SLOOP DX7 Banks

Playing a synth track

Turn ALGORITHM to track 1, 2 or 3 and hold no function button.

Chord mode on a synth track

Hold SEL and turn KNOB 1 to a chord type (or set CHORD on the SEL page).

Playing the drum track

Turn ALGORITHM to track 4.

TRACKS screen

Tap HOME.

Visualiser

Tap HOME while the TRACKS screen is showing.

DRUMS screen, grid page

Select the drum track and tap EDIT or SEQ on TRACKS; DRUMS returns to its last page, so turn SELECT fully left to reach GRID before using keys as steps.

DRUMS screen, kit page

On the DRUMS grid tap EDIT or SEQ once, or turn SELECT toward KIT.

A button's pages

Tap a page button; tap it again or turn SELECT to move within that family.

ENV page

Tap ENV to ENV, or turn SELECT within its pages.

ENV DEST page

Tap ENV to ENV DEST, or turn SELECT within its pages.

LFO page

Tap LFO to LFO, or turn SELECT within its pages.

LFO DEST page

Tap LFO to LFO DEST, or turn SELECT within its pages.

FX page

Tap FX to FX, or turn SELECT within its pages.

FILTER page

Tap FX to FILTER, or turn SELECT within its pages.

KEEP page

Tap FX to KEEP, or turn SELECT within its pages.

SLICER page

Tap FX to SLICER, or turn SELECT within its pages.

DLY page

Tap FX to DLY, or turn SELECT within its pages.

REV/CHO page

Tap FX to REV/CHO, or turn SELECT within its pages.

SEL page

Tap SEL to SEL, or turn SELECT within its pages.

SEL 2 page

Tap SEL to SEL 2, or turn SELECT within its pages.

VOICE page

Tap EDIT to VOICE, or turn SELECT within its pages.

VOICE 2 page

Tap EDIT to VOICE 2, or turn SELECT within its pages.

MASTER page

Tap GLO to MASTER, or turn SELECT within its pages.

ARP page

Tap ARP to ARP, or turn SELECT within its pages.

ARP 2 page

Tap ARP to ARP 2, or turn SELECT within its pages.

ANALOG OSC 1/4

Choose ANALOG on a synth track, then tap EDIT until OSC 1/4 appears.

ANALOG FLT 2/4

Choose ANALOG on a synth track, then tap EDIT until FLT 2/4 appears.

DIGITAL OPS 1/4

Choose DIGITAL on a synth track, then tap EDIT until OPS 1/4 appears.

DIGITAL MOD 2/4

Choose DIGITAL on a synth track, then tap EDIT until MOD 2/4 appears.

WHEEL BARS 1/4

Choose WHEEL on a synth track, then tap EDIT until BARS 1/4 appears.

WHEEL TONE 2/4

Choose WHEEL on a synth track, then tap EDIT until TONE 2/4 appears.

FM6 OPS 1/4

Choose FM6 on a synth track, then tap EDIT until OPS 1/4 appears.

FM6 PATCH 2/4

Choose FM6 on a synth track, then tap EDIT until PATCH 2/4 appears.

VOICE VOWL 1/4

Choose VOICE on a synth track, then tap EDIT until VOWL 1/4 appears.

VOICE TONE 2/4

Choose VOICE on a synth track, then tap EDIT until TONE 2/4 appears.

GRAIN GRAN 1/4

Choose GRAIN on a synth track, then tap EDIT until GRAN 1/4 appears.

GRAIN SPRY 2/4

Choose GRAIN on a synth track, then tap EDIT until SPRY 2/4 appears.

LOFI CHIP 1/4

Choose LOFI on a synth track, then tap EDIT until CHIP 1/4 appears.

LOFI MOTN 2/4

Choose LOFI on a synth track, then tap EDIT until MOTN 2/4 appears.

NOISE SRC 1/4

Choose NOISE on a synth track, then tap EDIT until SRC 1/4 appears.

NOISE MOVE 2/4

Choose NOISE on a synth track, then tap EDIT until MOVE 2/4 appears.

PHASE PHS 1/4

Choose PHASE on a synth track, then tap EDIT until PHS 1/4 appears.

PHASE LINE 2/4

Choose PHASE on a synth track, then tap EDIT until LINE 2/4 appears.

PHYS BODY 1/4

Choose PHYS on a synth track, then tap EDIT until BODY 1/4 appears.

PHYS EXCT 2/4

Choose PHYS on a synth track, then tap EDIT until EXCT 2/4 appears.

SAMPLE SET 1/4

Choose SAMPLE on a synth track, then tap EDIT until SET 1/4 appears.

SAMPLE TONE 2/4

Choose SAMPLE on a synth track, then tap EDIT until TONE 2/4 appears.

TRIO OSC 1/4

Choose TRIO on a synth track, then tap EDIT until OSC 1/4 appears.

TRIO TONE 2/4

Choose TRIO on a synth track, then tap EDIT until TONE 2/4 appears.

FX layer (punch)

Hold FX.

EDIT layer (erase)

Hold EDIT.

ARP layer (note repeat)

Hold ARP.

SEQ layer (steps)

Hold SEQ.

SEQ layer with step keys held

Hold SEQ, then hold one or more step keys.

SEL layer (key and chords)

Hold SEL.

GLO layer (mix)

Hold GLO.

SAVE layer (song)

Hold SAVE.

A layer locked open

Hold a layer button (FX, EDIT, ARP, SEQ, SEL, GLO or SAVE) and tap HOME.

SAVE pages

Tap SAVE away from TRACKS, DRUMS and SONG, then tap again to change page.

SAVE > PRESETS page

Tap SAVE away from TRACKS, DRUMS or SONG and choose PRESETS.

SAVE > USER page

Tap SAVE again from PRESETS.

SAVE > PROJECT page

Tap SAVE to PROJECT.

SAVE > TOOLS page

Tap SAVE to TOOLS.

SONG screen

Tap SAVE on the TRACKS or DRUMS screen, or hold SAVE and press white key 16.

HOME menu

Hold HOME for 0.7 seconds.

ABOUT screen

In HOME menu > SYSTEM, select ABOUT and press OCT+.

Hardware calibration

Power on with both octave buttons, or open it from HOME menu > SYSTEM using OCT+.

USB rescue

Switch on holding OCT- alone (also entered by itself after two failed starts).

Update-mode countdown

Hold both octave buttons while stopped.

GLOBAL page

Tap GLO to GLOBAL, or turn SELECT within its pages.

SYSTEM page

Tap GLO to SYSTEM, or turn SELECT within its pages.

DRUMS page

Tap GLO to DRUMS, or turn SELECT within its pages.

Changes to sounds, notes, locks, nudges, fill conditions and ordinary song parameters change the working loop in RAM; stopped, quiet autosave keeps a changed loop after 2.5 seconds without input, with at least 20 seconds between attempts; nothing saves simply because the power switch goes off.

SAVE-layer stores replace a section in RAM at once, even during playback, then write after stopping and silence, at least 1.5 seconds after input and 5 seconds since the previous attempt; the SONG screen and PROJECT page save immediately while stopped.

Undo and redo swap one track’s notes and pattern length only; they do not restore locks, nudges, fill conditions, sound edits or replaced saved banks.

General lights

Playing a synth track

Playing the drum track

TRACKS screen

A button's pages

DRUMS screen, grid page

SONG screen

Transport stopped

Transport playing

REC armed (rec ready)

Count-in

Clear-track ring

FX layer (punch)

EDIT layer (erase)

ARP layer (note repeat)

SEQ layer (steps)

SEL layer (key and chords)

GLO layer (mix)

SAVE layer (song)

A layer locked open

USR1–3 each hold about 7.4 seconds at 22 kHz mono; USR4 holds about 2.9 seconds here, so a combined USR3+4 kit has less room and a longer old USR4 sample is rejected.

• Back up first. In this build’s editor, Save a backup reads the unit and downloads the working loop, settings and song order, four sections, both user-sound banks, the editable FM6 bank, SYN kits, four valid sample sets and all twelve DX7 banks; custom bank names come from this browser; the file excludes firmware, foreign saved work, undo history, unused memory and unrecognised slice markers; Refresh reads banks from the unit, while Export .syx downloads the browser’s current bank copy.

