Polyend Tracker Mini - 13.9 SD Card Compatibility & Backing Up

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13.9 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 Tracker Mini. The following information on
SD compatibility is important:-
• A 16GB SD Micro SD Card is supplied with Tracker Mini. 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.
• Some folders and sub folders are created by Tracker Mini based on
the process carried out. Sample folders for example will be split when
reaching 100 les.
• Tracker Mini 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 Tracker Mini problems.
• Some hidden folders exist for example the ‘workspace’ folder. It is
good practice to create a duplicate copy of the SD card for backup
purposes. Also if Tracker Mini does not boot up and crashes,
restoring the full original folder / les structure or using the backup SD
card is advised.
• Tracker Mini is supplied with an SD Card USB 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 gear producer
supplies with its gear. At least it is known that this SD card type will then have been tested
thoroughly with the device itself by the device 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 Tracker Mini 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.
3. Use the le manager (depends on the PC/Mac Operating System) to
create a ‘Tracker Mini Backup’ Folder in your documents folder and
create a sub folder for each backup i.e. ‘Original SD Aug23’, ‘Backup1
SD May23’. 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 ‘Tracker Mini Backup’ sub-folder for
the specic backup.
6. Return the SD card to Tracker Mini for normal operation.
Sub Folders /Original SD Aug23
/Backup1 SD May23
SD Card
/Root Directory
Copy / Paste
Documents
/Tracker Mini Backup