The PXR4 Song Converter is a utility program which converts each track in a PXR4 song into WAV files. Even if a track consists of scattered files, created by copying a phrase, punch-in recording, etc., it will automatically be translated as a consecutive WAV file which starts from the beginning of the song (i.e. what you hear on the PXR4 is what the WAV files you get). Also, this utility program can convert Virtual Tracks at the same time.

The PXR4 Song Converter works on Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, Windows Me, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP Home Edition, and Windows XP Professional.

If you are using Windows 98, or Windows 98 Second Edition, and want to transfer song data on the PXR4 to your PC via USB, you need to get "Korg USB-SCSI Storage Driver" which should be available separately from Korg web sites.

No special installation procedure is necessary. After unzipping "PXR4_Conv.zip", you will find a folder "PXR4 Song Converter", and all the necessary files are in the folder.

Double click on the file "pxr4conv.exe" in the "PXR4 Song Converter" folder. The "PXR4 Song Converter" window will appear.

Note that, in order to start the program, the file "wavdest.ax" must be in the "PXR4 Song Converter" folder.

The left part of the window is a browser for selecting a song folder. This is similar to the hierarchical (tree) display of the Explorer, but this automatically detects PXR4 song folders. (There will be an eighth note icon on a PXR4 song folder.)

Pressing the "+" sign by a folder will unfold the folder. To fold the folder, press the "-" sign.

When you find the song folder you want to convert, click on the folder icon to select the folder. Information on the song will be shown on the right part of the window. The program is now ready to convert the song.

The other way to select a song folder is to drag/drop the song folder, or the "PXR4.seq" file in the song folder onto the PXR4 Song Converter Window.

Note that dragging/dropping a song folder, or the "PXR4.seq" file in the song folder onto the PXR4 Song Converter icon (the icon of this utility program itself) will start the program, and select the song folder. 

When you select a song folder, the right part of the window will show the following information.

*Song name
*Location of the song folder
*Quality (bit rate) of the song

Also below these information, length (time) of each track will be shown (grayed-out, when a track doesn't exist), and tracks to be converted can be selected by clicking the check boxes. Note that all existing tracks will be selected by default, and so uncheck the tracks you don't want to convert.

Pressing the "Convert" button on the lower right corner of the window (or selecting "Convert" from the menu) will show the "Start Conversion" dialogue box.

Using the "Start Conversion" dialogue box, a destination for storing converted WAV files can be selected.

By default, the following destination will be selected.

*A new folder "Decoded" will be created within the selected song folder, and this folder will be selected as a destination. (If there were a "Decoded" folder already in the song folder, then the name of the destination folder will have an incremental number, i.e. "Decoded000", "Decoded001", and so on.)

*If the selected song folder is on a removable drive, then the "(songname)_Decoded" folder will be created under C:\PXR4, and this folder will be selected as a destination. (This default destination can be changed using the "Config" menu. See "7. Config Menu" below for details.)

If these default destinations are okay, then press "Start" button.

If you would like to change the destination, select a new folder by pressing "Browse..." button, or by typing the folder name and path (in full) in the "Destination folder:" field.

If you would like to create a new folder within the folder you specified, then check the "Create a new folder in the destination folder:" check box, and type in a new folder name. A path name, for creating a sub folder, can not be specified in this field. (e.g. A folder name and path such as "decoded\backup" can not be specified in this field.)

Then press "Start" button. Conversion will start.