• 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 SLOOP DX7 Banks does to the firmware you had before.
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  install (loader): Incoming loader compares, erases/programs and verifies changed app sectors; flash head below 0x4000 and user area from 0x93000 are excluded from app programming. This overlaps all sixteen Open USER projects, its preferences and the first 24 KiB of its sample region. Replacing Open’s sample header leaves its whole sample bank unreadable. The same program writes can also leave PIGEON’s whole sample bank unreadable (successful install through this source loader). install (loader): After an install, the supplied loader checks sector tails for update records and erases only a 4 KiB sector whose last 256 bytes hold a valid update record. It does not skip 0x97000–0xDFFFF. Saved music is not at risk from this record cleanup (After an install, 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 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; it is not at risk from the cleanup. This loader does not skip 0x97000–0xDFFFF). startup: Erases all five update-staging sectors without asking (first 4 bytes at 0xE0000 or first 8 at 0xE4F00 contain non-FF data). any normal startup with missing, older or misinterpreted DX bank information: At every normal boot, effective claimed count c is dx_layout when nonzero, otherwise dx_layout_old when nonzero, otherwise 4. For 1 <= c < 12, erases banks 1 through 12-c without asking, including this build’s own loaded voices; c >= 12 skips erase. Missing information normally gives c=4 and banks 1–8; misinterpreted c=1 clears banks 1–11. Claim/settings update occurs only if all required erases succeed; failed writes or later settings replacement can make a future boot repeat the erase. Bank 12 is never erased by this routine (Any normal boot with flash_ok and effective positive count below 12; inherited or restored settings can remove or alter the count). startup after bank claim/migration: Immediately saves settings after all required bank erases succeeded, or when migrating an old full twelve-bank count. This can overwrite a foreign settings copy at startup. The preceding check happens on every normal boot, not solely after installation (claim record is newly made/migrated and settings differ; usual default 4 path writes once after eight erases). first idle autosave: Rejected/absent working data leaves hash 0, so unchanged initial state can autosave without any save action, no earlier than 20 s from boot. A matching foreign FELU/type 7 current wrapper selects the opposite sector; otherwise first A (normal stopped/silent/idle guards; changed hash). host upgrade, including rescue: Stages incoming loader/request; failure and later startup cleanup erase the same five sectors (host upgrade command; accepted loader). before intentional reset/update: Flushes dirty sections, pending song/settings, and changed working loop before reset/update; only relevant objects are written (pending dirty data or working hash change).

