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laandodeman Senior Member
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Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 9:49 pm Post subject: Automatic overwrite of last pcg? |
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For fun, I loaded the factory pcg. Just to try some old combi's. I didn't save it.
Wen I restarted the Kronos, the factory pcg loaded automatically.
So my conclusion is, that when you load a pcg, it automatically writes it as wel, overwriting whatever you were working onl.
Now I seem to have lost the latest pcg I was working on. Is there a way to retrieve that? _________________ www.silhouetteband.nl |
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Dniss Platinum Member
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Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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If you didn't save it to disk using another name, prior to loading another one, I don't think you can get it back.
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GregC Platinum Member
Joined: 15 May 2002 Posts: 9451 Location: Discovery Bay (San Francisco Bay Area)
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Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 10:13 pm Post subject: Re: Automatic overwrite of last pcg? |
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laandodeman wrote: | For fun, I loaded the factory pcg. Just to try some old combi's. I didn't save it.
Wen I restarted the Kronos, the factory pcg loaded automatically.
So my conclusion is, that when you load a pcg, it automatically writes it as wel, overwriting whatever you were working onl.
Now I seem to have lost the latest pcg I was working on. Is there a way to retrieve that? |
guessing you don't recall the name of the 'custom ' PCG you were working "from ".
I think its possible to have many PCG files on DISK. I you don't see it, exactly, go by date. _________________ Kronos 88. MODX8
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KK Platinum Member
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Posted: Sat May 23, 2020 3:15 am Post subject: |
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Do Save All often or every time you create new programs/combis requiring a good amount of work/time. Loading any other PCG replaces the Kronos memory with its Programs/Combis/Global data, thus the importance of backups. _________________ My Kronos 7 |
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GregC Platinum Member
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Mike Conway Approved Merchant
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Posted: Sat May 23, 2020 6:12 am Post subject: |
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It's gone, unless you saved a PCG file for a project you were working on. Do you have other user files?
I save a PCG with every new project. If I'm about to load something, and I'm not sure if I saved my newest programs, I will save a PCG with a name like, "Current520."
I also try and keep a backup of the hard drive. I have a 128G USB stick for that, as well as an old WD drive. |
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tunaman Senior Member
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Posted: Sat May 23, 2020 8:03 am Post subject: |
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Yeah, I’ve got a 250GB SSD primary, and a 250GB secondary, so that I have plenty of space for storage. I also have two 128GB USB sticks - one for backups, and one for passing data (imports, samples, etc.) back and forth from my PC.
Any time I’m making big changes I create a backup of the current data (Save All) in a separate directory under a Backups subdirectory, and as well if I haven’t made a backup in several weeks. I name the subdirectories Backup<date> so that I can go back to nearly any point in time, and I also copy them off to USB. Lastly, I also copy the data to my PC for safekeeping.
Takes some effort and forethought, but it is worth it if you should screw up something along the way. |
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laandodeman Senior Member
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Posted: Sat May 23, 2020 8:36 am Post subject: |
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Bummer.
Many hours of work lost.
This is not intuitive. Loading means something else than saving in my vocabulary.
I sort of recall I knew this a while ago but forgot it - I didn't work on programming for six months or so. _________________ www.silhouetteband.nl |
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AntonySharmman Approved Merchant
Joined: 16 Oct 2010 Posts: 3585 Location: Hellas
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Posted: Sat May 23, 2020 9:28 pm Post subject: |
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laandodeman wrote: | Loading means something else than saving in my vocabulary. |
When loading a PCG file then all included resources will always overwrite your existing PCG data !
Loading function is not trial or temporary in hardware keyboards , unless noted in manuals !
That's why just "Saving PCG" (the latest one) , is always the most important routine in your Kronos due to prevent this situation ! _________________ Music Conductor - Sound Engineer & Developer - Automotive SMPS/RF R&D - Electronics Engineer
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fomalhaut Junior Member
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Posted: Wed May 27, 2020 10:50 am Post subject: |
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Yes, it is unintuitive because one tends to think of the Kronos as a computer (which it really is).
But as a Keyboard, the settings you change via PCG are permanent, they live between reboots of the machine. |
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