sloopDX

General controls

These defaults apply except where a specific page or held layer gives the control another job.

Playing a synth track

The keys play the selected DX7 part; scales, chord mode, OMNI and held layers can replace their ordinary note jobs.

Playing the drum track

The 16 white keys play the 16 drum sounds; each black key doubles the white key just left of it. OCT- and OCT+ held make hits ghost or hard.

Chord mode

White keys play scale chords and black keys are silent; there are no held black-key chord modifiers.

Keyboard hold

Notes or chords keep sounding after their keys are released; with no keys physically held, the next press replaces them; switching HOLD off releases them.

TRACKS screen

The performance view: tempo, transport, the four tracks with their steps and levels, and four dials (swing, level, steps, pan).

OMNI chord harp

Black keys choose and play chords; white keys play successive strings across the current chord, and either kind can record.

Edits take effect in the bank held in memory, including sounding notes. Editing a factory voice first uses a slot named INIT VOICE; a full bank refuses until Copy To chooses a destination. Temporary operator On and Solo switches are separate from stored voice edits. SAVE writes the bank without asking again; Store requires two EDIT taps.

DX7 list: all levels

SELECT chooses rows, ALGORITHM edits them, PRESETS visits operators, and edits affect the bank in RAM until a bank write.

DX7 top list

Voice, Bank, Algorithm, Feedback, Osc Sync, Transpose, six operators, Pitch Env, LFO, Name, Copy To, Init Voice, Store and More Pages.

DX7 algorithm diagram

First turn reveals the diagram; later turns change the algorithm, and SELECT returns to the list.

DX7 OP1

Operator on/solo, output, tuning, envelope, velocity, amplitude modulation and key scaling.

DX7 OP2

Operator on/solo, output, tuning, envelope, velocity, amplitude modulation and key scaling.

DX7 OP3

Operator on/solo, output, tuning, envelope, velocity, amplitude modulation and key scaling.

DX7 OP4

Operator on/solo, output, tuning, envelope, velocity, amplitude modulation and key scaling.

DX7 OP5

Operator on/solo, output, tuning, envelope, velocity, amplitude modulation and key scaling.

DX7 OP6

Operator on/solo, output, tuning, envelope, velocity, amplitude modulation and key scaling.

DX7 Pitch Env

SELECT chooses a row and ALGORITHM changes its value in the bank in RAM.

DX7 LFO

SELECT chooses a row and ALGORITHM changes its value in the bank in RAM.

DX7 Name

SELECT chooses a row and ALGORITHM changes its value in the bank in RAM.

On drums, ENV, LFO, SEL, synth EDIT/VOICE, SENDS, DIST and the sound-browser pages are inactive; CHORUS, DELAY and REVERB still expose their shared controls, with the first column inactive; SLICER, INSERT, PATTERN, TRACKS and global pages work.

A button’s pages

Four values per page; SELECT stays tempo, while EDIT’s DX7 list has its own navigation.

ENV

KNOB 1–4: ATK, DEC, SUS, REL.

ENV DEST

KNOB 1–4: ENV FILTER, ENV PITCH, ENV SHAPE, ESYNC.

LFO

KNOB 1–4: LFO RATE, LFO WAVE, LFO PHASE, LFO FADE.

LFO 2

KNOB 1–4: LFO SYNC, LFO TRIG, LFO POL, -.

LFO DEST

KNOB 1–4: LFO PITCH, LFO FILTER, LFO SHAPE, LFO AMP.

SENDS

KNOB 1–4: DIST SEND, CHO SEND, DLY SEND, REV SEND.

DIST

KNOB 1–4: DIST DRIVE, DIST TONE, DIST TYPE, DIST MIX.

CHORUS

KNOB 1–4: CHO SEND, CHO RATE, CHO DEPTH, CHO MIX.

DELAY

KNOB 1–4: DLY SEND, DLY TIME, DLY FEEDBACK, DLY MIX.

REVERB

KNOB 1–4: REV SEND, REV SIZE, REV DAMP, REV PRE.

SLICER

KNOB 1–4: SLICE MODE, SLICE PAT, SLICE RATE, SLICE DEPTH.

INSERT

KNOB 1–4: INSERT TYPE, INSERT A, INSERT B, INSERT C.

INSERT 2

KNOB 1–4: INSERT MIX, -, -, -.

SEL

KNOB 1–4: ROOT, SCALE, KEYS, CHORD.

SEL 2

KNOB 1–4: TRANSPOSE, -, -, -.

DX7 VOICE quick page

KNOB 1–4: VOICE, BRITE, ATK, DEC.

DX7 SHAPE quick page

KNOB 1–4: REL, FDBK, CUT, RESO.

VOICE track page

KNOB 1–4: VOICE MODE, GLIDE, GLIDE MODE, PRIORITY.

VOICE 2 track page

KNOB 1–4: ALLOC, DETUNE, PAN, MUTE.

GRID keys play drum sounds. Hold SEQ to use keys as steps. Lane knob edits are heard on later hits; the knobs do not audition them. A step holds only one drum lane’s TUNE/DECAY lock, so another lane’s lock replaces it.

DRUMS GRID

A drum grid edited with knobs; the keys continue to play drums here.

DRUMS KIT

Choose one of five kits and set level, drive and compression; two SAVE taps write MY KIT.

Drum LANE: tone

The last-played drum lane’s TUNE, DECAY, SWEEP and BRIGHT offsets.

Drum LANE: mix

Per-lane NOISE, LEVEL, PAN and CHOKE offsets.

Drum LANE: reverb and dice

Per-lane reverb, an empty column and two confirmed dice actions.

A layer locked open

Releasing the layer button leaves its controls active. PLAY and REC still operate, as do the two octave buttons; pressing another button exits the layer without carrying out that button’s usual action.

FX punch-in layer

All twenty-seven keys hold effects on the mix; knobs set master filter, DUST and DUCK, with KNOB 4 inactive.

EDIT erase layer

Keys erase notes or drum hits, while knobs shift, resize or transpose the pattern; drum locks stay at their old positions and undo covers notes and length.

EDIT layer, drum mute mode

White keys toggle live drum mutes without removing hits; any black key toggles between mute and erase. Releasing EDIT keeps that choice for the next hold. The mutes are not saved.

ARP layer (note repeat)

A held key repeats in time at the roll RATE (KNOB 1); while recording, rolls are written as ratchets.

SEQ layer

White keys edit 16 steps on the selected page; the first eight black keys choose pages when long enough, and OCT−/OCT+ cycle pages.

SEQ with step keys held

Edit pitches, velocity or hit level and ratchets; drums add one lane’s TUNE/DECAY lock per step, while synths have no general parameter locks or nudges.

SEL layer (key and chords)

Any key sets the song's key; the knobs set chord type, scale, KEYS mode and transpose.

GLO mix layer

White keys 1–4 mute tracks, 5–8 solo them and 16 taps tempo; F#3 starts MIDI LEARN, and there are no fill or bar-jump keys.

SAVE layer (song)

Keys 1 to 4 call up sections A to D (tap several during one hold to chain them); keys 5 to 8 save the current loop as section A to D; key 13 toggles loop or song mode; key 14 records a song from the sections you play; key 16 goes to the SONG screen.

