# Combining SETs

Drag & drop between two SETs: single styles, groups, whole pages and banks, sounds and drum kits, pads — between KORG SETs, PA5X KSTs and Medeli AKX sets — and what is copied along.

Web page: https://pasetexplorer.com/tutorials?c=combining-sets

In this chapter:

- What you can do in SET A and what in SET B
- Copying one style, a selection, a page or a whole bank
- Copying samplers, drum kits and pads
- The rules for PA5X KSTs and older SETs
- KORG ↔ Medeli AKX: what goes where

## SET A or SET B — who does what

**SET A — the destination**

- The SET you opened with **Open SET/KST** (or created with Create New Set).
- Everything you drag **lands here**.
- You can move, rename, delete, import and edit styles, sounds and pads.
- All changes go to a **working copy**: Undo, Redo and Save.
- **Style Properties** can be edited.

**SET B — the source**

- The SET you loaded with **Import/Merge → KORG SET / KST**.
- You **take** things from here and drop them on SET A.
- Select many items with `Ctrl` / `Shift` + click, or drag a whole page or bank.
- Style Properties open **read-only** (badge “SET B · Read-only”).
- Styles dropped on SET B are not accepted: style drag & drop always goes to SET A.

> **Tip:** Think of SET A as your suitcase and SET B as the shop: you take from the shop and put into the suitcase. When the suitcase is ready, press **Save**.

## Copy one style from SET B to SET A

**Step 1 — Set your Copy Options**

Click **Copy Options** and switch on what should travel with the style — usually **Save Styles Samples & DrumKits** (see [Copy Options](https://pasetexplorer.com/tutorials?c=setmanager#copy-options)).

**Step 2 — Find the style in SET B and the place in SET A**

Choose the bank and page in both SETs. While you drag, resting over a bank button for about 1.5 seconds switches to that bank, and resting over a page button switches the page.

**Step 3 — Drag and drop**

Press on the style in SET B, move the mouse onto a slot of SET A and release.

![Dragging a style from SET B to SET A.](https://pasetexplorer.com/images/docs/sm-dragging.webp)

Numbered marks on this screenshot:

1. The style in SET B (“Trubaci sa”).
2. While dragging, a label follows the mouse: **[B] Trubaci sa**.
3. Drop it on a slot of SET A.
4. Resting over a bank switches to it (here Fav 3).

**Step 4 — Done!**

The style is in SET A. The status says “Style copied from SET B” and the **Save** button shows how many changes are waiting.

![After the copy.](https://pasetexplorer.com/images/docs/sm-after-copy.webp)

Numbered marks on this screenshot:

1. The copied style in SET A.
2. **Undo** — take the copy back.
3. **Redo**.
4. **Save** with the number of pending changes.
5. “Style copied from SET B”.

> **An occupied slot is replaced:** Dropping one style from SET B on an **occupied** slot of SET A replaces the style that was there, without asking. That is what Undo is for. (Moving a style **inside** SET A onto an occupied slot asks first: “Slot Already Occupied” → Cancel / Replace.)

## Copy many styles: selection, page or bank

![A group selection in SET B.](https://pasetexplorer.com/images/docs/sm-group.webp)

Numbered marks on this screenshot:

1. `Ctrl` + click styles in SET B to select them (or `Shift` + click for a range).
2. “3 styles selected in SET B — drag them onto a SET A bank, page or slot”.
3. Drag the selection onto a SET A **bank**, **page** or **slot**.
4. You can also drag a SET B **page button** (P1, P2…)…
5. …or a whole SET B **bank button**.

| You drag… | Onto… | What happens |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A selection of styles | a SET A bank, page or slot | The styles fill **free** slots, starting there. If there are not enough, the rest is reported (“no free slot left…”). |
| A SET B page button | a SET A page | The styles go to the **same positions** of that page. If styles would be replaced you are asked “Replace N styles?”. |
| A SET B bank button | a SET A bank | The whole bank is copied slot by slot. You are asked “Replace the whole bank?”. SET A styles without a counterpart are removed; the bank’s “New Style” template is kept. |

After a group transfer a **Transfer report** lists what was copied. The whole group counts as **one** step for Undo.

**Tips:**

- Group transfers work the same way in the **SOUNDS** tab (samplers to sampler banks, drum kits to drum kit banks).
- Copy Options apply to every style of the group.

## Copy samplers and drum kits

In the **SOUNDS** tab, drag a sound from SET B onto a slot of SET A. Its samples (PCM) and multisample (RAM.KMP) are copied with it.

