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Card Reader Recommendation?

 

We have virtually all of our church choir accompaniment music stored on a card in our QY100. It's not a microSD card and I can't seem to find a reader that would let us back up the files to a computer. I don't think the card has been backed up in years and I'd like to get a card reader to do this. Does anyone have suggestions?

Thanks!
Tony
 

Check Amazon. Search for CF card reader
 

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Trail Boss is incorrect, QY100 does not use CF (CompactFlash), it uses SmartMedia.


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Oop's! Eric saves the day. I got my nomenclature's scrambled. Sorry.
 

This may fit the bill, since it explicitly mentions "SmartMedia":


On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 7:05 PM Tony Weisse via groups.io
<tony_weisse@...> wrote:

We have virtually all of our church choir accompaniment music stored on a card in our QY100. It's not a microSD card and I can't seem to find a reader that would let us back up the files to a computer. I don't think the card has been backed up in years and I'd like to get a card reader to do this. Does anyone have suggestions?

Thanks!
Tony
 
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Hi,
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Welcome to the group.
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Generally any decent multi-Reader that supports SmartMedia should work. ?I personally use a Dazzle brand multi-reader (connects via USB).
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One important note about SmartMedia: ?If you ever need to format a new SmartMedia card, do NOT use a computer - ALWAYS use the QY device itself. ?Using a computer to format SmartMedia cards can potentially ruin the SmartMedia card. ? Reading and writing from the computer is fine, but only the QY device should be used for formatting. ?Obviously, since you are trying to make a copy of an important card, make sure you are formatting the blank one and not the one with the data on it !!! (Obvious, I know, but mistakes happen).
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By the way, The QY100 uses 3.3volt SmartMedia cards (upto 128MB in size). ?The 3.3volt cards are the most common ones you will find on eBay and they are fairly cheap. ?There are other (incompatible) 5volt ?Smartmedia cards that are very expensive…you do NOT want to use those. ?You can easily tell if a card is 3.3 volts by buying one that is 8mb in size or greater. ?The incorrect 5volt cards are only available in sizes of 4mb (or less).
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Hope this helps,
Eric

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Thanks for the info. I picked up a card ready and was able to successfully back up our files. The next task is to see about converting them into actual MIDI files!
 

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You can export them using the menu to a SMF (simple midi file).?

Beyond that there is no current way to convert the *.QY files ?externally as far as I know.

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Hi again,

Just wanted to also mention that in the files section of this group there is an installable program called Filer for the QY100.

The program basically allows you to backup/transfer files from a computer to the QY100 via any decent set of 5-pin-to-usb midi cables, ?if memory serves, there is an option to transfer SMF (Simple Mdi Files) files as well… but basically anything done in that program can be done on the QY100 via the card and then transferring the files by using a card reader. ?


The Filer program is just a Nice optional transfer method for the QY 100 since it has a card… But for the QY70 is very instrumental as that machine doesn’t actually have a removable card for storage. ?The two machine use different Filer programs so just make sure to install the correct one for your device.
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Thank you for the tip! I downloaded and installed the software for the QY100 along with the drivers. I have the files on my computer, but it looks like the software wants to read the data from the QY100. I can't see any way to convert the files that were directly copied from the card to my PC. They have a file extension of *.Q1S if that means anything.

It appears the next step is to get a MIDI/USB converter and try that!
 

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The software is really just an option vs. removing the card (or rather for users that don’t own a card).

I don’t think i’s going to give you new features, it was just an alternative to copying the data to the card and then backing up thecard on the pc.

The only other feature is on the QY100 device - in the file menu you can export data as an SMF (Simple Midi File) to the card. ?As far as I know there was never a utility to convert .Q1S files directly to MIDI tracks via software.

Of course, there may be a device out there that can be connected to the MIDI-OUT port that will record and create a .midi file from the raw midi data, but if there is I have never used it.

Hopefully someone else can chime in with abetter option that exporting an SMF, since I believe there are some limitations to it’s usefulness. ?Generally I just do backups and restores with the card, keeping everything in .Q1S files.?


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