Here is a bit of good info for anyone who is buying Erv's CF card and is using a Macintosh computer....
Because of the way the card is programmed...and the ability to change the soundfonts, one must FORMAT the SD card before loading up any new soundfont. Basically you re-write the ENTIRE card when you change a soundfont. This is just a function of how CF works.
Even though a Mac allows you to format the card in FAT 16 (the required format for CF to recognize the card), if you attempt to format the card in OSX, you will get errors once you reload the soundsets and boot your saber. On my saber, I was getting sound dropouts....menu items would not play properly. I was freakin.
To solve this, I rebooted my Mac into Windows XP, and reformatted the card, loaded up the same soundsets...and everything worked as expected.
I tried this multiple times, so I do not believe this is a fluke or bad format.
So the bottom line is: Erv's CF likes Windows to do the formatting for the SD card.
Caveat: Since editing the config file does not require a re-format of the card....those types of edits are just fine in OSX. No problems overwriting the config file.....only when you reformat the SD card to load new sounds.
Hope this helps anyone who might have a Mac and is buying Buttered Toast......make sure you have a partition with XP installed....or a PC in the house.
Cheers
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