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Crappy midi port it was. 
Thanks for your help.
///jomany

--- In AN1x-list@y..., "jondl_2000" <jondl_2000@y...> wrote:
> --- In AN1x-list@y..., "jomany2002" <totte@n...> wrote:
> > What happends is that i get a sysex size error when transfering 
> the 
> > patches. I just tried the London soundset and some of the 
> patches 
> > didn't transfer due to this..
> > I seem to get most of them though, maybe I should settle with 
> that.
> > 
> 
> From your two problem reports I'd hazard a guess that your MIDI 
> Interface is suspect :-/ What type of MIDI Interface are you using?
> 
> FWIW, AN1x SysEx data is sizable and the AN1x can be overrun 
> when receiving a bulk dump. This is not uncommon but the fact 
> that you're having such difficulties so frequently might indicate 
a 
> problem with your MIDI Interface.
> 
> I'd suggest you try sending a 1/3 of a voice set at a time, i.e., 
> voices 1-32, then 33-64,etc., simply to determine whether they'll 
> tranfer reliably. Also, many soundsets - user sound sets, 
> specifically - normally contain fewer voices then the Yamaha 
> voice sets. Since there is less data to transfer it stand to 
reason 
> there would be fewer overrun errors. Perhaps you should try a 
> few along the same lines - to determine how prone your MIDI 
> Interface is to bottlenecking.
> 
> > When sending data around the three LED's are flashing a bit. 
> Is this 
> > normal or does it indicate a problem?
> > 
> 
> It's normal...and it sounds as though you're using the program 
> correctly based on the fact that the transfer is occuring.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> Jon