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Re: Backup Options for the Paranoid?

2004-05-11 by tj297

--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, "zebraoner" <zebraoner@y...> wrote:
> > does either the MD or MnM have any easy way of backing up data? 
> like say can i take all 
> > my data for a song and somehow dump it into my computer via MIDI 
> for safe keeping? 
> > how about my custom patches etc? i don't think i'd be able to sleep 
> at night if i couldn't.
> 
> yes exactly right, they both have these capabilites as you describe. 
> they use sysex via midi to accompolish this. you just have to watch 
> out for losing the hard copies and for the occasional hard drive 
> pooping out on you.
> later

Sysex, of course! duh, i didn't even think of that. again, been on the damn computer too 
long. cool.
thanks.

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