Programming instructions

Section 1 — Controls and Architecture ASR-10 Musician’s Manual
20 About Instruments
LOAD INST STOP
Once the instrument has been loaded, the display briefly shows “FILE LOADED.” The left red
LED above the Instrument•Sequence Track button stops flashing and remains solidly lit,
indicating that there is now an instrument loaded in that location which can be selected by
pressing that button.
If you tell the ASR-10 to load an instrument into a location that already has an instrument loaded
(left red LED lit), the new instrument will be loaded into that location and the one that was there
will be automatically deleted.
If You Run Out of System Memory
You might have to delete an instrument(s) before loading the new one. If there are already one or
more instruments loaded into the ASR-10, there might not be enough free memory to load the
new one. In this case, the display will say PICK INST TO DELETE. At this point you have three
choices. You can:
1. Press any loaded Instrument•Sequence Track button. That instrument will be deleted from
memory and the new one will be loaded; or,
2. Press Enter•Yes. The ASR-10 will delete an instrument (or instruments, as needed) for you,
starting from the highest-numbered one in memory; or,
3. Press Cancel•No. The load command will be canceled with no harm done.
Note: You can continue to select and play existing instruments while the new one loads. No more
“down-time” waiting for the next sound to load. With the ASR-10, you can be loading the next
sound you need while continuing to play the currently selected sound.
Deleting an Instrument from the Internal Memory
Sometimes you will want to delete an instrument from memory — to free up some memory for
sampling, for instance. Make sure you have saved the instrument to disk before deleting it.
Here’s how:
• Verify that the instrument you want to delete is selected.
• Press Command, then Instrument.
• Press the Right Arrow button repeatedly until the display reads DELETE INSTRUMENT.
• Press Enter•Yes. The display asks DELETE <INST NAME>?
• Press Enter•Yes (or press Cancel•No to abort the procedure).
Tip: There is a “shortcut” method for deleting an instrument from internal memory. First, press the
Instrument•Sequence Track button of the instrument you would like to delete. Then, while
holding down the Instrument•Sequence Track button, press Cancel•No.