- Samplers go into **sampler** banks (User…), drum kits into **drum kit** banks (USERDK…). Dropping the wrong type is refused: “Cannot drop drum kit into sampler bank”.
- Inside the same SET, dragging **moves** the sound. Onto an occupied slot you are asked “Slot Already Occupied” → Replace.
- If SET A has not enough sample memory, the copy stops: “not enough sample memory in SET A (needs X MB, Y MB free)”. Compress samples or remove unused sounds first.

> **Tip:** Styles call sounds by number (MSB / LSB / PC). If you copy a style **without** its samples, make sure SET A has the right sounds at those numbers — or turn on **Save Styles Samples & DrumKits** and let the program do it for you.

## Copy pads

In the **PADS** tab, drag a pad from SET B onto a slot of SET A. To bring the pads **of a style** automatically, switch on **Copy Styles Pads (KORG SET↔SET)** in Copy Options and copy the style.

![Copying a pad.](https://pasetexplorer.com/images/docs/sm-pads.webp)

Numbered marks on this screenshot:

1. PADS tab.
2. The hint reminds you how it works.
3. Pad in SET B.
4. Drop it on SET A.

## PA5X KSTs and older SETs

A PA5X KST stores styles as `.stg` files in folders and uses a different sample format. PA SET Explorer converts automatically when needed:

| SET B | SET A | Styles | Samplers & drum kits |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| KORG SET (PA300 – PA4X) | KORG SET | Copied as KORG styles. | Copied with their samples. |
| PA5X KST | KORG SET | Each .stg is rebuilt as a KORG style. | Copied (converted to the older sample format). |
| KORG SET (PA300 – PA4X) | PA5X KST | Each style is converted to .stg. With **Save Styles Samples & DrumKits**, its user sounds are copied into the KST too and the .stg points to them. | Copied into the KST’s sample banks (same bank and slot when possible). |
| PA5X KST | PA5X KST | Copied byte for byte. With **Save Styles Samples & DrumKits** its user sounds come along. | Copied — **only from SET B to SET A**. |

![A PA4X SET (A) and a PA5X KST (B).](https://pasetexplorer.com/images/docs/sm-kst-b.webp)

Numbered marks on this screenshot:

1. SET B is a PA5X **KST**.
2. PA5X style folders, all listed in a two-column grid.
3. PA5X pages have **10** slots.
4. Drag a PA5X style onto your older KORG SET: it is rebuilt as a KORG style.

![SOUNDS tab with a PA5X KST as SET B.](https://pasetexplorer.com/images/docs/sm-kst-sounds.webp)

Numbered marks on this screenshot:

1. PA5X user sound banks (User 1 – User 12)…
2. …and drum kit banks (USERDK01 – USERDK06).
3. A PA5X sampler…
4. …dragged onto an empty slot of SET A.

> **KST + KST:** When **both** SETs are PA5X KSTs, styles and sounds can only go from **SET B to SET A** (Paste into SET B is not offered).

## KORG ↔ Medeli AKX / Zen

With a KORG SET and a Medeli AKX set open side by side (Import/Merge → Medeli AKX / Zen expansion), you drag KORG items onto the AKX **packs**. Everything is converted on the fly:

| Drag this KORG item… | …onto this AKX pack | Becomes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A style | a **Styles** pack | a Medeli .sty (Copy Options decide samples, STS, pads, guitar transcription) |
| A sampler (sound) | a **Samples** pack | a Medeli voice (.voi) |
| A drum kit | a **DrumKits** pack | a Medeli drum kit (.kit) |
| A whole KORG **bank button** | the AKX panel | a new pack named after the bank, with everything converted |

![KORG style → Medeli AKX Styles pack.](https://pasetexplorer.com/images/docs/akx-drag-style.webp)

Numbered marks on this screenshot:

1. Dragging the KORG style “Fetele lu’ tata”…
2. …over the AKX Styles pack: the drop zone lights up.
3. The selected pack (“styles”).
4. **Remove Style** — remove a style from the pack.

> **AKX sets are written immediately:** Changes to a Medeli AKX set are written to disk **right away** — there is no working copy, Undo or Save for AKX sets. Keep a backup of your AKX set folder.

### And the other way: AKX → KORG

- To turn a **whole** AKX set into a KORG SET, use **Convert** in SetManager → choose the Medeli AKX set → [Convert Medeli AKX set to KORG](https://pasetexplorer.com/tutorials?c=medeli-akx#akx-to-korg).
- To bring **one** Medeli voice or kit into a KORG SET, right-click an empty slot in the SOUNDS tab → **Import Sampler** (.voi) or **Import DrumKit** (.kit) — see [Importing](https://pasetexplorer.com/tutorials?c=importing#import-samplers).

Full details in the [Medeli AKX / Zen](https://pasetexplorer.com/tutorials?c=medeli-akx) chapter.