Alesis Andromeda A6

From: <heroesforghosts@...>
To: <Andromeda_A6@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 8:27 AM
Subject: [Andromeda_A6] Re:OS1.4.01


> I also tried the midi files as well as the sysex dump,but every time 
> I tried to open the midi file with the OS,my darn Yamaha XG works 
> come up and grabs it,when I'm trying to get it to Cakewalk.Is there 
> something I disable in XG to get it to leave stuff alone?I'm very new 
> at this midi stuff,being a guitar player for 25 years,these kinds of 
> things never came up!So,I'm learning something new,and when certain 
> programs try to grab things that I want elsewhere,it makes me 
> confused.I'm learning,but when something new comes up,I don't know 
> what to do.

That's odd - sys-ex is meant to be device specific! :)

Best thing is to download MidiOX from the link at the Alesis site
Its freeware.

When you run it - on the second menu - will be the entry sysex
select it, and then in the new window that opens select send sysex.
Locate the file and then Midiox will start sending

try this.

Colin

From: <heroesforghosts@...>
To: <Andromeda_A6@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 8:11 AM
Subject: [Andromeda_A6] Re:OS1.4.01


> Thanks for the info.What I did was to dump all the individual files 
> together in Cakewalk,and tried to dump them all at the same 
> time.So,what you're saying is to do each section individually,correct?
> I dumped the file,but got no prompt,so I figured I did something 
> wrong,but I didn't know what.Thanks,Colin!

Yes, one section at a time :)

There should be a figure on the A6 screen showing how
far to go.

Colin

From: <heroesforghosts@...>
To: <Andromeda_A6@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 5:09 PM
Subject: [Andromeda_A6] Re:OS1.4.01


> Well,I finally got the OS installed.Cakewalk would only take 1 mid 
> file at a time,so I ended up havingto open a file and then start 
> Cakewalk again,6 times to get the files all into Cake,and then it 
> wasn't hard.The hard part was trying to figure out why Cakewalk 
> wasn't working.I uninstalled XG works,and then I fought with Cakewalk 
> to load the files,but it's done!Now,for my micro Q.It's only one 
> file,so it shouldn't be hard.

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