FM1 Quest

• Back up first. Connect the running Quest to its browser editor and use Backup to download working music, all four sections, settings, both user sound banks and all three sample sets; this reads the unit. Restore writes only objects included in the file, skips absent objects and clears an included slot only when the file explicitly marks it empty; the working loop is applied in memory and can autosave later. Training songs are excluded, so keep the original MIDI files and reimport them; support-hero percussion assignments are also absent from saved projects and backups, so choose those again after restarting. Keep a backup from each firmware before switching or downgrading.

See the switching advice in this section. Back up with the firmware that made the work before installing or first starting Quest, and before switching away. Other firmwares can overwrite Quest’s saved work at startup or during ordinary use, without a save action. One surviving copy is not a backup, and undo cannot recover flash data written by another firmware. Polly’s backup excludes its optional QY70 style bank; keep the original style-bank file separately.

• Back up in the firmware you are leaving first, with its own tool (above). Anything below marked at risk can be written over; whether an older saved copy survives depends on how often you saved, so do not count on it.
• What installing FM1 Quest does to the firmware you had before.
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  install (package loader): Erases, programs and verifies changed application sectors at 0x04000–0x92FFF, preserving the first 16 KiB boot area. This overlaps M-VAVE Open saved projects, settings, transaction staging and the beginning of its sample bank. This leaves the whole sample bank unreadable. The same program writes can also leave PIGEON’s whole sample bank unreadable (the supplied loader accepts the device key, flash chip and package). normal startup cleanup: Erases all five sectors only if one of the two inspected header ranges contains non-erased bytes; it does not validate ownership. Non-erased data elsewhere, including a restore journal at 0xE1000 alone, does not trigger cleanup (any non-blank byte in the first four bytes at 0xE0000 or first eight bytes at 0xE4F00). incoming update or update failure: An incoming update erases five staging sectors, then writes its loader and update record; failure cleanup erases the same area (a host update request or an update failure). loader post-install marker cleanup: Checks each sector trailer and erases only a matching update record, never the whole scan range. Saved projects and sound records end before the sector trailer; sample data is not an update record. The stock record location comes from the base atlas (After an install, erase only a 4 KiB sector whose last 256 bytes hold a valid update record: marker 0x5441 at +6 and a matching nonzero CRC16 over bytes 2..79. In practice these are the family staging-record sector 0xE4000 and, on a first install from stock, stock's record sector 0xE8000. Saved music does not hold that record and is not at risk from this cleanup. This loader does not skip 0x97000–0xDFFFF). first install from stock (conditional leftover-record cleanup): Checks each sector trailer and erases only a matching update record, never the whole scan range. Saved projects and sound records end before the sector trailer; sample data is not an update record. The stock record location comes from the base atlas (After an install, erase only a 4 KiB sector whose last 256 bytes hold a valid update record: marker 0x5441 at +6 and a matching nonzero CRC16 over bytes 2..79. In practice these are the family staging-record sector 0xE4000 and, on a first install from stock, stock's record sector 0xE8000. Saved music does not hold that record and is not at risk from this cleanup. This loader does not skip 0x97000–0xDFFFF) [reported].

