Will the OS 2 update overwrite my sounds?

Cruel Hoax · Post by **Cruel Hoax** » Tue Mar 02, 2004 2:48 am

Hi there, all. Sorry to dedicate an entire topic to this, but this is important to me. I only have a piece-o'-crap USB controller keyboard as a MIDI interface to my computer, so I have no MIDI input to the computer, hence no way to bulk-dump my presets to a sequencer. (Yeah, I know, I know... in a perfect world I'd have a MIDI interface but, being an audio guy at heart, I've spent all my green on Real Instruments. No regrets.)

I have a number of presets (or programs, whatever) that I've spent many hours making, and a few which were created by fortuitous accident. They've taken me some time and effort to create and accumulate. I don't want to lose them.

I also am drooling over the latest incarnation of the Voyager operating system (thanks, Rudi!) and the many new features and advances offered therein.

So my question to the community is this: will applying Voyager OS 2 rewrite my presets (both 1-64 and 65-128)? Is one of the Banks (A, B, or C)responsible for writing new presets into the Voyager? I'm somewhat hesitant, as the new OS adds the ability to return to factory presets (its only fault, in my opinion), and they've got to reside somewhere, right?

Can I safely apply all parts of the upgrade, or is it time to break out the notebook paper and patch sheets?

Thanks, all, for your time and consideration.

-Hoax

DanielHuw · Post by **DanielHuw** » Tue Mar 02, 2004 5:33 am

It didn't overwrite any of mine. However I made sure I had backed them up before updating the system. It wouldn't do your nerves any good to update without some sort of record of your sounds.

Dan

Post by **moogmusic** » Tue Mar 02, 2004 11:35 am

Hello -
The new software won't overwrite your sounds, assuming you are updating from version 1.5. The instructions that come with the download go through the steps required to initialize the new features of the Voyager software so your sounds don't have any mysterious pot mapping....

Those instructions also say it is ALWAYS a good idea to back up your presets - not just for updates, but for general practice. If you've worked hard on programming sounds you owe this to yourself to protect your creative investment! A cheap USB MIDI interface is a GREAT investment that can provide you this ability (they can be had for ~$30 or so) along with a SysEx program such as the ones referred to in the instructions. I can't recommend this practice enough. Once you learn the moves of bulk dumps -it's really easy.

Moog Music