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Re: [xl7] Re: COMPACTING? ERROR SAVING?

2002-11-18 by David Jones

Wild, man, wild.

Props to the EMU guys.  The MP-7 is the central unit controlling my whole
live/studio setup at the moment.  I have been using it for about 6 months
now and I feel that I have come to just about master this machine in the
style of the ninja.

ez
----- Original Message -----
From: "Aaron Eppolito" <synthesis77@...>
To: <xl7@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2002 11:16 PM
Subject: Re: [xl7] Re: COMPACTING? ERROR SAVING?


> Exactly.  It's not an error, just an informational prompt.  As the
> system writes data, it eventually needs to "defragment" flash memory.
> This usually takes most users many months to occur.  You can't do it
> manually.  The only reason it gives you a prompt at all is because it
> takes the sequencer offline.  If you get it and need to keep
> performing, you can just cancel the prompt, but you won't be able to
> save until you allow it to compact.
>
> -Aaron
>
> --- M2 <mmcquay@...> wrote:
> > A compacting prompt is sort of like an automatic backup, it depends
> > on how much you use the machine and also how often you save data.
>
> > --- In xl7@y..., "David Jones" <spec@s...> wrote:
> > > I just ran across an error (forgot to record it) but it said my
> > > pattern could not be saved.  Last I checked I had 67% memory left.
> > > Then it asks if I want to compact data.  This isn't in the manual,
> > > but should I be "compacting" more often?
>
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