Backup feature now available for Rig manager

waraba · Aug 19th 2015

One can now backup the all content of the rig manager (Excluding the profiler), the feature is available in the upper menu.

Note that the backup excludes the content of the profiler itself, but you can copy the whole profiler content in a subdirectory in RM and then do a full backup.

great feature CK !

Robman · Aug 19th 2015

Yeah , In the Tools Menu....A very welcome Addition !

Ingolf · Aug 19th 2015

Yes, this is a good feature.

oozish · Aug 19th 2015

Quote from waraba

One can now backup the all content of the rig manager (Excluding the profiler), the feature is available in the upper menu.

Note that the backup excludes the content of the profiler itself, but you can copy the whole profiler content in a subdirectory in RM and then do a full backup.

great feature CK !

How do you copy the whole content in a profiler to do the full backuP? I don't understand why the RM backup would be needed.

bigHF · Aug 20th 2015

Quote from waraba

but you can copy the whole profiler content in a subdirectory in RM and then do a full backup.

I am pretty certain, he meant "all rigs/performances stored on the Kemper" - not the whole content. For a complete backup one still has to use the Kemper and a USB-Stick.

waraba · Aug 20th 2015

Hello, let's explain a bit further :

You can copy all the rigs stored on your profiler to a subfolder of the rig manager. Once it's done, you can backup the whole content of the Rig manager with the tools menu (backup). This will allow to copy your backuped rigs to the KPA if you do a system reset on your KPA or if your erase all the rigs by mistake.

This is different from a KPA BACKUP (this internal backup procedure backups the KPA Kaos firmware , all your KPA settings and all your rigs).

Why would you backup your rig manager :

- if your computer crashes , you'll just have to restore your RM backup, without the hassle of downloading and gathering all your commercial and personal rig collection again.
- if you go to a KPA equipped studio or visit a friend, restore your backup on the studio's PC or mac and you're at home. Of course your friend must backup it's on RM before, all his rigs could be lost by restoring yours.
- if you switch from mac to PC or reinstall your system, just restore your RM and then the backup.
- if you have several computers in different places, you can synchronize the different RM to a similar level by restoring the same backup.

good practices :
- store the RM backup on another computer / USB stick than your main one
- do a RM backup on a regular basis and every time you spent lots of time arranging and sorting your Rig collection.

whippinpost91850 · Aug 21st 2015

Waraba, Great idea

Antipodes · Aug 21st 2015

I just ran this RM backup from the tools menu to the local disk 3 times (Win 7 64) and it wrote a 12 MB file on each occasion (same size) and then reported that the file was unable to be written. I don't know whether the file is therefore incomplete or the error message is in error.

waraba · Aug 21st 2015

You should try the new beta, my backup went fine on Win7 64 bits : 1.3 Megas for around 2000 rigs.

Antipodes · Aug 24th 2015

I was using beta 2 - with over 16K rigs in RM database.

skoczy · Oct 20th 2015

How do you count rigs in "Local library" folder if you have subfolders?

Monkey_Man · Oct 20th 2015

Hey Skoczy, let's just say that this has been asked for before:

Three "Features" RM Simply Must Have
Request: Parent folder browsing
Rig Manager Feedback

http://www.kemper-amps.com/for…031-Rig-Manager-Feedback/Being able to see the rig-count at a glance is one of many features I've been hoping for, and especially to be able to browse / audition from parent-folder level, where all rigs in its sub-folders should be available, IMHO.

skoczy · Oct 21st 2015

Quote from Monkey_Man

Hey Skoczy, let's just say that this has been asked for before:

Three "Features" RM Simply Must Have
Request: Parent folder browsing
Rig Manager Feedback

Being able to see the rig-count at a glance is one of many features I've been hoping for, and especially to be able to browse / audition from parent-folder level, where all rigs in its sub-folders should be available, IMHO.

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Thanks Monkey_Man so it has been requested? Sorry I haven't read manual on this Thanks again

Monkey_Man · Oct 22nd 2015

I wouldn't worry, Skoczy; I doubt the manual even mentions the rig-count of parent folders, or the related browsing ability I and others have requested, for the simple reason that... they're not features.

One thing manuals don't talk about is what the product in question can't do.

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