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Re: Backup Options for the Paranoid?

2004-05-11 by schmackofanz

really wish they had some sort of cardslot or a usb port to make archiving data easier.
recording sysex to a sequencer is so 80s..........

Hans

--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, "tj297" <tj297@y...> wrote:
> --- 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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