  • Stock V15: Possibly at risk: stock settings (and possibly patterns); stock Bluetooth data; stock presets (128, banks A-D).
  • 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; the autosave (the music as you left it); FM6 voice bank B1-B32; user sample slot USR1; user sample slot USR2; user sample slot USR3; user presets 1-16; user presets 17-32. SLOOP DX7 Banks reads user sample slot USR1 until you write over the saved data. Samples play only if they pass the check and their zones fit this slot. Sending to or erasing this slot replaces the sample. Extra slice markers are not used. SLOOP DX7 Banks reads user sample slot USR2 until you write over the saved data. Samples play only if they pass the check and their zones fit this slot. Sending to or erasing this slot replaces the sample. Extra slice markers are not used. SLOOP DX7 Banks reads user sample slot USR3 until you write over the saved data. Samples play only if they pass the check and their zones fit this slot. Sending to or erasing this slot replaces the sample. Extra slice markers are not used. SLOOP DX7 Banks 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. SLOOP DX7 Banks 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); user sample slot USR4; 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; FM6 patch bank B1-B27. SLOOP DX7 Banks reads user sample slot USR1 until you write over the saved data. Samples play only if they pass the check and their zones fit this slot. Sending to or erasing this slot replaces the sample. Extra slice markers are not used. SLOOP DX7 Banks reads user sample slot USR2 until you write over the saved data. Samples play only if they pass the check and their zones fit this slot. Sending to or erasing this slot replaces the sample. Extra slice markers are not used. SLOOP DX7 Banks reads user sample slot USR3 until you write over the saved data. Samples play only if they pass the check and their zones fit this slot. Sending to or erasing this slot replaces the sample. Extra slice markers are not used. SLOOP DX7 Banks reads user sounds U01-U16 until you write over the saved data. Saved sounds can play differently here. Saving another slot keeps them. Replacing their slots or restoring the whole bank removes them. Sounds that use separate voice banks also need those banks. SLOOP DX7 Banks reads user sounds U17-U32 until you write over the saved data. Saved sounds can play differently here. Saving another slot keeps them. Replacing their slots or restoring the whole bank removes them. Sounds that use separate voice banks also need those banks. SLOOP DX7 Banks reads FM6 patch bank B1-B27 until you write over the saved data. Saving over a patch replaces it; other saved patches in this bank are kept. SLOOP DX7 Banks reads user sample slot USR4 until you write over the saved data. Samples play only if they pass the check and their zones fit this slot. Sending to or erasing this slot replaces the sample. Extra slice markers are not used.
  • X0X: At risk by itself: the whole X0X project (settings, sound, all 32 patterns, song, knob motion). At risk when you act: X0X button calibration; break loops slot 1; break loops slot 2; break loops slot 3. SLOOP DX7 Banks reads break loops slot 1 until you write over the saved data. Samples play only if they pass the check and their zones fit this slot. Sending to or erasing this slot replaces the sample. Extra slice markers are not used. SLOOP DX7 Banks reads break loops slot 2 until you write over the saved data. Samples play only if they pass the check and their zones fit this slot. Sending to or erasing this slot replaces the sample. Extra slice markers are not used. SLOOP DX7 Banks reads break loops slot 3 until you write over the saved data. Samples play only if they pass the check and their zones fit this slot. Sending to or erasing this slot replaces the sample. Extra slice markers are not used.
  • 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); which song is current, every song's rows and scenes; music in progress (RESTORE LAST); FM6 voice bank B1-B32; user sounds U01-U16; user sounds U17-U32. SLOOP DX7 Banks 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. SLOOP DX7 Banks 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; project B: patterns, song, sounds, motion, recordings; project C: patterns, song, sounds, motion, recordings; project D: patterns, song, sounds, motion, recordings; 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; shared user presets U145-U288; shared user presets U073-U090; shared user presets U091-U108; shared user presets U001-U018; shared user presets U019-U036; shared user presets U037-U054; shared user presets U055-U072; shared user presets U127-U144.
  • 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; 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; music in progress (RESTORE LAST); FM6 voice bank B1–B32; user sample slot USR1; user sample slot USR2; user sample slot USR3; user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32. SLOOP DX7 Banks reads user sample slot USR1 until you write over the saved data. Samples play only if they pass the check and their zones fit this slot. Sending to or erasing this slot replaces the sample. Extra slice markers are not used. SLOOP DX7 Banks reads user sample slot USR2 until you write over the saved data. Samples play only if they pass the check and their zones fit this slot. Sending to or erasing this slot replaces the sample. Extra slice markers are not used. SLOOP DX7 Banks reads user sample slot USR3 until you write over the saved data. Samples play only if they pass the check and their zones fit this slot. Sending to or erasing this slot replaces the sample. Extra slice markers are not used. SLOOP DX7 Banks 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. SLOOP DX7 Banks 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. SLOOP DX7 Banks reads user samples USR1 until you write over the saved data. Samples play only if they pass the check and their zones fit this slot. Sending to or erasing this slot replaces the sample. Extra slice markers are not used. SLOOP DX7 Banks reads user samples USR2 until you write over the saved data. Samples play only if they pass the check and their zones fit this slot. Sending to or erasing this slot replaces the sample. Extra slice markers are not used. SLOOP DX7 Banks reads user samples USR3 until you write over the saved data. Samples play only if they pass the check and their zones fit this slot. Sending to or erasing this slot replaces the sample. Extra slice markers are not used.
  • OberVave: At risk by itself: pattern 1; pattern 2; pattern 3; pattern 4 (its B-track sound can change if it uses a saved program; its pattern notes remain; other writes can also erase it); pattern 5 (its B-track sound can change if it uses a saved program; its pattern notes remain; other writes can also erase it); pattern 6 (its B-track sound can change if it uses a saved program; its pattern notes remain; other writes can also erase it); pattern 7 (its B-track sound can change if it uses a saved program; its pattern notes remain; other writes can also erase it); saved programs and global settings; 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; Optional QY70 style bank; 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; Polly button and encoder calibration.
  • Skiff: At risk by itself: project A; project B; project C; project D; user sounds’ own FM6 patches; last session; shared 64-pattern pool (some or all lost); 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: user sample USR1; user sample USR2; user sample USR3. SLOOP DX7 Banks reads user sample USR1 until you write over the saved data. Samples play only if they pass the check and their zones fit this slot. Sending to or erasing this slot replaces the sample. Extra slice markers are not used. SLOOP DX7 Banks reads user sample USR2 until you write over the saved data. Samples play only if they pass the check and their zones fit this slot. Sending to or erasing this slot replaces the sample. Extra slice markers are not used. SLOOP DX7 Banks reads user sample USR3 until you write over the saved data. Samples play only if they pass the check and their zones fit this slot. Sending to or erasing this slot replaces the sample. Extra slice markers are not used. SLOOP DX7 Banks 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. SLOOP DX7 Banks 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; section B; section C; section D; 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; user presets 17–32. SLOOP DX7 Banks 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. SLOOP DX7 Banks 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; the last session in the full version of Felucca; 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. SLOOP DX7 Banks reads user sample USR1 and any slice positions you set in SLICE 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 sample USR2 and any slice positions you set in SLICE 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 sample USR3 and any slice positions you set in SLICE 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 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. SLOOP DX7 Banks 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; last working music; FM6 bank B01–B32.
  • 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; up to sixteen liked worlds; inherited user sample 1; inherited user sample 2; inherited user sample 3; inherited user preset bank 1; inherited user preset bank 2. SLOOP DX7 Banks reads inherited user sample 1 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 inherited user sample 2 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 inherited user sample 3 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 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. SLOOP DX7 Banks 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. SLOOP DX7 Banks reads uploaded sample USR1 and optional SLICE markers 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 uploaded sample USR2 and optional SLICE markers 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 uploaded sample USR3 and optional SLICE markers 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 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. SLOOP DX7 Banks 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.
  • 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 sounds U01-U16; user sounds U17-U32; FM6 voices B1-B16; FM6 voices B17-B32; user samples USR1; user samples USR2; user samples USR3. SLOOP DX7 Banks reads user samples 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 samples USR2 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 samples USR3 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.
  • 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; slice positions you set for USR1; 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 sample USR1; user sample USR2; user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32. SLOOP DX7 Banks reads user 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 sample USR2 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 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. SLOOP DX7 Banks 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; 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); sample slot USR4; settings, calibration, song order, SYN1-SYN4 kits and MIDI preferences. At risk when you act: sample slot USR1; sample slot USR2; sample slot USR3; FM6 bank B1-B27. SLOOP DX7 Banks reads sample slot 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 sample slot USR2 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 sample slot USR3 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 FM6 bank B1-B27 until you write over the saved data. SLOOP DX7 Banks reads sample slot USR4 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 Floyd FM: At risk by itself: the working loop kept by autosave; 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. SLOOP DX7 Banks reads user sample slot 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 sample slot USR2 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 sample slot USR3 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. FLOYD sounds become FM6 sounds. Separate live envelope changes (how each note changes over time) were never saved. 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. FLOYD sounds become FM6 sounds. Separate live envelope changes (how each note changes over time) were never saved. SLOOP DX7 Banks reads settings, panel calibration and song order until you write over the saved data. Floyd has no saved count of the DX banks DX7 Banks has set up. At start-up, DX7 Banks erases DX banks 1–8 and saves a new count.
  • winampFM Synth: At risk by itself: working music kept by autosave; sample USR4; 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; FM6 bank B1-B27. 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 sample USR2 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 sample USR3 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 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. SLOOP DX7 Banks 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. SLOOP DX7 Banks reads FM6 bank B1-B27 until you write over the saved data. SLOOP DX7 Banks reads sample USR4 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.
  • 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. SLOOP DX7 Banks reads user 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 sample USR2 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 sample USR3 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.
  • PIGEON: At risk by itself: shared song and drum sample bank; 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: saved pattern A; saved pattern B; saved pattern C; saved pattern D; slice positions set by hand in the older format; chops, drum-pad and performance edits; last working session; user sample USR1 in the older format; user sample USR2 in the older format; user sample USR3 in the older format; older user preset bank 1; older user preset bank 2. SLOOP DX7 Banks reads user sample USR1 in the older format 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 sample USR2 in the older format 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 sample USR3 in the older format 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 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. SLOOP DX7 Banks 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: project 1 (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); project 2; the working project kept by autosave; settings, calibration, SYN kits and stored MIDI mappings. At risk when you act: sample slot USR1; sample slot USR2; sample slot USR3; user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32; FM6 bank B1–B27. SLOOP DX7 Banks reads sample slot 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 sample slot USR2 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 sample slot USR3 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. SLOOP DX7 Banks reads FM6 bank B1–B27 until you write over the saved data.
  • FM1 Quest: 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.
