hi folks, I use my 404 quite regularly with my band and I am afraid that one day It will crash and I'll lose my samples. I have done a backup save on both my cards, does that mean I can load my samples onto another 404 if my current one breaks? any help would be apprectiated.thanks

As far as I'm aware it only backs up bank A & B - the other banks are always stored on the card, not the machine, so they're automatically 'backed up' just by existing...

If I were you I would copy the contents of the card onto computer and/or upload a copy of the card's contents, because it's probably more likely that the flash card will die than the SP

Thats a great help thanks, just one more question, if i get a new 404 i have to format any card i want to use on it for it to work thus deleting whatever samples are on it, but if i want to use my old card.........(question mark)

you could put that card into any 404, doesn't matter if it's new...

i backup my stuff by copying the card content (Roland folder) to the pc...
never messed with the backup function in the machine... bank A+B won't get saved though.

thats great thanks boss, feel alot better now,just backed up the stuff there.gracias

Curious, I have a flash card reader that plugs in to my PC through USB. Do I just plug it in? Or do I need some sort of program to recognize the flash card data?

just plug it in and copy everythin (put it in a folder so u remember all the files that were on the card