Copying Programs

To copy a program, simply load it and then use Save to save it where you would like the program copied to. You can copy a program from one place in internal memory to another, from one place on a Memory Card to another, from internal memory to a Memory Card, or from a Memory Card to internal memory.

The "Size" of a Program and Its Ramifications for Storage

Finite things overrun the world we inhabit. There is a limit to the space available in the H8000FW for the storage of programs. Not everything is perfect. Roughly 460 kilobytes of space is available for storing your programs internally. A program typically requires between 1 kilobyte and 20 kilobytes of space for storage. In the worst case that means you can store 30 programs in internal memory. A more realistic number might be 100. If that’s not enough for you, don’t despair! You can save programs on Memory Cards that can contain as much as 256,000 kilobytes of space! And if you fill up one Memory Card, you can always get another.

See Memory Cards on page 47.

Updating a Program

Like Save, when you press the <update> SOFT KEY, you are updating the program running on the currently displayed DSP. (If you want to update the program running on the DSP not currently displayed, press the DSP A/B key.)

Updating saves any new parameter tweaks that you’ve made to a user program. Press the <update> SOFT KEY. If a program with the same number exists in User Memory, a

confirmation page comes up. The U shows you that you are updating the version in User Memory – a C would indicate it is on a Memory Card.

This feature is particularly useful if you want to "tweak" a factory program - just one key press will save your tweak with the same name and number, and it will always be displayed together

with the factory program. This is possible because the H8000FW allows up to three programs for each number - one factory, one user, and one on a card. Strictly speaking, you can have four, as both monolithic and non-monolithic versions of Factory programs may have the same number.

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Renaming a Program

To rename a program, simply load it and then press the Save SOFT KEY in the PROGRAM area. Place the CURSOR over the rename field

and press SELECT. Change the name and select the Enter button to exit the typewriter. Here you changed "Robot Voice" to "new

Voice."

Back at the Save menu page, make sure the old program name is present in the correct "slot" - 269 in User Memory in this case. Since that’s where the same program is with the old name, you’re going to overwrite it!

Place the CURSOR over save and press SELECT. The H8000FW asks if what you’re about to do is ok... select Yes.

Now the program has the new name, new

Voice.

Deleting a Program

Because there is a finite amount of storage space in the H8000FW or on a given Memory Card, you may want to delete some of your stored programs to free up "room" from time to time. To delete a program, go to the PROGRAM area and place the cursor over the program you would like to delete. The program you wish to delete does not need to be loaded on either DSP.

On the screen to the right, if you were to press the <remove> SOFT KEY, you would be deleting the program "Robot Voice." (It doesn’t matter that it’s not currently loaded!)

Actually pressing the <remove> SOFT KEY would result in the screen to the right. To remove or not to remove?

Factory presets are distinguished from your saved presets by the lack of a "U" at the righthand side of the screen. You can’t delete any of the factory presets. That’s why <remove> is scratched out when a factory program is highlighted on the list menu page.

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