  • 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 SLOOP DX7 Banks's data.
  • Stock V15: Possibly at risk: section A; section B; section C; section D; working loop; user sample USR1; user sample USR2; user sample USR3; user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32; FM6 patches B1–B27; user sample USR4; DX7 bank 1 (32 voices); DX7 bank 2 (32 voices); DX7 bank 3 (32 voices); DX7 bank 4 (32 voices); DX7 bank 5 (32 voices); DX7 bank 6 (32 voices); DX7 bank 7 (32 voices); DX7 bank 8 (32 voices); DX7 bank 9 (32 voices); DX7 bank 10 (32 voices); DX7 bank 11 (32 voices); DX7 bank 12 (32 voices).
  • Baud Girl FM-1+VA: Possibly at risk: section A; section B; section C; section D; working loop; user sample USR1; user sample USR2; user sample USR3; user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32; FM6 patches B1–B27; user sample USR4; DX7 bank 1 (32 voices); DX7 bank 2 (32 voices); DX7 bank 3 (32 voices); DX7 bank 4 (32 voices); DX7 bank 5 (32 voices); DX7 bank 6 (32 voices); DX7 bank 7 (32 voices); DX7 bank 8 (32 voices); DX7 bank 9 (32 voices); DX7 bank 10 (32 voices); DX7 bank 11 (32 voices); DX7 bank 12 (32 voices).
  • Felucca: At risk by itself: FM6 patches B1–B27; settings, calibration, song order, synthesized drum kits and DX-bank setup. At risk by itself, under a condition: user sample USR4. At risk when you act: section A; section B; section C; section D; working loop; user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32; user sample USR1; user sample USR2; user sample USR3. After Felucca replaces DX7 Banks’ saved settings, returning to DX7 Banks erases DX banks 1–8 at its first start without asking, including your own banks 5–8. Back up your DX banks before switching. Felucca may start with RESTORE LAST ON after SLOOP DX7 Banks, even if you turned it OFF before. SLOOP DX7 Banks saves its own settings at several points, replacing the earlier settings with ones Felucca cannot read; an older choice saved by another firmware can also mean the opposite here. Check MENU > SYSTEM > RESTORE LAST before you edit. ON allows automatic saving after edits and a pause with playback stopped, keys and buttons released, and no sound; OFF stops that autosave. Felucca may start with beta 2ND CORE ON or OFF after SLOOP DX7 Banks. Do not rely on your earlier choice: SLOOP DX7 Banks 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 user 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. Felucca reads user sample USR2 until you write over the saved data. Playback follows this firmware’s loop rules. The other firmware’s extra loop modes may sound different. Felucca reads user sample USR3 until you write over the saved data. Playback follows this firmware’s loop rules. The other firmware’s extra loop modes may sound different.
  • SLOOP: 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; DX7 bank 1 (32 voices); DX7 bank 2 (32 voices); DX7 bank 3 (32 voices); DX7 bank 4 (32 voices); DX7 bank 5 (32 voices); DX7 bank 6 (32 voices); DX7 bank 7 (32 voices); DX7 bank 8 (32 voices); DX7 bank 9 (32 voices); DX7 bank 10 (32 voices); DX7 bank 11 (32 voices); DX7 bank 12 (32 voices); user sample USR1; user sample USR2; user sample USR3; user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32; FM6 patches B1–B27; user sample USR4. SLOOP can use the saved song order, drum kits and older sections. Back up all your DX banks and settings before switching. SLOOP reads user 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 sample USR2 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 sample USR3 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 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. SLOOP 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. SLOOP reads FM6 patches B1–B27 until you write over the saved data. SLOOP reads user sample USR4 until you write over the saved data. Audio loads only if it fits this slot. Sending to or erasing this slot replaces it.
  • X0X: At risk by itself: section A; section B; section C; section D; user sounds 17–32; settings, calibration, song order, synthesized drum kits and DX-bank setup. At risk when you act: user sounds 1–16; user sample USR1; user sample USR2; user sample USR3. Saving X0X’s settings can remove DX7 Banks’ saved count of DX banks already set up. An older copy of the settings can survive the first save. Without that count, DX7 Banks erases DX banks 1–8 at its next start without asking, including your own banks 5–8. Back up your DX banks before switching. 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 user 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. X0X reads user sample USR2 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. X0X reads user sample USR3 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.
  • JIANT: At risk by itself: user sample USR3; settings, calibration, song order, synthesized drum kits and DX-bank setup. At risk by itself, under a condition: working loop; FM6 patches B1–B27; user sample USR4. At risk when you act: section A; section B; section C; section D; user sample USR1; user sample USR2; user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32. After JIANT replaces DX7 Banks’ saved settings, returning to DX7 Banks erases DX banks 1–8 at its first start without asking, including your own banks 5–8. Back up your DX banks before switching. JIANT may start with RESTORE LAST ON or OFF after SLOOP DX7 Banks, even if you turned it OFF before. SLOOP DX7 Banks saves its own settings at several points, replacing the earlier settings with ones JIANT cannot read; an older choice saved by another firmware can also mean the opposite here. While ON, JIANT can save by itself about 10 seconds after start-up once stopped and idle, even without edits, and again after later edits and a pause. Check MENU > SYSTEM > RESTORE LAST straight after start-up. Hold SAVE once MENU is open to keep that idle wait reset while you check; the open menu alone does not stop it. OFF stops that autosave.
  • Melodee: At risk by itself: working loop; user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32; settings, calibration, song order, synthesized drum kits and DX-bank setup. At risk by itself, under a condition: section A; section B; section C; section D; user sample USR3; FM6 patches B1–B27; user sample USR4; DX7 bank 12 (32 voices). At risk when you act: user sample USR1; user sample USR2; DX7 bank 1 (32 voices); DX7 bank 2 (32 voices); DX7 bank 3 (32 voices); DX7 bank 4 (32 voices); DX7 bank 5 (32 voices); DX7 bank 6 (32 voices); DX7 bank 7 (32 voices); DX7 bank 8 (32 voices); DX7 bank 9 (32 voices); DX7 bank 10 (32 voices); DX7 bank 11 (32 voices). After Melodee replaces DX7 Banks’ saved settings, returning to DX7 Banks erases DX banks 1–8 at its first start without asking, including your own banks 5–8. Back up your DX banks before switching.
  • FoMni: At risk by itself: settings, calibration, song order, synthesized drum kits and DX-bank setup. At risk when you act: user sounds 1–16. Saving a FoMni project can remove DX7 Banks’ saved count of DX banks already set up. An older copy of the settings can survive the first save. Without that count, DX7 Banks erases DX banks 1–8 at its next start without asking, including your own banks 5–8. Back up your DX banks before switching.
  • AMB-1: At risk by itself: settings, calibration, song order, synthesized drum kits and DX-bank setup. At risk when you act: user sounds 1–16. Saving an AMB-1 project can remove DX7 Banks’ saved count of the DX banks it has set up. An older saved copy of settings may survive the first save. If no saved count remains, DX7 Banks erases DX banks 1–8 at its next start without asking, including your own banks 5–8. Back up your DX banks before switching.
  • ChoralRoot: At risk by itself: user sample USR2; user sample USR3; settings, calibration, song order, synthesized drum kits and DX-bank setup. At risk when you act: section A; section B; section C; section D; working loop; user sample USR1; user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32. After ChoralRoot replaces DX7 Banks’ saved settings, returning to DX7 Banks erases DX banks 1–8 at its first start without asking, including your own banks 5–8. Back up your DX banks before switching. ChoralRoot reads user sounds 1–16 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 17–32 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: FM6 patches B1–B27; settings, calibration, song order, synthesized drum kits and DX-bank setup. At risk by itself, under a condition: working loop; user sample USR4. At risk when you act: section A; section B; section C; section D; user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32; user sample USR1; user sample USR2; user sample USR3. After GHOULBOX replaces DX7 Banks’ saved settings, returning to DX7 Banks erases DX banks 1–8 at its first start without asking, including your own banks 5–8. Back up your DX banks before switching. GHOULBOX may start with RESTORE LAST ON after SLOOP DX7 Banks, even if you turned it OFF before. SLOOP DX7 Banks saves its own settings at several points, replacing the earlier settings with ones GHOULBOX cannot read; an older choice saved by another firmware can also mean the opposite here. Check MENU > SYSTEM > RESTORE LAST before you edit. ON allows automatic saving after edits and a pause with playback stopped, keys and buttons released, and no sound; OFF stops that autosave. GHOULBOX reads user sample USR1 until you write over the saved data. GHOULBOX reads user sample USR2 until you write over the saved data. GHOULBOX reads user sample USR3 until you write over the saved data.
  • M-VAVE FM-1 Open: At risk by itself: section A; section B; section C; section D; working loop. At risk when you act: user sample USR1; user sample USR2; user sample USR3; user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32; FM6 patches B1–B27; user sample USR4; DX7 bank 1 (32 voices); DX7 bank 2 (32 voices); DX7 bank 3 (32 voices); DX7 bank 4 (32 voices); DX7 bank 5 (32 voices); DX7 bank 6 (32 voices); DX7 bank 7 (32 voices); DX7 bank 8 (32 voices); DX7 bank 9 (32 voices); DX7 bank 10 (32 voices); DX7 bank 11 (32 voices); DX7 bank 12 (32 voices); settings, calibration, song order, synthesized drum kits and DX-bank setup. Open stores its settings elsewhere. Sending a sample bank far enough to write over DX7 Banks’ settings can remove its saved count of DX banks already set up. If that count is lost, DX7 Banks erases DX banks 1–8 at its next start without asking, including your own banks 5–8. Back up your DX banks before switching. 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, calibration, song order, synthesized drum kits and DX-bank setup. FM-106 saves settings over one saved copy of DX7 Banks’ settings. An older copy may still hold the number of DX banks already set up. If no saved copy holds that number, DX7 Banks erases DX banks 1–8 when you next start it, including your own banks 5–8, without asking. Back up your DX banks before switching. 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, calibration, song order, synthesized drum kits and DX-bank setup. At risk when you act: section A; section B; section C; section D. Carried over: user sample USR1 (Hortator uses its own one-shot sound engines, so saved loops and slices play differently); user sample USR2 (Hortator uses its own one-shot sound engines, so saved loops and slices play differently); user sample USR3 (Hortator uses its own one-shot sound engines, so saved loops and slices play differently). After Hortator replaces DX7 Banks’ saved settings, returning to DX7 Banks erases DX banks 1–8 at its first start without asking, including your own banks 5–8. Back up your DX banks before switching.
  • OberVave: At risk by itself: DX7 bank 6 (32 voices); DX7 bank 7 (32 voices); DX7 bank 8 (32 voices); DX7 bank 9 (32 voices); DX7 bank 10 (32 voices); DX7 bank 11 (32 voices); DX7 bank 12 (32 voices); settings, calibration, song order, synthesized drum kits and DX-bank setup. OberVave saves settings over one saved copy of DX7 Banks’ settings. An older copy may still hold the number of DX banks already set up. If no saved copy holds that number, DX7 Banks erases DX banks 1–8 when you next start it, including your own banks 5–8, without asking. Back up your DX banks before switching.
  • Polly: At risk by itself: section A; section B; section C; section D; working loop; user sample USR1; user sample USR2; settings, calibration, song order, synthesized drum kits and DX-bank setup. At risk when you act: user sample USR3; user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32; FM6 patches B1–B27; user sample USR4; DX7 bank 1 (32 voices); DX7 bank 2 (32 voices); DX7 bank 3 (32 voices); DX7 bank 4 (32 voices); DX7 bank 5 (32 voices); DX7 bank 6 (32 voices); DX7 bank 7 (32 voices); DX7 bank 8 (32 voices); DX7 bank 9 (32 voices); DX7 bank 10 (32 voices); DX7 bank 11 (32 voices); DX7 bank 12 (32 voices). Saving a Polly project can remove DX7 Banks’ saved count of the DX banks it has set up. An older saved copy of settings may survive the first save. If no saved count remains, DX7 Banks erases DX banks 1–8 at its next start without asking, including your own banks 5–8. Back up your DX banks before switching. 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: FM6 patches B1–B27; user sample USR4; DX7 bank 1 (32 voices); DX7 bank 2 (32 voices); DX7 bank 3 (32 voices); DX7 bank 4 (32 voices); DX7 bank 5 (32 voices); DX7 bank 6 (32 voices); DX7 bank 7 (32 voices); DX7 bank 8 (32 voices); DX7 bank 9 (32 voices); DX7 bank 10 (32 voices); DX7 bank 11 (32 voices); DX7 bank 12 (32 voices); settings, calibration, song order, synthesized drum kits and DX-bank setup; user sample USR1; user sample USR2; user sample USR3. At risk by itself, under a condition: section A; section B; section C; section D; working loop. At risk when you act: user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32. After Skiff replaces DX7 Banks’ saved settings, returning to DX7 Banks erases DX banks 1–8 at its first start without asking, including your own banks 5–8. Back up your DX banks before switching. Unreadable settings use Skiff’s default RESTORE LAST ON. Skiff reads user sample USR1 until you write over the saved data. Skiff uses its own sound engines, so saved loops or slices can play differently. Skiff reads user sample USR2 until you write over the saved data. Skiff uses its own sound engines, so saved loops or slices can play differently. Skiff reads user sample USR3 until you write over the saved data. Skiff uses its own sound engines, so saved loops or slices can play differently.
