First select the Data Types you want to have "filled" with data from the disk file. Only those types activated will be affected by the loading. Then select the type of file to be loaded:
Open Device FileThe first option is used to load data from a data file that contains Studio Module data from a single device.
Open Global (MEM) File
The second menu option is used to extract data for a device from a Global File.
Import MIDI File
This loads a Standard MIDI File (type 0), which could have been created in another program, even on another computer.
Import SysEx
Some other programs save "raw" System Exclusive data on disk. Selecting this file type allows you to load such files.
P Importing MIDI Files and SysEx is not foolproof. The degree of success depends on how the information was stored in the file. The Studio Module does its best to extract as much information as possible. Watch the ">" marks to the left of the Data Types in the list to see which types got imported properly.
As stated above you can mix and match data from several files (in Studio Module format) by activating/deactivating Data Types in the list. Only those types that are activated when you use Open will actually be loaded, the rest remain intact. This allows you to pick one Data Type from one file and another Data Type from another file.
By using the possibility to extract data from one device (and even one Data Type for that device) together with the possibility to "inject" any Data Type into an existing file, you can build up new Device Files and Global (MEM) files out of existing ones. This allows you to create a combination of data required for a certain project.