How to Add Soundfonts to a Proffie Lightsaber

[@LostCompositions]

I already feel better knowing Lando's fried a saber just like all of us.

[@LandoSabers]

I wanted to be able to feel the pain. It was very felt.

[@seaslicks]

How do you know if the board is fried? Are there any indicators?

[@LostCompositions]

@@seaslicks You'll smell it, haha

[@zaowinslow487]

My first 2 lightsabers fried as soon as I plugged them in

[@blake_1146]

@@zaowinslow487 is it because you used a power cable not a “data” cable

[@sublimechimp]

Crazy to me proffie prides themselves on “everything is possible” meanwhile you have to risk destroying the electronics just to get the sd card out

[@xaikken]

Holy hell seriously

[@froggythrottle]

Can I use any saber that has a SD card like from imperial workshop

[@wolfybuilder]

This needs more views! Until this video, I hadn't even considered the possibility of frying my board with a charging cable! This is very important information that is rarely discussed, and needs to be more widely spread

[@andredantin15]

I can’t overstate how invaluable this was for me being a Proffie noob. You make it seem 1,000% less daunting in a clear, concise fashion. Hats off to you, sir!

[@kolbynope3911]

I have one ordered, I was going to get a cfx for obvious reasons, but they were sold out for the hilt/saber/whatever you call it. I went with a proffie just to be safe and finally get my hands on one. Do certain fonts not work on proffie boards?

[@llollercakes]

This should be the #1 Proffie set up video everybody watches first. Best one I've watched and super easy to follow. Great job man.

[@aarenhogan8932]

My CrimsonDawn Saber literally just came in today and this vid just came on my feed.

[@DrFranklynAnderson]

Read that thumbnail as “how to add profanity soundfonts to a lightsaber.” Now I want a font where the clash noise is Sebulba yelling “Poodoo!” 😂

[@jmk3149]

Lando, you made this so easy. I thought this was something I couldnt do ever, but following your video, I was able to get it done on first try. Especially easy on Mac. Thx man

[@Alextw14]

I’m on mac as well, which method did you do? the first one or second? because i’m doing the second one but I’m stuck at a part that i need some help with

[@htv_frexxy6333]

I’m on a Mac but my brain did not understand anyone able to help

[@Solo_Sabers]

Excellent video. I watched the whole thing and found it to be very informative form A to Z man. I’ll be referencing customers to this. Thank you

[@LandoSabers]

Thank you brother!!! Means a lot coming from you. Good luck on those upcoming installs, don’t forget to take a little break/vacation every once in a while 😂

[@thunt02]

Was very disappointed by the quality of some of the sound fonts on the crimson proffie core, I decided to replace those sound fonts with better ones. Thank you so much for this helpful video!

[@pdamasco]

This was the easiest video to follow on this subject so far. It's weird that they designed it in a way that the standard micro USB cable could possible cause damage but I'm really glad you mentioned that. I have a ton of them hanging around but most are probably from phones and Bluetooth headphones for charging so again I'm super glad you mentioned this! I hope you make more like this in the near future.

[@LandoSabers]

Thank you Paul! And yeah, it’s kinda sad that the current board does not support micro USB cable charging, but the Proffie V3 board (pending release hopefully this year) should support it, so mess ups with the wrong cable may actually be eliminated and go unpunished there. It makes it very convenient, and eliminates a bit of the risk, so that’s really nice in my opinion. But until then, we all have to be very careful with our cable management around the Proffie 2.2, I keep all of my data cables far away from all of my charging cables.

[@orangethesaberguy7638]

thank you for making it easier to understand. As a person who had to go off of 4-hour youtube videos and just reading the manual over the course of 16 hours, this helps others avoid the pain I went through. Also I never had an issue with cables, if it wasn't a data cable nothing happened for me. Would avoid using a non-data cable though. Better safe than sorry.

[@thejediguy3362]

HI Lando Sabers! I got a Luke Skywalker Proffie lightsaber! I tried the easiest method that you showed us, now it plays the music and sound from The Mandalorian rescue! Thanks again!!!

[@rpmrunner]

Simply the best, always covering every detail, always unbiased, always a little longer than most people would probably prefer, but that's a small price to pay to have most every question answered.

