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--- In AN1x-list@y..., terryfunken@a... wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 9/4/02 4:03:18 am, mike@b... writes:
> 
> >I'm new to the PLG-AN, and I can't seem to figure this 
problem out.
> >
> 
> >I am having a similar problem with the AN1xEdit, so I'm 
wondering if
> >it's something in the way I'm doing this?  I'm baffled!
> 
> Dear Mike,
> 
> You seem to be having very similar problems to me- I'm afraid 
nobody seems 
> to know the answer, apart from the fact that it's something to do 
with 
> the midi interface.- What interface are you using?- 
> I'm on a Beige Mac G3/333 btw.- It works fantastically (Mac and 
interface 
> for everything apart from the editor for my AN1x- darn!

This is a known issue and has been discussed at length: With 
the exception of the Emagic AMT8 MIDI Interface, AN1xEdit will 
NOT receive SysEx dumps from the AN1x via USB MIDI 
Interfaces on the MacOS. Many users have experienced this.

There is a seperate issue, a minor bug in AN1xEdit, where 
standard (serial port) MIDI Interfaces on the Mac can exhibit 
similar behavior but this can easily be corrected by following this 
procedure:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AN1x-list/files/Tips%20and%20Tr
icks/tt_an1xedit_not_receive.htm


> 
> Although I can sometimes send information to the AN1x, I can 
NEVER upload
> and although a sound will change if I try to store it, it will always 
revert 
> back
> to the original sound from the location I tried to store in.

I've never experienced this. Do you mean the voice data 
uploaded from AN1xEdit does not overwrite the current selected 
voice in your AN1x? How unusual?! Can you provide some 
additional detail: which sound bank of voices are you working 
with and have you tried to reinitialize your AN1x to the factory 
settings and retry?


> 
> I've sort of given up- which has an up and a down side. Up 
being that I tend 
> only to stick with a handful of sounds- which is good because it 
automatically
> gives me a signiture sound, But, down- I never really get into 
programming 
> the 
> damn thing- always prefering my Nord Modular which is a 
breeze to work with!
> 

As an alternative to using AN1xEdit as an Editor/Librarian, you 
could program your sounds from the AN1x front panel and use 
the Bulk Dump command (under UTILITY/SETUP) to dump the 
SysEx data into your software MIDI sequencer - then save the 
sequence as standard MIDI file (.mid) which can be shared 
cross platform with any other AN1x user. I've used this method 
with success on my Mac along with a USB MIDI Interface so I'm 
confident it would work for you.

Just remember to set a slower tempo (< 100bpm) in your 
sequence so the AN1x dump data (which is notoriously large) 
makes is across. The Bulk Dump command permits you to 
choose from individual voices, groups of 64 or all voices - along 
with Pattern data or System data. 

regards,

Jon