After I updated the firmware, every time I have the S6 connected via USB, MacOS sees it as being in bootloader mode (including on new computers the S6 hasn’t been connected to before).
This also happens with my Nymphes so I assume it’s some Mac weirdness… does it matter? Anyone else encounter this and know of a way to get it out of bootloader mode?
It looks as though there are 2 partitions in Super6’s flash memory. Bootloader is (Shift)+(Power). User Patches, Arps and Waveforms are (Patch)+(Power). This drove me crazy, until the penny dropped. I even thought I had bricked my Super6.
My computer is an eMac with CRT display (so absolutely ancient).
Hope that helps.
I’m noticing this too. I don’t need to do Shift+Power or Patch+Power, all I have to do is connect over USB and my computer always sees both the SUPER6-BOOT and SUPER6 drives.
If you had a manual with your Super 6, you can check this. If you bought secondhand, and they forgot to give you a manual, it is probably online. What you found is correct. This is how Super 6 is designed. I’m not sure what you expected to find when connecting your computer to your Super 6? It is an analogue synth, so its outputs are not from a DAC chip. I’m still in the steam age, with analogue mixer and monitoring.
Yes, I have and have read the manual. The manual says that you should have to hold down the patch button while powering up to access the SUPER6 drive and hold down shift while powering up to access the SUPER6-BOOT drive. I was just surprised to see that all I needed to do was connect a USB cable and not do the special startup holding down a button to access those, and my concern is that there may be a reason to NOT use those drives unless I did the special power up sequence.
I think the difference is not in the content you see, but one gives you read AND write rights on the drive (boot mode, to be able to copy a new firmware), the other mode is read-only.
I will get back to you after trying what concerns you. From memory, my only issue was confusion between the two drives, which appeared to do the same things. However, after much head-scratching, one only does the OS upgrades, while the other patch banks and single cycle waveforms. Since then, and getting to know Super 6 better, I’m not that interested in having 1000s of waveforms on my PC (Windows XP!), or routing audio through its filter. I’m mainly about replacing factory patches I dislike with more analogue style ones. I’m easily satisfied with the number of patch slots, but will work towards creating a “best of” scw set, plus tucking further ones inside my patches.