Use a Micro USB Flash Drive, save your KPA USB Port from damage.

Elantric · Mar 28th 2012

I recall reading here somewhere about this trick before, but thought it deserved a post here in the tips and tricks section

Use a Micro USB Flash Drive, keep in the rear USB Host port. Lower mass, smaller footprint. Compared to a typical size USB thumb drive, these micro drives are less likely to cause damage to the KPA should it get bumped in the rear at a session.

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Newegg has the Kingston DataTraveler Micro 16GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive (DTMC/16GB) for $18 - $5 off with coupon code EMCNGHH53 [Exp 3/28] = $13 with free shipping. Measures 1.0" x 0.3" x 0.7".

http://www.newegg.com/Product/…7&PID=404255&SID=s_google

guitarnet70 · Mar 28th 2012

Being that your backup you may want to keep it away from the KPA, if stolen, burned or flooded you'll loose the backup as well....

Elantric · Mar 28th 2012

True!

But I have had occasions with other Studio gear with typical 3 inch long USB thumb drives which mid session and hasty gear movement got bumped, whacked and shattered , or worse - cracked the Audio Processor's main circuit board.

guitarnet70 · Mar 28th 2012

Ok, I don't even take the USB in studio...

dhodgson · Mar 29th 2012

Nice. I've been using a tiny thumb drive that looked like this except it had an annoying little swivel cover that couldn't be removed. Perfect.

-djh

Adinfinitum · Mar 29th 2012

When I tried using a 8 GB drive, the kemper formatted it to 4 GB and then copy protected the drive rendering it useless (i couldnt reformat it). I don't think there is a need for anything larger than a 1 GB drive, so save some dough and buy two smaller drives (one as a backup)

dhodgson · Mar 29th 2012

The OS firmware files are over 5GB... Formatting in Windows as FAT32 seems to work fine, if you can't trust the KPA formatter that would be the way to go.

[edit] MB! D'oh !

-djh

Vincent88 · Mar 29th 2012

The firmware is only a few MB.

Beau_Mckee · Mar 29th 2012

good post! this will be a future $18 investment for me

carydad · Mar 29th 2012

8 bucks on amazon prime. Love the form factor and dont care about the 8gb down-format. I put my backups on computer anyway-and then on dropbox so it's available on any of my computers-heck, even my ipad and andriod phone.
http://www.amazon.com/Kingston…F8&qid=1333019770&sr=8-50

Froschn · Mar 29th 2012

Quote from guitarnet70

Being that your backup you may want to keep it away from the KPA, if stolen, burned or flooded you'll loose the backup as well....

The backups should be copied to the pc from time to time...so there is no risk more than some bucks for the stick itself. The advantage of the micro stick is that you can make backups whenever you want and you can restore whenever needed or wanted.

Elantric · Mar 29th 2012

This form factor is even smaller

http://www.amazon.com/Verbatim…LIQDW/ref=pd_sim_sbs_pc_8

Verbatim Store 'n' Stay 8 GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive 97463 (Black)

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MagnaVox · Apr 19th 2012

i use dropbox for my "kemper" folder. Once its updated then it gets (re)copied to the flash.

y-mun · May 4th 2012

For live use I have this one and an additional one with an older FW with me. And I keep the backups saved on my Mac as well.

To be on the safe side.

lucky · May 4th 2012

I just bought the 16gb version....was horrified to read that it formats to 4gb in the KPA?? really is this true? isnt there a way to keep all 16gb free?

guitarnet70 · May 4th 2012

Quote from lucky

I just bought the 16gb version....was horrified to read that it formats to 4gb in the KPA?? really is this true? isnt there a way to keep all 16gb free?

No, you can't. But don't worry, I don't think we will reach 1 Million profiles that soon....

lucky · May 5th 2012

haha ...how many gigs of the usb card (16gb) can i use then....anyone know??

musicman65 · May 5th 2012

So the rumor is 4 gigs is the max the KPA will format the usb drive to. This is not uncommon for non-computer devices to have limits.

Bottom Line: That's more than we'll ever use or need and newer firmware can support larger capacities later if needed. I won't lose sleep over $6 of lost memory capacity...lol.

I just bought 2 8gb and 2 16gb of the Kingston's. I use a few tablets and notebooks also and leaving the drives plugged in is the way to go.

bd

lucky · May 5th 2012

cool thanks

davec69 · May 8th 2012

I just picked up a Maxell MaxData USB Onyx 8gb flash drive yesterday, and didn't have any luck getting it formatted on the Kemper. I even tried formatting it on the PC first, then sticking it in the KPA. All it get is format failed.

http://www.walmart.com/ip/1586…=14024277790&wl4=&wl5=pla

I do notice that it's usb 2.0. Is this ok to use with the KPA?

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