Section 14 — Storage
ASR-10 Musician’s Manual
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Audio Track Storage
About Saving the Bank
Use the SAVE BANK command to save the current Bank. Banks provide a way to load a whole
group of Instruments, song and sequences, and Audio Track recording data into the ASR-10 with
a few button presses. When you save a Bank to disk, it is like taking a “snapshot” of the contents
of the ASR-10 internal memory. The Bank file stores the following information:
• Which Instrument files are loaded into each Instrument•Sequence Track location.
• Which SONG + ALL SEQS file is loaded into the internal memory. This includes all Audio
Track recording data.
• Up to eight discrete Performance Presets.
• The Bank Effect and its parameter settings.
• The Edit/(seq) Track MIX, PAN, OUT, and EFFECT MOD CONTROL setting for each
Instrument•Sequence Track.
Saving the Bank:
1. Insert one of your own ASR-10 formatted disks (you should not save any of your own files to
the Version 2 O.S. disk.)
2. Press Command, then Instrument, and use the Data Entry Controls to select the SAVE BANK
command.
3. Press Enter•Yes. The display shows:
CMD
INST
STOP
SONG
The display shows the current Bank name with a cursor (underline) beneath the first character.
If you want to rename the Bank, use the Data Entry Controls.
If you are updating an existing Bank, and you didn’t rename the Bank, pressing Enter•Yes
will show the following screen:
CMD
INST
STOP
SONG
4. Press Enter•Yes. The display shows SHUFFLING DATA, then COMMAND COMPLETED,
and returns to the SAVE BANK command page.
Note: It’s not necessary for the Instrument files and SONG + ALL SEQS file to be saved on the same
disk as the Bank. Each file can be saved on separate disks, but make sure the disks are labeled
with a unique disk label (see the WRITE DISK LABEL command found on the
Command/System•MIDI page) so that the Bank knows which disk the files are saved on, and
can locate the information properly.
Backing Up SCSI Storage Devices containing DiskTracks:
• You can use the Command/System•MIDI, COPY SCSI DRIVE command to make a backup
copy to the same size/type SCSI storage device.
• BACKUP/RESTORE will not backup AudioSample files. You will get an Error Message:
CANT BACKUP <AudioSample name> is displayed whenever an AudioSample file is
encountered, but BACKUP/RESTORE will continue to back up other data.