  • Stock V15: Possibly at risk: stock settings (and possibly patterns).
  • Baud Girl FM-1+VA: Possibly at risk: Baud Girl presets (128); Baud Girl patterns (16, with locks).
  • Felucca: At risk by itself: FM6 patches of the FM6 user presets; settings, button calibration, favourites, MIDI LEARN map. At risk when you act: project slot A; project slot B; project slot C; project slot D; user sample slot USR1; user sample slot USR2; user sample slot USR3; user presets 1-16; user presets 17-32. Quest can play your saved USR1 until you write over it, if its audio and zones fit Quest’s smaller sample slot. Sending a sample to USR1 or erasing it loses the old sample. This includes holding REC on USR1 in IMPORTER when Quest can read it. Sending a sample to USR2 or erasing USR2 can damage the end of the old USR1. Back up USR1 first. FM1 Quest keeps stored but does not show user presets 1-16 until you write over the saved data. These sounds stay hidden. Saving elsewhere in the bank keeps them; replacing their slots or restoring a whole bank removes them. FM1 Quest keeps stored but does not show user presets 17-32 until you write over the saved data. These sounds stay hidden. Saving elsewhere in the bank keeps them; replacing their slots or restoring a whole bank removes them.
  • SLOOP: At risk by itself: the music in progress (autosave); settings, calibration, song order, SYN1-4 kits, MIDI LEARN, theme and favourites. At risk when you act: song section A (a whole project); song section B (a whole project); song section C (a whole project); song section D (a whole project); user sample slot USR1; user sample slot USR2; user sample slot USR3; user sounds U01-U16; user sounds U17-U32. Quest can play your saved USR1 until you write over it, if its audio and zones fit Quest’s smaller sample slot. Sending a sample to USR1 or erasing it loses the old sample. This includes holding REC on USR1 in IMPORTER when Quest can read it. Sending a sample to USR2 or erasing USR2 can damage the end of the old USR1. Back up USR1 first. FM1 Quest reads user sounds U01-U16 until you write over the saved data. FM6, PHYS and NOISE sounds stay hidden in Quest. Saving another slot keeps them. Replacing their slots or restoring the whole bank removes them. FM1 Quest reads user sounds U17-U32 until you write over the saved data. FM6, PHYS and NOISE sounds stay hidden in Quest. Saving another slot keeps them. Replacing their slots or restoring the whole bank removes them.
  • X0X: At risk by itself: the whole X0X project (settings, sound, all 32 patterns, song, knob motion). At risk when you act: break loops slot 1; break loops slot 2; break loops slot 3; X0X button calibration. Quest can play your saved USR1 until you write over it, if its audio and zones fit Quest’s smaller sample slot. Sending a sample to USR1 or erasing it loses the old sample. This includes holding REC on USR1 in IMPORTER when Quest can read it. Sending a sample to USR2 or erasing USR2 can damage the end of the old USR1. Back up USR1 first.
  • JIANT: At risk by itself: FM6 patches for the FM6 user sounds; settings, calibration, favourites, MENU options. At risk when you act: song 1 section A (a whole project); song 1 section B (a whole project); song 1 section C (a whole project); song 1 section D (a whole project); song 2: four sections (whole projects); song 3: four sections (whole projects); song 4: four sections (whole projects); song 5: four sections (whole projects); song 6: four sections (whole projects); song 7: four sections (whole projects); song 8: four sections (whole projects) (partly lost); which song is current, every song's rows and scenes; user sounds U01-U16; user sounds U17-U32. FM1 Quest keeps stored but does not show user sounds U01-U16 until you write over the saved data. These sounds stay hidden. Saving elsewhere in the bank keeps them; replacing their slots or restoring a whole bank removes them. FM1 Quest keeps stored but does not show user sounds U17-U32 until you write over the saved data. These sounds stay hidden. Saving elsewhere in the bank keeps them; replacing their slots or restoring a whole bank removes them.
  • Melodee: At risk by itself: shared user presets U109-U126; settings, factory favourites, calibration, saved template. At risk when you act: shared user presets U289-U378 (partly lost); shared user presets U379-U384; project A: patterns, song, sounds, motion, recordings; project B: patterns, song, sounds, motion, recordings; project C: patterns, song, sounds, motion, recordings; project D: patterns, song, sounds, motion, recordings; shared user presets U145-U288 (partly lost); shared user presets U073-U090; shared user presets U091-U108; shared user presets U001-U018; shared user presets U019-U036.
  • FoMni: At risk by itself: FoMni setup (pages, chord buttons, lights). At risk when you act: FoMni button calibration.
  • AMB-1: At risk by itself: AMB-1 pieces and setup. At risk when you act: AMB-1 panel calibration.
  • ChoralRoot: At risk by itself: 32 imported DX7 voices; options, playing setup and panel calibration. At risk when you act: CZ-1 bank A (16 tones); CZ-1 bank B (16 tones); CZ-1 bank C (16 tones); CZ-1 bank D (16 tones); CZ-1 bank E (16 tones); CZ-1 bank F (16 tones); CZ-1 bank G (16 tones); CZ-1 bank H (16 tones); last session saved with a global save; favourite marks, chord/bass type and filter; 128 saved sounds with their complete engine patches (some or all lost); recorded loop 1; recorded loop 2; recorded loop 3; recorded loop 4; recorded loop 5; recorded loop 6; recorded loop 7; recorded loop 8; recorded loop 9; recorded loop 10.
  • GHOULBOX: At risk by itself: FM6 patches for user sounds; settings and panel calibration. At risk when you act: project A; project B; project C; project D; user sample slot USR1; user sample slot USR2; user sample slot USR3; user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32. Quest can play your saved USR1 until you write over it, if its audio and zones fit Quest’s smaller sample slot. Sending a sample to USR1 or erasing it loses the old sample. This includes holding REC on USR1 in IMPORTER when Quest can read it. Sending a sample to USR2 or erasing USR2 can damage the end of the old USR1. Back up USR1 first. FM1 Quest keeps stored but does not show user sounds 1–16 until you write over the saved data. These sounds stay hidden. Saving elsewhere in the bank keeps them; replacing their slots or restoring a whole bank removes them. FM1 Quest keeps stored but does not show user sounds 17–32 until you write over the saved data. These sounds stay hidden. Saving elsewhere in the bank keeps them; replacing their slots or restoring a whole bank removes them.
  • M-VAVE FM-1 Open: At risk by itself: Open shared sample audio. At risk when you act: Open USER project 1; Open USER project 2; Open USER project 3; Open USER project 4; Open USER project 5; Open USER project 6; Open USER project 7; Open USER project 8; Open USER project 9; Open USER project 10; Open USER project 11; Open USER project 12; Open USER project 13; Open USER project 14; Open USER project 15; Open USER project 16; Open device preferences.
  • FM-106: At risk by itself: octave, last selected preset and MIDI preferences. At risk when you act: older stored user bank, if present (Beta4 does not store new edits).
  • Hortator: At risk by itself: settings and panel calibration. At risk when you act: project A; project B; project C; project D; user samples USR1; user samples USR2; user samples USR3. Quest can play your saved USR1 until you write over it, if its audio and zones fit Quest’s smaller sample slot. Sending a sample to USR1 or erasing it loses the old sample. This includes holding REC on USR1 in IMPORTER when Quest can read it. Sending a sample to USR2 or erasing USR2 can damage the end of the old USR1. Back up USR1 first.
  • OberVave: At risk by itself: saved programs and global settings; pattern 1 (its B-track sound can change if it uses a saved program; its pattern notes remain); pattern 2 (its B-track sound can change if it uses a saved program; its pattern notes remain); pattern 3 (its B-track sound can change if it uses a saved program; its pattern notes remain); pattern 4 (its B-track sound can change if it uses a saved program; its pattern notes remain); pattern 5 (its B-track sound can change if it uses a saved program; its pattern notes remain); pattern 6 (its B-track sound can change if it uses a saved program; its pattern notes remain); pattern 7 (its B-track sound can change if it uses a saved program; its pattern notes remain); pattern 8 (its B-track sound can change if it uses a saved program; its pattern notes remain).
  • Polly: At risk by itself: Polly shared memory 4; Polly setup and channel sounds. At risk when you act: All four Polly songs; Polly shared memory 1; Polly shared memory 2; Polly shared memory 3; Polly shared memory 5; Polly shared memory 6; Polly shared memory 7; Polly shared memory 8; Polly shared memory 9; Polly shared memory 10; Polly shared memory 11; Polly shared memory 12; Polly shared memory 13; Polly shared memory 14; Polly shared memory 15; Polly shared memory 16; Optional QY70 style bank; Polly button and encoder calibration.
  • Skiff: At risk by itself: user sounds’ own FM6 patches; settings, calibration and favourites; user sound bank 1 (only FM6 sounds can lose their own patches and fall back to a factory patch or the initial voice; other sounds remain; other writes can also erase it); user sound bank 2 (only FM6 sounds can lose their own patches and fall back to a factory patch or the initial voice; other sounds remain; other writes can also erase it). At risk when you act: project A; project B; project C; project D; user sample USR1; user sample USR2; user sample USR3. Quest can play your saved USR1 until you write over it, if its audio and zones fit Quest’s smaller sample slot. Sending a sample to USR1 or erasing it loses the old sample. This includes holding REC on USR1 in IMPORTER when Quest can read it. Sending a sample to USR2 or erasing USR2 can damage the end of the old USR1. Back up USR1 first. FM1 Quest keeps stored but does not show user sound bank 1 until you write over the saved data. These sounds stay hidden. Saving elsewhere in the bank keeps them; replacing their slots or restoring a whole bank removes them. FM1 Quest keeps stored but does not show user sound bank 2 until you write over the saved data. These sounds stay hidden. Saving elsewhere in the bank keeps them; replacing their slots or restoring a whole bank removes them.
  • sloopDX: At risk by itself: working loop; settings, calibration, song order, MIDI, theme and favourites. At risk when you act: section A (sounds can change if their saved DX7 voices, chosen bank or drum kit are replaced; saved notes and controls stay; other writes can also erase it); section B (sounds can change if their saved DX7 voices, chosen bank or drum kit are replaced; saved notes and controls stay; other writes can also erase it); section C (sounds can change if their saved DX7 voices, chosen bank or drum kit are replaced; saved notes and controls stay; other writes can also erase it); section D (sounds can change if their saved DX7 voices, chosen bank or drum kit are replaced; saved notes and controls stay; other writes can also erase it); DX7 bank 1 voices 1–16; DX7 bank 1 voices 17–32; DX7 bank 2 voices 1–16; DX7 bank 2 voices 17–32; DX7 bank 3 voices 1–16; DX7 bank 3 voices 17–32; DX7 bank 4 voices 1–16; DX7 bank 4 voices 17–32; DX7 bank 5 voices 1–16; DX7 bank 5 voices 17–32; DX7 bank 6 voices 1–16; DX7 bank 6 voices 17–32; DX7 bank 7 voices 1–16; DX7 bank 7 voices 17–32; DX7 bank 8 voices 1–16; DX7 bank 8 voices 17–32; selected DX7 bank; MY KIT; user presets 1–16 (sounds can change if their saved DX7 voices or chosen bank are replaced; saved notes and controls stay; other writes can also erase it); user presets 17–32 (sounds can change if their saved DX7 voices or chosen bank are replaced; saved notes and controls stay; other writes can also erase it). FM1 Quest keeps stored but does not show user presets 1–16 until you write over the saved data. Your sounds stay saved but cannot be shown or played. Saving into their slots removes them; saving elsewhere keeps them. Saving on the FM-1 needs another turn of the same control, with no warning that the slot holds a hidden sound. FM1 Quest keeps stored but does not show user presets 17–32 until you write over the saved data. Your sounds stay saved but cannot be shown or played. Saving into their slots removes them; saving elsewhere keeps them. Saving on the FM-1 needs another turn of the same control, with no warning that the slot holds a hidden sound.
  • Rainbow Mode: At risk by itself: the FM6 patches used by the thirty-two user sounds; your old FM6 bank (B1–B27); Felucca preferences, calibration and favourites; Rainbow WRITE song, greeting name, hat, volume limit and look-alikes; user sounds U01–U16, names and sixteen-step patterns without automation (only FM6 sounds can lose their own patches and fall back to a factory patch or the initial voice; other sounds remain; other writes can also erase it); user sounds U17–U32, names and sixteen-step patterns without automation (only FM6 sounds can lose their own patches and fall back to a factory patch or the initial voice; other sounds remain; other writes can also erase it). At risk when you act: Project A: four tracks and their sounds, notes, automation, song chain and name; Project B: four tracks and their sounds, notes, automation, song chain and name; Project C: four tracks and their sounds, notes, automation, song chain and name; Project D: four tracks and their sounds, notes, automation, song chain and name; User sample USR1 and any slice positions you set in SLICE; User sample USR2 and any slice positions you set in SLICE; User sample USR3 and any slice positions you set in SLICE. Quest can play your saved USR1 until you write over it, if its audio and zones fit Quest’s smaller sample slot. Sending a sample to USR1 or erasing it loses the old sample. This includes holding REC on USR1 in IMPORTER when Quest can read it. Sending a sample to USR2 or erasing USR2 can damage the end of the old USR1. Back up USR1 first. FM1 Quest keeps stored but does not show user sounds U01–U16, names and sixteen-step patterns without automation until you write over the saved data. Your sounds stay saved but cannot be shown or played. Saving into their slots removes them; saving elsewhere keeps them. Saving on the FM-1 needs another turn of the same control, with no warning that the slot holds a hidden sound. FM1 Quest keeps stored but does not show user sounds U17–U32, names and sixteen-step patterns without automation until you write over the saved data. Your sounds stay saved but cannot be shown or played. Saving into their slots removes them; saving elsewhere keeps them. Saving on the FM-1 needs another turn of the same control, with no warning that the slot holds a hidden sound.
  • DUELL beta: At risk by itself: saved patches; settings and panel setup. At risk when you act: multis M01–M02; multis M03–M04; multis M05–M06; multis M07–M08; user wavetable USR1; user wavetable USR2; user wavetable USR3; multis M09–M10; multis M11–M12; multis M13–M14; multis M15–M16; patterns P01–P06; patterns P07–P12; patterns P13–P16.
  • FiMba-1 beta: At risk by itself: FiMba-1 beta sound and playing setup. At risk when you act: FiMba-1 beta panel calibration.
