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--- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, Jeff <jf.serviere@...> wrote:
>
> angelstoxx a écrit :
> >
> > 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.
>

Wow Jf you are great. Thnx for the answers. However you didnt tell me how you bulk sounds in a row knowing which sounds are replaced..
Where can i find 1.03? Can u send me?
Thn so much