Rossum ASSIMIL8OR, Operation Manual

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6. Managing SD Cards, Folders,
Presets, and Samples
File Organization
Assimil8or’s files are organized in the
following hierarchy:
Micro SD Card
Assimil8or’s front panel micro SD card stores
all of the folders containing the files required
to play your stored presets. The card is strictly
a storage medium. Audio is never played
directly from the card.
Folders
An Assimil8or SD card contains one or
more folders. Each folder contains one or
more presets and all of the presets’ samples.
Each folder may contain up to 199 presets
(memory allowing).
Additionally, a folder may contain one or
more samples not used in any of the folder’s
presets.
Presets
A preset contains all of the information
necessary to play up to 8 programmed
channels.
Channels
A channel contains the information
necessary to play one of Assimil8or’s 8
channels.
Samples
Samples are the actual WAV files that contain
the audio or control voltages that are the raw
material for your channels.
NOTE:
When scrolling through samples
and folders on various screens, the
order in which the samples and/or folders
appear can be unpredictable. We’re currently
evaluating whether we can make this better. If
so, there will be a software update.
Micro SD Card
The micro SD card is essentially a library
of folders you’ve created (along with a few
housekeeping files you don’t really need to
worry about). Content may either be written
directly to the card by your Assimil8or or, in
the case of folders and WAV files, copied to
the card from a computer.
All preset and sample files on the card are
stored in folders at the root level of your card.
No nested folders.
If you’re copying files from a computer,
create a folder on your SD card and give it
a descriptive name. Put the WAV files (also
descriptively named) you’ll want for your
preset(s) into the folder, keeping in mind that
Assimil8or has 422MB of sample memory.
Assimil8or is compatible with 8, 16, 24, or 32
bit integer mono or stereo WAV files at any
sample rate.
WARNING:
It’s an extremely unwise idea
to remove an SD card while Assimil8or is
executing any load, save, or browse function.
Or, in fact, any function that might even
possibly require accessing the card (formatting
is an obvious example). Seriously, just don’t do
it.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
As mentioned in
Chapter 4 (but it’s worth mentioning
again), there are a lot of squirrelly cheap micro
SD cards out there. There are also cards that
appear to be from major suppliers that are
actually counterfeit. While many cheap cards
may be fine, we’d recommend that, for the
security of your data, you use cards from
known reliable manufacturers purchased from
trusted sources.