forward or backward by “pages” of 5 entries. It is often easier to scroll the list this way when looking to see if a particular file is present in a directory.

Soft Buttons in the File List Dialog

Use the Select soft button for multiple file selection in the Load, Delete, and Move functions. In the display below, there are two files selected (DOORS.K26 and FLUTE.K26), as indicated by the asterisk (*) following their filenames. If you pressed OK in the following display:

Dir:\Sel:2/23Index:3

AXM.K26122K

CHIME.K2642K

Filetoload:DOORS.K26*3456K

JUNE27(dir)

LONGSMPS(dir)

Total:21034KFLUTE.K26*.5K SelectRootParentOpenOKCancel

the files DOORS.K26 and FLUTE.K26 would be loaded.

The Select button will toggle the selection, meaning that if you press Select on a given file, the asterisk will go on if it is currently off, and vice-versa. Selecting can be done for files only, not for directories. You can select as many files as you wish using the Select button. There is also a way to select all files at once, or clear all file selections at once, using a double-press of the cursor buttons:

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