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--- In AN1x-list@y..., "Gary Gregson" <gary@y...> wrote:
>> It is odd, when I change a 
>> control on the An1xEdit software, it changes the 
>>setting of the amt8.
> Can you be more specific? Are you saying it actually 
> changes parameters within the amt8 device, and if 
>so which? Or are you simply saying that
> the amt8 broadcasts the incoming data to all MIDI ports?
> ....

I think it is actually changing parameters on
the amt8. The amt8 has patches itself and when I
use a control and An1xEdit, the patch on the amt8
is somehow changed. I'm not sure what parameters
in the amt8 are being changed. If I turn on the midi
activity window (which prints out the midi activity)
it quits working also.


> If it's the latter, then it may be by design. The 
>AN1xEdit data is sent as channel independent 
>System Exclusive data. It may be that the amt8 is
> designed to broadcast sysex on all ports 
>(or there is some switch in the unit that provides 
>this mode). It seems a strange thing to do, but
> should cause any problems (beyond needlessly 
>consuming bandwidth!) 

It did not occur to me that An1xEdit is using sysex,
I just assumed controllers (since I was using the Cutoff
control to diagnose the problem), but it makes more 
sense that sysex data might be goofing up the amt8.
I'll check the documentation tonight. 

Thanks for the input.


-Steve