Editing Conventions

Saving and Naming

way, since you can’t truly write to ROM. The ROM object will reappear if you delete the newly edited object (there are soft buttons in each editor for deleting objects).

RAM Objects

If the original object was a RAM object, the K2661 will assume you want to replace it, and will suggest the same ID as the original object (if it has an asterisk—*—between its ID and its name, it’s a RAM object). As with ROM objects, you can cancel, replace, or change the ID and save to an unused ID. If you replace a RAM object, however, it’s definitely gone!

Keyboard Naming

The keyboard naming feature makes naming objects convenient (and musical!). With keyboard naming enabled, you can use the keyboard (or your MIDI controller) to enter the name of the object you’re modifying.

There are three keyboard naming states: Off (disabled), On, and Adv (Advance). When set to On or Adv, the keys (MIDI note numbers, actually) correspond to all the characters shown on page 5-4.There are also equivalents to the cursor movement, insertion, deletion, and OK (Enter) buttons.

On requires you to move the cursor to enter each letter, just as you have to do when using the normal data entry methods for naming. Adv automatically moves the cursor one space to the right each time you strike a key, just like a typewriter or computer keyboard. This is the most convenient setting.

When you’re in the Rename dialog, use either of the Chan/Bank buttons to change the keyboard naming state.

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Insert; move characters right one space

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Alesis K2661 specifications RAM Objects, Keyboard Naming