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Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Digest Number 475

2004-03-24 by Ralph Stokes

Yes.., usually, if factory built with that spec.

>
>     >
>     >Thanks
>     >
>     >Tom
>     >
>     > 
>     >
>
>     Yes...
>
>     Remove any disks from disk drive.
>
>     Put a "SD-1 Formatted" Disk in the drive.
>
>     To the right of the display, at the top of the section of buttons
>     under
>     "System", Press the button "Storage"
>
>     Press the black Soft button bellow the display, that is beneath
>     "DISK"
>     (which is illuminated)
>
>     Press a soft button beneath "SAVE", "LOAD" or "DELETE".
>
>     If there is a message either saying that "Disk has been Changed 21
>     voice
>     enabled" or "Disk has been Changed 32 voice enabled", your SD-1 is
>     32voice. Otherwise it is likely not.
>
>     Also, be aware, if yours is 32voice, when you insert a disk
>     "formatted
>     from scratch" on an older "21voice" SD-1, or VFX, and press the save,
>     load, delete, in the storage area, or do anything to make the message
>     "Disk has been Changed 21 voice enabled", your 32voice SD-1 is
>     limited
>     to "21voice" until you insert a 32voice formatted disk, and press
>     one of
>     those buttons, again. You do not have to load any files to the SD-1,
>     just make it read the disk. Your 21voice project will now be 32voice,
>     and, so long as you save it to a 32voice formatted disk, it will
>     remain
>     saved as 32voice, and will play as 32voice, so long as you do not
>     insert, and read, a 21voice disk.
>
>     I personally converted all my old 21voice files to 32voice,
>     although I
>     had a few crashes in some of the mass conversion, but now, as only
>     32voice, it only crashes 3 or 4 times a year. Once all your
>     projects are
>     copied onto 32voice disks, I would reformat all your 21voice disks to
>     32voice, to avoid accidentally running out of voices, due to
>     accidentally inserting a 21voice disk.
>
>     Good Luck....
>
>     Ralph :-)
>
>
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