Alesis K2661 Disk Mode Functions, Loading Files, Loading Individual Objects, Dir\Sel0/6Index3

Basic Disk Mode

Disk Mode Functions

Disk Mode Functions

Now that you are familiar with the basics of creating directories and moving around in the K2661 file system, it is time to discuss some of the features provided in the disk functions themselves.

Loading Files

The Load button instructs the K2661 to copy a file from the current disk to the K2661’s RAM. Press the Load button, and a list of files stored in the currently selected device will appear. Scroll through the list of files with the Alpha Wheel or Plus/Minus buttons, then press OK—or press Cancel to return to the Disk-mode page.

When you press OK, the Bank dialog will appear (as described in Load Function

Dialog on page 13-19)and you’ll be asked to select the memory bank to load the file into. Scroll through the list of banks with the Alpha Wheel or Plus/Minus buttons until the desired memory bank is highlighted, then press OK. Or press Cancel to back up a page and select another file to load. Once you have selected a bank to which to load, you will be asked to choose a method for loading. The method you choose determines how the objects in the file will be ordered when loaded into the bank.

Loading Individual Objects

Since files can contain over 3000 objects, it is often useful to load only a subset of the information contained in a K2661 file. Sometimes, this capability is necessary even to be able to load certain files, if the size of the file’s samples or data is greater than the K2661’s internal RAM size.

You can select individual objects or groups of objects (samples, programs, keymaps, effects, songs) for loading from within a single K2661 file.

The Load Object feature is accessible from within the Load File dialog. To activate it, scroll the file list until you have highlighted the file that you wish to load objects from:

Dir:\Sel:0/6Index:3

BASSDRMS.K26426K

HIHATS.K26788K

Filetoload:SAXES.K262510K

TOMS.K26301K

TOMS1.K261400K

Total:5037KXCYMB.K261012K SelectRootParentOpenOKCancel

Press Open to begin the Load Object dialog. (Note: The file must be in .KRZ, .K25, or .K26 format in order to load individual objects from it.) The K2661 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

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