Kurzweil PC3A7 [304/423] Loading individual objects from a p3a or compatible file type

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Storage Mode

Storage Mode Common Features

Loading Individual Objects From a .P3A Or Compatible File Type

Since a .P3A le can contain over 3000 objects, it is often useful to load only a subset of the

information contained in a le. You can select individual objects or groups of objects (programs,

eects, songs) for loading from within a single .P3A, .PC3, .K26, .K25 or .KRZ le (see Appendix E

for compatibility details.) The Load Object feature is accessible from the LOAD page. To activate it,

scroll the le list until you have highlighted the le that you wish to load objects from.

Press Open to begin the Load Object dialog. The PC3A then scans the le contents in order to

present a list of all of the objects in the le. Sometimes this procedure can take a few moments,

depending on how many objects are in the le.

The objects in the list are grouped by type (program, setup, etc.). Scroll through the list using the

alpha wheel, cursor buttons, or -/+ buttons. Each line in the list represents one object, and

displays the object’s number in the list, as well as the object’s type, ID number, and name. The ID

number of each object is the number that was used to reference the object when the le was last

saved by the PC3A. These numbers will usually be dierent after the objects are loaded,

depending upon the bank (for example, 128...255) and mode that is specied for loading (see

Loading Methods on page 13-11 for details.)

Entering in a number from the alphanumeric buttonpad will jump to the indexed entry, and

typing in a large number like 9999 will go to the end of the list.

The following soft buttons are used for selecting objects to load:

Select Select or deselect an object.

Next Jump to the next selected object in the list.

Type Jump to the next object of a dierent type.

OK Load the selected objects.

Cancel Exit back to the File List Dialog.

Press the Select button to select or deselect the highlighted object for loading. An asterisk (*) is

placed to the left of the object index for any items that are selected.

The Next button will cause the index into the list to jump to the next selected object, forward in

the list. When the end of the list is reached, the search will wrap around from the beginning. If

there are no items selected, then this button doesn’t do anything.

The Type button jumps to the next object of a dierent type from the one that is currently

highlighted. This is a convenient way to nd a particular type of object in the list.

When you are nished selecting objects to load, press OK and you will be prompted to choose a

bank to load the selected object(s) into. See Loading Methods on page 13-11 for instructions on

choosing a bank to load to after pressing OK.

Cancel returns to the le list dialog, highlighting the le you just opened.

Select All/deselect All

Selecting or deselecting all of the objects at once can be done with the following double button

presses:

• Left/Right cursor double-press: Select All Objects

• Up/Down cursor double-press: Clear All Selections