korg micrcant get the direct sd funtion to work please help!

[pedro702lv]

Hi i have a korg micro arranger how do i exactly get the direct sd function to work the manual says just pres the direct sd button and it scans the fisrt folder should pop up all i get is empty why is my keyboard broken??? i maned to load styles only into the user banks thats it what im i doing wrong do i have to name the folders in sertain ways or whats the problem?? can anybody explain to me exactly how to use the sd fucntion the manual is to confusing for me somebody please help me

[capricorn]

Hi Pedro702lv,

If you have already a folder on your SD-Card with styles for your MA,
I would suggest to rename it

for example: 001

This brings the folder right up to the top and you should be able to
play your styles on the MA direct from the SD-Card.

[Saswick]

Hi There

you need to name the set file with an "A" at the front of the name ie AA.SET or even A.SET etc indside the set folder you need a folder named "STYLE" and inside that folder you have the USER folders

ie USER01.STY USER02.STY etc

To summarise:

AA.SET - STYLE - USER01.STY etc

Hope this helps.

I use the MicroArranger quite a lot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfCIbyu48y0&feature=plcp

This is a link to a boxnet file (ZIP file) as an example to download. The set includes a batch of song specific styles. Copy the AA.SET file onto your SD card and it should work OK

Best of luck

https://www.box.com/s/qwuvayfk2vh695mj1rmk

Kind Regards

Col

[pedro702lv]

ok guys i will give that a shot this is how i had it i named the folder A styles.set in that folder was USER01.sty etc ..and just to make sure i put only that one folder on my sdc still didnt work i will try what saswick told me thanks guys for the replys appreciate your time i will let you guys know how it works out

[capricorn]

Hi Col and Pedro,

That was a good idea to offer a download of user-styles.

Here are some more styles to play from the SD-card:

https://www.box.com/s/ggnilb393nyldxq46wf2

Hope you have a good time

Wolfgang

[pedro702lv]

hi guys that trick what col showed works thanks col i didnt have a style folder inside the set folder thats why it wasent working now im wondering it will read only the first folder? lets say i want to a load different set of styles to the direct sd function ?

[Saswick]

Morning Pedro

You have to rename the set file the MA will only see one file.

Regards

Col

[capricorn]

hi guys that trick what col showed works thanks col i didnt have a style folder inside the set folder thats why it wasent working now im wondering it will read only the first folder? lets say i want to a load different set of styles to the direct sd function ?

The MA will only read ( play) the first folder of your SD-card.
Instead of renaming your folders everytime you want to change a special folder to the top,
it might be better to have another SD-card , so you can swap the
card.
This is easier and much faster than renaming the folders every time
you want to change.

[pedro702lv]

oh ok i got it now thats a good idea col thanks you i appreciate your help you are awesome i will be needing some more help on diffrent subjects the manual is just confusing for me oh and thanks for the the styles guys! i fell in love with my lil baby ma i couldent beleave the sound that came out of that li puppy i use to own a yamaha psr 2000 and its as good as that my fisrt time trying a korg and im amazed

[Deane]

Thank you for posting this and for the responses. It has helped me learn how to use the SD Direct feature on my Microarranger. Can performances be read from the SD card using the SD Direct feature?

Deane

[capricorn]

Can performances be read from the SD card using the SD Direct feature?
Deane

Hi Deane,

If you are reading a style direct from your sd-card,
then you can put your
user defined settings into the performance bank.
After removing the sd-card, the MA still can read this performance with the style from the sd-card.
Of course, you have to press the style-change button before you select and play your saved performance.
I found this feature very useful!

[NativeAngels]

Pitty korg don't do a few more of these a lot better than the Manual.

[NativeAngels]

Do styles converted with emc style works also work in this way. Do you have any further styles for directsd.