Hi Gene, On Jul 28, 2004, at 1:14 PM, Gene Atkins wrote: > I'm curious why you'd prefer SD3 over Akai.Sys given > that it doesn't handle the sample loading, and would likely be a > generic > adaptation at best. I'd like to have snapshots of all my equipment (a bunch of XL machines, Emulator and 01/W, also Z8 would be added immediately if it were supported by SD) for (program names, filter/env/LFO settings and stuff like that) for every song so I can re-create all my settings in one go. > > I currently have an 01/W rack and haven't had any data dump problems > with SD. I used to have an 01/W keyboard and experienced garbled names. > The problem in that case was a bad RAM battery on the motherboard. > Replacing that restored it all to 100%. It's a fairly common computer > type battery and can be easily user replaced. That might be the cause > of > your problems. It actually was a friend's problem. Mine works fine, but he was not able to dump the data correctly whatever he did. I'll forward your advise to him. Thanks a lot. Best, Andy