Korg 61key, 73key, 88key Saving to SD card (Media Save)

Loading & saving data
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Saving to SD card (Media–
Save)
Fordetailsonthedatathatcanbesavedonstorage
media.Fordetails,pleasesee“Savingdata”on
page113.
ThemusicaldataofasongyoucreateinSequencer
modecannotbesavedintheKROME’sinternal
memory.Youmustsavethisdataona
commerciallyavailableSDcard,orsaveitusing
MIDIdatadump.Whenyou’vecomeupwith
settingsyoulike,it’sagoodideatosavethem,so
thatevenifyousubsequentlyeditthosesettings,
you’llalwaysbeabletoreloadtheprevious
settingsifdesired.
Types of SD card you can use
SD card specifications
SDmemorycardsupto2GBandSDHCmemorycards
upto32GBaresupported.
SDXCmemorycardsarenotsupported.
MS‐DOSformatFAT16orFAT32aresupported.
Mediaisnotincluded.Youwillneedtopurchaseit
separately.
Inserting/removing a card in the SD
card slot
Ifyou’veplacedanSDcardintheSDcardslot,youcan
useittosaveorloadvarioustypesofProgram,
Combination,andSongdata.
About the write protect setting of an SD card
SDcardshaveawriteprotectswitchthatpreventsthe
datafrombeingoverwrittenaccidentallyandlost.If
yousetthecard’sLock(writeprotect)switchtothe
“protected”setting,itwillbeimpossibletowriteor
erasedataonthecard,ortoformatit.Ifyouneedto
saveediteddataonthecard,movetheswitchbackto
itsoriginal“unprotected”setting.
Inserting a card
•InsertanSDcardintheSDcardslot.
Withthecardlabelfacingupward,inserttheconnector
endofthecardintotheSDcardslotandpressitin
untilyouhearaclick.
Makesurethatthecardisorientedcorrectlywhen
youinsertit.Forcingitinthewrongdirectionmay
damagetheslotorthecard,andthedatamaybe
lost.
Removing a card
NeverremoveanSDcardfromtheslotwhile
loading,saving,orformattingisinprogress.
•RemovethecardfromtheSDcardslot.
Pressthecardinward;youwillhearaclick,andthe
cardwillpopoutpart‐way,allowingyoutopullit
completelyout.
Refertotheowner’smanualincludedwithyour
card,andobservetheguidelinesforhandlingand
use.
Formatting media
SomeconsumerelectronicsproductsthatuseSDcards
utilizetheirownproprietaryformat.Beforeusingan
SDcardwiththeKROME,youmustformatitonthe
KROME(seepage123).
How to save data
Asanexamplehere,we’llexecuteSaveAlltosavethe
.PCGand.SNGfiles.
“SaveAll”savesallinternalmemoryPrograms,
Combinations,Globalsettings,DrumKits,User
ArpeggioPatterns,andDrumTr ackUserPat ternsto
mediaasa.PCGfile.Italsosavessongsandcuelistsas
a.SNGfile.
Thismethodisavailableonlyifthecurrentdirectoryis
aDOSdirectory.
Ifyousavethisdatatolow‐capacitymedia,you
mayneedmorethanonemedia.
1. Preparethemediaonwhichyouwanttosavethe
data.
2. PresstheMEDIAbuttontoenterMediamode.
3. AccesstheMedia–Savepage.PresstheSavetab.
4. Ifthemediacontainsdirectories,selectthe
directoryinwhichyouwanttosavethedata.
PresstheOpenbuttontomovetoalowerlevel,or
presstheUpbuttontomovetoanupperlevel.
Note:Ifyou aresavingdataonhigh‐capacitymedia,
werecommendthatyoucreatedirectoriestoorganize
themediaintosections.
Tocreateanewdirectory,movetothelevelatwhich
youwanttocreatethedirectory,��andexecutetheUtility
menucommandCreateDirectory.
5. Pressthemenubuttontoaccessthemenu,and
pressSaveAll.
Adialogboxwillappear.Thecontents,settings,and
operationsforthedialogboxwilldependonthetype
ofdatathatyouaresaving.
SD card slot
SD card