[@jo5dsmanrising50]

Don't own a proffie, but was generally curious. Very informative video.

[@mojavetrooper8547]

Thanks so much dude, this really helped. Small addition though for anyone having the same issue with the Port in Arduino. In a lot of cases too, The first time you do it, it doesn’t have to say ‘Proffieboard’, it most likely just says ‘COM3’ or ‘COM(X)’. Once you upload it to that the first time, the next time you plug in your board, it will start to say ‘Proffieboard’

[@jacobharmon519]

This is a great resource for Proffie beginners! Hopefully proffie doesn’t seem so scary to newbies after this. wish this was available when i started lmao

[@JediPhoenix1976]

Here's where the fun begins...my Heirloom neopixel from Rebel Sabers is a Proffie; I'm not looking to adjust the blade styles for now, I just want to be able to add sound fonts. Glad I saw this to learn how easy it is; found the SD card, just gotta get a reader, and I'll be good to go.

[@AverageNerdGuy]

This is going to be SOOOO helpful!!! The driver and flashing of the board is almost EXACTLY the same thing I had to learn to flash my iFlight controllers for the FPV drones I build. I was so worried about having to learn all this and had been told how horrible Proffie was but from the dfu comm connection, to the config flash, to the driver issues; this is all stuff I had to troubleshoot and learn with Betaflight and BLHeli for Flight controller and ESC flashing when I tune my quad!!! The coding part reminds me a lot of the stuff I had to code in Marlin for my 3Dprinter when I built it (All the way down to having a config.h file; which is no shock because my printer's mainboard uses an STM32 processor chipset as well). Its amazing how these hobbies follow so many similar pathways!!! Thank you SOOOO much!!! I cant wait to get my final parts in (Waiting for my TGS Hilt to come in and my Shapeways crystal for my Crystal Chamber) then i can finish up my ANH Graflex.

[@LandoSabers]

Just make sure when you go to flash the board, there’s a chance it won’t compile as I had drivers on my computer that tried to use my Proffie, so I had to go in and remove them, select the STM32Bootloader in Zadig and use WinUSB drivers so that my board would be recognized. Stuff like external controllers, racing sim software and hardware, etc. can mess with Proffie boards.

[@dano579]

Can you do an updated video for ProffieOS 6.7 pleaseeeee

[@DriftTrio]

Bought myself a Proffie from Sabertrio two weeks ago (since they actually have something in stock) and realized I had no idea how to actually add sound effects. thanks for this video

[@culp22]

I also have a new proffie from sabertrio and still feel a bit overwhelmed. I cannot find a killswitch on mine anywhere. You?

[@DriftTrio]

@@culp22 its the little black toggle switch next to the charging port. sorry i took so long to reply

[@RobtsaTV]

Thank you for this video I've just purchased my first Lightsaber I have gone balls deep and gone straight for a Graflex proffie neopixel, After watching all your and others videos I just had to have one. It's crazy I've been Star Wars mad since 1982 but never really thought about purchasing one until now I can see what they can do. I've done hours of research in to Proffie etc and found this probably the best one yet. Also thank you for all the other videos steering me clear of Ultrasabers and so on. MTFBWY

[@OnBrandRP]

I just bought my crimson dawn proffie board, this video definitely helped broaden my knowledge a bit more.

[@xdom3641]

I've been looking forward to this. My proffie sabers have doubled since the last soundboard tutorial. Spelled doubled wrong, had to fix because ocd

[@jimmy2thymes916]

So glad I found this video. Just purchased a saber with Proffie and would have had no idea about the USB cable. Picked up the usb you recommended.

[@UncleFromAnotherWorld]

i plugged the usb he recomended in and the lightsaber made a weird noise did that happen with you?

[@jimmy2thymes916]

@@UncleFromAnotherWorld I never ended up messing with the sound files. I was told by the manufacturer of my saber that it could possibly screw things up.

[@TheBigChuckles]

Dude I just got my very first proffie saber early this month and your video has helped me tremendously. I haven't tried anything yet cuz I probably should buy a micro sd card first just to avoid any potential complications and then Imma search the web for some fonts. Cheers!