SEQ STEP page (synth tracks)

Step entry one step at a time: the keys write the step under the cursor, the knobs move the cursor and shape the step.

PATTERN

KNOB 1–4: STEPS, DIV, TRACK SWING, GATE.

ARP

KNOB 1–4: ARP MODE, ARP RATE, ARP OCT, ARP GATE.

ARP 2

KNOB 1–4: ARP SWING, ARP PROB, ARP HOLD, ARP ORDER.

SONG screen

Up to sixteen song entries, each naming a section and its bar length.

SAVE pages

PRESETS, USER, SECTION and TOOLS; the DX7 list uses SAVE to store its bank instead.

PRESETS does nothing on USER, SECTION and TOOLS.

SAVE PRESETS

Browse voices with KNOB 1; KNOB 2 reloads the first preset of the sole DX7 engine, and KNOB 4 adds or removes favourites.

SAVE > USER page

The 32 user sound slots: pick one, then load, erase or save with two clicks each; saving and erasing require stopped transport.

SAVE > SECTION page

The four song sections A-D: erase, load or save with two clicks, only while stopped.

SAVE > TOOLS page

Clear the pattern, reset the sound, or start a new working loop; sections A-D stay stored; each action needs two clicks.

MIDI REMOTE holds buttons just like the panel: CC 102 FX, 103 SEL, 104 ENV, 105 LFO, 106 EDIT, 107 GLO, 108 HOME, 109 SAVE, 110 ARP, 111 SEQ, 112 PLAY, 113 REC, 114 OCT− and 115 OCT+. Values 64–127 hold; 0–63 release. A TRS cable disconnect does not release held remote buttons: send releases or turn REMOTE off before unplugging, since a stuck REC can clear a track. USB disconnection clears remote holds.

GLOBAL

KNOB 1–4: BPM, SWING, CLICK, TUNE.

MASTER

KNOB 1–4: DUST, DUCK, MASTER FILT, ROLL RATE.

SYSTEM

KNOB 1–4: MIDI OUT, SYNC, MIDI IN, CPU.

DRUMS settings

KNOB 1–4: DRUM CH, DRUM LEVEL, DRUM REVERB, DRUM DELAY.

MIDI

KNOB 1–4: CH1, CH2, CH3, CH4.

MIDI 2

KNOB 1–4: MIDI IN, OTHER, MIDI OUT, BEND.

MIDI 3

KNOB 1–4: FX CH, DR MAP, REMOTE, CLOCK OUT.

Incoming MIDI Program Change

TEXTURE

KNOB 1–4: TEXTURE SRC, TEXTURE LVL, TEXTURE TONE, TEXTURE MOVE.

TEXTURE 2

KNOB 1–4: TEXTURE RATE, TEXTURE WHEN, TEXTURE DUCK, -.

HOME menu

Four sections: SCREEN (colour or custom theme, zoom, knob acceleration), LIGHTS (button glow, key glow, played notes), AUDIO (speaker low cut, USB audio level, USB rate and USB SERIAL), SYSTEM (second core, hardware calibration, MIDI LEARN clear and version info).

ABOUT

Version, credits, processor status and FACTORY RESET; while stopped, press OCT+ then repeat before its warning clears to erase managed flash and reboot, but sections A–D survive in retained memory and are written again when quiet.

Hardware calibration

Teaches the firmware which physical button and knob is which: press each button and turn each knob right as named. 30 s with no input cancels and keeps the old table.

USB rescue

A minimal mode with audio off that only waits for a reinstall from the browser installer.

Update-mode countdown

A countdown begins after 2 s and update mode starts after 5 s; it flushes pending sections, song/settings and the changed working loop, but unstored bank edits, MY KIT edits and favourites alone remain unsaved, and releasing either button cancels entry.

• Autosave needs changed loop data, stopped transport, no armed recording or take, no open menu, quiet voices, 2.5 seconds without input and at least 20 seconds since the previous attempt; power-off itself does not save.
• SAVE plus white keys 5–8 captures a section immediately in memory, confirms only over a readable occupied section, then writes after playback stops, voices are quiet and input has been idle for 1.5 seconds; the SECTION page saves immediately while stopped after two right turns.
• Closing HOME’s menu saves changed device settings and favourites immediately while stopped, or queues them during playback. MIDI LEARN, REC MODE/START, SYNC, OUT and IN NOTES/CLOCK changes also schedule a write; HOME’s LEARN CLEAR does too when there are learned mappings to remove. Scheduled writes wait until stopped, quiet and idle for 1.5 seconds, with at least 5 seconds between attempts. CH1–CH4, OTHER, BEND and MIDI 3 edits revert at power-off; IN set to a channel comes back as CLOCK.
• The working-loop autosave does not store edited DX7 bank bytes or MY KIT; use bank SAVE and SAVE KIT, or a backup that captures their active in-memory contents.
• FACTORY RESET erases both flash copies of each managed object and reboots without undo; erase failures are not displayed, sections A–D survive in retained memory and are rewritten after restart once stopped and quiet, and the working-loop autosave later resumes.

MIDI persistence fault: CH1–CH4, OTHER, BEND, FX CH, DR MAP, REMOTE and CLK OUT edits revert at power-off; the backup holds their previously stored values, and IN set to a channel comes back as CLOCK and ignores incoming notes.

Before update mode, store edited DX7 banks, use SAVE KIT for MY KIT and close HOME’s menu while stopped to commit favourites; update entry does not perform those saves, and unsaved edits disappear at the next start.

• Back up first. In the web editor’s Projects tab, Save a backup reads the unit and downloads its working loop, four sections, thirty-two user presets, settings, active DX7 bank and MY KIT, plus a non-default MIDI appendix and installed theme; learned CC mappings and SYNC, OUT and IN NOTES/CLOCK choices are included, but panel edits to CH1–CH4, OTHER, BEND, FX CH, DR MAP, REMOTE and CLK OUT are missing, so note those separately, store bank edits first, select each bank and save a separate backup, and note favourites because these and the selected-bank number are absent.

Back up with the firmware that made the work BEFORE the first sloopDX start, and back up sloopDX before leaving it. See the switching advice in this section.

• 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 sloopDX does to the firmware you had before.
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  install (sloopDX loader): Program sectors are compared, changed sectors erased/programmed and verified; header/SPL are not rewritten by this loader (validated package transfer). install (update-record cleanup): Scans sector tails for update records and erases only a sector with a valid update record. Ordinary saved data is not an update record (After an install, erases 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’s staging-record sector 0xE4000 and, on a first install from stock, stock’s record sector 0xE8000. Saved music does not hold that record and is not at risk from this cleanup. This loader does not skip 0x97000–0xDFFFF). every start-up (staging cleanup): Erases all five staging sectors if any byte in the first 4 at E0000 or first 8 at E4F00 is not FF; the probes do not validate ownership and unrelated occupied bytes elsewhere alone do not trigger it (one of the two probes is nonblank). update while leaving sloopDX: Erases staging sectors, programs incoming loader and writes update record at E4F00; failed update path erases the same staging area (an installer starts the update handshake). first ordinary start-up: Startup reads managed stores without unconditional default initialization; an inherited IN CH n schedules an automatic settings rewrite at the first eligible stopped/quiet point (>=1.5 seconds input idle, >=5 seconds since zero/previous attempt). With no accepted working-loop payload, defaults can autosave after 20 seconds uptime, >=2.5 seconds input idle, stopped/no armed take/no menu/quiet; no edit or question is needed (normal startup; calibration boot is a separate deliberate path).

