I have heard that Roland has released a new OS for the XP-60 (and XP-80), version 1.11. Does anyone know anything about this, what it does, and where it can be downloaded.
I heard that it was available at the Scandinavian Roland-site, but I could not find it...
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I've never heard of a new XP60 OS, but I still believe that the internal chip is a flash memory, and that you can upgrade the software contained there. A lot of new Roland synths have upgradable OS: Groove Machines (MC505 & JX305), JP8000, JV1010... There is a new JV1010 OS on Roland site; anyone knows what it fix?
Yes, I too would like to know what this OS does. I downloaded it and don't know how to install it because Roland left no installation directions.
On my old XP50, all you had to do was insert the upgrade disk and the Roland would automatically recognize it and start upgrading right away. Not the XP60 though. HELP!
While you guys figure that one out, also figure out how to upgrade the SC880's OS. I have both an XP60 Upgrade Disk(s) and an SC880 Upgrade Disk(s) and don't know how to install either of them. Double Arrgh!
I do know this: some other synths that have floppy disk drives have a button combination that you hold down while you turn the machine on, and when it comes on it'll ask for disks. I tried a few button combinations, but no success. If you want, randomly try more, we'll come up with it sooner or later..
Now I know that this is gonna piss you guys off. I spoke to a Roland customer service and he argued with me over the phone that both the SC880 and XP60 have ROM chips nd that they can not be user upgraded.
At first I was pissed. Mainly because he denied that a Software upgrade even existed for the two machines and that the Denmark website had nothing to do with Roland US.
After I though about that for a while, I figured that he might be right. Here's why:
I remember ROM upgradeing my old XP50 with a Software Upgrade (1.3). It worked because XP50's with the Serial Numbers 00000-29753 had Flash ROM chips because Roland knew that they're were problems and that they would need to upgrade them later on. However, boards with Chip 1.2 didn't have Flash ROM. If these people wanted ROM 1.3, they would have to get it professionaly done.
It may be well the case that XP60s after a certain number doesn't have a Flash ROM chip. If you have Version 1.10, then you may be set, as that is the second to latest version.
Roland doens't even describe what this upgrade does and maybe it's supposed to be like that. Like I said, as soon as I turned my XP50 on with the disk in it, It started to upgrade itself. This is not the case with the XP60.
I think you have to keep some buttons pressed while turning on the synth to upgrade the OS. This is the way other Rolands (with floppy-disk) are upgraded.
I am quite sure the XP-60 has flash-ROM, as most E-series keyboards have this, and the JX and JP synths. It is just a question of finding out how to install it...
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