Introduction
WHEN USING SONGBOOK EDITOR 1.4, PLEASE ALSO UPDATE YOUR PA3X TO OS 1.11 (or higher).
AFTER CHOOSING THE PA3X AS THE TARGET, DO NOT CHANGE IT TO AVOID MIXING DATA FORMATS.
The SongBook file uses links to Style locations and disk paths to locate files on a disk. Since the new Pa3X uses different Style mapping and disk labels than the previous Pa-Series models, migrating data from an older Pa-Series model to the new Pa3X requires a few easy conversion operations, detailed in this document.
NOTE: We received reports from users trying to solve compatibility issues by renaming the internal disk label – for example, by changing the internal disk's name from “[KHD_USER]” to the same label of Pa2X, i.e., “[KORG HD]”.
RENAMING THE INTERNAL DISK IS TO BE AVOIDED. With the current operating system (starting from release 1.10) renaming the internal disk is not allowed at all.
To relink SongBook entries to Styles, SMF, MP3 and TXT files, please use the SongBook Editor (freely available from our web site, www.korgpa.com; instructions are included with the installation file).
Working with Styles
Preparing data
To avoid having to relink each single Style, we suggest you load older Favourite/User Styles into the same locations on Pa3X. For example, if "MyStyle 3" was saved in the User 01-03 location on Pa2X, load it to the same User 01-03 location on Pa3X.
Also, we suggest to transfer complete Style banks from the older instrument to Pa3X. This way, each Style will remain in the same location inside its bank.
Some users created custom Factory Style banks. We suggest to transform them into Favourite/User Styles, to keep the original Pa3X Factory Style untouched; this would also make them easier to transfer between different Pa-Series instruments. However, you are free to create custom Factory Styles on Pa3X as well.
1) If you have custom Factory Style banks, on the older Pa-Series model go to the Media/Disk > Preferences page, and turn the Factory Style and Pad Protect option off.
2) Go to the Media/Disk > Save page, and save each Style bank to be transferred to a Favorite/User Style bank. (The procedure is detailed in the User's Manual.)
3) On Pa3X, load the new Favorite/User Style banks (containing your older Styles) to the Favorite/User Style banks. Be very careful not to overwrite existing data of which you don't have a backup copy.
Use either an USB memory stick, or an USB connection with your PC, to copy all your TXT files into the [KHD_USER] area of Pa3X. We suggest you preserve the same folder structure as in the older instrument.
Relinking Styles
On Pa3X, Styles are organized in a different way than on the older Pa-Series models. Therefore, SongBook entries will probably refer to a different Style than on the older instruments.
By using SongBook Editor, you will be able to quickly remap the Styles in the SongBook entries. The following table, for example, shows how Style banks are mapped on Pa3X, compared to Pa2X/Pa800 (Style locations in other Pa-Series models are detailed in the User Guide of SongBook Editor):
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While in SongBook Editor, click on the label on top of the Resource column and see all the entries ordered by bank and location number; you can then select all the entries that are based on a particular Style bank, and choose the right button > Edit command to access editing. While in the Edit window, check the checkbox next to the bank number to link the selected entries to a different bank.
To relink single entries, select them and access the Edit window; then edit the bank and location numbers to link the selected entry to a different Style.
When relinking Styles, you will also want to relink any TXT file associated to the SongBook entry. Please read below about how to relink TXT files.
Working with SMF, MP3 and TXT files
Preparing Data
First of all, copy all sparse MID, MP3 and TXT files from the old internal disk to the [KHD_USER] area of Pa3X. Use either an USB memory stick, or an USB connection with your PC, to copy all your MID, MP3 and TXT files into the [KHD_USER] area of Pa3X. We suggest you preserve the same folder structure as in the older instrument.
Relinking SMF, MP3 and TXT files
Standard MIDI Files (SMF), MP3 and TXT files are linked to SongBook entries through a standard disk path. For example, the link to a "MySong.mp3" file on Pa3X will look similar to this one:
[KHD_USER]\foldername\mp3\MySong.mp3 *
*(Please note that the name of the label must include the square brackets: [KHD_USER])
On an older Pa-Series model, the disk label was different; for example, on the Pa2X/Pa800 it was "[KORG HD]" instead of "[KHD_USER]".
While in SongBook Editor, you will be able to click on the label on top of the Resource column and see all the entries ordered alphabetically; you can then select multiple entries, choose the right button > Edit command, check the checkbox next to the disk label, and then reassign the linked files to the "[KHD_USER]" disk.
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I don't need it anymore as I have already completed a manual conversion. Thanks anyway Paolo.