OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS HARD DISK
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1. DDISK ERROR switch the keybord off immediadely and check the installation of the Hard Disk drive kit These message is a sign that the operating system doesent regognize the Hard Disk and is operating not well NOTE We are not liable for any loss of data caused by faulty hardware2. OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS HARD DISK EXPANSION KORG i2HD i3HD Table of Contents Introduction 1 Function LOAD ONE SONG 2 Function LOAD STANDARD MIDI FILE 3 Function COPY FILE 4 Function NEXT SONG 5 Function FORMAT 1996 musitronics GmbH INTRODUCTION Basically i2 i3 instruments equipped with a hard disk have the same user interface as conventional i2 i3 instruments Additional buttons or switches are not required You can use all the loading LOAD and saving SAVE commands for data All Data Programs Arrangements Styles Backing Sequences Sequences as you did before This goes for the i2 i3 HD as well as for i2 i3 instruments with a hard disk and User Style Expansion i2 i3 EX Until now page 1 of DISK mode DISK 1 LOAD ALL has provided a LOAD ALL DATA command with which all the data from a floppy disk drive could be loaded The following functions were shown in the display see ill 1 DISK 2 LOAD ONE Load One Program Load One Style Load One Song Load One B Sequence Load One Pattern Load One Drum Kit Load One Arrangement Load Std MIDI File ill 1 Fie GHGS BsEQK SECO ABCDEFGH Until now FILE has been shown above cursor position key A Cursor position keys B or C have been used to load the files stored on floppy disk With the new operating system you can choose between the floppy disk drive and the 10 hard disk partitions C L by pressing cursor position key A and using the
3. VALUE dial or the DOWN UP keys see ill 2 DISK 2 LOAD ONE Load One Program Load One Style KRETIEN Load One B Seq Load One Pattern Load One Drum Kit Load One Arrangement Load Std MIDI File 1 GREB 000 Son k so Cy I e ABCDEFGH First press cursor position key A Then you can use the VALUE dial or the DOWN UP keys to select the various partitions After selecting the hard disk partition you can use all loading and saving commands as usual For the normal operational steps please refer to the Player s Guide or the Reference Guide of your KORG i2 i3 The following functions offer new options 1 LOAD ONE SONG 2 LOAD STANDARD MIDI FILE 3 COPY FILE 4 NEXT SONG 1 Function LOAD ONE SONG Please select LOAD ONE SONG on page 2 of DISK mode After pressing cursor position key A you can choose between the floppy disk drive and hard disk partition by using the VALUE dial or the DOWN UP keys Now use cursor position key B or C to call up the table of contents of the selected partition Songs can be selected alphabetically as well as numerically song location number If you are used to assigning the songs of your repertoire to fixed memory locations on your mass storage device hard disk you can do the same with the hard disk of your i2 i3 Load the songs one after another in the desired order The memory locations song numbers will be kept unchanged until you delete the files Se
4. ad Song A After you have pressed the SONG and PAGE keys select page 11 UTILITY of the Song menu Enter the number of Song B into submenu NEXT SONG and use the VALUE dial or the DOWN UP keys to enable the AUTO START function above cursor position key H h Use the DELETE SONG function on page 5 UTILITY of DISK mode to delete Song A from the hard disk i Select page 3 SAVE of DISK mode and save Song A to hard disk 29Q0 0 oO oO gt After Song A has been played back to the end Song B will start automatically To chain Song C to the end of Song B repeat steps a to i accordingly The same goes for Songs D E F etc until all 112 songs of a partition have been chained together 5 Function FORMAT If you want to format a Hard Disk you have to press the EDIT STYLE and the EDIT PROGRAM keys and while you press these keys switch the 12 13 on e Select the DISK mode and go with the buttom PAGE to the page DISK 5 UTILITY Now go with the cursor to function FORMAT DISK and select it Select with either the UP DOWN keys or with the value dial the according partition Press the cursor position keys G or H to format the partition and confirm it with cursor position keys E or F e If the formatted partition contains Data Files the message appears DISK CONTAINS XY FILES on the display Check the data on these Hard Disk partition and deside if you want erase all data wtith format or not e If the message appears HAR