[@desertfarecosplay]

Bruh, you saved my cosplay Thank you so much for this detailed tutorial!

[@markgallie7899]

The dirty way seems so fast and easy, just need to take note what you've switched with what. Got my first proffie baylan skoll saber, looking forward to switching up some fonts!

[@balljoint5853]

Dag it actually worked. Mad props 💯 thanks bro mad respect

[@shaunm2691]

I had a feeling that file replacement was possible, glad to know I wasn't wrong. That's the method I'll be using until autoconfig update is a thing.

[@sandcrawlerrelics3610]

Sweet! I just got my first proffie saber from Korbanth, this is useful. Thanks Lando! Gonna give you props on my unboxing and review!

[@oscaranderson6035]

To the people watching this video and wondering if the usb cable sabertrio provides works for proffie. IT DOESNT!!!! it will fry your board. I learned the hard way.

[@cynical9325]

I cannot express my gratidute, It took me sitting down and truley trying to learn proffie, and you made it so much easier man. Thank you so so much!

[@dmilesls]

This was incredibly helpful. I hadn't ever messed with the sabers before but after following this I had no issues. i spent the whole night last night removing some of the fonts i didnt like, and added some that i did. thanks for posting this, it was very helpful

[@imstrz]

where can you download new fonts?

[@imranmadison1562]

Thank you so much I was completely lost without this video as I just bought my first proffie neopixel. I really appreciate it!

[@towerbunga]

Me, not owning a Proffie saber or a sound font: Ah yes, what a video to watch at midnight.

[@lidenkatarn]

I’m going to have to watch this video 10 times over again

[@snowbiwan-kenobi5594]

thank you thankyou thankyou thankyou!!!!!!!!! took me just iver an hour to sort issues out but had my first 100% upload to my saber today and it all works :D extremely happy

[@lukebusler2296]

Yo mad props to this guy I was watching a different video a while back and told me the charging part at the end of the video luckily the charger was broken and couldn't fry my saber

[@jeffrey9750]

You sir, are an absolute legend. Thanks to your great video I was able to install new fonts and styles on my weathered Starkiller. Thanks again man!

[@OGDarthPerilous]

Another great video Lando. I'm really digging proffie and I can't wait until OS6 drops.

[@Flajnut]

This helped me get started so much. This video was an invaluable tool. And should be the go to video for anyone just starting to learn how to customize saber fonts and styles.

[@DANGRMAN57]

the video we have all been waiting for, LEGENDARY

[@deadmemer2480]

I’ve just ordered my first proffie lightsaber and I want to put some sound fonts/blade effects on it. This video was very informative but I’m still nervous of screwing the coding and breaking it

[@blake_1146]

Same

[@jc.offthewall1503]

If you don’t mind sharing, where exactly did you get your proffie saber? I’m interested in getting my first one but the sound I found for one needs to be a proffie saber.

[@fatmonkey46]

My Anakin saber is IMPOSSIBLE to remove the SD card

[@sublimechimp]

Ridiculous. Reminds me of the phrase “grant us one miracle, and we’ll give you all the rest”… want the miracle of proffie? Perform the miracle of getting the sd card out without destroying something 😂

[@fatmonkey46]

@@sublimechimp It was an LGT they like glued over the SD card , I refunded it never buying from LGT or TXQ ever again

[@enricopallazzo19]

Nice video. I hold onto a basic text file with my blade profiles by font. If I get a new saber or want to change one up, it’s just a matter of copy/pasting them to the config. Personally, I always have to use Zadig. Not a big deal, but it does make it a build requirement that I have access to the board. Must have access to the boot/reset buttons.

[@LandoSabers]

Yeah that’s a bit unfortunate, but it’s always nice to have full access to the board even if you don’t have to use the boot/reset buttons.

[@thecrimsonghost2654]

Thanks so much for this video and adding a level of anxiety with my cable I never knew existed.