  • sloopDX: At risk by itself: working loop; user sample USR2; settings, calibration, song order, synthesized drum kits and DX-bank setup. At risk by itself, under a condition: user sample USR1. At risk when you act: section A; section B; section C; section D; user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32. After FACTORY RESET in sloopDX, returning to DX7 Banks erases DX banks 1–8 at its first start without asking, including your own banks 5–8. Changing COLOR or USB RATE, removing the theme, or restoring or sending settings in sloopDX can also make DX7 Banks erase banks when you return. COLOR, theme removal or replacing settings can erase banks 1–8. USB RATE alone can erase banks 1–4 or 1–2. Other combinations of these options or replacement settings can erase up to banks 1–11. Back up your DX banks first. sloopDX reads user sounds 1–16 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 17–32 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, calibration, song order, synthesized drum kits and DX-bank setup. At risk by itself, under a condition: FM6 patches B1–B27. At risk when you act: section A; section B; section C; section D; working loop; user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32; user sample USR1; user sample USR2; user sample USR3. After Rainbow Mode replaces DX7 Banks’ saved settings, returning to DX7 Banks erases DX banks 1–8 at its first start without asking, including your own banks 5–8. Back up your DX banks before switching. The full Felucca in Rainbow Mode may start with RESTORE LAST ON after SLOOP DX7 Banks, even if you turned it OFF before. SLOOP DX7 Banks saves its own settings at several points, replacing the earlier settings with ones the full Felucca in Rainbow Mode cannot read; an older choice saved by another firmware can also mean the opposite here. Check MENU > SYSTEM > RESTORE LAST in the full Felucca layer before you edit. ON allows automatic saving after edits and a pause with playback stopped, keys and buttons released, and no sound; OFF stops that autosave. Rainbow Mode reads user 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. Rainbow Mode reads user sample USR2 until you write over the saved data. Playback follows this firmware’s loop rules. The other firmware’s extra loop modes may sound different. Rainbow Mode reads user sample USR3 until you write over the saved data. Playback follows this firmware’s loop rules. The other firmware’s extra loop modes may sound different.
  • DUELL beta: At risk by itself: FM6 patches B1–B27; settings, calibration, song order, synthesized drum kits and DX-bank setup. At risk by itself, under a condition: user sample USR4. At risk when you act: section A; section B; section C; section D; working loop; user sample USR1; user sample USR2; user sample USR3; user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32. After DUELL beta replaces DX7 Banks’ saved settings, returning to DX7 Banks erases DX banks 1–8 at its first start without asking, including your own banks 5–8. Back up your DX banks before switching. 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, calibration, song order, synthesized drum kits and DX-bank setup. At risk when you act: user sounds 1–16. Saving a FiMba-1 beta project can remove DX7 Banks’ saved count of DX banks already set up. An older copy of the settings can survive the first save. Without that count, DX7 Banks erases DX banks 1–8 at its next start without asking, including your own banks 5–8. Back up your DX banks before switching.
  • MAKU: At risk by itself, under a condition: working loop. At risk when you act: FM6 patches B1–B27; settings, calibration, song order, synthesized drum kits and DX-bank setup. After MAKU replaces DX7 Banks’ saved settings, returning to DX7 Banks erases DX banks 1–8 at its first start without asking, including your own banks 5–8. Back up your DX banks before switching.
  • Fart Machine One: At risk when you act: user sounds 1–16. 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, calibration, song order, synthesized drum kits and DX-bank setup. At risk when you act: section A; section B; section C; section D; working loop; user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32; user sample USR1; user sample USR2; user sample USR3. After fm1-chord replaces DX7 Banks’ saved settings, returning to DX7 Banks erases DX banks 1–8 at its first start without asking, including your own banks 5–8. Back up your DX banks before switching. fm1-chord reads user 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. fm1-chord reads user sample USR2 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. fm1-chord reads user sample USR3 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.
  • FuMi-1: At risk by itself: settings, calibration, song order, synthesized drum kits and DX-bank setup. At risk when you act: user sounds 1–16. Saving a FuMi-1 project can remove DX7 Banks’ saved count of DX banks already set up. An older copy of the settings can survive the first save. Without that count, DX7 Banks erases DX banks 1–8 at its next start without asking, including your own banks 5–8. Back up your DX banks before switching.
  • Jangada: 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 sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32; FM6 patches B1–B27; user sample USR4; user sample USR1; user sample USR2; user sample USR3. After Jangada replaces DX7 Banks’ saved settings, returning to DX7 Banks erases DX banks 1–8 at its first start without asking, including your own banks 5–8. Back up your DX banks before switching. Jangada reads user sample USR1 until you write over the saved data. Jangada reads user sample USR2 until you write over the saved data. Jangada reads user sample USR3 until you write over the saved data.
  • WaveLoop FM-1: At risk by itself: section A; section D; settings, calibration, song order, synthesized drum kits and DX-bank setup. At risk by itself, under a condition: section B; section C; user sample USR3. At risk when you act: working loop; user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32; user sample USR1; user sample USR2. After WaveLoop FM-1 replaces DX7 Banks’ saved settings, returning to DX7 Banks erases DX banks 1–8 at its first start without asking, including your own banks 5–8. Back up your DX banks before switching. WaveLoop FM-1 reads user 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. Saved samples may have no slice positions set by you. WaveLoop FM-1 reads user sample USR2 until you write over the saved data. Playback follows this firmware’s loop rules. The other firmware’s extra loop modes may sound different. Saved samples may have no slice positions set by you.
  • ORBIT: At risk by itself: working loop (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, calibration, song order, synthesized drum kits and DX-bank setup. At risk by itself, under a condition: section A; section B; section C; section D. At risk when you act: user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32; DX7 bank 1 (32 voices); DX7 bank 2 (32 voices); DX7 bank 3 (32 voices); DX7 bank 4 (32 voices); DX7 bank 5 (32 voices); DX7 bank 6 (32 voices); DX7 bank 7 (32 voices); DX7 bank 8 (32 voices); DX7 bank 9 (32 voices); DX7 bank 10 (32 voices); DX7 bank 11 (32 voices); DX7 bank 12 (32 voices); user sample USR1; user sample USR2; user sample USR3; FM6 patches B1–B27; user sample USR4. After ORBIT saves settings, returning to DX7 Banks erases DX banks 1–8 at its first start without asking. It can erase up to banks 1–11 if ORBIT’s MIDI IN is set to one channel from 4–15. The settings save can happen automatically if DX7 Banks’ KEY VELOCITY was 110, 120 or 127. Back up all your DX banks. ORBIT reads user sample USR1 until you write over the saved data. Slice marks set by hand are not loaded. Loop modes follow this firmware's playback rules. ORBIT reads user sample USR2 until you write over the saved data. Slice marks set by hand are not loaded. Loop modes follow this firmware's playback rules. ORBIT reads user sample USR3 until you write over the saved data. Slice marks set by hand are not loaded. Loop modes follow this firmware's playback rules. ORBIT reads FM6 patches B1–B27 until you write over the saved data. The FM6 patch bank is shared. The project and its links to user sounds are not transferred. ORBIT reads user sample USR4 until you write over the saved data. Slice marks set by hand are not loaded. Loop modes follow this firmware's playback rules.
  • SLOOP Floyd FM: At risk by itself: working loop; settings, calibration, song order, synthesized drum kits and DX-bank setup (changed to the new format: Saving settings keeps only the older colour, display, calibration and song-order choices. The saved copy lacks newer light options, drum kits, MIDI controls and separately saved options. After Floyd saves settings, DX7 Banks has no saved count of banks already set up when you return. It erases DX banks 1–8 at its first start. Back up your DX banks before switching). At risk when you act: section A; section B; section C; section D; user sample USR1; user sample USR2; user sample USR3. Carried over: user sounds 1–16 (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. A saved FM6 sound in engine 9 becomes a FLOYD sound); user sounds 17–32 (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. A saved FM6 sound in engine 9 becomes a FLOYD sound). SLOOP Floyd FM reads user 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 Floyd FM reads user sample USR2 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 Floyd FM reads user sample USR3 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 loop (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, calibration, song order, synthesized drum kits and DX-bank setup. At risk by itself, under a condition: section A; section B; section C; section D. At risk when you act: DX7 bank 1 (32 voices); DX7 bank 2 (32 voices); DX7 bank 3 (32 voices); DX7 bank 4 (32 voices); DX7 bank 5 (32 voices); DX7 bank 6 (32 voices); DX7 bank 7 (32 voices); DX7 bank 8 (32 voices); DX7 bank 9 (32 voices); DX7 bank 10 (32 voices); DX7 bank 11 (32 voices); DX7 bank 12 (32 voices); user sample USR1; user sample USR2; user sample USR3; user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32; FM6 patches B1–B27; user sample USR4. After winampFM Synth saves settings, returning to DX7 Banks erases DX banks 1–8 at its first start without asking. It can erase up to banks 1–11 if winampFM Synth’s MIDI IN is set to one channel from 4–15. The settings save can happen automatically if DX7 Banks’ KEY VELOCITY was 110, 120 or 127. Back up all your DX banks. winampFM Synth reads user sample USR1 until you write over the saved data. Slice marks set by hand are not loaded. Loop modes follow this firmware's playback rules. winampFM Synth reads user sample USR2 until you write over the saved data. Slice marks set by hand are not loaded. Loop modes follow this firmware's playback rules. winampFM Synth reads user sample USR3 until you write over the saved data. Slice marks set by hand are not loaded. Loop modes follow this firmware's playback rules. winampFM Synth reads user sounds 1–16 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 17–32 until you write over the saved data. Shared older sounds may play differently because engines or sound controls mean different things. winampFM Synth reads FM6 patches B1–B27 until you write over the saved data. The FM6 patch bank is shared. The project and its links to user sounds are not transferred. winampFM Synth reads user sample USR4 until you write over the saved data. Slice marks set by hand are not loaded. Loop modes follow this firmware's playback rules.
  • Bubba Machine (beta): At risk by itself: section A; section B; section C; section D; working loop; user sample USR1; user sample USR2; user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32. At risk by itself, under a condition: user sample USR3. At risk when you act: FM6 patches B1–B27; user sample USR4.
  • Felucca [Salt]: At risk by itself: 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. Carried over: user sounds 1–16 (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 17–32 (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). After Felucca [Salt] replaces DX7 Banks’ saved settings, returning to DX7 Banks erases DX banks 1–8 at its first start without asking, including your own banks 5–8. Back up your DX banks before switching. Felucca [Salt] reads user 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. Felucca [Salt] reads user sample USR2 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. Felucca [Salt] reads user sample USR3 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.
  • PIGEON: At risk by itself: FM6 patches B1–B27; settings, calibration, song order, synthesized drum kits and DX-bank setup. At risk by itself, under a condition: user sample USR1. At risk when you act: section A; section B; section C; section D; working loop; user sample USR2; user sample USR3; user sample USR4 (damaged (part written over)); DX7 bank 1 (32 voices); DX7 bank 2 (32 voices); DX7 bank 3 (32 voices); DX7 bank 4 (32 voices); DX7 bank 5 (32 voices); DX7 bank 6 (32 voices); DX7 bank 7 (32 voices); DX7 bank 8 (32 voices); DX7 bank 9 (32 voices); DX7 bank 10 (32 voices); DX7 bank 11 (32 voices); DX7 bank 12 (32 voices); user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32. After PIGEON replaces DX7 Banks’ saved settings, returning to DX7 Banks erases DX banks 1–8 at its first start without asking, including your own banks 5–8. Back up your DX banks before switching. PIGEON reads user sample USR1 until you write over the saved data. Sample audio can be read. Loops and slices may play differently. PIGEON reads user sample USR2 until you write over the saved data. Sample audio can be read. Loops and slices may play differently. PIGEON reads user sample USR3 until you write over the saved data. Sample audio can be read. Loops and slices may play differently. PIGEON keeps stored but does not show user sounds 1–16 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 17–32 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 by itself, under a condition: DX7 bank 7 (32 voices); DX7 bank 8 (32 voices); DX7 bank 9 (32 voices); DX7 bank 10 (32 voices); DX7 bank 11 (32 voices); DX7 bank 12 (32 voices). At risk when you act: user sample USR4; DX7 bank 1 (32 voices); DX7 bank 2 (32 voices); DX7 bank 3 (32 voices); DX7 bank 4 (32 voices); settings, calibration, song order, synthesized drum kits and DX-bank setup; user sample USR1; user sample USR2; user sample USR3; user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32; FM6 patches B1–B27. Carried over: working loop (Only the working project is imported. It may play differently. Saved SLOOP sections are not imported). After FM1 Move replaces DX7 Banks’ saved settings, returning to DX7 Banks erases DX banks 1–8 at its first start without asking, including your own banks 5–8. Back up your DX banks before switching. Move blocks ordinary project saves and autosaves while it still recognizes the old fourth sample. Direct project restores and clear commands can still erase it. Move's normal sample backup does not include that fourth sample. FM1 Move reads user sample USR1 until you write over the saved data. Slice marks set by hand are not loaded. Loop modes follow this firmware's playback rules. FM1 Move reads user sample USR2 until you write over the saved data. Slice marks set by hand are not loaded. Loop modes follow this firmware's playback rules. FM1 Move reads user sample USR3 until you write over the saved data. Slice marks set by hand are not loaded. Loop modes follow this firmware's playback rules. FM1 Move reads user sounds 1–16 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 17–32 until you write over the saved data. Shared older sounds may play differently because engines or sound controls mean different things. FM1 Move reads FM6 patches B1–B27 until you write over the saved data. The FM6 patch bank is shared. The project and its links to user sounds are not transferred. FM1 Move reads user sample USR4 until you write over the saved data. Slice marks set by hand are not loaded. Loop modes follow this firmware's playback rules.
