LINE 6 Spider Jam [26/27] Sd card backup details

Appendix : FAQ

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SD Card Backup Details

Q: I’ve just started recording with my Spider Jam and my internal memory is already

ﬁlling up. I got an SD card to update to v2.07, but I’m new to recording and I’m a bit

confused about backups, WAV ﬁles, JAM ﬁles, etc. Can you give me some tips on the

best way to do backups and keep my Spider Jam recordings organized?

A: No problem. The best way to manage your recordings is to think of Spider Jam’s

internal memory as a ‘scratchpad’, and get into the habit of backing up your ﬁles to SD

card after every session. Here are some workﬂow suggestions that might be helpful:

Transfer all your internal recordings to the SD card using a Transfer All command.•

Remove the SD card from your Spider Jam and back it up to your computer (open •

the SD card’s icon on your computer, then you drag and drop the Line 6 Folder to

your computer’s desktop, making a copy of everything on the SD card).

Return the SD card to your Spider Jam and conﬁrm you can load one of the recordings •

from it, just to triple check that everything is working as expected.

Now that you’re sure everything is safe on the SD card, and also backed up on your •

computer, erase all recordings from your Spider Jam’s internal memory.

When making new recordings, always save them to the SD card as you work.•

Periodically return the SD card to your computer and re-do your backup, so copies of •

your latest ﬁles are always backed up on your computer. (Create new folders on your

computer, for example, organized by date. To do this, create a folder for each month,

then copy your current Spider Jam Line 6 folder into the current month’s folder).

If you keep all your recordings on SD card, rather than in Spider Jam’s internal •

memory, it means you’ll always be ready to quickly back up your data, and everything

will be quickly and easily accessible from your computer. This is similar to the way

most digital cameras work with an SD card, so think of it that way.

It also results in the maximum internal memory being available for use when making •

new recordings. Remember that Spider Jam’s internal memory is your working

memory for recording, and if you’ve got lots of memory taken up internally by saved

recordings, you may ﬁnd that you’ll run out of working memory to do new recordings

too quickly, especially if you make longer recordings. So it’s best to keep it clean.

And last but not least, working this way means you never have to wonder whether •

the latest version of a recording was saved to internal memory or SD card, which can

happen if you try to use both for recordings you continue to update. Good luck.