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SPECTRALIS 2
7.1 The USB port and storage media
Using the USB port on your Spectralis you can easily:
- exchange data with your computer
- save your data
- Transfer new samples
- do firmware upgrades
The Spectralis uses generic drivers for data transfer, which are integrated in
the firmware. This eliminates the need for driver installations. Once you’ve
made a successful connection additional drive icons will appear on your
computer’s desktop, which can be used to exchange data with. Normally you
should now see three different drives.
a.) SPECTRALIS – this drive represents the internal 4GB resident memory
drive which can be re-written multiple times and saves its contents when the
instrument is being powered down. This is where you want to store all your
files - samples, songs and sounds, which you want to have readily available to
you after turning your Spectralis 2 on. For now the Spectralis 2 loads all samples
from this memory bank automatically into the sample RAM memory.
b.) SD-Card
Some computers will only make this drive visible, if you already have inserted
a SD-Card.
You should only establish a USB connection if you are planning to copy data.
The USB connection is not necessary for the normal Spectralis operation.
Background:
It is rather unusual for operating systems to ”mount” a hard-drive, which
can rewrite itself. When storing data in the flash-rom the data on your
media are being changed without notification of the operating system.
Only after use of the ”refresh” function does the operating system ”know”
what it is dealing with and what changes may have taken place. This could
have dramatic consequences! On the other hand the operating system
constantly keeps busy with files. You may not even have started doing
anything, yet your computer already has generated or changed data on
your media – even if it’s only applying a timestamp documenting your
most recent access. All of this takes place without you even knowing. Just
”mounting” the drives is enough. For this reason the Spectralis 2 switches
into a special secure USB data transfer mode as soon as a USB connection
is established. The Spectralis 2 will switch back to normal operation after
you unplug the USB cable.
USB:
Stands for „Universal
Serial Bus“. All
Modern
Computers come fitted
with this useful con-
nection port which
enables simple and
problem-free con-
nection of peripheral
instruments to a
Computer.
The USB port and storage media