Restoring MC909 presets after OS v1.23 update

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dbeck718
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Restoring MC909 presets after OS v1.23 update

Post by dbeck718 »

Hey Grooveboxers,

I have had to update a MC-909 Groovebox with an OS 1.04 (I kid you not!) to v1.23 by downloading the OS from the Roland site to a SmartMedia card and then rebooting with that card.

However, what had started as 737 presets on the Groovebox has now reduced to 205 presets. I must admit, those presets are more usable, but there were some pretty good presets previously.

Is there way to restore the presets back into the MC909?


Cheers,
Dan
bonerton
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Re: Restoring MC909 presets after OS v1.23 update

Post by bonerton »

Factory reset should do it
dbeck718
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Re: Restoring MC909 presets after OS v1.23 update

Post by dbeck718 »

Hey Bonerton, Thanks for the message. But a factory reset does not help. I have a few hundred empty slots in the presets patches now and no idea how to fill it...
bonerton
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Re: Restoring MC909 presets after OS v1.23 update

Post by bonerton »

Maybe try the procedure update again? I once updated via USB and lost all of the preset patterns and patches (this has been known to happen). I can't quite remember what I did, but it was something along the lines of doing the update again, making sure I did it correctly, and then factory reset. A lot of the presets are trash, but they can be good for learning how certain patterns or patches were created
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