ENSONIQ EPS-16 PLUS, Musician'S Manual

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EPS-16 PLUS Musician's Manual
Section 11 — Storage Functions
Important: Keep in mind that loading a song or sequence does not ensure that the right
instruments are loaded into the proper Instrument•Track locations. Each track of
each sequence will play whatever instrument is in that location at the time. The
way to make sure everything is in the right place is to save the contents of
memory (including the song) as a bank.
Saving a Single Sequence to Disk
Use the SAVE CURRENT SEQUENCE command to save a single sequence.
• On the EDIT/Seq•Song page, select the sequence you want to save.
• Insert a formatted disk into the drive.
• Press Command, then press Seq•Song.
• Press the Left or Right Arrow button until the display reads SAVE
CURRENT SEQUENCE.
• Press Enter•Yes.
• Edit the Sequence Name (if needed):
The display shows the current name of the sequence, with a cursor (underline)
beneath the first character. If you want to give the sequence a new name, do so at
this time. Use the Data Entry Slider or the Up/Down Arrow buttons to
change the underlined character, then press the Left/Right Arrow buttons to
move the underline. Repeat until the display shows the name you want. (If you
don't need to rename the sequence, just skip this step.)
• Press Enter•Yes. The display will read SAVING <FILE NAME> while the
sequence is being saved.
• If there is already a sequence file with the same name on the disk, the display
will ask DELETE OLD VERSION? Press Enter•Yes to save the sequence,
replacing the one on the disk. Or press Cancel•No to abort the procedure.
• If there is not enough free space on the disk, the display will say NO ROOM
ON DISK. Save the sequence to another disk (or delete some files from the
disk).
• If you try to SAVE CURRENT SEQUENCE while the song is selected, the
EPS-16 PLUS will not execute the command, responding USE SAVE SONG
+ ALL. Again, make sure the sequence is selected before trying to save it
Saving a Song (along with all Sequences) to Disk
Once you have created a song or made changes to an existing one, you can save
the song to a formatted EPS-16 PLUS 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 involved in the song or not). To save a
song:
• Insert a formatted disk into the drive.
• Press Command, then press Seq•Song.
Disk Storage
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