ALESIS K2661 - Manual (Page 183)

Basic Disk Mode
Saving Files
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In this case you might want to save all of the songs in one file, and be able to automatically
relink the dependent programs used by the song tracks. All of the programs are presumably
already saved in separate files. The only file that needs to be created is one that contains all of
the song objects, plus a name table. Once again, this is done by selecting the songs from the Save
Object dialog, and answering Names to “Save dependent objects?” The contents of this file can
then be displayed by pressing Open (as was done for the previous example).
Func:LOAD||||Sel:0/2|||||||||||Index:||||1
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Table||||36|Names|||||||||||||||||||||700|
Song||||400|Wild|Jam||||||||||||||||12114|
Song||||400|Memphis|Groove||||||||||34002|
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Select||Next|||Type|||Multi|||OK||||Cancel
Also as shown in the previous example, you can display the contents of the name table:
Name|Table|Contents|||||||||||||||||||||
Program|231|Funky|GTR|||||||||||||||||||
Program|245|FendJazzBass||||||||||||||||
Program|400|Obie|Warble|Pad|||||||||||||
Program|600|Drawbarz||||||||||||||||||||
Keymap||220|Funk|Guitar|||||||||||||||||
Keymap||229|Jazz|Bass|||||||||||||||
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Notice that the ROM program 50 Studio Kit 1 will not be listed in the name table. Any
dependent objects that are in ROM do not need to be relinked by name. ROM objects are always
directly referenced by their object ID number, since they don’t get saved in any files.
Once the song file has been saved, it can be loaded at any time and correctly relinked, as long as
the other files containing the necessary programs have already been loaded.
For this type of situation, where you may be working on songs always using a consistent set of
programs, it is beneficial to make a macro file that can be loaded in one step to direct all of the
various program files to be loaded. After that, any time you load a song file containing a name
table referencing these programs, the songs should get relinked to the correct programs.
If you happen to have multiple copies of the necessary programs already loaded into different
banks, you can control which bank of programs will be linked to the songs by choosing a certain
bank to load the song file into. The relinked programs will be the first set encountered according
to the Relink-by-Name search algorithm defined above.
Not Loading the Name Table
There may be a time that you wish to load objects from a file containing a name table, but you
don’t want the K2661 to relink any dependent objects according to the name table. This can be
accomplished by “Opening” the file from the Load function, and selecting any desired objects
from within the file, except the name table. The selected objects will be loaded into the bank you
specify, however the Relink-by-Name mechanism will not function.