SD to XD Card Format Error...

oOjTgOo · Post by **oOjTgOo** » Sun Apr 08, 2012 8:22 am

I'm itching to try that new UK Bass pack but not at the cost of losing the 20 patterns I've made in the last month or two.
My EMX is the SD model, so I'm using an SM to XD adapter and not having any luck formatting. Every time I try I get Card Format Error. Any of you Jedi Masters have a way around this? I thought I could transfer via midi, or sysex??? I guess I'm off to read up more about it but looking for the throat punch method.
No worries either way.

Thanks in advance,

oOJTGOo

electvibe 8081 · Post by **electvibe 8081** » Sun Apr 08, 2012 9:49 am

This may sound like a dumb question but why aren't you using a SD card in the first place?

oOjTgOo · Post by **oOjTgOo** » Sun Apr 08, 2012 10:31 am

SM= SmartMedia. SM was SD a few years back. Cameras, keyboards, synths, you name it, ran SM cards. Big ugly jokers.
My EMX is an older model that used the SM card. I don't know the exact date that the conversion was made. I bought mine on eBay a couple months ago thinking it was the SD model, but... And instead of pulling teeth and returning it to the dude, I made lemonade.
I installed MIDI-OX to do a dump but too tired to set it up tonight. Tackle it tomorrow.
Do you have the new UK Bass pack installed? At this point I could care less about the new sounds, it's more or less picking a fight with the machine and I'll be damned if I'm going to lose.

electvibe 8081 · Post by **electvibe 8081** » Sun Apr 08, 2012 11:17 am

You got the same model as me the SM version. Bought mine of ebay, had a dodgy power supply but the seller graciously refunded me the cost of a new power supply.

I just got two SM cards of ebay. Both are used but one is 128mb and the other 64mb. Formatted them saved and loaded to check they're ok. Worked a treat.

I've got midi ox, great program, and I'm pretty sure you can send sys ex files to it and then save the file and then reload back into the emx.

I haven't tried the UK bass pack, not really my thing. I bought the emx-1 purely as a drum machine. Very versatile in that respect. Love the way I can tune the toms and make them musical. really pleased with it.

BTW just listen to your song on soundcloud, really love it. Keep it up.

Electromachines · Post by **Electromachines** » Sun Apr 08, 2012 6:45 pm

Yep those XD cards can be a pain!..

You want the easy option?....Get a 32 or 64 meg SmartMedia card(cheap as chips on ebay) and a usb card reader. I got one of those multi ones. Again,cheap as chips.
You dont need to pay loads for large capacity cards for the emx... a complete backup/save all patterns uses under 2meg! And after you save to the card u can transfer to pc anyway.

oOjTgOo · Post by **oOjTgOo** » Sun Apr 08, 2012 9:44 pm

Thanks for the listen on SoundCloud. Working real hard at it.
Grilling as I type but going to try the dump later. Prolly throw in the towel and work on this 808 style trip hop track.
It's not the XD card. I tested it with my laptop. Works fine. I think the SM adapter must've been DOA. And I deleted the seller so I can't ask about a refund.
It wasn't really the patterns I was after. I deleted all the factory patterns from my MX the minute I figured out how to do it. I just wanted to check out the new sounds. But I'm confident in my ability to tweak all the factory sounds better than presets anyway. Still need to learn the way to transfer data in the event of hardware problems or worse.
Tried last night using MIDI-OX but the MX didn't show up. So, read read read. Bang head, read some more.