Section 14 — Storage
ASR-10 Musician’s Manual
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Audio Track Storage
Audio Track Storage
Saving
Where is Everything Stored?
• Audio Track recording data can only be saved using Command/Seq•Song, SAVE SONG +
ALL SEQS. The SAVE SONG + ALL SEQS (also known as the Project) file stores all of the
information about what AudioSamples are triggered by each Audio Track.
• Audio Track recording data cannot be saved with Command/Seq•Song, SAVE CURRENT
SEQUENCE.
• RAMTrack AudioSamples are stored in the ASR-10 internal RAM Memory.
• RAMTrack AudioSamples can only be saved using the Command/Seq•Song, SAVE SONG +
ALL SEQS Command.
• DiskTrack AudioSamples are saved to the connected SCSI storage device as you record Audio
Tracks.
• The Audio Trigger events that play the DiskTrack AudioSamples are saved using the
Command/Seq•Song, SAVE SONG + ALL SEQS Command.
• Temporary Record files are the area on the selected REC SCSI DRIVE that SCSI AudioSamples
will be recorded into. They are stored in file 38, a directory called AUDIO TRACKS, on the
selected REC SCSI DRIVE. This directory is created when you configure Audio Tracks for
ATRK PLAY/REC=SCSI. The two Temporary Record Files are named TEMPORARY000 and
TEMPORARY001, for Audio Tracks A and B respectively, and appear as Instrument files
under Load/Instrument when you are in the AUDIO TRACKS directory. REC
FILE=CURRENT BLKS uses any available space within the current Temporary Record File on
the selected SCSI REC DRIVE. If the Temporary file has a size of 0 Blocks or does not exist,
you will get a NOT ENOUGH DISK SPACE error message (i.e. there’s not enough disk space
in the Temporary Record File). The ASR-10 will be reconfigured for REC SCSI DRIVE=NONE.
Using the SAVE SONG + ALL SEQS Command
Once you have created a song or made changes to an existing one, you can save the song to a
formatted ASR-10 disk. In addition to saving the song itself, the SAVE SONG + ALL SEQS
command saves all the individual sequences currently in memory (whether they are part of the
song or not). Audio Track recording data is also stored with the SONG + ALL SEQS file type.
Because the SONG + ALL SEQS file saves your Audio Track recording data, it is sometimes
referred to as the project file. Note that a SONG + ALL SEQS file that is saved after a large amount
of RAMTrack data has been recorded will increase in size significantly, and may need to be saved
across multiple disks. Be prepared with a few extra floppy disks for this task. To save a song:
1. Insert a formatted disk into the drive.
2. Press Command, then press Seq•Song.
3. Press the Left or Right Arrow button until the display reads:
CMD
SEQ
STOP
SONG
4. Press Enter•Yes.