  • MAKU: At risk by itself: inherited FM6 patches for user presets; settings and calibration. At risk when you act: inherited project A; inherited project B; inherited project C; inherited project D; inherited user sample 1; inherited user sample 2; inherited user sample 3; inherited user preset bank 1; inherited user preset bank 2. Quest can play your saved USR1 until you write over it, if its audio and zones fit Quest’s smaller sample slot. Sending a sample to USR1 or erasing it loses the old sample. This includes holding REC on USR1 in IMPORTER when Quest can read it. Sending a sample to USR2 or erasing USR2 can damage the end of the old USR1. Back up USR1 first. FM1 Quest keeps stored but does not show inherited user preset bank 1 until you write over the saved data. Your sounds stay saved but cannot be shown or played. Saving into their slots removes them; saving elsewhere keeps them. Saving on the FM-1 needs another turn of the same control, with no warning that the slot holds a hidden sound. FM1 Quest keeps stored but does not show inherited user preset bank 2 until you write over the saved data. Your sounds stay saved but cannot be shown or played. Saving into their slots removes them; saving elsewhere keeps them. Saving on the FM-1 needs another turn of the same control, with no warning that the slot holds a hidden sound.
  • Fart Machine One: At risk when you act: learned button and encoder calibration.
  • fm1-chord: At risk by itself: FM6 bank B1-B27; settings, panel calibration, four chord preset setups and the current chord setup. At risk when you act: chord preset P1: full synth project; chord preset P2: full synth project; chord preset P3: full synth project; chord preset P4: full synth project; uploaded sample USR1 and optional SLICE markers; uploaded sample USR2 and optional SLICE markers; uploaded sample USR3 and optional SLICE markers; user sounds 1-16; user sounds 17-32. Quest can play your saved USR1 until you write over it, if its audio and zones fit Quest’s smaller sample slot. Sending a sample to USR1 or erasing it loses the old sample. This includes holding REC on USR1 in IMPORTER when Quest can read it. Sending a sample to USR2 or erasing USR2 can damage the end of the old USR1. Back up USR1 first. FM1 Quest keeps stored but does not show user sounds 1-16 until you write over the saved data. Your sounds stay saved but cannot be shown or played. Saving into their slots removes them; saving elsewhere keeps them. Saving on the FM-1 needs another turn of the same control, with no warning that the slot holds a hidden sound. FM1 Quest keeps stored but does not show user sounds 17-32 until you write over the saved data. Your sounds stay saved but cannot be shown or played. Saving into their slots removes them; saving elsewhere keeps them. Saving on the FM-1 needs another turn of the same control, with no warning that the slot holds a hidden sound.
  • SLOOP DX7 Banks: At risk by itself: working loop; settings, calibration, song order, synthesized drum kits and DX-bank setup. At risk when you act: section A; section B; section C; section D; user sample USR1; user sample USR2; user sample USR3; user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32. Quest can play your saved USR1 until you write over it, if its audio and zones fit Quest’s smaller sample slot. Sending a sample to USR1 or erasing it loses the old sample. This includes holding REC on USR1 in IMPORTER when Quest can read it. Sending a sample to USR2 or erasing USR2 can damage the end of the old USR1. Back up USR1 first. FM1 Quest reads user sounds 1–16 until you write over the saved data. Only version-1 sounds with an engine available here appear. Shared controls load based on the saved control count; missing controls use defaults. Other sounds stay hidden until their slots are replaced. FM1 Quest reads user sounds 17–32 until you write over the saved data. Only version-1 sounds with an engine available here appear. Shared controls load based on the saved control count; missing controls use defaults. Other sounds stay hidden until their slots are replaced.
  • FuMi-1: At risk by itself: FuMi-1 sound and playing setup. At risk when you act: FuMi-1 button and encoder calibration.
  • Jangada: At risk by itself: working music (autosave); preferences, calibration and MIDI LEARN map. At risk when you act: project 1; project 2; project 3; project 4; user samples USR1; user samples USR2; user samples USR3; user sounds U01-U16; user sounds U17-U32. Quest can play your saved USR1 until you write over it, if its audio and zones fit Quest’s smaller sample slot. Sending a sample to USR1 or erasing it loses the old sample. This includes holding REC on USR1 in IMPORTER when Quest can read it. Sending a sample to USR2 or erasing USR2 can damage the end of the old USR1. Back up USR1 first.
  • WaveLoop FM-1: At risk by itself: FM6 patches and controls for each drum in user sounds; settings, calibration and favourites. At risk when you act: song 1; song 2; song 3; last session saved for the next start; user sample USR1; slice positions you set for USR1; user sample USR2; slice positions you set for USR2; song 4; song 5; song 6; song 7; song 8; song 9; song 10; song 11; song 12; song order and selection; user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32. Quest can play your saved USR1 until you write over it, if its audio and zones fit Quest’s smaller sample slot. Sending a sample to USR1 or erasing it loses the old sample. This includes holding REC on USR1 in IMPORTER when Quest can read it. Sending a sample to USR2 or erasing USR2 can damage the end of the old USR1. Back up USR1 first. FM1 Quest keeps stored but does not show user sounds 1–16 until you write over the saved data. Your sounds stay saved but cannot be shown or played. Saving into their slots removes them; saving elsewhere keeps them. Saving on the FM-1 needs another turn of the same control, with no warning that the slot holds a hidden sound. FM1 Quest keeps stored but does not show user sounds 17–32 until you write over the saved data. Your sounds stay saved but cannot be shown or played. Saving into their slots removes them; saving elsewhere keeps them. Saving on the FM-1 needs another turn of the same control, with no warning that the slot holds a hidden sound.
  • ORBIT: At risk by itself: saved section A (sounds can change or stop playing when separate samples, FM6 patches or SYN kits are replaced; saved notes and sound settings remain; other writes can also erase it); saved section B (sounds can change or stop playing when separate samples, FM6 patches or SYN kits are replaced; saved notes and sound settings remain; other writes can also erase it); saved section C (sounds can change or stop playing when separate samples, FM6 patches or SYN kits are replaced; saved notes and sound settings remain; other writes can also erase it); saved section D (sounds can change or stop playing when separate samples, FM6 patches or SYN kits are replaced; saved notes and sound settings remain; other writes can also erase it); working music kept by autosave; settings, calibration, song order, SYN1-SYN4 kits and MIDI preferences. At risk when you act: sample slot USR1; sample slot USR2; sample slot USR3; USER sounds U01-U16 (sounds can change or stop playing when separate samples, FM6 patches or SYN kits are replaced; saved notes and sound settings remain; other writes can also erase it); USER sounds U17-U32 (sounds can change or stop playing when separate samples, FM6 patches or SYN kits are replaced; saved notes and sound settings remain; other writes can also erase it). Quest can play your saved USR1 until you write over it, if its audio and zones fit Quest’s smaller sample slot. Sending a sample to USR1 or erasing it loses the old sample. This includes holding REC on USR1 in IMPORTER when Quest can read it. Sending a sample to USR2 or erasing USR2 can damage the end of the old USR1. Back up USR1 first.
  • SLOOP Floyd FM: At risk by itself: the working loop kept by autosave (changed to the new format: When the working loop is saved automatically, its notes stay but FLOYD parts are saved as ANALOG. Returning to Floyd does not restore the original sound choices. Notes load, but FLOYD parts become ANALOG and Quest uses its own saved sync choice); settings, panel calibration and song order. At risk when you act: song section A; song section B; song section C; song section D; user sample slot USR1; user sample slot USR2; user sample slot USR3; user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32. Notes and shared controls load. FLOYD parts become ANALOG in Quest, which uses its saved sync choice. Saving again keeps those changed choices. Quest can play your saved USR1 until you write over it, if its audio and zones fit Quest’s smaller sample slot. Sending a sample to USR1 or erasing it loses the old sample. This includes holding REC on USR1 in IMPORTER when Quest can read it. Sending a sample to USR2 or erasing USR2 can damage the end of the old USR1. Back up USR1 first. FM1 Quest reads user sounds U01–U16 until you write over the saved data. Only version-1 sounds with an engine available here appear. Shared controls load based on the saved control count; missing controls use defaults. Other sounds stay hidden until their slots are replaced. Floyd’s FLOYD sounds stay hidden. FM1 Quest reads user sounds U17–U32 until you write over the saved data. Only version-1 sounds with an engine available here appear. Shared controls load based on the saved control count; missing controls use defaults. Other sounds stay hidden until their slots are replaced. Floyd’s FLOYD sounds stay hidden. FM1 Quest reads settings, panel calibration and song order until you write over the saved data. Quest uses the old zoom choice for game options. Calibration and song order load. Changing Quest’s game options can change the zoom choice when you return.
  • winampFM Synth: At risk by itself: working music kept by autosave; settings, panel calibration, song order, SYN kits and MIDI. At risk when you act: section A (whole project); section B (whole project); section C (whole project); section D (whole project); sample USR1; sample USR2; sample USR3; user sounds 1-16; user sounds 17-32. Quest can play your saved USR1 until you write over it, if its audio and zones fit Quest’s smaller sample slot. Sending a sample to USR1 or erasing it loses the old sample. This includes holding REC on USR1 in IMPORTER when Quest can read it. Sending a sample to USR2 or erasing USR2 can damage the end of the old USR1. Back up USR1 first. FM1 Quest reads user sounds 1-16 until you write over the saved data. Only version-1 sounds with an engine available here appear. Shared controls load based on the saved control count; missing controls use defaults. Other sounds stay hidden until their slots are replaced. FM1 Quest reads user sounds 17-32 until you write over the saved data. Only version-1 sounds with an engine available here appear. Shared controls load based on the saved control count; missing controls use defaults. Other sounds stay hidden until their slots are replaced.
  • Bubba Machine (beta): At risk by itself: sixteen six-track patterns (some or all lost); song order and four scenes (some or all lost). At risk when you act: eight saved sampler takes (some or all lost); twelve uploaded sounds or DX7 banks (some or all lost); screen language pack; system preferences and last pattern.
  • Felucca [Salt]: At risk by itself: screen preferences, calibration and favourites. At risk when you act: project 1; project 2; project 3; project 4; user sample USR1; user sample USR2; user sample USR3; user sounds U01-U16; user sounds U17-U32. Quest can play your saved USR1 until you write over it, if its audio and zones fit Quest’s smaller sample slot. Sending a sample to USR1 or erasing it loses the old sample. This includes holding REC on USR1 in IMPORTER when Quest can read it. Sending a sample to USR2 or erasing USR2 can damage the end of the old USR1. Back up USR1 first. FM1 Quest reads user sounds U01-U16 until you write over the saved data. Only version-1 sounds with an engine available here appear. Shared controls load based on the saved control count; missing controls use defaults. Other sounds stay hidden until their slots are replaced. FM1 Quest reads user sounds U17-U32 until you write over the saved data. Only version-1 sounds with an engine available here appear. Shared controls load based on the saved control count; missing controls use defaults. Other sounds stay hidden until their slots are replaced.
  • PIGEON: At risk by itself: the older FM6 patch bank PIGEON no longer uses; older FM6 patches for user presets; preferences, MIDI LEARN and panel calibration. At risk when you act: shared song and drum sample bank; saved pattern A; saved pattern B; saved pattern C; saved pattern D; slice positions set by hand in the older format; user sample USR1 in the older format; chops, drum-pad and performance edits; user sample USR2 in the older format; user sample USR3 in the older format; older user preset bank 1; older user preset bank 2. Quest can play your saved USR1 until you write over it, if its audio and zones fit Quest’s smaller sample slot. Sending a sample to USR1 or erasing it loses the old sample. This includes holding REC on USR1 in IMPORTER when Quest can read it. Sending a sample to USR2 or erasing USR2 can damage the end of the old USR1. Back up USR1 first. FM1 Quest keeps stored but does not show older user preset bank 1 until you write over the saved data. Your sounds stay saved but cannot be shown or played. Saving into their slots removes them; saving elsewhere keeps them. Saving on the FM-1 needs another turn of the same control, with no warning that the slot holds a hidden sound. FM1 Quest keeps stored but does not show older user preset bank 2 until you write over the saved data. Your sounds stay saved but cannot be shown or played. Saving into their slots removes them; saving elsewhere keeps them. Saving on the FM-1 needs another turn of the same control, with no warning that the slot holds a hidden sound.
  • FM1 Move: At risk by itself: settings, calibration, SYN kits and stored MIDI mappings; project 1 (sounds can change or stop playing when separate samples, FM6 patches or SYN kits are replaced; saved notes and sound settings remain); project 2 (sounds can change or stop playing when separate samples, FM6 patches or SYN kits are replaced; saved notes and sound settings remain); the working project kept by autosave (sounds can change or stop playing when separate samples, FM6 patches or SYN kits are replaced; saved notes and sound settings remain). At risk when you act: sample slot USR1; sample slot USR2; sample slot USR3; user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32. Quest can play your saved USR1 until you write over it, if its audio and zones fit Quest’s smaller sample slot. Sending a sample to USR1 or erasing it loses the old sample. This includes holding REC on USR1 in IMPORTER when Quest can read it. Sending a sample to USR2 or erasing USR2 can damage the end of the old USR1. Back up USR1 first. FM1 Quest reads user sounds U01–U16 until you write over the saved data. Only version-1 sounds with an engine available here appear. Shared controls load based on the saved control count; missing controls use defaults. Other sounds stay hidden until their slots are replaced. FM1 Quest reads user sounds U17–U32 until you write over the saved data. Only version-1 sounds with an engine available here appear. Shared controls load based on the saved control count; missing controls use defaults. Other sounds stay hidden until their slots are replaced.
  • Groove OS: Possibly at risk: Groove project slot 1; Groove project slot 2; Groove project slot 3; Groove resume autosave; Groove sound bank A; Groove sound bank B; Groove sound bank C; Groove sound bank D; Groove custom drum sounds and kits; Groove device preferences; Groove crash reports. Groove OS does not publish where or how it stores saved work, so loss is possible even when shared storage cannot be found. Before switching, use export all on its Projects page to save every project and the automatically saved music. Use Save a backup on Your own sounds too. Project exports list the sounds but leave out the audio. Use Save a safety copy on Your FM-1 for the banks, songs, automatically saved music and samples. Keep these files on your computer. Sound banks, custom sounds, settings and crash reports may be lost.
