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Disk & SRam
DISK AND STATIC RAM
General information
As you become more familiar with your WX, you will discover the practical advantages
of working with disks and the Static Ram because of the power and flexibility that these
two elements give you.
DISKS give you the possibility of building up a vast library of Sounds (Performances),
Styles, Songs and loading/saving MIDI Standard File data.
The SRam provides you with the possibility of storing indispensable data permanently
without the need of loading it each time you turn on your WX.
For example, you can store a personalised Real Time Performance in SRam that you
know you are going to use often - when you turn on your instrument, you will find your
Performance ready to play.
The WX disk drive uses 3.5'’ High Density micro floppy disks and incorporates an
initialisation process which formats them with a capacity of 1.44 Megabytes.
The data is memorised in the floppy Disks and in SRam under the form of files and these
“documents” are read by the MIOS
1
operating system incorporated in the instrument.
Precautions to take when handling Disks
The user not so familiar with Disk operating procedures is advised to read through the
precautions to take when working with Disks. These serve to introduce newcomers to the
common methods of working with floppy disks and the Disk Driver, as well as some
basic precautions to take when working in this environment. Those already familiar are
not obliged to read all but another minute of reading time may tell you something that
you don’t already know.
One factory-preset Demo Disk is supplied with the WX2 and WX400. It contains several
Songs with Lyrics which can be recalled in the Display and used to sing along with the
Song in playback.
What precautions should you take with your Demo disk?
Before you begin working with the Disk Drive, you should acquire at least 1 new
unformatted disk that you will use to make backup copy of your factory Demo disk.
Once the data from the Demo disk has been loaded, you should make a backup copy by
saving all the data in the instrument memory to a new Disk. When you’ve finished, store
the original in a safe place, far away from transformers (basically all electronic
equipment), loudspeakers (magnets), tape decks (the erase head) and heat sources.
Other simple rules to follow are:
◆ Do not slide open the protective disk shutter as this may cause damage to the disk.
Damaged disks should be thrown away as they may cause damage to the driver
recording head.
◆ Avoid disk damage and Drive damage by removing disks when the driver is in
operation (operational led must be off );
◆ Always have several empty disks close at hand;
NOTE 1:
MIOS = Musical
Instrument Operating
System (an exclusive
Generalmusic System).