[@franciscoendi9150]

Yes

[@kschantz]

I don't know where you got your information about USB cables, and you may have found this out since then, but here it is: All data transfer cables are charging cables, but all charging cables are not data transfer cables. There is no such thing as a USB Transfer cable that doesn't also have the positive and negative charging wires. All USB cables have the positive and negative wires used to charge the device. Not all USB cables have the data exchange wires, so charging only cables are typically more narrow than charging/transfer cables. Devices that aren't supposed to be charged through the USB port don't have the positive and negative contacts in the port. If you fried your sound board, it wasn't from the proper use of a USB cable. If you plugged a charging only cable into your Sound Board, it shouldn't have done any damage because if the Sound Board isn't meant to be charged through that port, it won't have the positive and negative wires in the port. Either something else fried your Sound Board, you managed to somehow force the USB cable into the port the wrong way, which still shouldn't allow the positive and negative wires to make contact with the port, or someone wired the port onto the Sound Board incorrectly and you got voltage through a data transfer circuit. It is next to impossible to harm a device by plugging a USB cable into it. The only negative affect of using a charging only cable would be that you can't transfer data. In case you are skeptical, just google it.

[@Gasmonkey1134]

really wish there was a stream this week

[@Evadious-2022]

ABSOLUTLEY BEST TUTORIAL. THANK YOU!!!!!

[@blake_1146]

Once you’ve downloaded the latest version at the start, how do you get that to the board, how do you update to the latest version and get it from your computer to saber

[@oscaranderson6035]

YESSS thank you!

[@willeveleigh5633]

Cyberpunk and JFO. My mans got taste, and good advice! Thanks!

[@lordofsarcasm460]

I'm excited I ordered from the pachstore for my first saber(proffie)

[@jonsalo5327]

dont even have a proffie board yet but gonna keep re watching and practicing until i do thats for sure

[@jeremydeihl]

Took me a few times to iron out all the kinks, but thank you so much for this video!

[@MACA-md8bx]

You are the best mate, I had trouble for hours and your video saved me, I can't thank you enough dude. Thanks Sooo Much

[@AndrewTanielian]

This is incredible! I learned a lot and have since looked up Profile 6 because you said it was coming out. Thank you!

[@KSithSaberFonts]

Legend. Thank you kind sir.

[@jacksonmills9074]

Thank you I was going to try a tutorial just to try it and see if I can do it because I definitely would have fried it

[@Tofu6969]

THIS IS SO HELPFUL OMFG

[@gamma105]

Amazing vid. I read a whole bunch of scary jibberish online, and your vid cleared everything up! Ty !

[@blake_1146]

Once you’ve downloaded the latest version at the start, how do you get that to the board, how do you update to the latest version and get it from your computer to saber

[@TyDyeGaming]

You should make another one of these for Proffie OS 6.7! Love watching your vids and would love to follow along with you

[@flashchrome]

So, copy pasting your files is not working. What a joke. Edit:I didn't mean this video was a joke. This video is awesome and very helpful.

[@Lurkai]

the quick dirty version does work if you just replace the sound folders in the existing folders on your micro SD card thn load it back into your saber. the only thing is you will not have the cool effects that go with the font IF the creator has made them. if you want the cool saber effect that goes with the font THEN you have to do the other method and edit the config file to add the blade-effect...upload it to your proffie board using Arduino, then you should be good to go

[@flashchrome]

@@Lurkai Thanks, I tried that too but there are no config file(s) on my cars as exemplified in this video so no go there.

[@Lurkai]

​@@flashchrome There most definitely is a config file in there mate, dont fret. If you didnt have one...well your saber wouldnt be making no noise lol Unfortunately he didnt specify how to find your specific config file in this video, but no fault to him. Follow these steps to find your config file. 1. Power off saber and take out battery/use kill-switch 2. Safely take out Micro SD card 3. Insert SD card into a SD Card Reader and put SD Card Reader into PC 4. Once SD Card shows in PC open the folder labeled "extra" (if you dont see this, keep opening folders that are NOT sound fonts until you find a folder within a folder labeled "ProffieOS" 6. Within the "ProffieOS" folder open a folder labeled "config" Boom!! you have now found your config file or files, depending on which config profile you would like your Proffie board to utilize hope that helped :)

[@flashchrome]

@@Lurkai Unfortunately no, there are no such folders or files anywhere on my removable sd card. There are config files on each of the 12 soundfonts installed on the card but that's it. No extra, no proffieos, nothing like that. I have two sabers, identical files and folders on both sd cards actually.

