When you click OK, the current settings are saved in the STUDIO.INF file in the STUDIO directory. The information stored is the following:
• All the activated Device drivers and their settings.
• All the settings in the window (including the Mask Settings).
• Everything that is also stored with Save Preferences, see page 146 for more Info.
What happens when you add a driver is that it gets copied into the STUDIO.DAT directory. This means that in your STUDIO.DAT directory you will have one file for each device in your rig. Also found in this directory is a file called STUDIO.INF. This contains the settings for your Setup. Make a backup (or two!) of this directory and store in a safe place. Whenever you make a change to your Setup, also make new backups.
In fact, the STUDIO.INF file is so important that whenever you make a major change to your setup, the Studio Module creates a backup copy of it, called STUDIO.BAK, also found in the STUDIO.DAT directory. If you lose or damage your STUDIO.INF file, rename STUDIO.BAK to STUDIO.INF and restart the program. Then check if this file contains all or only parts of the settings you had.
P Never move any files manually into or out of the STUDIO.DAT directory. Never save any files to it either, especially not Data Dumps. To test that the System Exclusive communication for a device works as expected, try the following: