Saving and loading from usb

12 Jun 2011, 22:52

Is anyone else having problems saving and loading songs from a usb thumb. I have tried 3 different drives on this unit. all formated on the roland. The songs have like 6-7 midi tracks and maybe 3-4 audio. When I save it to usb and then reload it, a couple midi tracks are missing and audio tracks will play, then missample. I have tried kingston, sansdisk 2.0 usb drives from 1gb to 16gb. No luck on any. I also cant hotswap the drives, What the reason for this? I have never had a more creative keyboard for song writing, but if you can save it safely why bother! This unit has version 1.5.

Re: Saving and loading from usb

14 Jun 2011, 02:00

All USB drives must be formatted on PC first, using the FAT or FAT32 system, and after that they must be formatted on the Roland Fantom G in order to work properly.

Re: Saving and loading from usb

14 Jun 2011, 23:09

Doesnt the roland format fat 32?

Re: Saving and loading from usb

15 Jun 2011, 10:26

sorry but isnt that an irrelevant question?

1. not all USB drives work with the FG..there is a sticky thread for that
2. Gman indicates your best chances are to format the usb drive from the fantom.. try that.

it really does not matter if the FG formats as FAT32 or CATCH22 as long as it works.

ScottRB wrote:
Doesnt the roland format fat 32?

Re: Saving and loading from usb

15 Jun 2011, 11:05

That is something I've read in the Fantom G owner's manual - PC first with FAT or FAT32, and after that, the Fantom. If Roland says we should do it like that... they probably know why -)

Re: Saving and loading from usb

15 Jun 2011, 22:31

Thanks for the info, but I found a article on the internet about the problem and the solve.Now it works great on all my thumb drives.

Re: Saving and loading from usb

15 Jun 2011, 23:39

can you post the link Scott? Thanks.

Re: Saving and loading from usb

16 Jun 2011, 21:40

Some of this was in my book, some wasnt. You may have this amendment. I have tried 7 thumb drives from 1-32gb since and never an error. http://cms.rolandus.com/assets/media/pdf/FGWS04.pdf

Re: Saving and loading from usb

16 Jun 2011, 21:50

This article basically put the system into perspective, and once you understand the file system and how the FG handles files, thing work better. And I understand the computer files better. All my thumbs were formatted only on the FG. Im back to loving this machine!