Reset Roland GP-8/ factorysetings.

Hello. I own a used GP-8 and want the factory settings/sounds back. Previous owner messed all up in both bank's. I have opened it to find some kind of battery, maybee it eventually could be moved for several ours and it will reset, i dont know. There are also three fuses, what happens if a take out all three of them? Beside the powersupply, there are a grey cylinder shaped plasticunit who is the most common in my mind to be the battery?. If anybody can help me somehow, i am prepared to manually program all the factorysounds. That require ofcourse som kind of manual. I don't know if this is included in owners manual, i don't have that either. If anybody can help me tips, websites, wher to download the manual and tecnical cheme for free in the first time, i would be most grateful:-) I know the manual are out there, i once downloaded it for free, but unfortunally i have mispaced it. I have not used this GP-8 for about 0 years! In adwance, thank you all for the help. Egil

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The Roland GP-8 Free Users Manual is at http://media.rolandus.com/manuals/GP-8_OM.pdf You will have to reset by hand, which would be time well spent; this unit was produced back in the day before factory reloading was an option; it would only take a few hours to do so.

You cannot reset the settings. There is no function to do that. The only way is to upload a SYX file containing the factory defaults into the banks. I have seen one somewhere on rolandus site. I also have a copy of it. If you want it send me a mail on kandreinski@gmail.com. You can then bulk upload it with any MIDI software such as midiox for ex. Regards Kris