You need to connect a PC running Microsoft Windows through a MIDI interface with the MIDI In and Out of your musical instrument.

You are now ready to use the A&K-Station PC Editor/Librarian. You can run it from either the Start Menu of from an Icon from the Desktop (if you selected to have this option during the installation procedure).

Once you have launched it and eventually processed the Demo Mode Form, the following will appear:



It is organised into 5 main regions:

1)        The MIDI settings

2)        The Programs Load/Save/Transfer buttons group

3)        The Global settings

4)        The Programs list

5)        The Program parameters


The MIDI settings.


Before performing any operation you should connect the PC with the Novation device through a MIDI connection. You should select the MIDI in and out ports and press the Connect button. After a successful connection all the buttons of the Programs Load/Save/Transfer group will be activated, unless you are running the program in restricted DEMO MODE: in this case some buttons will not be activated and some functions will be unavailable until you get a full license.




The Programs Load/Save/Transfer buttons group


There are 12 buttons in this group:

1)        Load Single...: allows to read a single program from a System Exclusive file (*.syx) or from a Native A-Station PC Editor file (*.nas). The main difference among the two file formats is that *.nas files can hold a program name and a category name, which is missing in *.syx files.

2)        Load All...: allows to read 400 patches and globals.

3)        Get All: allows to copy all the programs from the Novation Device to the A & K-Station PC Editor/Librarian.

4)        Save Single...: allows to store the PC Editor currently selected program into a *.nas file.

5)        Save All...: allows to save all the PC Editor  programs in a external file.

6)        Set All: allows to copy all the 400 PC Editor programs into the Novation Device. All the Novation Device programs will be overwritten.

7)        Get Curr Sound: allows to copy the actually selected program on the Novation MIDI device into the PC Editor Edit buffer.

8)        Get Program nr: allows to copy the Novation MIDI device program, whose number is selected on the PC Editor, into the PC Editor Edit buffer and into the corresponding PC Editor memory location.

9)        Get Globals: allows to copy Globals parameters from the Novation device into the PC Editor memory.

10)        Set Curr Sound: allows to copy the program defined in the Program Buffer group into the Novation device.

11)        Set Program nr: allows to copy the PC Editor program, whose number is selected on the PC Editor, into the Novation device.

12)        Set Globals: allows to copy all the Globals parameters from the PC Editor into the Novation A or K-Station MIDI device.


N.B.: THE NOVATION A OR K STATION DEVICE ARE NOT ABLE TO STORE PROGRAM NAMES AND CATEGORIES, SO THAT DURING THE TRANSFER THEY WILL BE LOST. NAMES AND CATEGORIES ARE USEFUL ON THE PC SIDE WHEN USING THE PROGRAM AS A LIBRARIAN.




The Global settings

This group contains all the parameters related to the whole machine: all the 400 programs are affected by these parameters.




The Programs list


The 400 Programs are listed here. If a name is available it is listed here. From this list you can rearrange the programs (on the PC side) by means of Drag-n-Drop or by clicking on the column headers. The make effective the new sorting on the PC side you have to press the "Update Sorting" button, and then, if you want to copy the new programs arrangement on the Novation Device you have to press the "Set All" button.




The Program parameters


All of the program parameters are available from this group. In addition to the parameters that can be stored into a Novation Device there are the name and the category of the program. You can use them to easily retrieve them from an external file. However, when you transfer a program from or to a Novation Device names and categories will be ignored and then lost.