• What the next firmware does to FM1 Quest's data.
  • Stock V15: Possibly at risk: song section A; song section B; song section C; song section D; working music (autosave); sample USR1; sample USR2; sample USR3; Piano Hero P1; Piano Hero P2; Piano Hero P3; Piano Hero P4; Piano Hero P5; Piano Hero P6; FM Hero H1; FM Hero H2; FM Hero H3; FM Hero H4; FM Hero H5; FM Hero H6; user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32.
  • Baud Girl FM-1+VA: Possibly at risk: song section A; song section B; song section C; song section D; working music (autosave); sample USR1; sample USR2; sample USR3; Piano Hero P1; Piano Hero P2; Piano Hero P3; Piano Hero P4; Piano Hero P5; Piano Hero P6; FM Hero H1; FM Hero H2; FM Hero H3; FM Hero H4; FM Hero H5; FM Hero H6; user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32.
  • Felucca: At risk by itself: settings, panel mapping, song order and Quest preferences/progress. At risk when you act: song section A; song section B; song section C; song section D; working music (autosave); sample USR2; sample USR3; Piano Hero P1; Piano Hero P2; Piano Hero P3; Piano Hero P4; Piano Hero P5; Piano Hero P6; FM Hero H1; FM Hero H2; FM Hero H3; FM Hero H4; FM Hero H5; FM Hero H6; user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32; sample USR1. Felucca may start with beta 2ND CORE ON or OFF after FM1 Quest. Do not rely on your earlier choice: FM1 Quest can replace the saved settings with ones Felucca cannot read. Check MENU > SYSTEM > 2ND CORE when you return. ON (BETA) can turn itself OFF and save settings if a sound calculation fails or takes too long; OFF prevents that second-core save. Felucca reads sample USR1 until you write over the saved data. Playback follows this firmware’s loop rules. The other firmware’s extra loop modes may sound different. Only the first sample is stored in the same place. The other two sample slots use different storage.
  • SLOOP: At risk by itself: working music (autosave); settings, panel mapping, song order and Quest preferences/progress. At risk when you act: song section A; song section B; song section C; song section D; sample USR2; sample USR3; Piano Hero P1; Piano Hero P2; Piano Hero P3; Piano Hero P4; Piano Hero P5; Piano Hero P6; FM Hero H1; FM Hero H2; FM Hero H3; FM Hero H4; FM Hero H5; FM Hero H6; sample USR1; user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32. SLOOP reads sample USR1 until you write over the saved data. Audio loads only if it fits this slot. Sending to or erasing this slot replaces it. SLOOP reads user sounds U01–U16 until you write over the saved data. Only version-1 sounds with an engine available here appear. Shared controls load based on the saved control count; missing controls use defaults. Other sounds stay hidden until their slots are replaced. SLOOP reads user sounds U17–U32 until you write over the saved data. Only version-1 sounds with an engine available here appear. Shared controls load based on the saved control count; missing controls use defaults. Other sounds stay hidden until their slots are replaced.
  • X0X: At risk by itself: song section A; song section B; song section C; song section D; user sounds U17–U32; settings, panel mapping, song order and Quest preferences/progress. At risk when you act: sample USR2; sample USR3; Piano Hero P1; Piano Hero P2; Piano Hero P3; Piano Hero P4; Piano Hero P5; Piano Hero P6; FM Hero H1; FM Hero H2; FM Hero H3; FM Hero H4; FM Hero H5; FM Hero H6; user sounds U01–U16; sample USR1. After you confirm a restore on the computer, X0X starts erasing before asking again on the FM-1. Saying no keeps X0X’s current project but does not bring back erased data from your previous firmware, even if the computer says nothing changed. X0X reads sample USR1 until you write over the saved data. Each zone plays as a separate repeating break loop (up to 16 per sample). Key ranges, root notes, loop points and slice markers are not used. Only its first sample slot starts where X0X expects one. Sending an X0X sample longer than Quest’s sample slot to the FM-1 also writes over the start of Quest’s second sample slot.
  • JIANT: At risk by itself: FM Hero H3; FM Hero H4; settings, panel mapping, song order and Quest preferences/progress. At risk by itself, under a condition: working music (autosave). At risk when you act: song section A; song section B; song section C; song section D; sample USR1; sample USR2; sample USR3; Piano Hero P1; Piano Hero P2; Piano Hero P3; Piano Hero P4; Piano Hero P5; Piano Hero P6; FM Hero H1; FM Hero H2; user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32.
  • Melodee: At risk by itself: working music (autosave); user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32; settings, panel mapping, song order and Quest preferences/progress. At risk by itself, under a condition: song section A; song section B; song section C; song section D; sample USR3; Piano Hero P1; Piano Hero P2; Piano Hero P3; Piano Hero P4; Piano Hero P5; Piano Hero P6; FM Hero H1; FM Hero H2; FM Hero H3; FM Hero H4; FM Hero H5; FM Hero H6. At risk when you act: sample USR1; sample USR2.
  • FoMni: At risk by itself: settings, panel mapping, song order and Quest preferences/progress. At risk when you act: user sounds U01–U16.
  • AMB-1: At risk by itself: settings, panel mapping, song order and Quest preferences/progress. At risk when you act: user sounds U01–U16.
  • ChoralRoot: At risk by itself: sample USR2; sample USR3; Piano Hero P1; Piano Hero P2; Piano Hero P3; Piano Hero P4; Piano Hero P5; Piano Hero P6; FM Hero H1; FM Hero H2; FM Hero H3; FM Hero H4; FM Hero H5; FM Hero H6; settings, panel mapping, song order and Quest preferences/progress. At risk when you act: song section A; song section B; song section C; song section D; working music (autosave); sample USR1; user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32. ChoralRoot reads user sounds U01–U16 until you write over the saved data. Imported sounds may sound different, even if their names are kept. Confirming Flash Data erases the older banks they came from. ChoralRoot reads user sounds U17–U32 until you write over the saved data. Imported sounds may sound different, even if their names are kept. Confirming Flash Data erases the older banks they came from.
  • GHOULBOX: At risk by itself: settings, panel mapping, song order and Quest preferences/progress. At risk by itself, under a condition: working music (autosave). At risk when you act: song section A; song section B; song section C; song section D; sample USR2; sample USR3; Piano Hero P1; Piano Hero P2; Piano Hero P3; Piano Hero P4; Piano Hero P5; Piano Hero P6; FM Hero H1; FM Hero H2; FM Hero H3; FM Hero H4; FM Hero H5; FM Hero H6; user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32; sample USR1. GHOULBOX reads sample USR1 until you write over the saved data.
  • M-VAVE FM-1 Open: At risk by itself: song section A; song section B; song section C; song section D; working music (autosave). At risk when you act: sample USR1; sample USR2; sample USR3; Piano Hero P1; Piano Hero P2; Piano Hero P3; Piano Hero P4; Piano Hero P5; Piano Hero P6; FM Hero H1; FM Hero H2; FM Hero H3; FM Hero H4; FM Hero H5; FM Hero H6; user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32; settings, panel mapping, song order and Quest preferences/progress. Workbench adds Open's built-in samples right after installing it, without asking about samples. This replaces only the items marked 'by itself right after the Workbench installs Open', before you can save anything. This follows Open V12's source code; the downloaded Workbench has not been checked against it.
  • FM-106: At risk by itself: settings, panel mapping, song order and Quest preferences/progress. FM-106 Beta4 does not save edited user sounds, even when it says the save worked. Export them before turning off the FM-1 or changing firmware again.
  • Hortator: At risk by itself: settings, panel mapping, song order and Quest preferences/progress. At risk when you act: song section A; song section B; song section C; song section D. Carried over: sample USR1 (Hortator uses its own one-shot sound engines, so saved loops and slices play differently).
  • OberVave: At risk by itself: settings, panel mapping, song order and Quest preferences/progress.
  • Polly: At risk by itself: song section A; song section B; song section C; song section D; working music (autosave); sample USR1; sample USR2; settings, panel mapping, song order and Quest preferences/progress. At risk when you act: sample USR3; Piano Hero P1; Piano Hero P2; Piano Hero P3; Piano Hero P4; Piano Hero P5; Piano Hero P6; FM Hero H1; FM Hero H2; FM Hero H3; FM Hero H4; FM Hero H5; FM Hero H6; user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32. After you agree to restore on the computer, Polly starts erasing before the FM-1 asks. Saying no on the FM-1 keeps Polly’s current project, but cannot bring back erased data from your previous firmware, even if the computer says nothing changed.
  • Skiff: At risk by itself: sample USR2; settings, panel mapping, song order and Quest preferences/progress. At risk by itself, under a condition: song section A; song section B; song section C; song section D; working music (autosave). At risk when you act: sample USR3; Piano Hero P1; Piano Hero P2; Piano Hero P3; Piano Hero P4; Piano Hero P5; Piano Hero P6; FM Hero H1; FM Hero H2; FM Hero H3; FM Hero H4; FM Hero H5; FM Hero H6; user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32; sample USR1. After you edit USR1 slices and leave SLICES, Skiff saves them automatically once playback stops. Without asking, that save can damage the audio in FM1 Quest’s sample USR2.
  • sloopDX: At risk by itself: working music (autosave); sample USR3; settings, panel mapping, song order and Quest preferences/progress. At risk by itself, under a condition: sample USR1; sample USR2. At risk when you act: song section A; song section B; song section C; song section D; user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32. Older sections change to DX7 parts. Saving a changed section, or the working loop being saved automatically, writes a format Quest cannot open. Export Quest’s training results separately. They are not songs or samples. sloopDX reads user sounds U01–U16 until you write over the saved data. Only sounds in the first engine appear. They play as DX7 sounds. Other sounds stay hidden. Saving other slots keeps them. sloopDX reads user sounds U17–U32 until you write over the saved data. Only sounds in the first engine appear. They play as DX7 sounds. Other sounds stay hidden. Saving other slots keeps them.
  • Rainbow Mode: At risk by itself: settings, panel mapping, song order and Quest preferences/progress. At risk when you act: song section A; song section B; song section C; song section D; working music (autosave); sample USR2; sample USR3; Piano Hero P1; Piano Hero P2; Piano Hero P3; Piano Hero P4; Piano Hero P5; Piano Hero P6; FM Hero H1; FM Hero H2; FM Hero H3; FM Hero H4; FM Hero H5; FM Hero H6; user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32; sample USR1. Rainbow Mode reads sample USR1 until you write over the saved data. Playback follows this firmware’s loop rules. The other firmware’s extra loop modes may sound different. Only the first sample is stored in the same place. The other two sample slots use different storage.
  • DUELL beta: At risk by itself: settings, panel mapping, song order and Quest preferences/progress. At risk when you act: song section A; song section B; song section C; song section D; working music (autosave); sample USR1; sample USR2; sample USR3 (damaged (part written over)); Piano Hero P1; Piano Hero P2; Piano Hero P3; Piano Hero P4; Piano Hero P5; Piano Hero P6; FM Hero H1; FM Hero H2; FM Hero H3; FM Hero H4; FM Hero H5; FM Hero H6; user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32. The installer starts with its erase option selected for this firmware change. Clear it before installing to avoid this extra erase.
  • FiMba-1 beta: At risk by itself: settings, panel mapping, song order and Quest preferences/progress. At risk when you act: user sounds U01–U16.
  • MAKU: At risk by itself, under a condition: working music (autosave). At risk when you act: settings, panel mapping, song order and Quest preferences/progress.
  • Fart Machine One: At risk when you act: user sounds U01–U16. Fart Machine One does not import or save a music setup or loop. SAVE does nothing. Its recorded loop, tempo and effect choices last only while it stays on. Calibration is separate.
  • fm1-chord: At risk by itself: settings, panel mapping, song order and Quest preferences/progress. At risk when you act: song section A; song section B; song section C; song section D; working music (autosave); sample USR2; sample USR3; Piano Hero P1; Piano Hero P2; Piano Hero P3; Piano Hero P4; Piano Hero P5; Piano Hero P6; FM Hero H1; FM Hero H2; FM Hero H3; FM Hero H4; FM Hero H5; FM Hero H6; user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32; sample USR1. fm1-chord reads sample USR1 until you write over the saved data. Saved loop choices use ordinary looping. The ends of loops held by a gate signal can sound different. Only matching saved SLICE markers are restored.
  • SLOOP DX7 Banks: At risk by itself: working music (autosave); settings, panel mapping, song order and Quest preferences/progress. At risk when you act: song section A; song section B; song section C; song section D; sample USR2; sample USR3; Piano Hero P1; Piano Hero P2; Piano Hero P3; Piano Hero P4; Piano Hero P5; Piano Hero P6; FM Hero H1; FM Hero H2; FM Hero H3; FM Hero H4; FM Hero H5; FM Hero H6; sample USR1; user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32. SLOOP DX7 Banks reads sample USR1 until you write over the saved data. Audio loads only if it fits this slot. Sending to or erasing this slot replaces it. Extra slice markers are ignored. Held loops play as ordinary loops. SLOOP DX7 Banks reads user sounds U01–U16 until you write over the saved data. Only version-1 sounds with an engine available here appear. Shared controls load based on the saved control count; missing controls use defaults. Other sounds stay hidden until their slots are replaced. SLOOP DX7 Banks reads user sounds U17–U32 until you write over the saved data. Only version-1 sounds with an engine available here appear. Shared controls load based on the saved control count; missing controls use defaults. Other sounds stay hidden until their slots are replaced.
  • FuMi-1: At risk by itself: settings, panel mapping, song order and Quest preferences/progress. At risk when you act: user sounds U01–U16.
  • Jangada: At risk by itself: working music (autosave); settings, panel mapping, song order and Quest preferences/progress. At risk when you act: song section A; song section B; song section C; song section D; sample USR2; sample USR3; Piano Hero P1; Piano Hero P2; Piano Hero P3; Piano Hero P4; Piano Hero P5; Piano Hero P6; FM Hero H1; FM Hero H2; FM Hero H3; FM Hero H4; FM Hero H5; FM Hero H6; user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32; sample USR1. Jangada reads sample USR1 until you write over the saved data.
