Saving A Patch - Boss RC-50 Workshop Series User Manual

Saving and Organizing Patches
About Preset Protect
The RC-50 has a feature called Preset Protect that protects Patches 1-5 from
being overwritten accidentally.
When shipped from the factory, the RC-50 has demonstration audio saved in
Patches 1-5, and Preset Protect is enabled. If you want to use Patches 1-5 to
save your own data, you'll need to disable Preset Protect first.
If you wish to save the factory data in Patches 1-5 for later use, you
can back it up to a computer via USB. To learn how, see Chapter 9 in
the RC-50 Owner's Manual.
Here's how to turn Preset Protect on and off:
Press SYSTEM/USB.

Use the parameter buttons to display the Sys:PresetPrtct screen.

Turn the PATCH/VALUE dial to turn Preset Protect on or off.

Press EXIT when you're done.


Saving a Patch

If the current patch contains any newly recorded phrase data or parameter
changes that you wish to keep, you'll want to save it to one of the RC-50's
99 patch locations before selecting a new patch or turning off the RC-50's
power. If you don't, the new data and/or changes will be lost.
Use the following procedure to save a patch.
Press WRITE.

Turn the PATCH/VALUE dial to select the desired destination patch

number. The display shows the name and number of the selected
patch.
Destination patch name
Saving a patch overwrites any data existing in the destination patch.
If the destination patch contains data you want to keep, select a
different patch, or back up its data to a computer via USB before
proceeding.
If you wish to cancel the patch-saving process at this point, press
EXIT.
Press WRITE. "Now writing... " is displayed during the writing process.

When it's complete, the RC-50 automatically returns to the Play screen.
Don't turn off the power to the RC-50 while "Now writing..." is
displayed. Doing so can result in the loss of data you've saved in the
RC-50.
If there isn't enough free memory to store the contents of the patch,
"Memory Full" is displayed and the patch-saving process fails. To avoid
this situation, check the Play screen to make sure there's enough free
memory before recording to a patch's phrases.
Destination patch number