  • FM1 Quest: 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.
  • Groove OS: Possibly at risk: settings, calibration, song order, synthesized drum kits and DX-bank setup; section A; section B; section C; section D; user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32; working loop; FM6 patches B1–B27; user sample USR1; user sample USR2; user sample USR3; user sample USR4; DX7 bank 1 (32 voices); DX7 bank 2 (32 voices); DX7 bank 3 (32 voices); DX7 bank 4 (32 voices); DX7 bank 5 (32 voices); DX7 bank 6 (32 voices); DX7 bank 7 (32 voices); DX7 bank 8 (32 voices); DX7 bank 9 (32 voices); DX7 bank 10 (32 voices); DX7 bank 11 (32 voices); DX7 bank 12 (32 voices). 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 SLOOP DX7 Banks's data: Felucca lists SLOOP DX7 Banks's user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32; user sample USR1; user sample USR2; user sample USR3, 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); Rainbow Mode lists SLOOP DX7 Banks's user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32; user sample USR1; user sample USR2; user sample USR3, 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); Felucca [Salt] lists SLOOP DX7 Banks's user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32; user sample USR1; user sample USR2; user sample USR3, 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); WaveLoop FM-1 lists SLOOP DX7 Banks's user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32; user sample USR1; user sample USR2, 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); WaveLoop FM-1 reads and uses SLOOP DX7 Banks's user sample USR1; user sample USR2 (Saved samples may have no slice positions set by you); SLOOP takes over SLOOP DX7 Banks's settings, calibration, song order, synthesized drum kits and DX-bank setup; section A; section B; section C; section D; working loop, converting them (Saving settings can change DX7 Banks’ saved count of banks already set up because SLOOP uses those saved options for different playing settings. Returning to DX7 Banks with a missing or incomplete count can erase DX banks at start-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 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); SLOOP reads and uses SLOOP DX7 Banks's FM6 patches B1–B27; user sample USR1; user sample USR2; user sample USR3; user sample USR4 (Audio loads only if it fits this slot. Sending to or erasing this slot replaces it); sloopDX takes over SLOOP DX7 Banks's settings, calibration, song order, synthesized drum kits and DX-bank setup, converting them (A settings save drops the source firmware’s synthesized drum kits and any saved MIDI controls stored after them. Favourite and display-option numbers can also mean different things); sloopDX lists SLOOP DX7 Banks's user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32, 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 Floyd FM takes over SLOOP DX7 Banks's settings, calibration, song order, synthesized drum kits and DX-bank setup, converting them (Saving settings keeps only the older colour, display, calibration and song-order choices. The saved copy lacks newer light options, drum kits, MIDI controls and separately saved options. After Floyd saves settings, DX7 Banks has no saved count of banks already set up when you return. It erases DX banks 1–8 at its first start. Back up your DX banks before switching); SLOOP Floyd FM 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. A saved FM6 sound in engine 9 becomes a FLOYD sound); SLOOP Floyd FM reads and uses SLOOP DX7 Banks's user sample USR1; user sample USR2; user sample USR3 (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); 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); JIANT takes over SLOOP DX7 Banks's user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32, 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 SLOOP DX7 Banks's user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32, 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 SLOOP DX7 Banks's user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32, but plays them differently; GHOULBOX reads and uses SLOOP DX7 Banks's user sample USR1; user sample USR2; user sample USR3; fm1-chord takes over SLOOP DX7 Banks's user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32, 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 SLOOP DX7 Banks's user sample USR1; user sample USR2; user sample USR3 (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 SLOOP DX7 Banks's user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32; user sample USR1; user sample USR2; user sample USR3 (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 SLOOP DX7 Banks's user sample USR1; user sample USR2; user sample USR3; Skiff lists SLOOP DX7 Banks's user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32, but plays them differently (The same saved sound format does not guarantee the same sound or pattern playback); Skiff reads and uses SLOOP DX7 Banks's user sample USR1; user sample USR2; user sample USR3 (Skiff uses its own sound engines, so saved loops or slices can play differently); Hortator lists SLOOP DX7 Banks's user sample USR1; user sample USR2; user sample USR3, but plays them differently (Hortator uses its own one-shot sound engines, so saved loops and slices play differently); ORBIT takes over SLOOP DX7 Banks's settings, calibration, song order, synthesized drum kits and DX-bank setup; section A; section B; section C; section D; user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32; working loop, converting them (The next settings save adds ORBIT’s MIDI controls. DX7 Banks can then no longer load its saved synthesized drum kits from that copy of the settings. It can still read shared settings and song order; 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 SLOOP DX7 Banks's FM6 patches B1–B27; user sample USR1; user sample USR2; user sample USR3; user sample USR4 (The FM6 patch bank is shared. The project and its links to user sounds are not transferred; Slice marks set by hand are not loaded. Loop modes follow this firmware's playback rules); PIGEON reads and uses SLOOP DX7 Banks's user sample USR1; user sample USR2; user sample USR3 (Sample audio can be read. Loops and slices may play differently); winampFM Synth takes over SLOOP DX7 Banks's section A; section B; section C; section D; working loop, converting them (Engines and sound controls can mean different things. Saved music can pass the same checks and still sound different); winampFM Synth lists SLOOP DX7 Banks's user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32, but plays them differently (Shared older sounds may play differently because engines or sound controls mean different things); winampFM Synth reads and uses SLOOP DX7 Banks's FM6 patches B1–B27; user sample USR1; user sample USR2; user sample USR3; user sample USR4 (The FM6 patch bank is shared. The project and its links to user sounds are not transferred; Slice marks set by hand are not loaded. Loop modes follow this firmware's playback rules); FM1 Move lists SLOOP DX7 Banks's user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32; working loop, 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 SLOOP DX7 Banks's FM6 patches B1–B27; user sample USR1; user sample USR2; user sample USR3; user sample USR4 (The FM6 patch bank is shared. The project and its links to user sounds are not transferred; Slice marks set by hand are not loaded. Loop modes follow this firmware's playback rules); X0X lists SLOOP DX7 Banks's user sample USR1; user sample USR2; user sample USR3, 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); 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.; winampFM Synth reads shared settings and calibration; the next settings write can discard preferences or music setup it does not retain.. What SLOOP DX7 Banks reads of other firmwares' data: SLOOP DX7 Banks reads and uses Felucca's user sample slot USR1; user sample slot USR2; user sample slot USR3 (Samples play only if they pass the check and their zones fit this slot. Sending to or erasing this slot replaces the sample. Extra slice markers are not used); SLOOP DX7 Banks takes over SLOOP's settings, calibration, song order, SYN1-4 kits, MIDI LEARN, theme and favourites, converting them (Saving settings removes SLOOP’s learned MIDI controls, theme and favourites. Its drum kits load only if MIDI controls were left at their defaults. DX7 Banks can read SLOOP’s KNOB ACCEL, USB RATE, theme and recording options as a different count of banks already set up); SLOOP DX7 Banks lists SLOOP's user sounds U01-U16; user sounds U17-U32, but plays them differently (Saved sounds can play differently here. Saving another slot keeps them. Replacing their slots or restoring the whole bank removes them. Sounds that use separate voice banks also need those banks); SLOOP DX7 Banks reads and uses SLOOP's FM6 patch bank B1-B27; user sample slot USR1; user sample slot USR2; user sample slot USR3; user sample slot USR4 (Saving over a patch replaces it; other saved patches in this bank are kept; Samples play only if they pass the check and their zones fit this slot. Sending to or erasing this slot replaces the sample. Extra slice markers are not used); SLOOP DX7 Banks reads and uses X0X's break loops slot 1; break loops slot 2; break loops slot 3 (Samples play only if they pass the check and their zones fit this slot. Sending to or erasing this slot replaces the sample. Extra slice markers are not used); SLOOP DX7 Banks reads and uses GHOULBOX's user sample slot USR1; user sample slot USR2; user sample slot USR3 (Samples play only if they pass the check and their zones fit this slot. Sending to or erasing this slot replaces the sample. Extra slice markers are not used); SLOOP DX7 Banks takes over Hortator's settings and panel calibration, converting them; SLOOP DX7 Banks reads and uses Hortator's user samples USR1; user samples USR2; user samples USR3 (Samples play only if they pass the check and their zones fit this slot. Sending to or erasing this slot replaces the sample. Extra slice markers are not used); SLOOP DX7 Banks reads and uses Skiff's user sample USR1; user sample USR2; user sample USR3 (Samples play only if they pass the check and their zones fit this slot. Sending to or erasing this slot replaces the sample. Extra slice markers are not used); SLOOP DX7 Banks takes over sloopDX's settings, calibration, song order, MIDI, theme and favourites, converting them (Saving settings removes sloopDX’s extra MIDI controls, theme and favourites. It saves this beta’s own drum kits and count of banks already set up. DX7 Banks can read sloopDX’s KNOB ACCEL, USB RATE, theme and recording options as a different count of banks already set up); SLOOP DX7 Banks reads and uses Rainbow Mode's 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 (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 and uses MAKU's inherited user sample 1; inherited user sample 2; inherited user sample 3 (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 and uses fm1-chord's uploaded sample USR1 and optional SLICE markers; uploaded sample USR2 and optional SLICE markers; uploaded sample USR3 and optional SLICE markers (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 and uses Jangada's user samples USR1; user samples USR2; user samples USR3 (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 and uses WaveLoop FM-1's user sample USR1; user sample USR2 (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 takes over ORBIT's settings, calibration, song order, SYN1-SYN4 kits and MIDI preferences, converting them (A settings save writes this beta’s drum kits and count of DX banks it has set up, dropping the source firmware’s MIDI controls or theme and favourites. Drum kits load only if the saved settings include the kits without an added MIDI-control block. DX7 Banks can mistake the saved MIDI-input channel for an older count of DX banks it has set up); SLOOP DX7 Banks reads and uses ORBIT's FM6 bank B1-B27; sample slot USR1; sample slot USR2; sample slot USR3; sample slot USR4 (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 and uses SLOOP Floyd FM's settings, panel calibration and song order; user sample slot USR1; user sample slot USR2; user sample slot USR3 (Floyd has no saved count of the DX banks DX7 Banks has set up. At start-up, DX7 Banks erases DX banks 1–8 and saves a new count; 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 takes over SLOOP Floyd FM's song section A; song section B; song section C; song section D; working loop kept by autosave, converting them (Once you save this section, its notes and timing use the new format. The previous firmware cannot open that saved copy. FLOYD parts become FM6 sounds. Separate live envelope changes (how each note changes over time) were never saved; Once the working loop is saved automatically, its notes and timing use the new format. The previous firmware cannot open that saved copy. FLOYD parts become FM6 sounds. Separate live envelope changes (how each note changes over time) were never saved); SLOOP DX7 Banks lists SLOOP Floyd FM'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. FLOYD sounds become FM6 sounds. Separate live envelope changes (how each note changes over time) were never saved); SLOOP DX7 Banks takes over winampFM Synth's settings, panel calibration, song order, SYN kits and MIDI, converting them (A settings save writes this beta’s drum kits and count of DX banks it has set up, dropping the source firmware’s MIDI controls or theme and favourites. Drum kits load only if the saved settings include the kits without an added MIDI-control block. DX7 Banks can mistake the saved MIDI-input channel for an older count of DX banks it has set up); SLOOP DX7 Banks 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); SLOOP DX7 Banks reads and uses winampFM Synth's FM6 bank B1-B27; sample USR1; sample USR2; sample USR3; sample USR4 (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 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); SLOOP DX7 Banks 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); SLOOP DX7 Banks reads and uses Felucca [Salt]'s user sample USR1; user sample USR2; user sample USR3 (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 and uses PIGEON's user sample USR1 in the older format; user sample USR2 in the older format; user sample USR3 in the older format (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 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); SLOOP DX7 Banks reads and uses FM1 Move's FM6 bank B1–B27; sample slot USR1; sample slot USR2; sample slot USR3 (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 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). 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.