  • Stock V15: Possibly at risk: stock settings (and possibly patterns).
  • Baud Girl FM-1+VA: Possibly at risk: Baud Girl presets (128); Baud Girl patterns (16, with locks).
  • Felucca: At risk by itself: FM6 patches of the FM6 user presets; user sample slot USR2; settings, button calibration, favourites, MIDI LEARN map. At risk by itself, under a condition: user sample slot USR1. At risk when you act: project slot A; project slot B; project slot C; project slot D; user presets 1-16; user presets 17-32. sloopDX 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. sloopDX 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 USR2; settings, calibration, song order, SYN1-4 kits, MIDI LEARN, theme and favourites. At risk by itself, under a condition: user sample slot USR1. 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 sounds U01-U16; user sounds U17-U32. sloopDX reads user sounds U01-U16 until you write over the saved data. Only supported older sounds in the first sound engine appear, and they play as DX7 sounds. Other sounds stay hidden until their slots are replaced. sloopDX reads user sounds U17-U32 until you write over the saved data. Only supported older sounds in the first sound engine appear, and they play as DX7 sounds. Other sounds stay hidden until their slots are replaced.
  • X0X: At risk by itself: the whole X0X project (settings, sound, all 32 patterns, song, knob motion); break loops slot 2. At risk by itself, under a condition: break loops slot 1. At risk when you act: X0X button calibration.
  • JIANT: At risk by itself: FM6 patches for the FM6 user sounds; song 6: four sections (whole projects) (partly lost); settings, calibration, favourites, MENU options. At risk by itself, under a condition: song 2: four sections (whole projects); song 3: four sections (whole projects); song 4: four sections (whole projects); song 5: four sections (whole projects). 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); user sounds U01-U16; user sounds U17-U32. sloopDX 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. sloopDX 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 D: patterns, song, sounds, motion, recordings; settings, factory favourites, calibration, saved template. At risk by itself, under a condition: project A: patterns, song, sounds, motion, recordings; project B: patterns, song, sounds, motion, recordings; project C: patterns, song, sounds, motion, recordings. At risk when you act: shared user presets U289-U378 (partly lost); shared user presets U379-U384; shared user presets U001-U018; shared user presets U019-U036.
  • FoMni: At risk by itself: FoMni setup (pages, chord buttons, lights). At risk when you act: FoMni button calibration.
  • AMB-1: At risk by itself: AMB-1 pieces and setup. At risk when you act: AMB-1 panel calibration.
  • ChoralRoot: At risk by itself: 32 imported DX7 voices; 128 saved sounds with their complete engine patches (some or all lost); options, playing setup and panel calibration. At risk by itself, under a condition: 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.
  • GHOULBOX: At risk by itself: FM6 patches for user sounds; user sample slot USR2; settings and panel calibration. At risk by itself, under a condition: user sample slot USR1. At risk when you act: project A; project B; project C; project D; user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32. sloopDX 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. sloopDX 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: user samples USR2; settings and panel calibration. At risk by itself, under a condition: user samples USR1. At risk when you act: project A; project B; project C; project D.
  • OberVave: At risk by itself: saved programs and global settings; pattern 1 (its B-track sound can change if it uses a saved program; its pattern notes remain); pattern 2 (its B-track sound can change if it uses a saved program; its pattern notes remain); pattern 3 (its B-track sound can change if it uses a saved program; its pattern notes remain); pattern 4 (its B-track sound can change if it uses a saved program; its pattern notes remain); pattern 5 (its B-track sound can change if it uses a saved program; its pattern notes remain); pattern 6 (its B-track sound can change if it uses a saved program; its pattern notes remain); pattern 7 (its B-track sound can change if it uses a saved program; its pattern notes remain); pattern 8 (its B-track sound can change if it uses a saved program; its pattern notes remain).
  • Polly: At risk by itself: Polly shared memory 4; Optional QY70 style bank; Polly setup and channel sounds. At risk by itself, under a condition: 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. At risk when you act: All four Polly songs; Polly shared memory 1; Polly shared memory 2; Polly shared memory 3; Polly button and encoder calibration.
  • Skiff: At risk by itself: user sounds’ own FM6 patches; user sample USR2; 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 by itself, under a condition: user sample USR1. At risk when you act: project A; project B; project C; project D. sloopDX 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. sloopDX 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.
  • Rainbow Mode: At risk by itself: the FM6 patches used by the thirty-two user sounds; your old FM6 bank (B1–B27); User sample USR2 and any slice positions you set in SLICE; 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 by itself, under a condition: User sample USR1 and any slice positions you set in SLICE. 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. sloopDX 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. sloopDX 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 by itself, under a condition: user wavetable USR1; user wavetable USR2; user wavetable USR3. At risk when you act: multis M01–M02; multis M03–M04; multis M05–M06; multis M07–M08.
  • 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; inherited user sample 2; settings and calibration. At risk by itself, under a condition: inherited user sample 1. At risk when you act: inherited project A; inherited project B; inherited project C; inherited project D; inherited user preset bank 1; inherited user preset bank 2. sloopDX 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. sloopDX 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; uploaded sample USR2 and optional SLICE markers; settings, panel calibration, four chord preset setups and the current chord setup. At risk by itself, under a condition: uploaded sample USR1 and optional SLICE markers. 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; user sounds 1-16; user sounds 17-32. sloopDX 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. sloopDX keeps stored but does not show user sounds 17-32 until you write over the saved data. Your sounds stay saved but cannot be shown or played. Saving into their slots removes them; saving elsewhere keeps them. Saving on the FM-1 needs another turn of the same control, with no warning that the slot holds a hidden sound.
  • SLOOP DX7 Banks: At risk by itself: working loop; 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.
  • 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); user samples USR2; preferences, calibration and MIDI LEARN map. At risk by itself, under a condition: user samples USR1. At risk when you act: project 1; project 2; project 3; project 4; user sounds U01-U16; user sounds U17-U32.
  • WaveLoop FM-1: At risk by itself: FM6 patches and controls for each drum in user sounds; user sample USR2; settings, calibration and favourites. At risk by itself, under a condition: user sample USR1; slice positions you set for USR1. At risk when you act: song 1; song 2; song 3; last session saved for the next start; user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32. sloopDX 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. sloopDX 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; sample slot USR2; 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); settings, calibration, song order, SYN1-SYN4 kits and MIDI preferences. At risk by itself, under a condition: sample slot USR1.
