I posted a video on the isla facebook forum to show my problem.
I regularly lose samples when I save (20% of the time). I have my s2400 6 month ago.
I use the isla the same way all the time. I build my project, all works perfectly, and when I save project some samples disappear or the sample of pad 2 goes on pad 4 and I lose the sample of pad 4 … I can not find it in the memory, it has faded away.
this is driving me crazy. I lose a lot of projects and I work for hours for nothing…
I have last firmware and it was here too with old firmware
For example, in this case, is it like you do everything and then you save once and stuff disappear or you save frequently and suddenly after saving for the let’s say the 7th time stuff suddenly disappear?
I remember having that kind of problems with the first versions of the firmware and took the habit of saving many times, for example everytime after assigning a sample to a track.
I think they’ve fixed and improved that in the new firmware but there may be remaining issues.
How are you saving? Im on the latest firmware ver. i believe theres two methods. Ive had issues with saving in settings and turning off and powering back on loading that project with it appearing blank. But it always saaves for me when i shift + save
Yeah maybe. No problem here when using the shortcut in the main menu. I always save after assigning a sample to a track and often save anyway. Experience from the MPC, you’ll never know when it will crash
Never once have I lost a sample while using the S2400. Well, I haven’t lost anything yet, anyway. I also realized quickly that I had to save things constantly during the work process. This machine is just like my old MPCs and SP-1200 in that it won’t prompt me to save my project when I cut it off. Hahaha. That feeling half second after you cut off the machine, knowing that the work wasn’t saved suuuuuuucks.
What’s helped me is initially using ‘Save Project As’ when I know that I have an idea that I want to keep. I rename it and save it that way. I’ll then usually go to that new saved project and reopen it, just to ensure that it saved. Works every time. Then, while I am progressing through the building of the project, I am constantly hitting Shift + Save. Oh, and I ALWAYS name my samples something distinct immediately after recording.
Can you walk us through how you’re saving from the get go? Curious to know if I can replicate that.
Got it. But are you naming your samples when you record them in and do you initially use Shift + File and then select ‘Save Project As’? The reason that I ask is because I can see you just saving things to the initial root folder as-is potentially causing problems. I’m also curious to know if you are using the same sample on pads 2 + 4 or are copying that sound? I ask because I’ve only read of a few people having problems with saving/recalling projects and wonder if there is a step in the operation that is being looked over?
More than the resaving the sample under a new, it’s important that you use the Shift + File and then Save Project As… to ensure that the samples are being saved in a new folder on your disk. I could be wrong, but I have a hunch that not doing that is causing the S2400 to not load those samples for you. Renaming them is a good practice, too, but ensuring each project is saved and living in its own dedicated place with its specific samples is really important, as well.
Word! Make a few different ‘throw away’ beats and save them all in this way. If your problem continues, then there definitely is a deeper problem. Good luck!
learned the hard way.
