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9.5 SD Card Compatibility & Backing Up
It is always good practice to backup, or even better, have a spare SD Card
loaded and ready for use with Synth. The following information on SD
compatibility is essential:-
• A 16GB SD Micro SD Card is supplied with Synth. Larger size SD cards
can also be used. Supplied SD Card is: Sandisk Ultra, Micro SD, 16GB,
HC1 A1.
• The format of the card must be FAT32 MBR (Master Boot Record).
Other formats will not be recognised.
• Synth uses the SD card in real time and will not function without the SD
card being installed. A ‘bad’ folder / le structure on the SD card may
also cause Synth problems.
• It is good practice to create a duplicate copy of the SD card for backup
purposes. Also if Synth does not boot up and crashes, restoring the full
original folder / les structure or using the backup SD card is advised.
• Synth is supplied with an SD Card USB Type A reader for use with most
Mac / PC’s which helps transfer les.
• Polyend typically provide pre-release rmware as open beta. While this
is great to get early insights into new features, by denition beta
releases will have inherent problems. Only use beta versions to help
test for bugs and features and do not use in a live gig or critical
production environment.
Tip: SD cards can be notorious in there levels of performance with various gear. This is mainly due
to the wide variety of speeds and specications available. Gear producers do not and in fact cannot
test every single SD specication or each of the manufacturers products. It is therefore
recommended to stick as close as possible to the same SD Card type that the manufacturer
supplies with its devices. At least it is known that this SD card type will then have been tested
thoroughly with the device itself by the manufacturer as well as the user community.
▌ BACKING UP THE SD CARD FOLDERS & FILES
1. This is recommended as a rst task when rst operating Synth in order
to have the original structure saved. Also periodic backups is important
to save the projects and les which will be created over time.
2. Use a compatible SD card reader or the supplied USB SD Adapter to
connect the SD card to a PC or Mac. It is also possible to connect in
USB Storage Mode.
3. Use the le manager (depends on the PC/Mac Operating System) to
create a ‘Synth Backup’ Folder in your documents folder and create a
sub folder for each backup i.e. ‘Original SD Aug24’, ‘Backup1 SD
May25’. It is good practice to name backup folders by date.
4. Select all of the folders in the SD Card root directory and copy them to
the PC/Mac clipboard.
5. Paste, the copied folders into the ‘Synth Backup’ sub-folder for the
specic backup.
6. Return the SD card to Synth for normal operation.
Sub Folders /Original SD Aug24
/Backup1 SD May25
SD Card
/Root Directory
Copy / Paste
Documents
/Synth Backup
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