Just had myself a nasty lesson in not being so cocky that you think you know your way around a digital accordion with your eyes shut.
It's cost me most of the morning to sort out and is a lesson well learnt.
What did I do? I accidently reset my FR8X to its factory setting after years of bespoke changes.
How did I manage to do it? Well let me explain.....
It was combination of circumstances that were out of the ordinary for me but nevertheless well within the user remit of a Roland FR8X.
First of all I decided to play the accordion with earphones. I almost never do this as I still firmly believe that a cable sticking out the bottom of the accordion is an accident waiting to happen. Anyway, I did on this occasion and noticed what I thought was an unevenness between pulling and pushing the bellows in volume.
Maybe it was just my technique but being the "guru" I am (don't laugh), I decided to delve into the system setting to see if I could tweak something.
Because I had the earphones in it was awkward to divest myself of the instrument and run upstairs to get my reading glasses. Being the "guru" that I am I thought I could wing it by squinting a bit (in view of my extraordinary knowledge of the instrument and its operating system... don't laugh).
First attempt seemed to help the unevenness a little but then I realised I had to save the system setting so that they would be the default when turning the instrument back on. This is where it all went wring. Maybe it was a hangover from New Year's Eve or simply advanced idiocy but instead of the tried and trusted "press the WRITE button for 2 seconds) I started to hunt in the system menu for the save function.
"It must be here somewhere" I thought, as I scrolled up and down, squinting at the screen. "Ah, here it is, something about system and a big red button in the display".
You guessed it, I pressed it and instantly got a queasy feeling in my stomach. I had pressed the factory reset......
"Having just watched a re-run of Dad's Army I knew the drill.... DON'T PANICK.
I let the accordion do its thing (takes about 2 minutes) and waited. As the countdown reached 100 it was asked to confirm the WRITE.. I declined, hoping that all would be forgiven. Well it wasn't although it was not as bad as I feared.
The User Programs and User Sets were gone but the installed ROMS and the latest operating system were still in place. At least it made a sound.
The rest of the morning has been taken up by searching for where I had saved all my User Programs and bespoke sets. As usual, I had saved most things but not in a way I could identify which was which. TIP: Don't name all your backups SET1 or USERPROG1.
Anyway, to cut a long story short I managed to get most things back to normal. I know I miss two sets that I had programmed for everyday use but I suppose I can re-create them (being a "guru" that should be easy).
It's cost me most of the morning to sort out and is a lesson well learnt.
What did I do? I accidently reset my FR8X to its factory setting after years of bespoke changes.
How did I manage to do it? Well let me explain.....
It was combination of circumstances that were out of the ordinary for me but nevertheless well within the user remit of a Roland FR8X.
First of all I decided to play the accordion with earphones. I almost never do this as I still firmly believe that a cable sticking out the bottom of the accordion is an accident waiting to happen. Anyway, I did on this occasion and noticed what I thought was an unevenness between pulling and pushing the bellows in volume.
Maybe it was just my technique but being the "guru" I am (don't laugh), I decided to delve into the system setting to see if I could tweak something.
Because I had the earphones in it was awkward to divest myself of the instrument and run upstairs to get my reading glasses. Being the "guru" that I am I thought I could wing it by squinting a bit (in view of my extraordinary knowledge of the instrument and its operating system... don't laugh).
First attempt seemed to help the unevenness a little but then I realised I had to save the system setting so that they would be the default when turning the instrument back on. This is where it all went wring. Maybe it was a hangover from New Year's Eve or simply advanced idiocy but instead of the tried and trusted "press the WRITE button for 2 seconds) I started to hunt in the system menu for the save function.
"It must be here somewhere" I thought, as I scrolled up and down, squinting at the screen. "Ah, here it is, something about system and a big red button in the display".
You guessed it, I pressed it and instantly got a queasy feeling in my stomach. I had pressed the factory reset......
"Having just watched a re-run of Dad's Army I knew the drill.... DON'T PANICK.
I let the accordion do its thing (takes about 2 minutes) and waited. As the countdown reached 100 it was asked to confirm the WRITE.. I declined, hoping that all would be forgiven. Well it wasn't although it was not as bad as I feared.
The User Programs and User Sets were gone but the installed ROMS and the latest operating system were still in place. At least it made a sound.
The rest of the morning has been taken up by searching for where I had saved all my User Programs and bespoke sets. As usual, I had saved most things but not in a way I could identify which was which. TIP: Don't name all your backups SET1 or USERPROG1.
Anyway, to cut a long story short I managed to get most things back to normal. I know I miss two sets that I had programmed for everyday use but I suppose I can re-create them (being a "guru" that should be easy).