  • SLOOP Floyd FM: At risk by itself: the working loop kept by autosave; user sample slot USR2; settings, panel calibration and song order. At risk by itself, under a condition: user sample slot USR1. At risk when you act: song section A; song section B; song section C; song section D; user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32. Older sections change to DX7 parts. Saving a changed section, or the working loop being saved automatically, writes a format Floyd cannot open. sloopDX reads user sounds U01–U16 until you write over the saved data. Only sounds in the first engine appear. They play as DX7 sounds. Other sounds stay hidden. Saving other slots keeps them. sloopDX reads user sounds U17–U32 until you write over the saved data. Only sounds in the first engine appear. They play as DX7 sounds. Other sounds stay hidden. Saving other slots keeps them. sloopDX reads settings, panel calibration and song order until you write over the saved data. New DX7 settings use defaults. Favourite and sound choices use the new firmware’s bank.
  • winampFM Synth: At risk by itself: working music kept by autosave; sample USR2; settings, panel calibration, song order, SYN kits and MIDI. At risk by itself, under a condition: sample USR1. At risk when you act: section A (whole project); section B (whole project); section C (whole project); section D (whole project); user sounds 1-16; user sounds 17-32. 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.
  • Bubba Machine (beta): At risk by itself: sixteen six-track patterns; song order and four scenes; eight saved sampler takes (some or all lost); twelve uploaded sounds or DX7 banks (some or all lost). At risk when you act: screen language pack; system preferences and last pattern.
  • Felucca [Salt]: At risk by itself: user sample USR2; screen preferences, calibration and favourites. At risk by itself, under a condition: user sample USR1. At risk when you act: project 1; project 2; project 3; project 4; user sounds U01-U16; user sounds U17-U32. sloopDX reads user sounds U01-U16 until you write over the saved data. Only sounds in the first engine appear. They play as DX7 sounds. Other sounds stay hidden. Saving other slots keeps them. sloopDX reads user sounds U17-U32 until you write over the saved data. Only sounds in the first engine appear. They play as DX7 sounds. Other sounds stay hidden. Saving other slots keeps them.
  • 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; user sample USR2 in the older format; preferences, MIDI LEARN and panel calibration. At risk by itself, under a condition: user sample USR1 in the older format; slice positions set by hand in the older format (partly lost); chops, drum-pad and performance edits. At risk when you act: saved pattern A; saved pattern B; saved pattern C; saved pattern D; older user preset bank 1; older user preset bank 2. sloopDX 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. sloopDX 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: sample slot USR2; settings, calibration, SYN kits and stored MIDI mappings; project 1 (sounds can change or stop playing when separate samples, FM6 patches or SYN kits are replaced; saved notes and sound settings remain); project 2 (sounds can change or stop playing when separate samples, FM6 patches or SYN kits are replaced; saved notes and sound settings remain); the working project kept by autosave (sounds can change or stop playing when separate samples, FM6 patches or SYN kits are replaced; saved notes and sound settings remain). At risk by itself, under a condition: sample slot USR1. At risk when you act: user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32. sloopDX reads user sounds U01–U16 until you write over the saved data. Only sounds in the first engine appear. They play as DX7 sounds. Other sounds stay hidden. Saving other slots keeps them. sloopDX reads user sounds U17–U32 until you write over the saved data. Only sounds in the first engine appear. They play as DX7 sounds. Other sounds stay hidden. Saving other slots keeps them.
  • FM1 Quest: At risk by itself: working music (autosave); sample USR3; settings, panel mapping, song order and Quest preferences/progress. At risk by itself, under a condition: sample USR1; sample USR2. At risk when you act: song section A; song section B; song section C; song section D; user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32. Older sections change to DX7 parts. Saving a changed section, or the working loop being saved automatically, writes a format Quest cannot open. Export Quest’s training results separately. They are not songs or samples. sloopDX reads user sounds U01–U16 until you write over the saved data. Only sounds in the first engine appear. They play as DX7 sounds. Other sounds stay hidden. Saving other slots keeps them. sloopDX reads user sounds U17–U32 until you write over the saved data. Only sounds in the first engine appear. They play as DX7 sounds. Other sounds stay hidden. Saving other slots keeps them.
  • 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 sloopDX's data.
  • Stock V15: Possibly at risk: section A; section B; section C; section D; working loop; 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.
  • Baud Girl FM-1+VA: Possibly at risk: section A; section B; section C; section D; working loop; 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.
  • Felucca: At risk by itself: settings, calibration, song order, MIDI, theme and favourites. At risk when you act: section A; section B; section C; section D; working loop; 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 (changed to the new format: The next save, rename or erase in this bank saves the older sounds in the new format. They can change when you return to the previous firmware. 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; other writes can also erase it); user presets 17–32 (changed to the new format: The next save, rename or erase in this bank saves the older sounds in the new format. They can change when you return to the previous firmware. 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; other writes can also erase it). Felucca may start with beta 2ND CORE ON or OFF after sloopDX. Do not rely on your earlier choice: sloopDX 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.
  • SLOOP: 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 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 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.
  • X0X: At risk by itself: section A; section B; section C; section D; user presets 17–32; settings, calibration, song order, MIDI, theme and favourites. At risk when you act: 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; working loop (sounds can change if their saved DX7 voices, chosen bank or drum kit are replaced; saved notes and controls stay). 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.
  • JIANT: At risk by itself: settings, calibration, song order, MIDI, theme and favourites. At risk by itself, under a condition: working loop. 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 (changed to the new format: Saving any preset in the bank also saves sounds changed to the new format when loaded. Those sounds can change when you return to your previous firmware. 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; other writes can also erase it); user presets 17–32 (changed to the new format: Saving any preset in the bank also saves sounds changed to the new format when loaded. Those sounds can change when you return to your previous firmware. 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; other writes can also erase it).
  • Melodee: At risk by itself: working loop; user presets 1–16; user presets 17–32; settings, calibration, song order, MIDI, theme and favourites. At risk by itself, under a condition: section A; section B; section C; section D. At risk when you act: 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. At risk only if you answer yes to its replace question: DX7 bank 1 voices 1–16.
  • FoMni: At risk by itself: settings, calibration, song order, MIDI, theme and favourites. At risk when you act: user presets 1–16.
  • AMB-1: At risk by itself: settings, calibration, song order, MIDI, theme and favourites. At risk when you act: user presets 1–16.
