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After you have selected the song, press the "LOAD" button to edit the song in the sequencer.

TIPS FOR EDITING SONGS AND STANDARD MIDI FILES:
After the song or Standard MIDI File has been edited, it should be stored to the same memory
location 
of the hard disk partition!

OPERATIONAL STEPS FOR EDITING SONGS:
a)

Load the song into the song memory (please refer to the corresponding section).

b)

Edit the song.

c)

Use the "DELETE SONG" function on page 5: UTILITY of DISK mode to delete the old song.

d)

Select "SAVE ALL SONG" on page 3 of Song mode and save the edited song.

OPERATIONAL STEPS FOR EDITING SMFs:
a)

Load the SMF into the SMF memory (please refer to the corresponding section).

b)

Edit the SMF.

c)

Use the "DELETE FILE" function on page 5: UTILITY of the DISK menu to delete the old SMF.

d)

Select "SAVE SMF" on page 3 of File mode and save the edited SMF.

3. Function "COPY FILE"

On Page 5 of DISK mode the menu item "COPY FILE FUNCTION" offers a Direct Copy function. You
can use this function to copy all data (Arrangements, Styles, Songs, Programs) from a floppy disk or
hard disk partition directly to a different hard disk partition.

Select page 5 "UTILITY" of DISK mode. Use the cursor position key to select the "COPY FILE"
function. Press cursor position key to choose the drive from which the data (FILES) will be copied.
Use cursor position key or to select the desired files and cursor position key E to choose the hard
disk partition or floppy drive to which the data will be stored. Use cursor position keys and to
execute this command.

4. Function "NEXT SONG"

This function can be used to chain together several songs of the same partition in any order and play
them back one after another without a break.

NOTE: When you create a song chain, the command "Go to song XY" is added to the end of each
song (except for the last one).
If you want to play back a single song out of a song chain, you must press the STOP key at the end of
desired song. Otherwise the next song will be started.

Example: Song A and Song B will be played back in a song chain.

a)

Use the numerical song selection method to check the number to which Song A is assigned.

b)

DISK mode, page 1: select LOAD ALL SONG.

c)

Press cursor position key B.

d)

Use the VALUE dial or the DOWN/UP keys to select the song that will be used as Song A.

e)

Use cursor position keys and to load Song A.

f)

After you have pressed the SONG and PAGE+ keys, select page 11: UTILITY of the Song menu.

g)

Enter the number of Song B into submenu "NEXT SONG" and use the VALUE dial or the
DOWN/UP keys to enable the AUTO START function above cursor position key H.

h)

Use the "DELETE SONG" function on page 5: UTILITY of DISK mode to delete Song A from the
hard disk.

i)

Select page 3: SAVE of DISK mode and save Song A to hard disk.

Summary of Contents for i2 HD

Page 1: ...eyboard 4 Exchanging the Operating System 5 Installing the i2 i3 Hard Disk Board in normal version instruments yellow 6 Installing the i2 i3 Hard Disk Board in EX version instruments red 7 Powering on Initializing 8 Formatting the HARD DISK and Testing Illustration 1 KORG i2 i3 bottom Illustration 2 KORG i2 i3 Mainboard 1996 musitronics GmbH ...

Page 2: ...ed for installation is a Phillips screwdriver 2 Data Back up Before you begin with the installation use the SAVE ALL DATA function of the DISK menu to make a back up copy of all the i2 i3 data to floppy disk or via MIDI to another MIDI device 3 Opening the i2 i3 Keyboard Switch off the instrument and disconnect all connecting cables especially the power cord of the keyboard Turn the keyboard upsid...

Page 3: ...ruments red operating system EPROM a Unscrew the screw by which the i2 i3 Style EX board is attached to the Main Board by means of a spacer bolt see illustration 2 Screw the spacer bolt supplied into this hole b Pull the female connector of the ribbon cable leading to the Style Card slot out of the socket of the i2 i3 Style EX board c Connect the grey female connector of the i2 i3 HDisk Board to t...

Page 4: ...rating system If the partition to be formatted contains data the message DISK CONTAINS XY FILES will appear on the display Check the data of this hard disk partition and decide whether you want to use it or not Finally press the DISK key and use the PAGE key to select the DISK 5 UTILITY page Use the cursor position keys to select FORMAT DISK and use the dial or the UP DOWN keys to select the desir...

Page 5: ...Operating Instructions Hard Disk Expansion KORG i2HD i3HD Table of Contents Introduction 1 Function LOAD ONE SONG 2 Function LOAD STANDARD MIDI FILE 3 Function COPY FILE 4 Function NEXT SONG ...

Page 6: ...tyle Load One Drum Kit Load Std MIDI File LOAD Load One B Sequence DANCE1 A B C D E F G H Until now FILE has been shown above cursor position key A Cursor position keys B or C have been used to load the files stored on floppy disk With the new operating system you can choose between the floppy disk drive and the 10 hard disk partitions C L by pressing cursor position key A and using the VALUE dial...

Page 7: ...ne after another in the desired order The memory locations song numbers will be kept unchanged until you delete the files Select the hard disk partition and use cursor position key B or C to call up the corresponding directory table of contents SELECTING SONGS NUMERICALLY To select songs numerically hold down cusor position key D and use the Arrangement Style keys DATA ENTRY keys to enter the desi...

Page 8: ...cally You can stop the song at any point by pressing the START STOP key again At the end of the song the display automatically enters DISK mode EDITING THE SONG IN SEQUENCER MODE After you have selected the song press the LOAD button cursor position key H followed by cursor position key E and F to edit the song in the sequencer ...

Page 9: ... you are used to assigning the songs of your repertoire to fixed memory locations on your mass storage device hard disk you can do the same with the hard disk of your i2 i3 Simply load the Standard MIDI Files one after another in the desired order The memory locations file numbers will be kept unchanged until you delete the files SELECTING SMFs NUMERICALLY Select the hard disk partition and use cu...

Page 10: ...the data FILES will be copied Use cursor position key B or C to select the desired files and cursor position key E to choose the hard disk partition or floppy drive to which the data will be stored Use cursor position keys H and E to execute this command 4 Function NEXT SONG This function can be used to chain together several songs of the same partition in any order and play them back one after an...

Page 11: ...l start automatically To chain Song C to the end of Song B repeat steps a to i accordingly The same goes for Songs D E F etc until all 112 songs of a partition have been chained together NOTE We are not liable for any loss of data caused by faulty hardware ...

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