  • WaveLoop FM-1: At risk by itself: song section A; song section D; settings, panel mapping, song order and Quest preferences/progress. At risk by itself, under a condition: song section B; song section C; sample USR3; Piano Hero P1; Piano Hero P2; Piano Hero P3; Piano Hero P4; Piano Hero P5; Piano Hero P6; FM Hero H1; FM Hero H2; FM Hero H3; FM Hero H4; FM Hero H5; FM Hero H6. At risk when you act: working music (autosave); sample USR2; user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32; sample USR1. WaveLoop FM-1 reads sample USR1 until you write over the saved data. Playback follows this firmware’s loop rules. The other firmware’s extra loop modes may sound different. Only the first sample is stored in the same place. The other two sample slots use different storage.
  • ORBIT: At risk by itself: working music (autosave) (changed to the new format: the next save of this project uses ORBIT's project format; your previous firmware cannot load it if you switch back. Engines and sound controls can mean different things. Saved music can pass the same checks and still sound different); settings, panel mapping, song order and Quest preferences/progress. At risk by itself, under a condition: song section A; song section B; song section C; song section D. At risk when you act: sample USR2; sample USR3; Piano Hero P1; Piano Hero P2; Piano Hero P3; Piano Hero P4; Piano Hero P5; Piano Hero P6; FM Hero H1; FM Hero H2; FM Hero H3; FM Hero H4; FM Hero H5; FM Hero H6; user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32; sample USR1. ORBIT reads sample USR1 until you write over the saved data. Only sample slots that start in the same place in storage can be read. Other small sample slots are not moved to matching slots.
  • SLOOP Floyd FM: At risk by itself: settings, panel mapping, song order and Quest preferences/progress (changed to the new format: Saving settings removes Quest’s light options and changes its game progress and preferences. Song order and calibration still load. This saved copy does not back up Quest’s settings). At risk when you act: sample USR2; sample USR3; Piano Hero P1; Piano Hero P2; Piano Hero P3; Piano Hero P4; Piano Hero P5; Piano Hero P6; FM Hero H1; FM Hero H2; FM Hero H3; FM Hero H4; FM Hero H5; FM Hero H6; sample USR1. Carried over: song section A (The saved song format loads. Built-in voices and effects still use the new firmware’s sound engine); song section B (The saved song format loads. Built-in voices and effects still use the new firmware’s sound engine); song section C (The saved song format loads. Built-in voices and effects still use the new firmware’s sound engine); song section D (The saved song format loads. Built-in voices and effects still use the new firmware’s sound engine); working music (autosave) (The saved song format loads. Built-in voices and effects still use the new firmware’s sound engine); user sounds U01–U16 (Only version-1 sounds with an engine available here appear. Shared controls load based on the saved control count; missing controls use defaults. Other sounds stay hidden until their slots are replaced); user sounds U17–U32 (Only version-1 sounds with an engine available here appear. Shared controls load based on the saved control count; missing controls use defaults. Other sounds stay hidden until their slots are replaced). SLOOP Floyd FM reads sample USR1 until you write over the saved data. Audio loads only if it fits this slot. Sending to or erasing this slot replaces it. Extra slice markers are ignored. Held loops play as ordinary loops.
  • winampFM Synth: At risk by itself: working music (autosave) (changed to the new format: the next save of this project uses winampFM's newer project format; your previous firmware cannot load it if you switch back. Engines and sound controls can mean different things. Saved music can pass the same checks and still sound different); settings, panel mapping, song order and Quest preferences/progress. At risk by itself, under a condition: song section A; song section B; song section C; song section D. At risk when you act: sample USR2; sample USR3; Piano Hero P1; Piano Hero P2; Piano Hero P3; Piano Hero P4; Piano Hero P5; Piano Hero P6; FM Hero H1; FM Hero H2; FM Hero H3; FM Hero H4; FM Hero H5; FM Hero H6; sample USR1; user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32. winampFM Synth reads sample USR1 until you write over the saved data. Only sample slots that start in the same place in storage can be read. Other small sample slots are not moved to matching slots. winampFM Synth reads user sounds U01–U16 until you write over the saved data. Shared older sounds may play differently because engines or sound controls mean different things. winampFM Synth reads user sounds U17–U32 until you write over the saved data. Shared older sounds may play differently because engines or sound controls mean different things.
  • Bubba Machine (beta): At risk by itself: song section A; song section B; song section C; song section D; working music (autosave); sample USR1; sample USR2; user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32. At risk by itself, under a condition: sample USR3; Piano Hero P1; Piano Hero P2; Piano Hero P3; Piano Hero P4; Piano Hero P5; Piano Hero P6; FM Hero H1; FM Hero H2; FM Hero H3. At risk when you act: FM Hero H4; FM Hero H5; FM Hero H6.
  • Felucca [Salt]: At risk by itself: settings, panel mapping, song order and Quest preferences/progress. At risk when you act: song section A; song section B; song section C; song section D; sample USR2; sample USR3; Piano Hero P1; Piano Hero P2; Piano Hero P3; Piano Hero P4; Piano Hero P5; Piano Hero P6; FM Hero H1; FM Hero H2; FM Hero H3; FM Hero H4; FM Hero H5; FM Hero H6; sample USR1. Carried over: user sounds U01–U16 (Only older sounds this firmware supports can play. Some may use a different instrument here. Newer sounds stay stored but hidden and cannot play in Salt); user sounds U17–U32 (Only older sounds this firmware supports can play. Some may use a different instrument here. Newer sounds stay stored but hidden and cannot play in Salt). Felucca [Salt] reads sample USR1 until you write over the saved data. Slice positions you set in SLICE stay hidden. This firmware has no storage for slice positions. Playback follows this firmware’s loop rules. The other firmware’s extra loop modes may sound different. Only the first sample is stored in the same place. The other two sample slots use different storage.
  • PIGEON: At risk by itself: settings, panel mapping, song order and Quest preferences/progress. At risk by itself, under a condition: sample USR2. At risk when you act: song section A; song section B; song section C; song section D; working music (autosave); sample USR1; sample USR3; Piano Hero P1; Piano Hero P2; Piano Hero P3; Piano Hero P4; Piano Hero P5; Piano Hero P6; FM Hero H1; FM Hero H2; FM Hero H3; FM Hero H4; FM Hero H5; FM Hero H6; user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32. PIGEON reads sample USR1 until you write over the saved data. Only sample slots that start in the same place in storage can be read. Other small sample slots are not moved to matching slots. PIGEON keeps stored but does not show user sounds U01–U16 until you write over the saved data. These synth sounds are kept but not shown, for backups. PIGEON does not play them. PIGEON keeps stored but does not show user sounds U17–U32 until you write over the saved data. These synth sounds are kept but not shown, for backups. PIGEON does not play them.
  • FM1 Move: At risk when you act: sample USR2; sample USR3; Piano Hero P1; Piano Hero P2; Piano Hero P3; Piano Hero P4; Piano Hero P5; Piano Hero P6; FM Hero H1; FM Hero H2; FM Hero H3; FM Hero H4; FM Hero H5; FM Hero H6; settings, panel mapping, song order and Quest preferences/progress; sample USR1; user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32. Carried over: working music (autosave) (Only the working project is imported. It may play differently. Saved SLOOP sections are not imported). FM1 Move reads sample USR1 until you write over the saved data. Only sample slots that start in the same place in storage can be read. Other small sample slots are not moved to matching slots. FM1 Move reads user sounds U01–U16 until you write over the saved data. Shared older sounds may play differently because engines or sound controls mean different things. FM1 Move reads user sounds U17–U32 until you write over the saved data. Shared older sounds may play differently because engines or sound controls mean different things.
  • Groove OS: Possibly at risk: settings, panel mapping, song order and Quest preferences/progress; song section A; song section B; song section C; song section D; user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32; working music (autosave); sample USR1; sample USR2; sample USR3; Piano Hero P1; Piano Hero P2; Piano Hero P3; Piano Hero P4; Piano Hero P5; Piano Hero P6; FM Hero H1; FM Hero H2; FM Hero H3; FM Hero H4; FM Hero H5; FM Hero H6. The official route first puts V15 back, then installs Groove OS. Treat this firmware’s saved work as lost and back it up with its own tools before starting. Groove OS’s project saves, autosave, preferences, sample uploads and extra installed pages can also replace leftover work; nobody has published which parts of storage they use. A sound missing from PRESETS may still occupy storage, and do not count on Groove OS’s own backups to keep it.
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  Other firmwares reading FM1 Quest's data: Felucca lists FM1 Quest's user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32; sample USR1, but plays them differently (Only sounds this firmware can read will play. Saving into a slot it cannot read can replace it without an overwrite question. Some sounds play as a different instrument: SLOOP FM6 and Floyd sounds can become PHYS, SLOOP FM6 sounds using algorithm 4 can become DRUM, SLOOPDX sounds become ANALOG, and Quest SLICE sounds can become PHYS; Playback follows this firmware’s loop rules. The other firmware’s extra loop modes may sound different. Only the first sample is stored in the same place. The other two sample slots use different storage); Rainbow Mode lists FM1 Quest's user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32; sample USR1, but plays them differently (Only sounds this firmware can read will play. Saving into a slot it cannot read can replace it without an overwrite question. Some sounds play as a different instrument: SLOOP FM6 and Floyd sounds can become PHYS, SLOOP FM6 sounds using algorithm 4 can become DRUM, SLOOPDX sounds become ANALOG, and Quest SLICE sounds can become PHYS; Playback follows this firmware’s loop rules. The other firmware’s extra loop modes may sound different. Only the first sample is stored in the same place. The other two sample slots use different storage); Felucca [Salt] lists FM1 Quest's user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32; sample USR1, but plays them differently (Only older sounds this firmware supports can play. Some may use a different instrument here. Newer sounds stay stored but hidden and cannot play in Salt; Slice positions you set in SLICE stay hidden. This firmware has no storage for slice positions. Playback follows this firmware’s loop rules. The other firmware’s extra loop modes may sound different. Only the first sample is stored in the same place. The other two sample slots use different storage); WaveLoop FM-1 lists FM1 Quest's user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32; sample USR1, but plays them differently (Only sounds this firmware can read will play. Saving into a slot it cannot read can replace it without an overwrite question. Some sounds play as a different instrument: SLOOP FM6 and Floyd sounds can become PHYS, SLOOP FM6 sounds using algorithm 4 can become DRUM, SLOOPDX sounds become ANALOG, and Quest SLICE sounds can become PHYS; Playback follows this firmware’s loop rules. The other firmware’s extra loop modes may sound different. Only the first sample is stored in the same place. The other two sample slots use different storage); SLOOP takes over FM1 Quest's settings, panel mapping, song order and Quest preferences/progress; song section A; song section B; song section C; song section D; working music (autosave), converting them (Saving settings replaces Quest’s game preferences and progress with SLOOP’s display options. Returning to Quest does not recover that progress from the saved copy; Once you save this section, its notes and timing use the new format. The previous firmware cannot open that saved copy; Once the working loop is saved automatically, its notes and timing use the new format. The previous firmware cannot open that saved copy); SLOOP lists FM1 Quest's user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32, but plays them differently (Only version-1 sounds with an engine available here appear. Shared controls load based on the saved control count; missing controls use defaults. Other sounds stay hidden until their slots are replaced); SLOOP reads and uses FM1 Quest's sample USR1 (Audio loads only if it fits this slot. Sending to or erasing this slot replaces it); sloopDX takes over FM1 Quest's settings, panel mapping, song order and Quest preferences/progress; song section A; song section B; song section C; song section D; working music (autosave), converting them (Saving settings can change Quest’s game options, unlocked hero and which animations count as seen, because the firmwares read those saved options differently. Song order and calibration load; Once you save this section, its notes and timing use the new format. The previous firmware cannot open that saved copy. Synth parts play as DX7 sounds, with different engine and voice choices; Once the working loop is saved automatically, its notes and timing use the new format. The previous firmware cannot open that saved copy. Synth parts play as DX7 sounds, with different engine and voice choices); sloopDX lists FM1 Quest's user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32, but plays them differently (Only sounds in the first engine appear. They play as DX7 sounds. Other sounds stay hidden. Saving other slots keeps them); SLOOP DX7 Banks takes over FM1 Quest's settings, panel mapping, song order and Quest preferences/progress; song section A; song section B; song section C; song section D; working music (autosave), converting them (Calibration and song order load. Saving settings replaces Quest’s game progress and preferences with this beta’s playing options and count of banks already set up; Once you save this section, its notes and timing use the new format. The previous firmware cannot open that saved copy; Once the working loop is saved automatically, its notes and timing use the new format. The previous firmware cannot open that saved copy); SLOOP DX7 Banks lists FM1 Quest's user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32, but plays them differently (Only version-1 sounds with an engine available here appear. Shared controls load based on the saved control count; missing controls use defaults. Other sounds stay hidden until their slots are replaced); SLOOP DX7 Banks reads and uses FM1 Quest's sample USR1 (Audio loads only if it fits this slot. Sending to or erasing this slot replaces it. Extra slice markers are ignored. Held loops play as ordinary loops); SLOOP Floyd FM takes over FM1 Quest's settings, panel mapping, song order and Quest preferences/progress, converting them (Saving settings removes Quest’s light options and changes its game progress and preferences. Song order and calibration still load. This saved copy does not back up Quest’s settings); SLOOP Floyd FM reads and uses FM1 Quest's song section A; song section B; song section C; song section D; working music (autosave); sample USR1 (The saved song format loads. Built-in voices and effects still use the new firmware’s sound engine; Audio loads only if it fits this slot. Sending to or erasing this slot replaces it. Extra slice markers are ignored. Held loops play as