Q-Memory Cards

namnibor · Joined: Apr 26, 2012 Posts: 59 Location: Ohio, USA

Okay, I HAVE searched quite a bit on various forums, web-searches, and even called Noisebug here in the USA, whom had stocked Q-Cards preformatted for our beloved Q Synths, to no avail. Noisebug showed them in-stock actually on their website @ $49. each for the 256K card, but they are out of them and person I talked to had no idea when/if they would get more. I HAVE emailed WaldorfMusic.de support but thought the pragmatic thing to do was post my quest here of where I could get even just -1- and I am in the USA.
I have added a beautiful yellow Q Rack to my family and understand the synth is new to me because of the nature of my military career that more or less kept me in a time capsule from mid-90's to a few years ago and am no a recently Disabled Veteran and medically retired so have compiled a well armed synth-based home studio. I am NOT new to synthesis nor music--just the nature of the ops I am thankfully retired from, albeit medically, has now afforded the time to play catch-up and happily being a "bottom-feeder" of technology that many people have been selling their hardware going vsti....I love knobs and hardware but learning a DAW and am not tech-ignorant.
My reading has me understanding that ONLY the Q+ has the ability to format memory card and the suggested now-arcane memory card reader for such large cards to program/format so the Q recognizes there's a card inserted seem a bit of an impass....however, please correct/educate me if I am mistaken.
Are there "generic" memory cards like the ones used for like the Korg M1 or early incarnations of the Wavestation compatible? (MC03...or something like that)
Stromeko's website alluded to he used to carry Q-Cards but as of 2011 he posted that he no longer would be doing so since Waldorf was stocking them again--however, they are nowhere in Waldorf Store.
Thanks in advance for your time and sorry if this may be an :old-hat" queston addressed somewhere that I have missed!
Robert

namnibor · Joined: Apr 26, 2012 Posts: 59 Location: Ohio, USA

Waldorf support indeed replied to my quest by stating that ANY official Waldorf seller should be able to order the Q-Card memory cards for all versions of the Q.
About a week before Waldorf got back to me, Noisebug in Pomona, CA USA got back to me and I taked on phone with them as they had carried them but he needed to check with his Waldorf USA Rep and get back to me.
The day before Waldorf returned reply, Noisebug told me they had ordered 5 of them with me claiming 2 of them at $49.95 each. They confirmed they COME PRE_FORMATTED for the Q-series rather than having to know someone with the rare Q+ Synth, of which can format the cards right from the machine. I would love to just touch a Ruby Red Q+ but internet studio pics are more than likely the closest to that happening.
Thought to share this as a resolved issue and quest in the event enyone else may be looking for these. I DO find it stange so many people read this post but not one person replied even by private msg let alone to topic directly. Are so-called "Smartphones" making us not-so-much and perhaps communicative atrophy is taking place? Just a thought, as we musicians need to stick together in support as Cultural Creatives---something to think about!

blue hell · Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 5:00 pm Post subject:

Some hits are by search engines and other robotic web stuff ... others who read it, like me, just had no idea of what you were talking about .. or well .. in general terms I got the message ... but it is good to see you found what you need.

namnibor · Joined: Apr 26, 2012 Posts: 59 Location: Ohio, USA

dougt · Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 12:52 am Post subject:

They are an industry standard known as a Smartcard. It should be possible to buy some cheap cards and a PC Smartcard reader/writer and make your own...

namnibor · Joined: Apr 26, 2012 Posts: 59 Location: Ohio, USA