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Cobraman
Joined: Dec 30, 2004 Posts: 7 Location: South Florida
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Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2004 12:52 am Post subject:
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I just bought an 8mb flash card for my A-6, but can find nothing in the ref manual on how to use it. I am new to the Andromeda, so I hope you all won't mind my asking questions.
Also is it normal for the synth to ask me to initialize the card each time I turn it on?
I sure wish there were some other instructional books available on this synth, as I find the manual quite lacking in terms of instruction.
Otherwise I love this machine.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Ray _________________ Be Blessed!
Ray Hunter
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seraph
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Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2004 2:35 am Post subject:
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Hi Cobraman
welcome to electro-music.com if I were you I would cancel the telephone number from your signature file _________________ homepage - blog - forum - youtube
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egw
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Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2004 7:22 am Post subject:
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You're right, there's nothing in the manual about it.
I think you just put the card in, and follow the instructions that pop up on the screen when you turn it on, to format it.
It's been a while, but I do remember there was something confusing about it.
Are you sure you're using a PCMCIA type I card? |
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egw
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Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2004 7:31 am Post subject:
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There is a very useful A6 tips & tricks site here:
http://home.planet.nl/~robnet/a6/A6TipsAndTricks.html
I found this about the ram card:
Quote: | The procedure is a little tricky; you have to follow the directions carefully or you'll miss the important step (like I did about 6 times).
After it displays the card size, it should then display a message something like:
SB1=programs SB2=mixes SB3=progs&mixes
This means that you hit soft button 1 to put only program banks on the card, soft button 2 to put only mix banks on the card, and soft button 3 to put a combination on. If you just hit "store" a second time without having pushed one of the required soft buttons, it will abort the initialization process. |
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Cobraman
Joined: Dec 30, 2004 Posts: 7 Location: South Florida
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Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2004 8:16 am Post subject:
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EGW, Thanks. I actually followed that to the T, and perhaps it worked, but I have no way of telling. I don't know how to save a sound to the card, or even access the card. It blows me away that they would not even make a mention of any instructions on how to use a feature that almost every owner would want to use.
Is it normal that everytime I power up the A-6 it always asks me to initialize the card? That does not seem right to me.
I sure wish someone did an instructional book to this thing. Every other synth I've owned had books (other than the manual) written for them, why not a synth like this one?
Thanks again.
Ray _________________ Be Blessed!
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egw
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Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2004 8:50 am Post subject:
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No, it should not ask you to initialize the card when you power up.
That means your card has not been formatted, which means that either you missed a step in the initialization or it is the wrong type of card.
When the card is working, you access it by turning the knob to select banks.
Depending on the size and how you formatted your card, they will show up after the internal banks. |
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Cobraman
Joined: Dec 30, 2004 Posts: 7 Location: South Florida
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Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2004 9:14 am Post subject:
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Yeah, I think I got the wrong card. I have the 8mb Linier Flash Card (#FAD008-P) and it seems that I need the SRAM 2mb card. What blows me away is the fact that I got the below e-mail from the SUPERVISOR of tech support at Alesis recommending the card that I bought. See below e-mail from Alesis:
Quote: | Hello,
http://www.timasci.com/linear.htm Card type: FAD008-P
Hope this helps,
Robert C. Ray
Supervisor - Alesis/Akai/Numark/Ion
Technical Support and Return Authorizations
200 Scenic View Dr.
Suite 201
Cumberland, RI 02864
rray@alesis.com
Phone 401-658-5760
Fax 401-658-3640
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egw
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Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2004 9:31 am Post subject:
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Hard to believe that you got the wrong advice from tech support.
You should let them know, so they don't repeat the mistake.
Also give us a report when you get it working. |
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mosc
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Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2004 10:03 am Post subject:
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cobraman...
I checked out your web site. Yikes!!! Snakes!!!
Anyway, glad to have you here and I hope you get your A6 straightened out soon. I don't have an A6 myself, but I've played EGW's a bit and it's lots of fun - beautiful sounds... _________________ --Howard
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sunny pedaal
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Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 2:31 pm Post subject:
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there was something that the card could be 2mb, more cannot be read, maybe he just ignores the rest.
try to save some patch on it and see if he saves it before and again after restart.
one problem could also be the battery, the cards are batterypowered, don't know if your battery has been installed properly and another thing if it's still filled. a friend of mine bought a card with the battery already empty! |
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Cobraman
Joined: Dec 30, 2004 Posts: 7 Location: South Florida
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Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 7:24 pm Post subject:
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Thanks all, The Alesis tech admitted to me that he made an error in recommending the 8mb linier card instead of the propper 2mb SRAM card. I got the right card, and by golly, it works. Immagine that!
Does anyone know if anyone puts out a book for the A-6 other than the manual? _________________ Be Blessed!
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sunny pedaal
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Cobraman
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Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 7:04 pm Post subject:
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I am slowly getting the hang of this thing, but in doing so I seemed to have overwritten the patches in prest 1 with the patches on the card
Is there a way to reset this to all the orig. factory settings (sounds)?
Thanks again for all your help.
Ray _________________ Be Blessed!
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sunny pedaal
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Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 2:33 am Post subject:
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restarting it with softbutton 3 pressed.
this will however also replace the presets of the userbank so save them on card before! |
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Cobraman
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Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 8:31 am Post subject:
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I tried that last night, but it only restored the user patches. I need to restore the preset patches as well. _________________ Be Blessed!
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soundwave106
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Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 9:56 am Post subject:
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You can find a Sysex / MIDI file of the factory banks at Alesis's site. |
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Cobraman
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Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 1:30 pm Post subject:
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The guys at Alesis were very helpful. They told me to send them my SRAM card, and they would load all the factory sounds (and maybe more) on it and send it back to me. _________________ Be Blessed!
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mosc
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