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APPENDIX 4

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SAVING FLASHROM DATA BACK TO DISK

Any sounds you save to FlashROM can be saved back to disk. Assuming you have

‘loaded’ the FlashROM data, simply go to SAVE, select DISK, select FLOPPY or HDSK as

appropriate and do a normal save to disk. Depending on the type of save you select, the

multi and/or programs and/or samples and/or effects file will be saved as normal to disk.

These can be subsequently loaded into RAM as normal. They may also be copied and

used in other Akai samplers as normal.

BACKUP/RESTORE OF THE FLASH ROM TO/FROM DAT

The contents of the FlashROM may be backed up to DAT in the normal way in the

GLOBAL - DAT BACKUP pages. To do this, simply select to do a MEMORY backup. I.e.:

A DAT backup is performed by pressing SAVE. A DAT restore is performed by pressing

LOAD. Please refer to the main S3000XL.S3200XL operator’s manual for more details.

IMPORTANT NOTES ABOUT RESTORE:

The contents of the a memory DAT backup cannot be restored to the FlashROM. When

you perform a memory restore from DAT, the contents will be restored to RAM. This has

some implications.

• If you only backup data from the FlashROM to DAT, it will be restored to RAM. You

must then specifically re-save it to FlashROM.

• If you backup data from RAM and FlashROM to DAT, when you come to restore the

data, the amount of data being restored may exceed the amount of RAM available.

For example, let’s say you have 8Meg of RAM and 8Meg of FlashROM data and you

back this up as a memory backup to DAT. When you come to restore this data, the

first 8Meg will be restored to the RAM but the rest will fail.

However, if you only have 2Meg of data in the 8Meg of RAM and 4Meg of data in the

FlashROM and back this up to DAT, this will restore successfully as the total amount

of data is only 6Meg, well within the capacity of the internal RAM

Please bear these points in mind when using the DAT backup/restore function.

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