K2000 Compatibility Disk

Included as part of your accessory disks is a K2000 compatibility disk, for use in playing sequences written for the K2000 on your K2600, as well as to be able to load in the factory presets of a K2000. 

The download contains two main folders outlined as follows: 

<K2000 Compat 1>
	K2KBASE.K26

<K2000 Compat 2>
	K2KBASE.K26
	<K2ONLYFX>
		K2KFXCMP.K25
		
Each of these folders contains a file of the same name: K2KBASE.K26
Collectively, both parts of K2KBASE.K26 contain all the preset Programs from the 0s and 100s banks of the K2000, the Setups from the 0s bank and all the original FX settings now translated into KDFX Studios. In addition, in the 2nd folder is a subfolder containing a file titled K2KFXCMP.K25 which contains ONLY the FX studios replicating the Ks200's original FX.  This is provided in the case where one might want to load ONLY the effects settings vs. all of the program/setup objects.

The K2KBASE.K26 files has been split into two folders as the entire file will not fit on a single HD floppy.  You will need to copy each part of the K2KBASE.K26 onto it's own floppy for loading.  See loading instructions below.

The main purpose for using these files would be to convert songs created on a K2000 into a "native" K2600 format. This is simply a matter of changing the file so that the original ROM preset programs used by that song are now saved as RAM programs along with the song itself. Instructions on how to do this are detailed below.

Programs from the Orchestral and Contemporary ROM blocks are identical in the K2000 and K2600, so no compatibility file is needed for these programs. (Of course, if a song uses programs from one of those ROM blocks, you must have the appropriate ROM block(s) installed in your K2600 or the song won't play correctly.)

1. Before you start, make sure you have everything in RAM saved to disk, because the following process will erase everything in RAM. 

2. On your computer, open each folder and separately copy the file named K2KBASE.K26 onto its own floppy. 

3. From the K2600's Disk Mode, insert the floppy containing the first part of the K2KBASE.K26 file. Choose floppy as the device to load from and press Load. Select the file K2KBASE.K26 to Load. At the "Load this file as:" prompt, choose Everything. Then select Overwrite for the Loading method.

4.  When this file finishes loading, you will be prompted to load "Disk 2".  At this point, remove the current floppy, and insert the floppy containing part 2 of the K2KBASE.K26 file and press OK to complete loading this file.

What you have now done is load in all of the preset programs and setups from the K2000 into their original locations. This "covers up" the K2600 presets. But don't worry, once you are finished with the conversion process, you will get the K2600 presets back.

5. Now load in any Song/Setups files that you wish to convert. You should choose an empty bank to load these files into.

6. Save the Songs/Setups back to disk. Answer Yes to the "Save Dependent Objects?" question. The K2600 will save the Songs along with any Programs which are used by the Songs.

If you do not have the PRAM option in your K2600, you will have about 175k available memory for loading the songs. If you have a large number of songs to convert and are running out of memory, then you can simply load up a few songs, save them back to disk with Dependents, then load the next set of songs back into the same bank or banks using Overwrite. As long as you do not load any objects into the 0s, or 100s bank, you won't have any problems with accidentally erasing the K2000 programs. 

7. Go to Master Mode, select Delete, and scroll down to Everything to clear out the RAM and "restore" your K2600 presets.

8. Now you can load up those song files and they will select all the correct programs. The Program Change messages in the songs are automatically adjusted to select the programs now included in the file, no matter which ID numbers those programs are now located at.