Back up with the firmware that made your work before switching or starting this build. See the switching advice in Before you switch firmware.

This build stores the working loop, four sections, 32 user sounds, the editable twenty-seven-patch FM6 bank, twelve DX7 banks, four sample slots, SYN1–4 kits, song order and panel settings; the changed working loop autosaves after stopped, quiet time rather than at power-off, and live section stores wait for stopped, quiet time too. Every normal start checks saved bank information; if it is missing, banks 1–8 are erased without asking, including voices you loaded in banks 5–8; inherited settings can instead cause banks 1–4 or as many as banks 1–11 to be erased, and affected sounds then play INIT VOICE.

It shares SLOOP’s project, sound and settings locations, but cannot open SLOOP 2.7.1 sections or its working loop; the first idle autosave writes the other copy, and the second successful alternating save can physically replace the retained newest SLOOP copy; on return, newer SLOOP can select this build’s replacement loop after the first save while the older copy remains; section saves can replace unreadable sections without treating them as used, and saving this build’s projects in newer SLOOP makes them unreadable here.

The parent’s twenty-seven-patch FM6 bank has the same format; matching user sounds can be read with older parameter meanings, while newer fields are ignored; matching samples in USR1–3 can be read, but newer release-loop behaviour differs; USR4 is smaller here, so a large old sample is rejected and its tail can be cleared when banks are claimed; parent settings are only partly understood, some bits get different meanings, and MIDI options, theme and favourites are lost when this build rewrites settings; SYN kits survive only when the parent’s settings have the expected older size.

