Section 13 — Storage TS-12 Musician’s Manual
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Disk Capacity — Bytes, Blocks, and Files
The TS-12 has a high-density (HD) drive, allowing you to use both Double-Sided High-Density
and Double-Sided Double-Density disks:
• Double-Density disks — can store 800 kilobytes of TS-12 data, which translates into about
1600 Blocks.
• High-Density disks — can store 1600 kilobytes of data, which translates into about 3200
Blocks.
A Block is a handy unit that the TS-12 uses to measure internal and disk memory — 1 Block=512
bytes=256 sample words; 2 Blocks=1k bytes; 4 Blocks=1k sample words.
TS-12 disk files vary in size — how many will fit on a disk depends on the number and size of the
files. Whenever you are on the DISK LOAD page the display shows the size in blocks of each file
on the disk. When you are on the DISK SAVE page the display shows the number of free blocks
available on the disk in the drive.
Disk Type High -Density Double-Density
Kilobytes 1600 800
Sample Words 800k 400k
Blocks 3176 1585
There are limits to the number of files on a TS-12 disk:
• Each disk can hold a maximum of 78 files.
• A disk can hold up to 60 files of any one file type, but not more than the total of 78 files of all
types for a single disk.
File Banks
A unique feature of the TS-12 called File Banks, allows you to quickly and easily locate the disk
file you want to load or delete. File Banks provide a graphic way for you to organize and view
disk files, and eliminate the need to scroll through long lists of files.
Whenever loading or deleting a file, after you have selected the file type you want, pressing the
10 Bank buttons beneath the display will cause all the disk files of that type to be shown in
groups of six, just like sound or sequence banks. Pressing the soft button next to a file installs
that file as the one to be loaded, deleted etc.
When saving data to disk you can, if you wish, specify a particular file bank location for that file
to be displayed in. This gives you a high degree of control over how your disk files are organized
and displayed.
TS-12 Disk Functions
The TS-12’s disk functions are all handled from the Storage page. Press the Storage button to get
to this page, then press the soft button beneath DISK. When you select DISK from the Storage
page, the display shows the disk storage menu:
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