would be AWESOME if we could plug in let's say a 16GB flash drive (stick) to USB in case of HD failure

this BACKUP plan, needs to be addressed in my opinion,
HD's spin constantly which makes it susceptible to crashing more than flash, SSD, etc.

AUDYA needs SSD

[This message has been edited by leezone (edited 09-22-2009).]

Frank is right the only way to get over this is to have a backup drive or you need to format the existing drive and reload everything back on and the hidden files. You have all got to understand that Audya is not a full blow PC it does not have windows XP or any other proper OS to pick up the pieces if it all goes wrong, or turn it off while it is crunching numbers, but to connect it to a UPS when you are moving files is plain not on, what the hell have we bought here, this is the year of our Lord 2009, Now America is not known in the World has been any good at manufacturing electronics believe me you are not, you are tosh, but the Italians what are they good at , fast cars and clothes. If you buy a PC it will be old hat in 12 months some of the technology in Audya is already 4 year old, Fat32 was used on the guidance system on the Mary Rose.

Have a nice day


[This message has been edited by Tony Hughes (edited 09-22-2009).]

Sorry Guys, the Mary Rose was Henry the 8th Flagship and it sunk in about 18OO and something - perhaps I should have said the technology used on the Audya was used on the Moon Landing, USA was good at electronics then. None of this is help our friend necdetdoni but it's sure putting things into perspective

[This message has been edited by Tony Hughes (edited 09-22-2009).]

Curse you Dikki, tomorrow I will buy a damned UPS. Haven't needed one in 30 years, but it is stupid to not have one. I really hate it when you're right.

DonM

DonM,

Don't forget a carrying bag for the UPS when you go on gigs, BTW are your power supplies so bad in the USA that they drop out. Also when on a gig if the power goes off you won't be playing nothing to nobody.
A big lead acid truck battery with a Frankie look alike second hard drive and a spare organist just in case you have a heart attack. "Only a joke not getting at anyone only Audya nuts"

Regards

The thing is, you rarely do much data transfer at a gig. You do it right, all you have is the HD being read, not written to. That's usually not a problem if you have a brown out, spike, whatever... But WRITING to a disk can have much more catastrophic consequences if interrupted.

Unless you use a long pre-load for a sampler, I wouldn't go as far as to say a UPS should be de rigeur on live gigs. But it doesn't HURT to have one. I've got one for a couple of gigs where I'll end up on a long cord sharing power with the PA, or I'm outside with a good chance of local thunder

But home, it's 100% UPS. That's where I do all my backups, registration creation and data transfer. Living in Florida means accepting that, at any time, the power can go out, flicker, whatever. When you live in the lightning capitol of the States, having a UPS is pretty much mandatory..!

I'm happy the money put aside to buy Audya still are (safe?) in the bankaccount.

GJ

Most of mine are APC, but it's not that critical, IMO. They all perform pretty well at this task.

When performing a WRITE operation to disk, any disruptance in power/connection could cause one to loose some files or have incomplete files in the HD. When AUDYA is then re-booted, it tries to read these 'currupt' files and hence gives you a currupt display/interpretation of what was read.

FORMATTING the HD is like formatting that of a computer. You loose everything and having no backup means you do not have access to the data that was once on the HD. The styles you downloaded from the website are the bonus styles but not the original AUDIO STYLES from AUDYA. The audio guitars are assigned to each style once loaded but if you are missing the styles and audio drums and bass (that reside in the HD), then you'll need to get these first, otherwise, all you can do with your AUDYA (as it now stands) is play midi styles, midifiles, wave and mp3 songs!!

Thanks,

AJ

When that happens is it best to contact the dealer on a repair and a software replacement from the hard drive?



[This message has been edited by mc (edited 09-23-2009).]