Alesis K2661 specifications Selecting Multiple Files to Load, Aborting a Multiple File Load, 13-22

Basic Disk Mode

Load Function Dialog

Selecting Multiple Files to Load

As stated previously, you can select multiple files for loading into the K2661 from within a single directory, in one operation. This is done from the file list dialog with the Select button.

After you have selected one or more files in this way, you will still choose a bank and mode to be used for the load process, just as with loading a single file. However, the dialog prompt will say Load selected as:

Loadselectedas:200...299*

300...399

400...499*

500...599

OKCancel

If you selected any macro files (.MAC extension) from the directory, then once you have select the mode for loading, you will see the question:

Loadmacrosasspecified?

YesNo

The answer to this question instructs the K2661 that any macro files will have their macro entries loaded according to the bank and mode:

Yes specified in the macro entry.

No currently specified for this multiple file load. In other words, whatever you select for Bank and Mode will override the instructions for each entry in the macro.

At this point the files will begin to load. When all the files have been successfully loaded or the load process has been aborted, the K2661 returns to the Disk-mode page.

If there are any errors encountered during a multiple file load, such as running out of object RAM, you will be asked once if you wish to abort the load. In some cases, you may wish to continue loading. If you continue (and don’t abort), the only way to abort will be to use a special procedure described in the next paragraph.

Aborting a Multiple File Load

There is a way to abort the process of loading multiple files. Aborting can only be done “in between” files that are being loaded, and not during the load of any one file (short of powering off or soft-resetting the machine by pressing +/-, 0, and Clear simultaneously, but this is not recommended!).

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