Found the new Copy Program function to be a step in the right direction, but for previewing the 256 new 1.5 version programs... a non-starter. Frankly... most (all?) are on the Axial site anyway. But I was curious. I wanted to be able to trial the 256 new factory programs. I also wanted to see if I wanted to replace my factory programs with these new ones, while not losing my favorites, or self-created programs
Doing this, turned out to be pretty easy. And - probably obvious to most folks, but just in case -- here is what worked for me:
- Did a Backup of my JDXA, and copied it to my Mac harddrive.
- Downloaded the 1.5 update and docs
- Followed the directions http://www.roland.com/support/by_produc ... ers/352012 for applying the update.
- Did a "Reset" which replaced all the banks on my FA with the new 1.5 factory banks (Note: You better have a good backup before doing this :)
At this point, all the factory banks were loaded on my JDXA, and I could try them out, and note which ones I wanted to keep. Big thanks to JPWC for posting the spreadsheet with all the new factory banks! This helped. Truth is.. there were only a handful of the new patches I wanted. So I:
- Did a "Restore" from the backup I did in the beginning. At this point: I have the original JDXA factory set, my original programs, favorites, etc. And... the 1.5 OS.
- I pulled out the spreadsheet, which I had marked the few new programs I wanted.. and used the (almost handy) new "Copy Program" feature of 1.5 to move the new programs into my free banks (Note: There has to be an easier way of selecting which destination you want! I had to arrow through, to the end banks? Hitting a bank button while using this new function dropped me out of it??
Sorry for the long-winded post. The new factory patches turn out to be already on the Axial site. The new "Copy Program" function, is definitely a step in the right direction. What would have helped me... is a copy Program from Backup feature. I would have prefered this, to restoring my whole JDXA from the backup.