Connecting USB Box
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1. Exit to regret When importing all samples presets from a directory the samples will be placed on the next available sample locations on the FLASH memory in the bank selected as the Quick recording bank Presets will be saved from the location of the currently selected preset When importing the display should look like this Importing TR909KIK WAV FT TT With a progress bar in the bottom of the display showing the progress in 32 steps When importing samples that was backed up or exported from a Little deFormer the original sample name and the chop points will be restored If you would like to import a group of samples the easiest way to do it is to create a directory place all the samples into this max 512 per bank and then just import all the samples from this directory Backing up versus Exporting samples When backing up samplings they are stored in Little deFormer s original format as an LDS file When exporting samplings they are stored in 44 1 KHz 16 bit WAV format If you plan to use your samplings on other gear that can import WAV files you should clearly export them If you just wants to back up your work or transfer your samplings to another Little deFormer you should back them up If there are any difference between the WAV format and Little deFormer s LDS format it is very little If you export samples as WAV files you can still import them again with the original sample name and chop poi2. characters The first 3 letters will show the preset number The last 5 letters will be the first 5 letters of the preset name Back up All Presets This function will export all programmed presets to the currently open directory The file names of the presets will be constructed like this with 8 characters The first 3 letters will show the preset number The last 5 letters will be the first 5 letters of the preset name Make Directory This function will create a new directory inside the currently open directory or in the root directory if no directories are open When you first hit Edit it will open a page that lets you name the new directory You can use the 8 edit knobs for this and hit Edit again to create the directory Delete File This function will delete the currently selected file from the USB drive Only files can be deleted If you would like to delete a directory you should do this on a PC or a Mac Update USB box When a new update becomes available for the USB box you can download it from www gotharman dk to a PC or a Mac Create a directory on a USB drive that must be named UPDATE Place the update file inside this directory Connect the USB drive to USB box while connected to your Little deFormer and select the function Update USB box and hit Edit USB box will now look for the UPDATE directory and the update file If is doesn t find one or the other it will r
3. sure that your Little deFormer is turned off For connecting USB box to your Little deFormer you will need the 180 cm long cable that was supplied with it If you should need a longer cable or if your cable one day gets lost you can use a 1 1 9 pin SUB D cable If you have a Little deFormer 1 just notice that like on the picture pin 5 of the male connector must be cutted This is because on some Little deFormers pin 5 on the expansion connector are connected to its audio path and if this pin on the cable are connected it will create a lot of noise on the audio If you have a Little deFormer 2 you can just use the SUB D cabel as it is Preparing a USB drive Now when you have the USB box connected you can power on your Little deFormer If you right after power on hit the Edit button to enter the Edit Group Select pages then push and hold down the Inc button until you reach the page that says USB box Hit the Edit button to enter the USB box pages You should now see a page that looks something like this No Disk XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX OOOO 0 Files To get any use of USB box you must have a USB disk drive connected to the USB connector of it This should be FAT formatted either by a PC or a MAC and have a size of maximum 32 GB A USB FLASH stick is the ideal thing USB box will recognize a maximum of 1024 files at a time so it is advisable to arrange samples you would like to import in director
4. Sotharrnar s USB bon USB transfer box for Little deFormer LJAer Mignwual Contents Of This Manual Important 3 Introduction 4 Connecting 5 Functions Open 7 Import 7 Back up samples 9 Export samples 9 Back up presets 10 Make directory 10 Delete file 10 Update USB box 11 USB drives that can be used 12 IMPORTANT The Gotharman bank of samples that came pre installed on your Little deFormer are only licenced for use with your Little deFormer You may also export these for use on your other gear as long as you are the owner of a Little deFormer Any re selling or distrubution of these samples on medias or via the internet will be prosecuted Introduction Thank you very much for purchasing consider to purchase a Gotharman s USB box Please before you do anything else with this box back up your work When using USB box together with your Little deFormer it is possible to back up and restore your work both samples and presets to import wav files generated recorded on other gear and to export your Little deFormer s samples as wav files I hope you will enjoy it Connecting USB Box Make sure that your Little deFormer I or 2 are updated with at least update 558 You can view the version number on the first Edit Group Select page COMMON If you can t view this then your Little deFormer should be updated For details on how to update your Little deFormer please have a look at the user manual Make