ordinary loops); SLOOP Floyd FM lists FM1 Quest's user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32, but plays them differently (Only version-1 sounds with an engine available here appear. Shared controls load based on the saved control count; missing controls use defaults. Other sounds stay hidden until their slots are replaced); JIANT takes over FM1 Quest's user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32, converting them (JIANT no longer has SAMPLE, GRAIN, SLICE or PHYS. Those sounds use its initial ANALOG sound, except old drum and percussion sounds, which become DRUM sounds. Imported names and patterns do not mean the original sample audio or sound is kept); ChoralRoot lists FM1 Quest's user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32, but plays them differently (Imported sounds may sound different, even if their names are kept. Confirming Flash Data erases the older banks they came from); GHOULBOX lists FM1 Quest's user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32, but plays them differently; GHOULBOX reads and uses FM1 Quest's sample USR1; fm1-chord takes over FM1 Quest's user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32, converting them (Some sound engine numbers and controls mean different things, so a listed sound may play differently. The separate FM6 patches for those sounds are not recovered); fm1-chord reads and uses FM1 Quest's sample USR1 (Saved loop choices use ordinary looping. The ends of loops held by a gate signal can sound different. Only matching saved SLICE markers are restored); MAKU reads and uses FM1 Quest's user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32; sample USR1 (MAKU leaves these sample bytes in place, but its controls use built-in material; these uploaded samples are not available to play here); Jangada reads and uses FM1 Quest's sample USR1; Skiff lists FM1 Quest's user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32, but plays them differently (The same saved sound format does not guarantee the same sound or pattern playback); Skiff reads and uses FM1 Quest's sample USR1 (Skiff uses its own sound engines, so saved loops or slices can play differently); Hortator lists FM1 Quest's sample USR1, but plays them differently (Hortator uses its own one-shot sound engines, so saved loops and slices play differently); ORBIT takes over FM1 Quest's settings, panel mapping, song order and Quest preferences/progress; song section A; song section B; song section C; song section D; user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32; working music (autosave), converting them (Only some settings are changed to the new format. Your saved sections are not stored in these settings; the song order is. Switching back may lose settings; Engines and sound controls can mean different things. Saved music can pass the same checks and still sound different; Only older version-1 sounds can change to this format; engine numbers and sound controls may mean different things and change how they play); ORBIT reads and uses FM1 Quest's sample USR1 (Only sample slots that start in the same place in storage can be read. Other small sample slots are not moved to matching slots); PIGEON reads and uses FM1 Quest's sample USR1 (Only sample slots that start in the same place in storage can be read. Other small sample slots are not moved to matching slots); winampFM Synth takes over FM1 Quest's settings, panel mapping, song order and Quest preferences/progress; song section A; song section B; song section C; song section D; working music (autosave), converting them (Only some settings are changed to the new format. Your saved sections are not stored in these settings; the song order is. Switching back may lose settings; Engines and sound controls can mean different things. Saved music can pass the same checks and still sound different); winampFM Synth lists FM1 Quest's user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32, but plays them differently (Shared older sounds may play differently because engines or sound controls mean different things); winampFM Synth reads and uses FM1 Quest's sample USR1 (Only sample slots that start in the same place in storage can be read. Other small sample slots are not moved to matching slots); FM1 Move lists FM1 Quest's user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32; working music (autosave), but plays them differently (Shared older sounds may play differently because engines or sound controls mean different things; Only the working project is imported. It may play differently. Saved SLOOP sections are not imported); FM1 Move reads and uses FM1 Quest's sample USR1 (Only sample slots that start in the same place in storage can be read. Other small sample slots are not moved to matching slots); X0X lists FM1 Quest's sample USR1, but plays them differently (Each zone plays as a separate repeating break loop (up to 16 per sample). Key ranges, root notes, loop points and slice markers are not used. Only its first sample slot starts where X0X expects one. Sending an X0X sample longer than Quest’s sample slot to the FM-1 also writes over the start of Quest’s second sample slot); Jangada converts only older version 1 sounds in this group. Newer sound versions look empty, and saving anywhere in the group drops them from the rewritten group.. What FM1 Quest reads of other firmwares' data: FM1 Quest reads and uses Felucca's user sample slot USR1 (USR1 plays only if its audio and zones fit Quest’s 64 KiB slot. Sending into or erasing USR1 replaces it, including holding REC on a readable USR1 in IMPORTER. Sending into or erasing USR2 can damage the end of the old USR1. Extra slice markers are not used here); FM1 Quest reads and uses GHOULBOX's user sample slot USR1 (USR1 plays only if its audio and zones fit Quest’s 64 KiB slot. Sending into or erasing USR1 replaces it, including holding REC on a readable USR1 in IMPORTER. Sending into or erasing USR2 can damage the end of the old USR1. Extra slice markers are not used here); FM1 Quest takes over Hortator's settings and panel calibration, converting them; FM1 Quest reads and uses Hortator's user samples USR1 (USR1 plays only if its audio and zones fit Quest’s 64 KiB slot. Sending into or erasing USR1 replaces it, including holding REC on a readable USR1 in IMPORTER. Sending into or erasing USR2 can damage the end of the old USR1. Extra slice markers are not used here); FM1 Quest reads and uses Skiff's user sample USR1 (USR1 plays only if its audio and zones fit Quest’s 64 KiB slot. Sending into or erasing USR1 replaces it, including holding REC on a readable USR1 in IMPORTER. Sending into or erasing USR2 can damage the end of the old USR1. Extra slice markers are not used here); FM1 Quest takes over SLOOP's settings, calibration, song order, SYN1-4 kits, MIDI LEARN, theme and favourites, converting them (Saving settings removes SLOOP’s drum kits, learned MIDI controls, theme and favourites from that saved copy. Quest can read SLOOP’s saved playing options as game preferences or progress); FM1 Quest reads and uses SLOOP's user sounds U01-U16; user sounds U17-U32; user sample slot USR1 (FM6, PHYS and NOISE sounds stay hidden in Quest. Saving another slot keeps them. Replacing their slots or restoring the whole bank removes them; USR1 plays only if its audio and zones fit Quest’s 64 KiB slot. Sending into or erasing USR1 replaces it, including holding REC on a readable USR1 in IMPORTER. Sending into or erasing USR2 can damage the end of the old USR1. Extra slice markers are not used here); FM1 Quest reads and uses X0X's break loops slot 1 (USR1 plays only if its audio and zones fit Quest’s 64 KiB slot. Sending into or erasing USR1 replaces it, including holding REC on a readable USR1 in IMPORTER. Sending into or erasing USR2 can damage the end of the old USR1. Extra slice markers are not used here); FM1 Quest takes over sloopDX's settings, calibration, song order, MIDI, theme and favourites, converting them (Saving settings removes sloopDX’s saved MIDI controls, theme and favourites. Quest can read sloopDX’s saved playing options as game preferences or progress); FM1 Quest reads and uses Rainbow Mode's User sample USR1 and any slice positions you set in SLICE (USR1 plays only if its audio and zones fit Quest’s 64 KiB slot. Sending into or erasing USR1 replaces it, including holding REC on a readable USR1 in IMPORTER. Sending into or erasing USR2 can damage the end of the old USR1. Extra slice markers are not used here); FM1 Quest reads and uses MAKU's inherited user sample 1 (USR1 plays only if its audio and zones fit Quest’s 64 KiB slot. Sending into or erasing USR1 replaces it, including holding REC on a readable USR1 in IMPORTER. Sending into or erasing USR2 can damage the end of the old USR1. Extra slice markers are not used here); FM1 Quest reads and uses fm1-chord's uploaded sample USR1 and optional SLICE markers (USR1 plays only if its audio and zones fit Quest’s smaller sample slot. Sending into or erasing USR1 replaces it, including holding REC on a readable USR1 in IMPORTER. Sending into or erasing USR2 can damage the end of the old USR1. Extra slice markers are not used here); FM1 Quest takes over SLOOP DX7 Banks's settings, calibration, song order, synthesized drum kits and DX-bank setup, converting them (A settings save keeps Quest’s calibration and song-order format while dropping the source firmware’s extra drum kits, MIDI controls or theme and favourites. Quest can read saved playing options as game preferences or progress. Quest reads DX7 Banks’ saved bank setup as an unlocked red warrior and keeps that unlock when saving. Returning to DX7 Banks after that settings save does not erase DX banks, unless you restore a Quest settings backup or send settings with computer commands in Quest; then returning to DX7 Banks can erase DX banks 1–2 (up to 1–4) at its first start without asking. Back up your DX banks before restoring or sending settings); FM1 Quest lists SLOOP DX7 Banks's user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32, but plays them differently (Only version-1 sounds with an engine available here appear. Shared controls load based on the saved control count; missing controls use defaults. Other sounds stay hidden until their slots are replaced); FM1 Quest reads and uses SLOOP DX7 Banks's user sample USR1 (USR1 plays only if its audio and zones fit Quest’s 64 KiB slot. Sending into or erasing USR1 replaces it, including holding REC on a readable USR1 in IMPORTER. Sending into or erasing USR2 can damage the end of the old USR1. Extra slice markers are not used here); FM1 Quest reads and uses Jangada's user samples USR1 (USR1 plays only if its audio and zones fit Quest’s 64 KiB slot. Sending into or erasing USR1 replaces it, including holding REC on a readable USR1 in IMPORTER. Sending into or erasing USR2 can damage the end of the old USR1. Extra slice markers are not used here); FM1 Quest reads and uses WaveLoop FM-1's user sample USR1 (USR1 plays only if its audio and zones fit Quest’s 64 KiB slot. Sending into or erasing USR1 replaces it, including holding REC on a readable USR1 in IMPORTER. Sending into or erasing USR2 can damage the end of the old USR1. Extra slice markers are not used here); FM1 Quest takes over ORBIT's settings, calibration, song order, SYN1-SYN4 kits and MIDI preferences, converting them (A settings save keeps Quest’s calibration and song-order format while dropping the source firmware’s extra drum kits, MIDI controls or theme and favourites. Quest can read saved playing options as game preferences or progress); FM1 Quest reads and uses ORBIT's sample slot USR1 (USR1 plays only if its audio and zones fit Quest’s 64 KiB slot. Sending into or erasing USR1 replaces it, including holding REC on a readable USR1 in IMPORTER. Sending into or erasing USR2 can damage the end of the old USR1. Extra slice markers are not used here); FM1 Quest lists SLOOP Floyd FM's settings, panel calibration and song order; song section A; song section B; song section C; song section D; user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32; working loop kept by autosave, but plays them differently (Quest uses the old zoom choice for game options. Calibration and song order load. Changing Quest’s game options can change the zoom choice when you return; Notes load, but FLOYD parts become ANALOG and Quest uses its own saved sync choice; Only version-1 sounds with an engine available here appear. Shared controls load based on the saved control count; missing controls use defaults. Other sounds stay hidden until their slots are replaced. Floyd’s FLOYD sounds stay hidden); FM1 Quest reads and uses SLOOP Floyd FM's user sample slot USR1 (USR1 plays only if its audio and zones fit Quest’s 64 KiB slot. Sending into or erasing USR1 replaces it, including holding REC on a readable USR1 in IMPORTER. Sending into or erasing USR2 can damage the end of the old USR1. Extra slice markers are not used here); FM1 Quest takes over winampFM Synth's settings, panel calibration, song order, SYN kits and MIDI, converting them (A settings save keeps Quest’s calibration and song-order format while dropping the source firmware’s extra drum kits, MIDI controls or theme and favourites. Quest can read saved playing options as game preferences or progress); FM1 Quest lists winampFM Synth's user sounds 1-16; user sounds 17-32, but plays them differently (Only version-1 sounds with an engine available here appear. Shared controls load based on the saved control count; missing controls use defaults. Other sounds stay hidden until their slots are replaced); FM1 Quest reads and uses winampFM Synth's sample USR1 (USR1 plays only if its audio and zones fit Quest’s 64 KiB slot. Sending into or erasing USR1 replaces it, including holding REC on a readable USR1 in IMPORTER. Sending into or erasing USR2 can damage the end of the old USR1. Extra slice markers are not used here); FM1 Quest takes over Felucca [Salt]'s project 1; project 2; project 3; project 4, converting them (Once you save this section, its drum pattern and timing use the new format. SALT cannot open that saved copy); FM1 Quest lists Felucca [Salt]'s user sounds U01-U16; user sounds U17-U32, but plays them differently (Only version-1 sounds with an engine available here appear. Shared controls load based on the saved control count; missing controls use defaults. Other sounds stay hidden until their slots are replaced); FM1 Quest reads and uses Felucca [Salt]'s user sample USR1 (USR1 plays only if its audio and zones fit Quest’s 64 KiB slot. Sending into or erasing USR1 replaces it, including holding REC on a readable USR1 in IMPORTER. Sending into or erasing USR2 can damage the end of the old USR1. Extra slice markers are not used here); FM1 Quest reads and uses PIGEON's user sample USR1 in the older format (USR1 plays only if its audio and zones fit Quest’s 64 KiB slot. Sending into or erasing USR1 replaces it, including holding REC on a readable USR1 in IMPORTER. Sending into or erasing USR2 can damage the end of the old USR1. Extra slice markers are not used here); FM1 Quest lists FM1 Move's user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32, but plays them differently (Only version-1 sounds with an engine available here appear. Shared controls load based on the saved control count; missing controls use defaults. Other sounds stay hidden until their slots are replaced); FM1 Quest reads and uses FM1 Move's sample slot USR1 (USR1 plays only if its audio and zones fit Quest’s 64 KiB slot. Sending into or erasing USR1 replaces it, including holding REC on a readable USR1 in IMPORTER. Sending into or erasing USR2 can damage the end of the old USR1. Extra slice markers are not used here). Everything else of another firmware's looks empty or foreign to the reader.

