Casio CZ/VZ Files... part of CZsynth

DRFResh--I love the idea of sham-WOW absorbing all the sysex data that seems to go no where except spilling out all over into the data stream.  Great image!!

Vince--I have some other thoughts, but if you can try DRFResh's suggestion, give that a try.

As for the two way communication, I'd have to check, but I don't think you need that. I load sysex banks into Cakewalk sequencing software and can send the bank to the VZ without the two-way dance.

I usually get midi buffer full error on gear (not just the VZ) if the the sysex is being pumped out too fast. In the Cakewalk software there are configuation/initialization settings that can change the rate, insert delays in between sysex data packets, etc. I don't know if you can do that in Bome's or Midi-Ox.

Sometimes people create midi files with the sysex data "played" over time. This can be used to slow down the sysex data. If you want, name one of the uploaded files, and I will see if I can create a midi file of the sysex data. Of course, you will need some way to "play" the file. If you don't have a sequencer, but you do have Windows Media Player, you might be able to use that--at least I did it on a Win98 computer. All I did was direct the midi output of the player to the midiport instead of a synth engine. Also, I thought the Midi-ox people had a simple midi player (midibar?).

I have some other thoughts, but I hope these some of these options will work for you.



 

--- In CZ-VZ-Files@yahoogroups.com, "epitaph68" <doug_francis@...> wrote:
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> --- In CZ-VZ-Files@yahoogroups.com, Vince <vbrotz62@> wrote:
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> > The thing is I'm not daisy chaining them.Even when I have 1 usb midi interface hooked up ,I'm still getting midi buffer full.I went through the whole manual,Either I'm blind or there is nothing about it in the manual.The only thing that helps is to initialize it,but after I load a bank same thing.Any suggestions?
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> Vince;
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>     You need a Sham-WOW, just kidding. I had a similiar problem when I first tried loading and had the VZ-1 hooked up using the midi out from my Audigy2 Soundblaster into one of my Digital MX-8 midi patchbays then onto the VZ-1 midi ports. The midi buffer of the MX-8 patchbay would fill up and I would get the same error on the VZ-1 you are getting. By going stright out of the computer into the VZ-1 I was able to bypass the MX-8 and all was well. I would say that something similiar is going on with the midi to usb conversion going on on your setup. Anyway to reroute your midi connections to your computer? Dont forget that the VZ and your computer talk back and forth during the data exchange, not just out from the computer and in on the VZ, you need the out from the VZ back into the computer. The manual notes that when you are doing this (Loading Voice and Operational patches)it is mimicking the process that you would take if you were hooking two VZ's together, (your computer being the second VZ). I don't know if this helps but maybe gives you more to think about.
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> DRFresh
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