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I think this he's spot on - get a good sysex dump from the AN1x 
and change the Battery...

Jon

--- In AN1x-list@y..., "Andrea TONI" <Andrea.Toni@r...> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> ummm 
> 
> 1 - 
> i will try to replace the internal battery that keeps 
> the setting when u power off the synth 
> 
> 2 - 
> u don't need an1x edit to backup your sounds 
> any sysex program like DUMPSTER can get all of your 
> patches as a single sysex file 
> http://www.geocities.com/piotr3/X5D/Dumpster.zip
> 
> or this one even better 
> 
> http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/Bomes_SendSX/
> 
> 
> good luck 
> the an1 is such a nice synth it would be a pity to give-up 
programming 
> like this :-) 
> 
> Regards
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "spaceanimals" <alciere@m...>
> To: <AN1x-list@y...>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 13:33
> Subject: [AN1x] My synth went nuts
> 
> 
> > No more synth patch design for me. I turned on the 
portamento and the 
> > delay return went up to 127. I turned the filter knob and the 
sustain 
> > changed. I shut if off, left it for a day, came back, still weird.
> > 
> > The sounds I have now sound fine. I can't tweak them. My 
guess is 
> > Yamaha never intended anyone to change all the patches 
and it's too 
> > much of a strain on the CPU. I can probably get everything to 
work 
> > fine if I perform the factory reset, but since I don't have AN1X 
edit 
> > and don't have my sounds backed up, this means I'll lose 
several 
> > years of work.
> > 
> > I would expect a professional synthesizer to last ten years 
before 
> > messing up. I guess that's over optimistic.
> > 
> > Rainbow Jimmy
> > http://www.spaceanimals.com
> > http://www.mp3.com/spaceanimals
> > 
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