Upgrading - have you ever lost all your data while doing an upgrade?

Elektron Gear Model:Samples
#1

In the upgrade instructions it says user data can be lost?

Is this a common occurence?

Would you recommend I backup everything first?

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#2

Yes, it does.

No.

Yes. How would you feel if you lost your stuff?

#3

I’ve my phone set to back up every time it’s plugged in to power and on WiFi. So usually twice a day.

My MacBook set to back up once a day (the default is every hour, but I don’t create enough files on it to warrant that).

The very least you should do with any electronic device is back it up before updating the OS.

I’ve never had a problem losing data on the M:S, but for the minute it takes and the peace of mind it gives, it’s good practice.

#4

Thanks. What is the best way to do this?

I think it would be:

  1. Copy all samples in their respective directories to a directory onto a back up disk via USB.
  2. Connect to DAW, start recording midi and send Sysex dump of whole project via USB. (Or individual patterns).

Is it worth switching to a new empty project and loading in the Sysex project file to check it recorded correctly?

#5

Better safe than sorry, isn’t it?

A while back there was a bug which produced invalid sysex dumps on one of the Elektron devices. Relying blindly that a backup is okay is almost in the same ballpark as making no backup at all …

#6

Sorry to keep asking noob questions! But …

how do I record a Sysex dump from the M:S?

I’m using Ableton 10 but it Ableton help says I need to use a maxforlive instrument to work with Sysex?

#7

Check the M:S support page for the Elektron tool named Transfer.

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#8

C6 worked for Sysex (once I exited Transfer - caused a conflict)