5. e the first 3 letters of the sample name If you are trying to export a sample that already exists in the open directory it will ask Overwrite 606 Kick Hit Edit to overwrite or Exit to keep the sample already exported When exporting all samples from a bank it will only ask this for the first sample it finds that are already there If it finds more it will assume to take the same action so you will only have to answer this question once When pushing Exit not to overwrite it will not abort It will continue and still export the samples that does not already exist A known error In very rare occasions when exporting all samples from a bank the USB drive utilizes an ERROR Bad Command out of the blue I do not yet know why it is doing that but I am working on it Until this is fixed there are a workaround Turn your Little deFormer off and on again Go to the USB box menu and open the same directory as you were exporting all bank samples to earlier and start exporting all samples bank x again It will now ask if it should overwrite the first sampling Push the Exit button when it does this It will now skip through all the samples that are already exported to this directory and continue by exporting all the rest of them Back up Preset This function will export the currently selected preset to the currently open directory The file names of the presets will be constructed like this with 8
6. espond No Update Files If it does this please retry the operation If it finds both the UPDATE directory and the update file it will ask Update USB box Hit Edit and update process will start When it has finished you will have to turn your Little deFormer off and on again to complete the update USB drives that can be used USB box will accept USB drives on sizes up to 32 GB The drive must be DOS formatted from a PC or a Mac before it can be used You shold keep the count of files and directores in each subdirectory and the root directory blow 1024 It doesn t matter how long the names of the files and directories are but because of the V drive system USB box uses only the first 8 characters of the names will be shown If many files or directories has almost the same name V drive will rename these and that sometimes look really odd Written by Flemming Christensen Gotharman 2015 www gotharman dk
7. ies If you have already placed a USB drive in the USB connector or if you do it now you will see the first file that is placed in the root directory If this is a directory it might look like something like this D TR_909_1 DIR OOOO 55 Files If it is a file D MINIWAVE WAV 347 KB 55 Files As you might already have noticed directories are represented ending with DIR and their size is not visible Instead of size 4 squares are shown to make it easier to see that this is a directory Files are shown with their original ending and their size are shown In the bottom of the display the number of files and directories in the currently open directory in this case the root directory are shown By pushing the Inc and Dec buttons you can select the files and directories of the currently open directory If you hit the Edit button a menu will show up where you can select a number of functions using the Inc and Dec buttons These are Open only for directory Import Back up Sample Back up All Samples Bank A Back up All Samples Bank B Export Sample Export All Samples Bank A Export All Samples Bank B Back up Preset Back up All Presets Make Directory Delete File Update USB box By hitting the Edit button again you will select the displayed function By hitting the Exit button you will exit to the root directory Open If
8. nts restored so you don t nescessarily HAVE to use the back up function I personally just think that it is nice to know that my work is backed up in its original format Back up Sample Back up All Samples Bank A Back up All Samples Bank B Export Sample Export All Samples Bank A Export All Samples Bank B These functions will export your samples to the USB drive If you have a directory opened the samples will be exported to this If you have no directory opened they will be exported to the root directory D You should notice though that USB box can handle a maximum of 1024 files at a time so it is advisable to store your Bank A samples in one directory your bank B samples in another if you own an expanded LD2 and your presets in a third When backing up exporting a single sampling a screen will pop up to let you select the sample you want to export Export single Sample Bank A 12 606 Kick You can now use the trigger and step buttons to select the samples of the currently selected preset or you can use the Inc and Dec buttons to select any sampling Hit the Edit buttom to start exporting The display should now look like this Exporting 606 Kick WAV HENNE The file names of the samples will be constructed like this with 8 characters The first letter will show if the sample was from bank A or B The next four letters will be the number of the sample The last 3 letters will b
9. you select a directory hit the Edit button make sure that Open is selected as the function and then hit Edit again the selected directory will be opened and you will be able to view and select the files inside of it It might look like something like this TR 909 1 909CLAP WAV 50 KB 247 Files The D has now been replaced by the name of the open directory You can now use the Inc and Dec buttons to select the files and sub directories inside the open directory To close the directory and exit simply hit the Exit button Import Use this function to import samples and presets to your Little deFormer If a sample file is selected WAV or LDS Little deFormer sampling the sample will be imported as the next available sample on Little deFormers FLASH memory just like when you are recording a sample If you own a Little deFormer 2 Xpanded the sampling will be imported to the bank selected as the Quick recording bank the Bank parameter in the COMMON section If you import samples generated on other gear you will get the best results if these are standard 44 1 KHz 16 bit mono wav files If a preset file is selected LDP Little deFormer preset the preset will be loaded to Little deFormers preset ram If you want to keep the preset you will have to save it If a directory is selected it will ask Import All Samples Presets from Dir Hit Edit to confirm or
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