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Hi all!
I'm new to this group as well as to An1x. 
I've been trying to send patches to the synth from An1xEdit with 
little success. I have read the manual as well as the help files in 
An1xEdit but there must be something I don't get. Sending a whole 
soundset ends up with a sysex error and just a few patches are 
uploaded.

I would appreciate if someone could find some time to explain exactly 
how to upload the content of  .an1 files into my An1x.

Cheers
///jomany

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.

When sending data around the three LED's are flashing a bit. Is this 
normal or does it indicate a problem?

Cheers
///jomany

--- In AN1x-list@y..., "jomany2002" <totte@n...> wrote:
> Hi all!
> I'm new to this group as well as to An1x. 
> I've been trying to send patches to the synth from An1xEdit with 
> little success. I have read the manual as well as the help files 
in 
> An1xEdit but there must be something I don't get. Sending a whole 
> soundset ends up with a sysex error and just a few patches are 
> uploaded.
> 
> I would appreciate if someone could find some time to explain 
exactly 

> how to upload the content of  .an1 files into my An1x.
> 
> Cheers
> ///jomany

--- 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

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