Session names in random order

MIDIbox SEQ
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Hi, i noticed that the session names on the “OPEN” pages are in a random order.
I tried to rename the sessions with a number prefix like 01, 02, but they still appear random.
Why is this? And can it be fixed?
It would be nice for my live sessions, because now i loose time in searching the session names.
Thank you

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Hi, the order is not random, resp. it’s deterministic. The MIDIbox SEQ application has no free memory to sort session names, therefore they are directly read from the FAT32 table. This means for example that in case a session is removed, the next session will be put into the deleted FAT32 directory slot.

There are tools to maintain the order of directory entries. E.g. DriverSort for Windows or FatDriveSorter for MacOS

Best Regards, Thorsten.

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Hi Thorsten, thank you so much for clearing this out. Every day is a lesson learnt!

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