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Für mein Q rack hätte ich gerne ein paar Speicherkarten. Leider sind die Waldorf Q Speicherkarten ziemlich teuer (29,-). Nun habe ich in der Waldorf User faq eine Anleitung zu einer Alternative gefunden. Bevor ich jedoch losgehe und den dafür notwendigen cardwriter und passende Speicherkarten kaufe, würde ich gerne wissen ob bereits jemand diese Methode erfolgreich angewendet hat.
Ich zitiere mal was in der user faq steht:
Für mein Q rack hätte ich gerne ein paar Speicherkarten. Leider sind die Waldorf Q Speicherkarten ziemlich teuer (29,-). Nun habe ich in der Waldorf User faq eine Anleitung zu einer Alternative gefunden. Bevor ich jedoch losgehe und den dafür notwendigen cardwriter und passende Speicherkarten kaufe, würde ich gerne wissen ob bereits jemand diese Methode erfolgreich angewendet hat.
Ich zitiere mal was in der user faq steht:
Q: Are there any third-party QCards?
A: Any chipcard in that particular "credit card" format advertised as "I2C memory card" or "ISO memory card" or "serial memory card" with 256kBit and 32kByte should be compatible, there is only a very slight chance that it isn't. You can also build these yourself from an adapter card normally used to emulate processor cards and a 24LC256 chip. The prices vary greatly from around $10 all the way up to $50, so check carefully.
The Q won't admit there is a card inserted unless it is properly "formatted" by using a PC based card reader. If you get your cards bundled with a card reader or already have one, the demo program that usually comes with it enables you to replace the first 36 bytes with the magic
0000: 57 64 43 57 00 80 00 00 16 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0010: 51 43 61 72 64 20 49 6E 69 74 56 31 2E 33 2E 32
0020: FF FF 7F DC
and you'll have an empty QCard that is named "QCard InitV1.3.2" (for those who can't read hex dumps. The three lines above should actually be put into a file, as at least the Towitoko demo programmer is able to read hex dumps directly (many other programs will read that format too). If it doesn't, don't blame me; if your Q breaks, I'm not responsible etc. pp. On the Q+ you can format QCards from the Utilities menu while it is in service mode.
In Germany you can buy electrically compatible cards most easily from Reichelt Elektronik:
http://www.reichelt.de/inhalt.html?ARTI ... RTE%2032KB
Link:
http://www.reichelt.de/inhalt.html?ARTI ... RTE%2032KB