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Technics KN7000 · Disk and SD cardLoad a save from a card or floppy

From the manual Not yet tested on a KN7000.Also called: load from SD card, load from floppy, load from disk, open a save, load a song, load styles, load panel memories.

Loading

Loading copies a save from an SD card or a floppy disk into the keyboard’s memory. On the card a save is called a song, and on a floppy a file. A song here is one save, not one tune: it can hold the panel memories, styles, sounds and all ten of the sequencer’s recordings. The sequencer is the keyboard’s built-in recorder. Source: Manual, pp. 122, 125, 140

Loading replaces what is in the memories it loads into. To keep what’s there, save it first: see Save your work to a card or floppy. Source: Manual, pp. 125, 140, 202

The keyboard makes no sound while it loads from the card. Source: Manual, p. 139

LOAD is printed under the SD and DISK buttons. Source: Tested on a KN7000 Holding either button for a few seconds opens its load screen. Source: Manual, pp. 27, 125, 140

The KN7000 panel, above the keysVOLUMEAUTOPLAYCHORDRHYTHM GROUPPERFORMANCEPADSVARIATIONONE TOUCHPLAYFILL ININTRO & ENDINGSTART/STOPSOUND GROUPPART &GLOBALEFFECTSEQDISKSDTEMPO/PROGRAMTRANSPOSEPARTSELECTPANELMEMORYCUSTOMPANELPOWERSD CARD SLOT AND PLAYERDISPLAY
Where the SD and DISK buttons are. Drawn from a KN7000.
The SEQUENCER, DISK and SD buttonsSEQUENCERPLAYEASY RECDISK2PROGRAMMENUSLOADDISKIN USESD2LOAD
The SD and DISK buttons. The yellow numbers match step 2 of each list below. Drawn from a KN7000.
The SD card slot and player buttons−+SD VOLUME|◀◀▶▶|SKIP / SEARCH■STOP▶ ||PLAY / PAUSESDIN USESD1SD CARD SLOT (LID)
The SD card slot, behind its lid on the strip below the panel, on the right. The yellow number matches step 1. Drawn from a KN7000.

Load from an SD card

  1. Open the lid of the SD slot fully. Push the card in until it locks, then close the lid.
  2. Hold SD for a few seconds. The load screen opens.
    • Or press SD and choose LOAD on the SD MENU.
  3. Find the save. The buttons to the right of the screen choose how:
    • FOLDER: choose a folder, then a song in it, with the buttons below the screen.
    • ALPHABET: every song on the card in A to Z order. ∧ and ∨ move by letter or page, and ▲ and ▼ pick the song.
    • NUMBER: enter the folder (01 to 99), then the song (01 to 20), always as two digits.
  4. Press LOAD. The screen shows COMPLETED! when the load has finished.

Source: Manual, pp. 27, 138, 140–141

Load from a floppy disk

  1. Push the disk into the drive until it clicks.
  2. Hold DISK for a few seconds. The load screen opens.
    • Or choose LOAD on the DISK MENU. From the main screen, the DISK MENU appears when a disk goes in; if it doesn’t, press DISK.
  3. Choose the save with the buttons below the screen.
  4. Press LOAD. The screen shows COMPLETED! when the load has finished.

Source: Manual, pp. 124–125

If the disk holds only MIDI files, the screen for loading MIDI files opens instead. Source: Manual, p. 125

Play a loaded recording

If the save held sequencer recordings, press PLAY in the SEQUENCER section to turn it on, then press START/STOP. Source: Manual, pp. 27, 125, 140

Load only some kinds of data

A save can hold up to 11 kinds of data. The load screen can leave some of them out.

  1. Choose the save, as above. Don’t press LOAD yet.
  2. Press PAGE to go to page 2, LOAD OPTION.
  3. Set each kind of data to YES or NO. ----- means the save doesn’t hold that kind.
  4. Press LOAD.

Source: Manual, pp. 125, 141

  • Setting P.MEM to NO keeps the panel memories already in the keyboard. Source: Manual, p. 141
  • The choice is cleared on leaving the load screen or choosing another save. Source: Manual, pp. 125, 141
  • Page 3, SINGLE LOAD, loads one bank or one item into a chosen place: a panel memory, a composer memory, a sound, an effect setting, or one recording saved with SEQUENCER SONG SAVE. The composer is the style editor. MODE picks the kind of data, BANK/SINGLE picks a whole bank or one item, FROM is the save and TO is the place in the keyboard. Source: Manual, pp. 126, 141 The keyboard makes no sound while this page shows for a card. Source: Manual, p. 139

After loading

  • Loading doesn’t change the CUSTOM PANEL memory. Pressing CUSTOM PANEL brings back the set-up stored there. Source: Community report
  • DATA PROTECTION, on the CUSTOMIZE menu, protects chosen settings from being changed by a load. Source: Manual, p. 184
  • A loaded song can switch the chord mode, which sets how the left hand’s chords are read, to one-finger. A full C chord then plays as G7. Check the chord mode after loading. Source: Community report
  • When the keyboard is used with MIDI: loading old floppies can set every part’s MIDI channel to OFF. This happens when MIDI SETTING LOAD OPTION, on the CUSTOMIZE menu, is set to load MIDI settings with the file. Recalling a stored MIDI user setting puts the channels back, if one was stored before loading. Source: Tested on a KN7000 The factory setting shown in the manual is NO. Source: Manual, p. 185

Saves from older keyboards

  • A save from an older Technics model may hold only the PERFORMANCE group: panel settings, panel memories, recordings, styles, sounds, pads and effects. Source: Manual, p. 198
  • Sequencer data from an older model can hold only one recording. It loads into the sequencer’s first place, song 1 on the screen, and erases songs 2 to 10. Source: Manual, pp. 125, 140
  • The manual says custom styles made on older models don’t load. Source: Manual, pp. 125, 140 KN6000 custom-style sets have loaded on a KN7000. Source: Tested on a KN7000
  • The KN7000 page lists which models’ files load.

Manual pages

KN7000 owner's manual, pp. 27, 124–126, 138–141, 202.

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Guide D2 · last checked 13 Nov 2026