[@Lurkai]

@@flashchrome where di you order your sabers from? its possible the manufacturer was really lazy and didnt include the config file on the SD card since technically all it needs to be is flashed to the Proffie Board. But the Fonts on your sabers all work under one config, thats basically how Proffie reads the info. 1 config holds a bunch of blade-styles...then the board uses the sound files on the SD card to ..well, to make sound. But i promise theres a ProffieOS folder in there somewhere if you take a through look. If not, I mean I can provide you with one of my config files over discord, though it'll probably be completely different sound fonts and blade-styles that you have on your current saber.

[@BubblyBK]

Can you make an updated video on how to add sound fonts to proffie

[@GeneralKazar]

A USB cable has four wires, two are power and two are data. A data cable, has all four wires while a power only cable is missing the two data wires. So what probably is frying people's proffie board are defective cables (even data ones can be defective).

[@LaneCopeland42]

Good timing!

[@niclasskywalker]

Good Video, very nice explanation. But as a tip i would recommend "notepad ++" to edit the config. Because it will show you if you forget a comma or something Like that. It shows you also in which line you are which is helpful if you have made a mistake because arduino tells you in which line the error is.

[@LandoSabers]

There are settings you can configure in Arduino that does the same thing :) I didn’t recommend Notepad ++ because I have tried downloading it NINE times on my PC and it has never worked once. Have no clue what’s going on there.

[@niclasskywalker]

@@LandoSabers ohh i didn't have any problems with Notepad++. But where are those settings in arduino so that i can use it?

[@nitthegrit7544]

Great Vid Lando, thank you! I use the same data cables. They are very reliable - work perfectly.

[@myflourishingfam]

Thank you!!

[@nocturninferna2739]

I feel like you should do an updated video for the newest proffie version and go more in depth on how exactly to make a config file because I'm absolutely confused even while trying to follow along..

[@jaysexploration2862]

exactly where im at

[@colmanscapers7498]

cant see the text you are typing in as your picture is over the important bit at around 23mins.... ok, so i'll watch the rest of it now,,, great video so far,,, apart form the bit i just mentioned ... Thanks

[@e.j.chijimatsu5487]

Thank you for this!!

[@_eternalabyss_]

Could you please make a new tutorial on proffie os 6? That would be great. Just a video on how to update the os and how to add soundfonts/saber styles.

[@DarthRalston]

I did all the steps it doesn’t work I have vader but not right colour and my other vader doesn’t work and my kylo one I replaced with vader says font directory Not found help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@bushidobrown3952]

I got the data cable. Took my core out, battery out, plugged it in and it started crackling like crazy so I stopped lol still works fine but now I’m even more scared to try than I was before 😂

[@LandoSabers]

That’s supposed to happen. The cable provides a tiny amount of power to the board, and the speaker emits a bit of sound

[@ryanschweitzer1494]

Seems complicated but after watching the vid, it doesn’t seem hard at all once you get it down

[@DarthVader2017]

I just purchased a proffie 2.2 lightsaber & I am struggling even after watching your video, I followed all the steps but I get stuck & can't find the config.h file at all.

[@Huskypaddy]

I don’t have this aniflex config file on my sd card. What should I do now?

[@hunterquate9436]

This doesn't work for me, and idk why. I've tried like 5 times, following step by step through the video. And because it successfully worked, I feel like I've been ripped with the lightsaber I bought and the Saber sounds/effects too from the website for downloading new effects and sounds.

[@sirslayalot9095]

Very helpful! Thank you Sir!

[@kylemc2290]

Dumb question: what if our original saber provider didn't include a Config H File in the SD card? I bought one off of Artsabers and I'm currently SOL as far as changing the blade styles for each of the included presets even if I swap out the sounds the easy way.

[@brianconner1389]

Hey buddy. How would you feel about redacting the "charging only" cable part? It's constantly a battle when trying to support new users now a year later. Also, 8 character limit is for Teensysabers only.

[@Da5thSith]

Can u do an update video for 2023 on how to upload sound fonts? My Sabertrio is Skylar hilt with a 2.2 version proffie board. Has it gotten easier or difficult to add changed sound your Sabertrio light saber?