• Every way each write can happen, for all mapped firmwares: the flash atlas's table.

Quest keeps the working four-track loop by autosave, four saved project sections, 32 user sounds, three imported sample sets and its settings and song order; twelve training-song slots are stored separately. Autosave waits for stopped playback, silent voices, no menu or recording arm, 2.5 s without input and at least 20 s between attempts; a first idle session can save defaults without an edit. Live section stores wait until stopped, silent and idle before flash. First visiting the boss view, game progress, recording preferences, clock choice and closing HOME can write settings without a SAVE press, even after opening the menu without editing; queued option changes can save while the menu remains open.

Current SLOOP v2.7.1 music is not read; its settings prefix loads with changed option meanings and later settings fields are lost at a Quest settings save. Older SLOOP 2.3 music and supported user sounds can be read, but sample slots 2 and 3 moved and slot 1 must fit Quest’s smaller capacity. Going back to another version does not reverse any writes; restore a backup with the firmware that made it. Quest’s training songs and appearance choices are not part of another firmware’s music format. Back up before switching. See the switching advice in this section.

Startup cleanup and firmware-update sends. At startup, Quest checks only the first few bytes of each of its two update headers. If either inspected header is nonblank, it erases the update area without a question; data elsewhere in that area does not trigger cleanup on its own, so a pending Polly restore journal alone does not trigger it. Sending a firmware update, or a failed update, erases the same area. These actions can replace other firmwares’ work. See the switching advice in this section for the affected saved work.

