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Sys Ex Dumps of Percussion Kits

You can transmit and receive Sys Ex data that contains all settings for a single Percussion Kit, just as for

a regular Program. However, there are a couple of things to note:

▼ You’ve got to initiate the dump from Program Mode, not from Performance mode!

If you make a Sys Ex dump from Performance mode, the actual parameters of the Percussion Kit will not

be included in the dump, only a reference to which Percussion Kit is used in the Performance.

▼ Before receiving a Percussion Kit data dump, you must select a Percussion Kit for the “receiving” slot.

If you attempt to receive a Percussion Kit into a slot which plays a regular Program (1-99), nothing will

happen. Likewise, you cannot receive regular Program Sys Ex data into a slot which plays a Percussion

Kit (P0-P9).

Using Percussion Kits in Performance Mode

In Performance mode, there is one big difference between regular Programs and Percussion Kits:

A Percussion Kit in a Performance is only a reference to the original!

This means that if you edit the percussion sounds in a Kit in Performance Mode, you will in fact be chang-

ing the original Percussion Kit, and all Performances that use this Percussion Kit will be affected by the

changes! If you want to use a Percussion Kit within a Performance, e.g. for use in a sequencer song, and

want to be absolutely sure that you get the right percussion sounds every time you select the Perform-

ance, proceed like this:

1. Edit a Percussion Kit as desired

2. Save it on one of the Percussion Kit locations on a PCMCIA card.

3. Make the Performance refer to this Kit location.

4. Be sure not to use this certain Percussion Kit in any other Performance or other context, to avoid editing and

changing it in any way.