Interesting find: 4GB SDCard inside the Integra-7, what for?
14 Aug 2016, 04:22Hello,
Interesting perspective here, and possibly great developments for the future : I just stumbled upon this image of the inside of the Integra-7 http://synth-voice.sblo.jp/article/58425029.html
It clearly shows a SD card inside the unit, as stated on the blog post (in Japanese), a 4 GB Class 4 SD card (bottom right of the daughter board.) It's not unusual to find SD Card in Boss and Roland products, but it's usually to stock user audio data (like in Boss loopers for instance.) What is the need for a 4 GB re-writable media in the Integra-7, was it planed down the life of the product to include direct wav recording for instance, or sample expansions, or even onboard sampling? We need to find out!
I haven't opened my unit as it's still under warranty, but maybe someone with an early 2012 second hand unit (Roland warranty is 3 years when the Integra-7 is registered) and a screw driver (blu3planet?) wouldn't mind opening his and try and read this SD card to see what it is exactly stocking.
If it were only stocking programs and general settings, it would mostly be empty, but if it was able to load samples as well, we could gently ask Roland for a format specifications or an (even paid) upgrade someday. Maybe we could find a way to convert existing data to the Inegra-7 format at some point, or maybe just Roland would figure it out after having sold so many unit, it would b a good idea to reward the users with a great expandability for this device?
It's all hypothetical, but my first immediate guess is that we could go ask Roland at least for a firmware update opening to thousands of Studio Sets instead of 64...
But first we need to know what's on this SD card!
What do you think?
Interesting perspective here, and possibly great developments for the future : I just stumbled upon this image of the inside of the Integra-7 http://synth-voice.sblo.jp/article/58425029.html
It clearly shows a SD card inside the unit, as stated on the blog post (in Japanese), a 4 GB Class 4 SD card (bottom right of the daughter board.) It's not unusual to find SD Card in Boss and Roland products, but it's usually to stock user audio data (like in Boss loopers for instance.) What is the need for a 4 GB re-writable media in the Integra-7, was it planed down the life of the product to include direct wav recording for instance, or sample expansions, or even onboard sampling? We need to find out!
I haven't opened my unit as it's still under warranty, but maybe someone with an early 2012 second hand unit (Roland warranty is 3 years when the Integra-7 is registered) and a screw driver (blu3planet?) wouldn't mind opening his and try and read this SD card to see what it is exactly stocking.
If it were only stocking programs and general settings, it would mostly be empty, but if it was able to load samples as well, we could gently ask Roland for a format specifications or an (even paid) upgrade someday. Maybe we could find a way to convert existing data to the Inegra-7 format at some point, or maybe just Roland would figure it out after having sold so many unit, it would b a good idea to reward the users with a great expandability for this device?
It's all hypothetical, but my first immediate guess is that we could go ask Roland at least for a firmware update opening to thousands of Studio Sets instead of 64...
But first we need to know what's on this SD card!
What do you think?