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angelstoxx a \ufffdcrit :
>
> Hi everybody. Im a new and proud owner of the blue beast. Recently 
> purchased it for 250 euros in a very good shape.
> Im looking all the updates etc but i cant find andy OS update. I power 
> up holding 0 - + and the screen says 1.01 and then 02.Battery . Shall 
> i presume first that i will need a battery replacement soon? And now 
> the main question. is there a stable OS update and if yes what does it 
> do..
> And last. What if i want to import sounds from different users. Say a 
> user has 20 sounds and another has 10, how will i import these sounds 
> in a row e.g. 0-20 and 20-30 so it wont replace each other? Silly me 
> but forgive me, managed to find everything without reading the manual 
> and im stuck in this one.
>
> Kind regards to all and looking forward to your help
> Thnx
> Vangelis
>
> 
Welcome to the club !

Im looking all the updates etc but i cant find andy OS update. *The 
"O.S." is inside an EPROM. Some say it is still available by Yamaha , 
others say no, it seems different from one country to another. We once 
had a discussion about "cloning" the last revision (the empty EPROM 
itself is cheap) but we didn't go further, because of possible copyright 
issues and who has the time and hardware programmer necessary for the 
task. *

Shall i presume first that i will need a battery replacement soon? *Yes. 
Type CR2450, available in any electronics shop ... *

is there a stable OS update and if yes what does it do.. *The different 
O.S. revisions correct minor bugs, the last one is 1.04. I have 1.03 and 
no special trouble.*

What if i want to import sounds from different users? *A lot of sounds 
are available on the website, but you need an editor (AN1x edit or 
similar) to load them in your synth. AN1x edit was free, but according 
to some people does not work properly with Win 7 or Vista (similar 
problems with the different Mac OS revisions). I use it successfully 
with Windows XP SP3. Be careful too with your USB - MIDI interface, some 
are said to be unreliable or even unusable (why ??) with AN1x edit*.*I 
think there is a topic on the website...*
*You can try "CTRLR", a multi instrument editor with an AN1x user 
interface. Never tried because i'm happy with AN1x edit, at least until 
today, maybe it will crash or hang up after some Windows update ...*

CRTLR website : http://ctrlr.org/page.php?p=ddb

Cheers.
J.F.