5. em COPY FILE FUNCTION offers a Direct Copy function You can use this function to copy all data Arrangements Styles Songs Programs from a floppy disk or hard disk partition directly to a different hard disk partition Select page 5 UTILITY of DISK mode Use the cursor position key to select the COPY FILE function Press cursor position key A to choose the drive from which the data FILES will be copied Use cursor position key B or C to select the desired files and cursor position key E to choose the hard disk partition or floppy drive to which the data will be stored Use cursor position keys H and E to execute this command 4 Function NEXT SONG This function can be used to chain together several songs of the same partition in any order and play them back one after another without a break NOTE When you create a song chain the command Go to song XY is added to the end of each song except for the last one If you want to play back a single song out of a song chain you must press the STOP key at the end of desired song Otherwise the next song will be started Example Song A and Song B will be played back in a song chain Use the numerical song selection method to check the number to which Song A is assigned DISK mode page 1 select LOAD ALL SONG Press cursor position key B Use the VALUE dial or the DOWN UP keys to select the song that will be used as Song A Use cursor position keys H and E to lo
6. ement ill 4 Ue ABCDEFGH SELECTING SMFs ALPHABETICALLY To select Standard MIDI Files alphabetically press cursor position key B or C and use the VALUE dial or the DOWN UP keys SMF START After you have pressed the START STOP key the user interface of the sequencer appears and the file will be played back automatically You can stop the music at any point by pressing the START STOP key again At the end of the song the display automatically enters DISK mode EDITING THE SMF IN SEQUENCER MODE After you have selected the song press the LOAD button to edit the song in the sequencer TIPS FOR EDITING SONGS AND STANDARD MIDI FILES After the song or Standard MIDI File has been edited it should be stored to the same memory location of the hard disk partition OPERATIONAL STEPS FOR EDITING SONGS a Load the song into the song memory please refer to the corresponding section Edit the song b c Use the DELETE SONG function on page 5 UTILITY of DISK mode to delete the old song d Select SAVE ALL SONG on page 3 of Song mode and save the edited song OPERATIONAL STEPS FOR EDITING SMFs a Load the SMF into the SMF memory please refer to the corresponding section b Edit the SMF c Use the DELETE FILE function on page 5 UTILITY of the DISK menu to delete the old SMF d Select SAVE SMF on page 3 of File mode and save the edited SMF 3 Function COPY FILE On Page 5 of DISK mode the menu it
7. er you can store any Standard MIDI File in the song format of your i2 i3 HD as well This results in shorter loading times of the processor and allows you to create song chains of any length please refer to 4 Function NEXT SONG 2 Function LOAD STANDARD MIDI FILE Select LOAD STANDARD MIDI FILE on page 2 of DISK mode Press cursor position key A and use the VALUE dial or the DOWN UP keys to choose between the floppy disk drive and hard disk partitions Then use cursor position key B or C to call up the desired Standard MIDI File Standard MIDI Files SMFs can be selected alphabetically as well as numerically song location number If you are used to assigning the songs of your repertoire to fixed memory locations on your mass storage device hard disk you can do the same with the hard disk of your i2 i3 Simply load the Standard MIDI Files one after another in the desired order The memory locations file numbers will be kept unchanged until you delete the files SELECTING SMFs NUMERICALLY Select the hard disk partition and use cursor position key B or C to call up the corresponding directory table of contents To select Standard MIDI Files numerically hold down cusor position key E and use the Arrangement Style keys DATA ENTRY keys to enter the desired file number see ill 4 DISK 2 LOAD ONE Load One Program Load One Style Load One Song Load One B Seq Load One Pattern Load One Drum Kit Load One Arrang
8. lect the hard disk partition and use cursor position key B or C to call up the corresponding directory table of contents SELECTING SONGS NUMERICALLY To select songs numerically hold down cusor position key D and use the Arrangement Style keys DATA ENTRY keys to enter the desired song number see ill 3 3 1 DISK 2 LOAD ONE Load One Program Load One Style KEC KONEES I Load One B Seq Load One Pattern Load One Drum Kit Load One Arrangement Load Std MIDI File ABCDEFGH SELECTING SONGS ALPHABETICALLY To select songs alphabetically press cursor position key B or C and use the VALUE dial or the DOWN UP keys SONG START After you have pressed the START STOP key the user interface of the sequencer appears and the song will be played back automatically You can stop the song at any point by pressing the START STOP key again At the end of the song the display automatically enters DISK mode EDITING THE SONG IN SEQUENCER MODE After you have selected the song press the LOAD button cursor position key H followed by cursor position key E and F to edit the song in the sequencer NOTE Controller program and note commands of the Standard MIDI File format GM are internationally standardized If you prefer using specific KORG outboard effect processors or the additional Programs in banks C and D as well as the convenient user interface of the song format which is provided on the main page of the sequenc
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