Alesis K2661 specifications Shortcuts when Loading Objects, FuncLOADSel3/20Index4, 13-17

Basic Disk Mode

Disk Mode Functions

This page shows three samples selected for loading (IDs 201, 203, and 304):

Func:LOADSel:3/20Index:4

Sample201*MachineSnareC4S100K

Sample203*BigBassLoopC4S218K

Sample304*DistortedRiffC4S401K

Sample305EPiano1D224K

Sample306EPiano2D325K

Sample313EPiano3D415K

SelectNextTypeMultiOKCancel

The Next button will cause the index into the list to jump to the next selected object, forward in the list. When the end of the list is reached, the search will wrap around from the beginning. If you have more than one object selected, then if you repeatedly press Next you can easily cycle through all selected items. If there are no items selected, then this button doesn’t do anything.

The Type button jumps to the next object of a different type from the one that is currently highlighted. This is a convenient way to find a particular type of object in the list. If you want to skip over the samples and the keymaps in an object list and jump right to the programs, press Type about two or three times, stopping when you notice that a program is highlighted.

Press the Multi button to enter the Multiple Object Selector (described on page 13-34). This powerful utility can be used to control the selection or deselection of many objects, cross- referenced by object types and ranges of ID numbers.

When you are all done selecting objects to load, press OK. As stated above, if only one object is to be loaded, it is implicitly selected if it is the currently highlighted object and there are no other selected objects in the list.

Cancel returns to the file list dialog, highlighting the file you just opened. You can load the entire file after pressing Cancel by pressing OK when you return to the file list.

Shortcuts when Loading Objects

Select All/Deselect All

Selecting or deselecting all of the objects at once can be done with the same double-presses as described for the file list dialog, namely:

•Left/Right cursor double-press: Select All Objects

•Up/Down cursor double-press: Clear All Selections

If you want to load most but not all of the items from a file (for example, if there happens to be a Master table in the file that you don’t want to load), it may be fastest to first select all objects using the Left/Right double-press, and then manually deselect any unwanted items.

Viewing the Name Table

The name table is an object that appears in files that were created using the Names button in the “Save dependent objects?” dialog (see The Name Table on page 13-29). This object contains a list of dependent objects needed by the other objects in the file at the time the file was saved. There is more information about this later on, however it is worth mentioning here that a highlighted name table object’s contents can be viewed by pressing either one of the Left or Right cursor buttons.

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