Working-loop autosave and update flush. The first eligible idle autosave, even without an edit, and every later autosave can replace other firmwares’ saved work without a question. Entering update mode also flushes a changed working loop, so it has the same risks. Outside menus, the octave-button hold first resets the selected synth’s effects at 0.8 s and saves that reset at 5 s. See the switching advice in this section for the affected saved work.

Settings writes. Settings writes can happen on the first visit to the boss view, game progress, a HOME menu close without an edit, recording or clock changes, song-order saves, section stores, a settings restore, or an update flush. MAP ENEMIES, DAMAGE NUMBERS and BOSS SPEED queue a write immediately; stopped, silent idle time can commit it even with the menu still open. These writes ask no extra question about other firmwares’ work. See the switching advice in this section for the affected saved work.

Project and section saves. Saving a project or section, restoring an included section, or flushing a changed section after a warm reset can replace other firmwares’ work. A live section store waits until stopped, silent and idle before writing. Any panel confirmation is for the Quest operation; it does not identify or ask about other firmwares’ work. See the switching advice in this section for the affected saved work. Quest’s project and section saves, section sends and erases with computer commands, section restores and section writes after a warm reset, user-sound bank writes and sample writes can also replace ChoralRoot’s legacy sounds and patches, kept for returning to ChoralRoot 0.21 or older.

User-sound saves, erases and bank sends. Saving or erasing a user sound rewrites its whole bank. The panel requires stopped playback and a second turn; editor sound STORE, PUT and ERASE and whole-bank restore write without a stopped-playback guard or a device question. See the switching advice in this section for the affected saved work.

An imported sound bank can retain unsupported sounds as unreadable entries while other slots are saved. Explicitly saving over such an entry replaces that sound; restoring a whole bank replaces all entries in that bank.

See the switching advice in this section for the affected saved work.

Sample sends and erases. Receiving, restoring, importing or erasing a sample set can replace other firmwares’ work without an extra question about other firmware. Importer erasure requires its hold gesture; a host erase can clear a slot even when Quest cannot read its header. See the switching advice in this section for the affected saved work.

Training-song sends and erases. Receiving or erasing a Piano Hero or FM Hero training song can replace other firmwares’ work without an extra question about other firmware. The standard Quest backup excludes training songs. See the switching advice in this section for the affected saved work.

Installer writes. Installing Quest replaces changed program sectors before the first start. See the switching advice in this section for the affected saved work. Its installer also checks for leftover update records and erases only sectors holding a valid record, without an additional overwrite question. Saved music does not hold that record.

On a first install from stock, a valid stock update record can cause an additional sector erase. The reported stock update process has already replaced that sector’s previous contents with stock’s own backup and update record; Quest’s erase can therefore remove that backup, rather than other firmwares’ work that used to be there. The stock backup location is reported rather than confirmed from stock source. Saved music does not hold that update record.

Going back does not undo Quest’s writes. Once the other firmware no longer has a readable copy, it can ignore that work or load defaults; readers that choose a newer record before checking its content can also reject the replacement without retrying an older copy. Quest’s working-loop record is not an imported DX7 bank: ChoralRoot can show an empty DX7 bank when it selects that newer record, even with an older bank copy present. See the switching advice in this section for the affected saved work. X0X can reset its entire project if its settings no longer load. Newer SLOOP and sloopDX can read compatible older music, but cannot reconstruct their newer fields or other saved work that Quest replaced. Restore with the firmware that made the backup.

• Controls inherited from SLOOP. README presents SLOOP’s musical controls as unchanged. The README already documents the PLAY-hold picker and hero order; the remaining undocumented differences are an ordinary PLAY tap acting on release and the octave-button effects reset.
• The inherited HOME settings guide. The bundled SLOOP guide describes colour, zoom, light options and hardware calibration in HOME. Quest exposes a different fifteen-item menu and has no reachable calibration handler at this release.
• Preservation when switching. README broadly says saved projects, sounds, samples and settings are kept. Quest keeps its own records, but current SLOOP projects are unreadable, its settings have changed meanings, later sample headers are displaced and automatic writes can replace foreign work.
• Imported sample capacity. The protocol guide still describes three samples with 80 KiB allocated to each. Quest allocates 64 KiB per sample, leaving up to 65,024 bytes for sample data; the freed area holds training songs.
• Backup editor location and scope. README points to an editor directory that is absent in this tree and describes one-file backup broadly. The editor is web/editor.html; its standard backup reads music, settings, sounds and samples but excludes all twelve training songs.
• Sound preview button in source commentary. A comment describes OCT+ as the preview transport button. PLAY restarts the preview; OCT+ has no sound-picker action.
• Ultimate skip in source commentary. A source comment describes skipping the ultimate with a button. The implementation makes the animation unskippable.
• FM Hero lanes in source commentary. An introduction to the game drawing describes five lanes and ordinary key sounds. FM Hero uses four repeating lanes; active games suppress ordinary synth-note input and trigger the matched chart pitch, while a selected drum hero also retains its drum-key path.
• Sound picker copy and cancel claims. The picker commentary describes keeping the highlighted sound and restoring the old sound on exit. For a user sound, SEL reapplies its engine’s first factory preset; cancellation restores the snapshot only if the highlighted index changed, so browsing away and back can lose earlier sound edits.
• Game key silence on the drum hero. The game introduction describes special game input replacing ordinary key sound. Only the synth-note input path checks game suppression; a selected drum hero still triggers its normal drum key, including wrong game presses.

• Optional SLICE-engine builds are excluded because the normal release configuration disables that engine; factory diagnostics and debug console internals are outside the owner control map.
• A source-built image was not compared with the released binary; the supplied quest-38 commit is the mapping target.
• Stock pattern placement is uncertain; Baud Girl storage locations are inferred from stock’s reported layout.

Mapped from hericdk/fm1-quest at quest-38 (0996503), 2026-10-17. An independent checker found zero errors in round 4 (2026-10-17). Every mapped action was read against this firmware’s source; citations are in fm1quest.json. Code licence: GPL-3.0-only; asset licences differ. FM1 Quest · Hericdk · https://fm1.quest; based on SLOOP and Felucca. This is an independent guide, unaffiliated with those projects or M-VAVE.