Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

device was possibly a MIDIMAN midi filter
and you most likely filtered out some part of the midi stream

personally ive never seen any midi issues with my VFX _SD

On Apr 12, 2004, at 10:17 AM, bsmithut wrote:

> Around twelve or thirteen years ago, a MIDI incompatibility
> concerning the VFX-SD presented itself.
>
> I've had the VFX-SD forever.  In fact, it was the first synth my
> father bought me when I was young (maybe that's one reason why I
> love it so much).  My father also bought me a Yamaha KX5 midi
> controller (Key-tar).  = )  NO MATTER WHAT I DID, when I connected
> the KX5 directly to the VFX-SD, the VFX-SD would not recognize the
> MIDI info comming from the KX5.  If I connected any other keyboards
> inbetween them in a chain, however, everything worked perfectly.
>
> After a trip to my local musical instrument retailer where they
> connected my VFX-SD and KX5 to the Yamaha CS-10 Music Computer (I
> think that was its designation) the sales person diagnosed the
> problem as:  "Ensoniq has found a way to make MIDI in-compatible."
>
> My parents and I left having purchased a solution that I'm sure is
> no longer available: "The Pocket Filter."  It's a small black box
> with a MIDI in on one end, a MIDI out on the other, and a bunch of
> little dip switches on the front.  It cured the problem but cost my
> parents around $75, I think.
>
> Anyway, I thought this info may be helpful even though the situation
> is quite different.  You may try connecting the VFX-SD to the Yamaha
> keyboard that you know it will communicate with and then running
> another cable from the MIDI thru of the Yamaha to your computer.
>
> I hope that I've been of some help.  = )
>
> God Bless,
>
> Ben
>
>
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