  • ChoralRoot: At risk by itself: section A (sounds can change if their saved DX7 voices, chosen bank or drum kit are replaced; saved notes and controls stay; other writes can also erase it); section B (sounds can change if their saved DX7 voices, chosen bank or drum kit are replaced; saved notes and controls stay; other writes can also erase it); section C (sounds can change if their saved DX7 voices, chosen bank or drum kit are replaced; saved notes and controls stay; other writes can also erase it); section D (sounds can change if their saved DX7 voices, chosen bank or drum kit are replaced; saved notes and controls stay; other writes can also erase it); working loop (sounds can change if their saved DX7 voices, chosen bank or drum kit are replaced; saved notes and controls stay; other writes can also erase it); DX7 bank 6 voices 17–32; DX7 bank 7 voices 1–16; settings, calibration, song order, MIDI, theme and favourites; user presets 1–16 (sounds can change if their saved DX7 voices or chosen bank are replaced; saved notes and controls stay; other writes can also erase it); user presets 17–32 (sounds can change if their saved DX7 voices or chosen bank are replaced; saved notes and controls stay; other writes can also erase it). At risk by itself, under a condition: DX7 bank 6 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. At risk when you act: 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. ChoralRoot reads user presets 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 presets 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: settings, calibration, song order, MIDI, theme and favourites. At risk by itself, under a condition: working loop. 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 (changed to the new format: Saving any preset in the bank also saves sounds changed to the new format when loaded. Those sounds can change when you return to your previous firmware; other writes can also erase it); user presets 17–32 (changed to the new format: Saving any preset in the bank also saves sounds changed to the new format when loaded. Those sounds can change when you return to your previous firmware; other writes can also erase it).
  • M-VAVE FM-1 Open: At risk by itself: section A; section B; section C; section D; working loop. At risk when you act: 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; settings, calibration, song order, MIDI, theme and favourites. 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, MIDI, theme and favourites. 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, MIDI, theme and favourites. At risk when you act: section A; section B; section C; section D.
  • OberVave: At risk by itself: settings, calibration, song order, MIDI, theme and favourites.
  • Polly: At risk by itself: section A; section B; section C; section D; working loop; 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; user presets 1–16 (sounds can change if their saved DX7 voices or chosen bank are replaced; saved notes and controls stay; other writes can also erase it); user presets 17–32 (sounds can change if their saved DX7 voices or chosen bank are replaced; saved notes and controls stay; other writes can also erase it); settings, calibration, song order, MIDI, theme and favourites. At risk when you act: DX7 bank 7 voices 17–32; DX7 bank 8 voices 1–16; DX7 bank 8 voices 17–32; selected DX7 bank; MY KIT. 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: settings, calibration, song order, MIDI, theme and favourites. At risk by itself, under a condition: section A; section B; section C; section D; working loop. At risk when you act: DX7 bank 1 voices 1–16; DX7 bank 1 voices 17–32; DX7 bank 2 voices 1–16; DX7 bank 2 voices 17–32; DX7 bank 3 voices 1–16; DX7 bank 3 voices 17–32; DX7 bank 4 voices 1–16; DX7 bank 4 voices 17–32; DX7 bank 5 voices 1–16; DX7 bank 5 voices 17–32; DX7 bank 6 voices 1–16; DX7 bank 6 voices 17–32; DX7 bank 7 voices 1–16; DX7 bank 7 voices 17–32; DX7 bank 8 voices 1–16; DX7 bank 8 voices 17–32; selected DX7 bank; MY KIT; user presets 1–16 (sounds can change if their saved DX7 voices or chosen bank are replaced; saved notes and controls stay; other writes can also erase it); user presets 17–32 (sounds can change if their saved DX7 voices or chosen bank are replaced; saved notes and controls stay; other writes can also erase it).
  • Rainbow Mode: At risk by itself: settings, calibration, song order, MIDI, theme and favourites. At risk when you act: section A; section B; section C; section D; working loop; 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 (changed to the new format: The next save, rename or erase in this bank saves the older sounds in the new format. They can change when you return to the previous firmware. 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; other writes can also erase it); user presets 17–32 (changed to the new format: The next save, rename or erase in this bank saves the older sounds in the new format. They can change when you return to the previous firmware. 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; other writes can also erase it).
  • DUELL beta: At risk by itself: settings, calibration, song order, MIDI, theme and favourites. At risk when you act: section A (sounds can change if their saved DX7 voices, chosen bank or drum kit are replaced; saved notes and controls stay; other writes can also erase it); section B (sounds can change if their saved DX7 voices, chosen bank or drum kit are replaced; saved notes and controls stay; other writes can also erase it); section C (sounds can change if their saved DX7 voices, chosen bank or drum kit are replaced; saved notes and controls stay; other writes can also erase it); section D (sounds can change if their saved DX7 voices, chosen bank or drum kit are replaced; saved notes and controls stay; other writes can also erase it); working loop (sounds can change if their saved DX7 voices, chosen bank or drum kit are replaced; saved notes and controls stay; other writes can also erase it); DX7 bank 1 voices 1–16; DX7 bank 1 voices 17–32; DX7 bank 2 voices 1–16; DX7 bank 2 voices 17–32; DX7 bank 3 voices 1–16; DX7 bank 3 voices 17–32; DX7 bank 4 voices 1–16; DX7 bank 4 voices 17–32; DX7 bank 5 voices 1–16; DX7 bank 5 voices 17–32; DX7 bank 6 voices 1–16; DX7 bank 6 voices 17–32; DX7 bank 7 voices 1–16; user presets 1–16 (sounds can change if their saved DX7 voices or chosen bank are replaced; saved notes and controls stay; other writes can also erase it); user presets 17–32 (sounds can change if their saved DX7 voices or chosen bank are replaced; saved notes and controls stay; other writes can also erase it). 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, MIDI, theme and favourites. At risk when you act: user presets 1–16.
  • MAKU: At risk by itself, under a condition: working loop. At risk when you act: settings, calibration, song order, MIDI, theme and favourites.
  • Fart Machine One: At risk when you act: user presets 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, MIDI, theme and favourites. At risk when you act: section A; section B; section C; section D; working loop; 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 (changed to the new format: Saving, erasing or renaming anything in this sound bank saves all its sounds, including any changed to the new format. They can sound different when you return to your older firmware. Fm1-chord reads these DX7 sounds as analog sounds and drum patterns. Their DX7 voices and controls are not kept; other writes can also erase it); user presets 17–32 (changed to the new format: Saving, erasing or renaming anything in this sound bank saves all its sounds, including any changed to the new format. They can sound different when you return to your older firmware. Fm1-chord reads these DX7 sounds as analog sounds and drum patterns. Their DX7 voices and controls are not kept; other writes can also erase it).
  • SLOOP DX7 Banks: 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.
  • FuMi-1: At risk by itself: settings, calibration, song order, MIDI, theme and favourites. At risk when you act: user presets 1–16.
  • Jangada: 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 (changed to the new format: Saving, renaming or erasing any sound in this group writes all sixteen sounds in Jangada’s format. sloopDX cannot read that group when you return. Sounds Jangada could not import are lost. Only older version 1 sounds can be imported. Newer versions look empty and are lost when this group is saved again; other writes can also erase it); user presets 17–32 (changed to the new format: Saving, renaming or erasing any sound in this group writes all sixteen sounds in Jangada’s format. sloopDX cannot read that group when you return. Sounds Jangada could not import are lost. Only older version 1 sounds can be imported. Newer versions look empty and are lost when this group is saved again; other writes can also erase it).