[@TheNerdDAD]

Hope you don’t mind I mentioned you and used a few of your clips to shout you out! MTFBWY LANDO!

[@TheNerdDAD]

Incase you’d like to see it! kzbin.info/www/bejne/gojGYoppZ5WlgtU

[@wombatfour372]

Hey lando! Just want to thank you for the amazing and informative content. Your info led me to purchase a shade v2, and I'm pumped to get started in the saber community! (And a bit nervous about editing the profiles😅)

[@blake_1146]

Nice I got the proffie neopixel shade aswell, amazing saber. I wanted to add more fonts to it but realised that adding fonts on proffies are not very user friendly for people, especially newbies like me.

[@wombatfour372]

@@blake_1146 I'm not going to lie, I was so happy when I got it. But only a week after, the audio started to crackle, pop, and cut out after a few seconds. I will credit them, their customer support got to me very quick and suggested I ship it back. So we will see how it goes.

[@wombatfour372]

@@blake_1146 just a heads up as to a possible difficulty

[@blake_1146]

@@wombatfour372 for me the audio is only slightly crackly on some of the fonts when you swing it hard, do you have the proffie neopixel version? If you do the one we have is like literally the cheapest proffie neopixel you can buy anywhere, so I wouldn’t expect top notch sound from it. Where are you based by the way?

[@wombatfour372]

@@blake_1146 Hey, sorry I diddnt notice this reply until now. I do have a neopixel, and what I mean by crackle is it actually had decent audio for the price, but when I turn on my saber it crackles and literally POPS for a few seconds, then turns off. Finally getting around to getting it handles though.

[@DemonSlayer-pr4rt]

Took me like hours to figure out what it as doing wrong. Had to go to Reddit. Just tells me “no directory found” (oh and through my anger and many many tutorials I went though I broke the hilt) I somehow managed to break a wire.

[@DarthRalston]

Hi quick question with Darth vader V2 Soundfont how do i replace Kylo with that?

[@PhantomYouTubeOfficial]

Is there still not a way to do this without plugging the board in directly? I managed to break of the micro USB port on my board due to making the mistake of sitting my saber next to me while plugged in with rowdy siblings... they run around, they bump the saber, off the table it goes, while still plugged in... YOINK... you get the idea.. I've been desperately trying to find a workaround for a couples years now....

[@KTTrumble]

I am really confused about this. A lot of people have recommended this video, but it is difficult to follow because nothing in the video looks the same as what I see on my laptop. I can add a sound font, but i cannot figure out how to add a blade style. It is frustrating because I can't find a newer video on how to do this. Does anybody have any suggestions?

[@havybruh4151]

I'm at 25:42 and when I verify it says "Error compiling for board Proffieboard V2" and btw I got my saber from chrimson dawn and it has 6 config files named "CD1B_Saber28", "CD1B_Saber32" etc.

[@yard.monster]

is there an updated version of this tutorial?

[@NoahsArt93]

Hi there I am watching your tutorial and it helped me in the past. I just want to know the step process for volume control and how easy it is. I just want to lower my volume on my skinny flex korbanth proffie.

[@Jyde_Hekyll]

I definitely need to buy a laptop or something. Im surprised there isn't an app for Proffie. I see Xenopixel has one.

[@Eli_H]

I figured out my other problem but now it says “No such file or directory” please help

[@richardbarth918]

Who gave him a thumbs down?

[@WTPFIF]

Would you consider making a video for xenopixel fonts and or removing rainbow blade

[@rethoric3923]

Is there a way to adjust the clash sensitivity? my saber keeps clashing just by swinging the gently twirling the blade around.

[@in_the_bin_with_my_dine4572]

I have the same problem, hoping someone sees, and replies with a solution

[@TheHereticSpot]

Your USB Cable link goes to "Rankie Micro Charging" is that stil lthe same cable? I have the issue that all the cables i see are data-charging cables, so i am screwed?

[@playthefoolboise]

After following the tutorial, my font worked, however my profile is a 2.2 single button. After changing the font, my button only controls on and off and blaster. Almost as if its a completely different button configuration somehow. I don't know how I messed it up, and I have no idea how to fix it. Any ideas out there of what I can do?