A settings-dependent bank erase can recur on any normal start, affecting this build’s own loaded voices and other saved work without asking. See the switching advice in Before you switch firmware for the affected saved work.

Restore asks once, then commits present objects one by one; absent objects remain and present empty slots are cleared where supported, while the working loop is applied now and autosaved later; a failure can leave a partial restore, and there is no whole-device undo; newer SLOOP backups are unsafe here because MIDI or theme records can be mistaken for old DX7 banks after earlier banks and kits have already been written, and newer project records also fail later in the restore. Restoring settings from SLOOP 2.5 or an older fork can remove the bank information even after voices were restored; the next start can erase those voices again without asking; use the recovery steps below.

Before leaving this build, save a backup made here after a successful normal start and export your DX7 banks; another firmware’s settings writes, or restoring SLOOP 2.5 or a fork backup from before bank information was saved, can make the next start erase banks again; after returning and letting startup finish, restore that backup made here, including its voices and settings. An older SLOOP upload to its larger USR4 can overwrite DX7 voices, and saving projects in newer SLOOP can make them unreadable here; other firmwares can write at startup or automatically before any SAVE press. Back up before switching. See the switching advice in Before you switch firmware. SLOOP DX7 Banks’ section saves, SONG REC writes, section restores and automatic section writes after a warm reset and automatic writes of pending sections before updates or resets, user-sound saves, sends to the FM-1, erases and restores, including selected DX7 voices, and USR1 sample sends to the FM-1, erases and restores can also replace ChoralRoot’s legacy sounds 1–32, VA patches, FM6 patches 1–32, CZ patches 1–32 and FM TONE patches, kept for returning to ChoralRoot 0.21 or older.

Installing this build

The installer can replace the previous firmware’s saved work while programming this build, before the first start, without a separate saved-work question.

See the switching advice in Before you switch firmware for the affected saved work.

Installer cleanup after an update

After a successful update, the loader erases a block only when it ends in a valid update record, without asking. Saved music does not hold that record, so this cleanup leaves it alone.

Starting with leftover update data

If either update-area probe is occupied, startup erases the whole update area without a question; data elsewhere in that area alone does not trigger it.

See the switching advice in Before you switch firmware for the affected saved work.

Any start with missing, older or misinterpreted bank information

Every normal start checks saved bank information; if it is missing, banks 1–8 are erased without asking, including voices you loaded in banks 5–8; inherited settings can instead cause banks 1–4 or as many as banks 1–11 to be erased, and affected sounds then play INIT VOICE. Before leaving this build, save a backup made here after a successful normal start and export your DX7 banks; another firmware’s settings writes, or restoring SLOOP 2.5 or a fork backup from before bank information was saved, can make the next start erase banks again; after returning and letting startup finish, restore that backup made here, including its voices and settings.

This includes this build’s own voices in banks 1–8 by default, including user-loaded banks 5–8; the worst inherited count clears banks 1–11, covering D1–D352, and sounds referring to erased voices play INIT VOICE.

See the switching advice in Before you switch firmware for the affected saved work.

Settings saved after claiming banks

On any normal start after a successful bank claim or an old-claim migration, startup writes one settings copy without asking; a surviving older copy may remain, but the next save can replace it too.

See the switching advice in Before you switch firmware for the affected saved work.

First and later working-loop autosaves

An unreadable or missing working loop can be replaced by defaults automatically, without a question, once stopped and quiet with 2.5 seconds of input idle and at least 20 seconds since boot or the last attempt; later changed-loop saves alternate between its two copies.

See the switching advice in Before you switch firmware for the affected saved work.

Any later settings save

These settings saves can replace other firmwares’ work without a foreign-work question: menu close, calibration followed by menu close, power-on calibration even if cancelled, system or record options, visualiser style, song order, SYN kit stores and settings restore; FX KEEP writes immediately even during playback, while deferred changes wait for stopped and quiet time.

See the switching advice in Before you switch firmware for the affected saved work.

Saving or restoring a project section

A project save replaces its chosen section at once while stopped; a live section store replaces its RAM copy now and writes it after stopped, quiet time; a readable used section asks for a repeat only on the live and SONG-screen routes, while foreign unreadable sections can look empty; undo cannot recover a replaced section.

See the switching advice in Before you switch firmware for the affected saved work.

Saving, erasing, renaming or restoring user sounds

Panel save or erase asks for a second rightward click, then writes the affected sixteen-sound bank immediately while stopped; a used slot gets no extra question and no undo; a browser restore can replace a whole bank.

See the switching advice in Before you switch firmware for the affected saved work.

Storing or restoring the editable FM6 bank

An editor bank store or restore rewrites one copy of the twenty-seven-patch bank; the device adds no foreign-work question or undo, and an absent backup bank stays untouched.

See the switching advice in Before you switch firmware for the affected saved work.

Sending, erasing or restoring samples

A sample send asks in the browser, erases the header block and replaces further blocks as audio arrives; erase or a present empty backup sample clears the whole selected slot, without undo; a short upload need not touch the whole slot.

See the switching advice in Before you switch firmware for the affected saved work.

Writing or erasing a DX7 bank

A bank operation clears and optionally rewrites one whole bank at once, without a spare copy or undo; the browser asks before a destructive edit or replacement of occupied voices, but not before a move to a free slot; a full destination refuses the move.

See the switching advice in Before you switch firmware for the affected saved work.

The editor filling an empty factory bank

The default editor option fills empty banks 1–4 after reading the unit, without a question, once its factory download passes validation; banks already containing usable voices are skipped and the option can be turned off.

See the switching advice in Before you switch firmware for the affected saved work.

Restoring a whole backup

The browser asks once for the restore, then writes present objects separately; absent objects stay untouched and an empty present object clears the corresponding slot where supported; a later failure can leave earlier objects replaced, without whole-device undo.

See the switching advice in Before you switch firmware for the affected saved work.

Sending another firmware update

A host update, including one in USB rescue, erases and writes the update area without a separate foreign-work question; normal update paths first flush this firmware’s pending music.

See the switching advice in Before you switch firmware for the affected saved work.

Calibrating the panel

Power-on calibration can write settings even after its idle cancellation; menu calibration saves when the menu closes; there is no separate foreign-work question, and a write reaching another firmware’s saved work can make it disappear or default on return.

See the switching advice in Before you switch firmware for the affected saved work.

The risks depend on what is stored where this firmware writes, including partial loss; a surviving older copy can still load until it too is replaced, while some readers use defaults instead of trying an older readable copy after rejecting the newest record’s contents. Stock and Baud Girl internals remain uncertain. See the switching advice in Before you switch firmware. Back up with the firmware that made your work before switching.

• PRESETS kind knob: An older guide table leaves the third PRESETS knob unused. KNOB 3 changes kind or DX7 bank.
• FM6 patch choices: The older FM6 table describes factory and B-bank choices only. PTCH also reaches D1–D384; an empty or invalid D voice gives INIT VOICE.
• Keeping effects: One guide sentence sends the owner to FILTER and its second knob for KEEP. The final table and handler put PHONE, TAPE, HALF and RESET on the separate KEEP page.
• Drum track filter page: The older SLOOP reference places the FILTER page on synth and drum tracks; a page-table comment says the same, while the guide’s detailed drum-page list agrees with the handler. This FILTER page is rejected on the drum track; FX held with KNOB 4 can still set that track’s filter.
• Undo after clear: The guide says undo can recover a cleared track without spelling out which edits return. Undo restores notes and pattern length only; cleared locks, nudges and fill conditions stay gone.
• USR4 sample capacity: The older sample summaries give every slot the same roughly 7.4-second capacity. USR1–3 remain about 7.4 seconds each at 22 kHz mono, but USR4 is about 2.9 seconds here; its smaller capacity also reduces a combined USR3+4 kit.
• Which empty banks fill automatically: The DX7 guide says every empty bank is filled when the editor connects. The automatic factory fill considers banks 1–4; banks 5–12 require the owner to load voices.
• Sample preservation when updating: The README broadly promises that updating keeps samples. An old USR4 sample larger than this build’s capacity is rejected, and the bank-claim erase can remove audio from its former tail without asking.

• No hardware was used: key timing, audio quality, flash endurance and interrupted-write recovery were not measured.
• Closed stock and Baud Girl storage internals and effects of third-party installers remain unestablished beyond the supplied atlas evidence; see the storage fragment.

Mapped from majnikool/sloop-fm1 at v2.5-b28-test (c741193), 2026-10-17. An independent checker found zero errors in round 4 (2026-10-17). These behaviours were read in source, not measured on a unit; citations are in [sloopbanks.json](sloopbanks.json). Code licence: GPL-3.0-only, confirmed in LICENSE and README. Fork by majnikool, based on SLOOP by isod89 and Felucca by Leo Kuroshita. This independent guide uses Les’s own wording and is not affiliated with those projects or M-VAVE.