  • WaveLoop FM-1: At risk by itself: section A; section D; settings, calibration, song order, MIDI, theme and favourites. At risk by itself, under a condition: section B; section C. At risk when you act: working loop; 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 (changed to the new format: The next save, rename or erase in this bank saves the older sounds in the new format. They can change when you return to the previous firmware. 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; other writes can also erase it); user presets 17–32 (changed to the new format: The next save, rename or erase in this bank saves the older sounds in the new format. They can change when you return to the previous firmware. 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; other writes can also erase it).
  • ORBIT: At risk by itself: working loop; settings, calibration, song order, MIDI, theme and favourites. At risk by itself, under a condition: section A; section B; section C; section D. At risk when you act: 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 (changed to the new format: the next save, erase or rename in this sound bank saves the whole bank in the new format; newer-format sounds shown as empty are lost, and the previous firmware cannot read the bank. Only older version-1 sounds can change to this format; engine numbers and sound controls may mean different things and change how they play; other writes can also erase it); user presets 17–32 (changed to the new format: the next save, erase or rename in this sound bank saves the whole bank in the new format; newer-format sounds shown as empty are lost, and the previous firmware cannot read the bank. Only older version-1 sounds can change to this format; engine numbers and sound controls may mean different things and change how they play; other writes can also erase it).
  • SLOOP Floyd FM: At risk by itself: working loop; settings, calibration, song order, MIDI, theme and favourites (changed to the new format: Saving settings removes sloopDX’s light options, learned MIDI controls, theme and favourites from that copy. The shared calibration and song order still load). 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 (partly lost (only that slot)); user presets 17–32 (partly lost (only that slot)). SLOOP Floyd FM 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 Floyd FM 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.
  • winampFM Synth: At risk by itself: working loop; settings, calibration, song order, MIDI, theme and favourites. At risk by itself, under a condition: section A; section B; section C; section D. At risk when you act: DX7 bank 1 voices 1–16; DX7 bank 1 voices 17–32; DX7 bank 2 voices 1–16; DX7 bank 2 voices 17–32; DX7 bank 3 voices 1–16; DX7 bank 3 voices 17–32; DX7 bank 4 voices 1–16; DX7 bank 4 voices 17–32; DX7 bank 5 voices 1–16; DX7 bank 5 voices 17–32; DX7 bank 6 voices 1–16; DX7 bank 6 voices 17–32; DX7 bank 7 voices 1–16; DX7 bank 7 voices 17–32; DX7 bank 8 voices 1–16; DX7 bank 8 voices 17–32; selected DX7 bank; MY KIT; user presets 1–16 (sounds can change if their saved DX7 voices or chosen bank are replaced; saved notes and controls stay; other writes can also erase it); user presets 17–32 (sounds can change if their saved DX7 voices or chosen bank are replaced; saved notes and controls stay; other writes can also erase it). winampFM Synth keeps stored but does not show user presets 1–16 until you write over the saved data. Newer sounds are kept but not shown. Only older version-1 sounds still in the bank can play. winampFM Synth keeps stored but does not show user presets 17–32 until you write over the saved data. Newer sounds are kept but not shown. Only older version-1 sounds still in the bank can play.
  • Bubba Machine (beta): At risk by itself: section A; section B; section C (sounds can change if their saved DX7 voices, chosen bank or drum kit are replaced; saved notes and controls stay; other writes can also erase it); section D (sounds can change if their saved DX7 voices, chosen bank or drum kit are replaced; saved notes and controls stay; other writes can also erase it); working loop (sounds can change if their saved DX7 voices, chosen bank or drum kit are replaced; saved notes and controls stay; other writes can also erase it); DX7 bank 1 voices 1–16; DX7 bank 1 voices 17–32; DX7 bank 2 voices 1–16; DX7 bank 2 voices 17–32; DX7 bank 3 voices 1–16; DX7 bank 3 voices 17–32; DX7 bank 4 voices 1–16; DX7 bank 4 voices 17–32; DX7 bank 5 voices 1–16; DX7 bank 5 voices 17–32; DX7 bank 6 voices 1–16; DX7 bank 6 voices 17–32; DX7 bank 7 voices 1–16; DX7 bank 7 voices 17–32; DX7 bank 8 voices 1–16; DX7 bank 8 voices 17–32; user presets 1–16; user presets 17–32 (sounds can change if their saved DX7 voices or chosen bank are replaced; saved notes and controls stay; other writes can also erase it). At risk by itself, under a condition: selected DX7 bank; MY KIT.
  • Felucca [Salt]: At risk by itself: 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 (partly lost (only that slot)); user presets 17–32 (partly lost (only that slot)); working loop (sounds can change if their saved DX7 voices, chosen bank or drum kit are replaced; saved notes and controls stay). Salt keeps sloopDX’s user presets 1–16 and user presets 17–32 but cannot show or play them. Their slots look empty. Back up both banks before using them. Saving directly into one replaces that preset; saving into another slot keeps it unchanged. The panel waits for a second turn to save. The editor does not ask before overwriting a slot that looks empty.
  • PIGEON: At risk by itself: settings, calibration, song order, MIDI, theme and favourites. At risk by itself, under a condition: section A (sounds can change if their saved DX7 voices, chosen bank or drum kit are replaced; saved notes and controls stay; other writes can also erase it); section B (sounds can change if their saved DX7 voices, chosen bank or drum kit are replaced; saved notes and controls stay; other writes can also erase it); section C (sounds can change if their saved DX7 voices, chosen bank or drum kit are replaced; saved notes and controls stay; other writes can also erase it); section D (sounds can change if their saved DX7 voices, chosen bank or drum kit are replaced; saved notes and controls stay; other writes can also erase it); working loop (sounds can change if their saved DX7 voices, chosen bank or drum kit are replaced; saved notes and controls stay; other writes can also erase it); DX7 bank 5 voices 17–32; user presets 1–16 (sounds can change if their saved DX7 voices or chosen bank are replaced; saved notes and controls stay; other writes can also erase it); user presets 17–32 (sounds can change if their saved DX7 voices or chosen bank are replaced; saved notes and controls stay; other writes can also erase it). At risk when you act: 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 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. PIGEON keeps stored but does not show user presets 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 presets 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 when you act: 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; settings, calibration, song order, MIDI, theme and favourites; section A (sounds can change if their saved DX7 voices, chosen bank or drum kit are replaced; saved notes and controls stay); section B (sounds can change if their saved DX7 voices, chosen bank or drum kit are replaced; saved notes and controls stay); section C (sounds can change if their saved DX7 voices, chosen bank or drum kit are replaced; saved notes and controls stay); section D (sounds can change if their saved DX7 voices, chosen bank or drum kit are replaced; saved notes and controls stay); user presets 1–16 (sounds can change if their saved DX7 voices or chosen bank are replaced; saved notes and controls stay; other writes can also erase it); user presets 17–32 (sounds can change if their saved DX7 voices or chosen bank are replaced; saved notes and controls stay; other writes can also erase it); working loop (sounds can change if their saved DX7 voices, chosen bank or drum kit are replaced; saved notes and controls stay). FM1 Move keeps stored but does not show user presets 1–16 until you write over the saved data. Newer sounds are kept but not shown. Only older version-1 sounds still in the bank can play. FM1 Move keeps stored but does not show user presets 17–32 until you write over the saved data. Newer sounds are kept but not shown. Only older version-1 sounds still in the bank can play.
  • FM1 Quest: At risk by itself: working loop; settings, calibration, song order, MIDI, theme and favourites. At risk when you act: section A (sounds can change if their saved DX7 voices, chosen bank or drum kit are replaced; saved notes and controls stay; other writes can also erase it); section B (sounds can change if their saved DX7 voices, chosen bank or drum kit are replaced; saved notes and controls stay; other writes can also erase it); section C (sounds can change if their saved DX7 voices, chosen bank or drum kit are replaced; saved notes and controls stay; other writes can also erase it); section D (sounds can change if their saved DX7 voices, chosen bank or drum kit are replaced; saved notes and controls stay; other writes can also erase it); DX7 bank 1 voices 1–16; DX7 bank 1 voices 17–32; DX7 bank 2 voices 1–16; DX7 bank 2 voices 17–32; DX7 bank 3 voices 1–16; DX7 bank 3 voices 17–32; DX7 bank 4 voices 1–16; DX7 bank 4 voices 17–32; DX7 bank 5 voices 1–16; DX7 bank 5 voices 17–32; DX7 bank 6 voices 1–16; DX7 bank 6 voices 17–32; DX7 bank 7 voices 1–16; DX7 bank 7 voices 17–32; DX7 bank 8 voices 1–16; DX7 bank 8 voices 17–32; selected DX7 bank; MY KIT; user presets 1–16 (sounds can change if their saved DX7 voices or chosen bank are replaced; saved notes and controls stay; other writes can also erase it); user presets 17–32 (sounds can change if their saved DX7 voices or chosen bank are replaced; saved notes and controls stay; other writes can also erase it). FM1 Quest keeps stored but does not show user presets 1–16 until you write over the saved data. Your sounds stay saved but cannot be shown or played. Saving into their slots removes them; saving elsewhere keeps them. Saving on the FM-1 needs another turn of the same control, with no warning that the slot holds a hidden sound. FM1 Quest keeps stored but does not show user presets 17–32 until you write over the saved data. Your sounds stay saved but cannot be shown or played. Saving into their slots removes them; saving elsewhere keeps them. Saving on the FM-1 needs another turn of the same control, with no warning that the slot holds a hidden sound.
  • Groove OS: Possibly at risk: settings, calibration, song order, MIDI, theme and favourites; section A; section B; section C; section D; user presets 1–16; user presets 17–32; working loop; 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. 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 sloopDX's data: WaveLoop FM-1 lists sloopDX's user presets 1–16; user presets 17–32, 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); Felucca lists sloopDX's user presets 1–16; user presets 17–32, 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); Rainbow Mode lists sloopDX's user presets 1–16; user presets 17–32, 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); SLOOP takes over sloopDX's settings, calibration, song order, MIDI, theme and favourites, converting them (Saving settings removes sloopDX’s saved MIDI controls because SLOOP expects them to be stored after its drum kits. Theme and favourites load, but favourite numbers can refer to different sounds); 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 Floyd FM takes over sloopDX's settings, calibration, song order, MIDI, theme and favourites, converting them (Saving settings removes sloopDX’s light options, learned MIDI controls, theme and favourites from that copy. The shared calibration and song order still load); FM1 Quest takes over sloopDX's settings, calibration, song order, MIDI, theme and favourites, converting them (Saving settings removes sloopDX’s saved MIDI controls, theme and favourites. Quest can read sloopDX’s saved playing options as game preferences or progress); JIANT takes over sloopDX's user presets 1–16; user presets 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); Melodee shows sloopDX's DX7 bank 1 voices 1–16 as OLD FORMAT and asks before replacing them; ChoralRoot lists sloopDX's user presets 1–16; user presets 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 sloopDX's user presets 1–16; user presets 17–32, but plays them differently; fm1-chord lists sloopDX's user presets 1–16; user presets 17–32, but plays them differently (fm1-chord reads these DX7 sounds as analog sounds and drum patterns. Their DX7 voices and controls are not kept); MAKU lists sloopDX's user presets 1–16; user presets 17–32, but plays them differently; Skiff lists sloopDX's user presets 1–16; user presets 17–32, but plays them differently (The same saved sound format does not guarantee the same sound or pattern playback); ORBIT takes over sloopDX's user presets 1–16; user presets 17–32, converting them (Only older version-1 sounds can change to this format; engine numbers and sound controls may mean different things and change how they play); 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.; ORBIT reads shared settings and calibration; the next settings write can discard preferences or music setup it does not retain.; winampFM Synth reads shared settings and calibration; the next settings write can discard preferences or music setup it does not retain.. What sloopDX reads of other firmwares' data: sloopDX takes over SLOOP's settings, calibration, song order, SYN1-4 kits, MIDI LEARN, theme and favourites, converting them; sloopDX lists SLOOP's user sounds U01-U16; user sounds U17-U32, but plays them differently (Only supported older sounds in the first sound engine appear, and they play as DX7 sounds. Other sounds stay hidden until their slots are replaced); sloopDX lists ChoralRoot's 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), but plays them differently (These saved sounds are played as DX7 voices, so they can sound unrelated to the originals. Both halves of a DX7 bank must be readable. Loading a different bank replaces them); sloopDX takes over Hortator's settings and panel calibration, converting them; 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); sloopDX takes over ORBIT's settings, calibration, song order, SYN1-SYN4 kits and MIDI preferences, 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 reads and uses SLOOP Floyd FM's settings, panel calibration and song order (New DX7 settings use defaults. Favourite and sound choices use the new firmware’s bank); sloopDX 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. Synth parts play as DX7 sounds, with different engine and voice choices; Once the working loop is saved automatically, its notes and timing use the new format. The previous firmware cannot open that saved copy. Synth parts play as DX7 sounds, with different engine and voice choices); sloopDX lists SLOOP Floyd FM's user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32, but plays them differently (Only sounds in the first engine appear. They play as DX7 sounds. Other sounds stay hidden. Saving other slots keeps them); sloopDX takes over winampFM Synth's settings, panel calibration, song order, SYN kits and MIDI, 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 winampFM Synth'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); sloopDX 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. Synth parts play as DX7 sounds, with different engine and voice choices); sloopDX lists Felucca [Salt]'s user sounds U01-U16; user sounds U17-U32, but plays them differently (Only sounds in the first engine appear. They play as DX7 sounds. Other sounds stay hidden. Saving other slots keeps them); sloopDX lists FM1 Move's user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32, but plays them differently (Only sounds in the first engine appear. They play as DX7 sounds. Other sounds stay hidden. Saving other slots keeps them); sloopDX takes over FM1 Quest's settings, panel mapping, song order and Quest preferences/progress; song section A; song section B; song section C; song section D; working music (autosave), converting them (Saving settings can change Quest’s game options, unlocked hero and which animations count as seen, because the firmwares read those saved options differently. Song order and calibration load; Once you save this section, its notes and timing use the new format. The previous firmware cannot open that saved copy. Synth parts play as DX7 sounds, with different engine and voice choices; Once the working loop is saved automatically, its notes and timing use the new format. The previous firmware cannot open that saved copy. Synth parts play as DX7 sounds, with different engine and voice choices); sloopDX lists FM1 Quest's user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32, but plays them differently (Only sounds in the first engine appear. They play as DX7 sounds. Other sounds stay hidden. Saving other slots keeps them). 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.

With no readable sloopDX working loop, the first autosave can write defaults about 20 seconds after the first start, while stopped, quiet and untouched for 2.5 seconds, without a press or question. See the switching advice in this section for the affected saved work.

After sloopDX’s first autosave, SLOOP cannot read the working loop, and SLOOP’s own next autosave erases the last SLOOP copy; current sections do not transfer either way, settings only partly carry, and sloopDX’s editor refuses a SLOOP 2.7.1 backup before writing anything.

An inherited MIDI IN channel can become CLOCK and cause a settings rewrite at the first eligible quiet moment without a press or question. See the switching advice in this section for the affected saved work. Closing HOME’s menu for the first time also writes without a question when the previous firmware’s settings are unreadable. Any sloopDX settings write leaves SLOOP 2.7.1 using default SYN1–SYN4 kits instead of its saved kits.

Later section and user-preset saves receive no extra foreign-data warning question. See the switching advice in this section for the affected saved work.

When a start finds occupied update-area probes, it erases that area without asking or checking which firmware wrote it. See the switching advice in this section for the affected saved work.

DX bank stores, bank selection and MY KIT stores can overwrite overlapping data without a question about the previous firmware. See the switching advice in this section for the affected saved work.

Melodee U037–U054 is outside these sloopDX writes; see the switching advice in this section for the affected saved work.

Stock V15 has no backup of its own: write down its 16 patterns, and to keep its presets, install Baud Girl and export all 128 with her Device Manager. In Baud Girl, back up with Device Manager before starting sloopDX. See the switching advice in this section for the affected saved work.

Four sections, the working loop, thirty-two user presets, eight DX7 banks, MY KIT and device settings are stored separately; sections and presets refer to bank voices rather than embedding all their voice data.

The working loop saves only steps inside each track’s current length; shortening then saving drops the hidden steps, and an unsaved DX voice edit is outside the working-loop autosave.

Restore from a file asks once, then replaces the objects it contains one by one while stopped; it puts the bank into the slot currently selected on the receiving unit, leaves the other seven banks and omitted optional MIDI/theme objects as they were, and applies the working loop now for later autosave.

Earlier sloopDX projects are converted when their format checks pass; 4.0 projects cannot open in 3.x, and older versions do not know the added arp choices, so keep a backup made before updating. sloopDX’s section saves, sends to the FM-1, erases and restores, SONG REC writes, automatic writes of pending sections after live capture, SONG REC, a conversion or a warm reset and before updates or USB update mode, user-sound saves, sends to the FM-1, erases and restores, DX7-bank saves, sends to the FM-1, erases, restores and automatic saves of an edited bank when changing banks, and FACTORY RESET 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.

Back up samples in SLOOP before the first sloopDX start. See the switching advice in this section for the affected saved work.

• SELECT on ordinary pages. The 4.0 overview says SELECT moves through a page family. The helper for that exists but is never called; SELECT sets tempo outside the menu, SONG and DX7 lists.
• Quick envelope knob direction. The quick-voice guide describes rightward ATK, DEC and REL turns as making their times shorter. Positive offsets reduce operator rates, making the corresponding stages slower or longer.
• Voice edits during held notes. The voice guide says existing notes retain their earlier settings. The edit generation participates in the active-voice signature and sounding voices follow the updated patch.
• Scope of a full backup. The Projects overview describes its backup as containing everything on the unit. It exports only the active DX bank, omits the other seven banks, selected-bank metadata and favourites, and restores only objects actually present.
• Returning to SLOOP. The return instructions suggest that choosing replacement sounds is the expected consequence. Current SLOOP and sloopDX project payloads have different layouts despite shared slots and legacy magic names; their current project formats are not imported in either direction, so the working loop can later be autosaved over.
• Voice numbering and factory count. One bank-playing instruction still puts U01 at 18 and U32 at 49. There are twenty factory voices and active-bank voices occupy 21–52.
• Number of banks and punch effects. The specifications still mention one saved bank and sixteen punch-in effects. The code has eight banks and twenty-seven key-addressed effects.
• Recording QUANT dial. The 4.0 notes say the REC QUANT option was omitted. The screen still draws QUANT but only three recording knobs have handlers; KNOB 4 can edit the underlying page instead, and the old preference bit has no recording-timing effect.
• Turning the second core back on. The menu table says enabling the second core requires another power-on. It can resume immediately if the core is still available; otherwise a power-on is required.
• A complete factory reset. The menu guide promises a return to a freshly installed state. The reset erases managed flash and reboots while retaining sections A–D in memory; startup marks them dirty and the quiet flush writes them again.

• MIDI settings after power-off. The overview promises persistent per-track MIDI settings and includes them in backups. CH1–CH4, OTHER, BEND, FX CH, DR MAP, REMOTE and CLK OUT edits revert at power-off; the backup holds their previously stored values, and IN set to a channel comes back as CLOCK and ignores incoming notes.

• Install preservation across firmwares. The installation overview promises that saved work remains available. Current SLOOP projects are rejected; a default working loop can autosave about 20 seconds after first start, inherited IN channel settings can be rewritten when quiet, and occupied update staging is cleared at boot without a question.

• Saving MY KIT from drum views. The drum-view overview gives SAVE twice as its kit-save gesture. That gesture stores MY KIT immediately from KIT or LANE after the repeat confirmation, with no kit undo; on GRID, SAVE opens SONG instead.

• Holding REC on SONG. The track-clear instructions give a REC hold without a page exception. The SONG screen intercepts REC for section storage, so holding it there does not arm track clearing.

• EDIT overview and page memory. The guide presents the VOICE and SHAPE macro pages as the result of tapping EDIT. The first EDIT page is the DX7 list, with macro pages available through More Pages; subsequent returns recall the last EDIT page.

• Name of the saved-section page. The guide calls the page PROJECT in its save instructions. The SAVE family calls that page SECTION.

• The hardware colour and separate second PLAY LED were not established; the code drives one matrix light for PLAY.
• The reset-confirmation window counts input-handler calls, so its wall-clock duration is not established; repeat OCT+ before the warning clears.
• The browser’s planned LIVE page, song-file workflow and theme designer are not panel pages; implemented backup, bank and kit writes are covered by the storage fragment.
• Third-party installers and the closed stock/Baud Girl storage formats were not executed or fully established here.
• No behavior was measured on an FM-1; read-in-source means static inspection at the pinned commit.

Mapped from zvenson/dxsloop at 4.0 (a439f1d), 2026-10-17. Each control entry has its pinned file and lines in [sloopdx.json](sloopdx.json). An independent checker found zero errors in round 4 (2026-10-17).

Code licence: GPL-3.0-only, with separately credited Apache-2.0 DX7 material and separate asset terms. sloopDX is by Sven Trogus, based on SLOOP by isod89 and Felucca by Leo Kuroshita. This is an independent guide in Les’s own words, unaffiliated with those projects, Yamaha or M-VAVE. DX7, M-VAVE and FM-1 are their owners’ trademarks.