Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

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Thanks for the info Hans,it's very helpfull and i'll give it a go 
when I get my pc & SD1 linked up (their in diffarent rooms)But I had 
hoped that all I had to do was copy the files on to floppys on the pc 
and then just load them up via the Synths drive. 





In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, "Hans Artmann" <hans-artmann@t...> 
wrote:
> You've asked that question before and got no answer? Maybe people 
think
> it't too basic.
> Well, there are no stupid questions. And maybe I got some answers 
for
> people who always wanted to know everything about syx but never 
dared to
> ask. 
> There you go... 
> 
> Get yourself a MIDI adapter for your PC and a pair of MIDI cables. 
Then
> take a piece of software to send the prg.syx to your SD-1.
> 
> In detail:
> 
> 1. Hardware / MIDI-Adapter
> There are two basic options: you've got a soundcard with a game 
port.
> You can check this when you look into the device manager 
configuration
> or simply check if there are MIDI ports available in the software 
you
> use, see point 2. 
> If that's positive:
> There are adapter cables available which connect to the game port of
> your soundcard. 
> 
> If it's negative - no soundcard with MIDI support:
> Look for a USB Midi (or serial or parallel if you don't have USB)
> interface like Midiman or Midisport, there are plenty on ebay and 
there
> are shops which sell them... 
> 
> Connect the MIDI out of the adapter to the MIDI in of the SD-1.
> Basically that's enough but once you become familiar with sysex and 
midi
> stuff you might want to also connect the MIDI in of the adapter to 
the
> MIDI out of your SD-1 to save your valuable sounds better than on 
flimsy
> floppies.
> 
> 2. Software
> Download the Soundlib librarian from the file section which helps 
you to
> sort through the .syx files. You can use it to creaete banks with 
your
> faqvourite sounds and put them in the right order.
> When you install Soundlib you might be asked to configure a MIDI in 
and
> a MIDI out port. If you've got the soundcard with the game port 
there
> should be a MPU-401 available. You must assign this to both Midi in 
and
> out. In case you've got a USB interface it's the same procedure, 
just
> the port names are different.
> If Soundlib fails to work with your Midi setup don't panic: 
download a
> sysex manager from the net, MIDI-OX is a very reliable one that 
works in
> any environment and it's free. You can still use it to put banks
> together and store them as a sysex. For MIDI-OX pls RTFM (read the 
f..
> manual).
> Why should Soundlib fail, i.e. everything looks fine but while you 
are
> probably able to receive sysex dumps your SD-1 reports a sysex 
receive
> error when you trys to feed it with a ssex file? Because on fast 
systems
> Midi transmission's too fast for the VFX to keep track. While 
Soundlib
> doesn't provide an option to slow down sending the file MIDI-OX can 
be
> configured to work properly: in the Sysex window you'll find another
> menu sysex with an option Configure: in the 'low level output 
buffers'
> section adjust the delay between buffers from 20 to 200 milli 
seconds.
> You may increase buffer size to 512. That works for me.
> 
> 
> 
> 3. Download single sounds and banks
> You might have realized that there are sysex files with different 
file
> sizes:
> 2k files contain a single sound. When you send this sysex to your 
SD-1
> the sound will be written to the edit buffer from where you can 
save it
> to a location of your choice.
> 63k files contain banks with 60 sounds. When you send this to the 
SD-1
> it will overwrite all programs in INT. So be careful!
> 
> Ah, don't forget to enable your SD-1 to receive sysex: SYS-EX=ON in 
the
> Midi Control Page.
> 
> Let me know if that helps.
> 
> Hans
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com] Im Auftrag von numaniod2005
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 27. April 2005 12:51
> An: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com
> Betreff: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Re: Getting sounds from my PC to my SD!?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, "numaniod2005" 
> <numaniod2005@y...> wrote:
> > 
> > HI all.
> > 
> > I downloaded 'The Lot'sound files  from the files section they are
> > prg.syx files in my winrar progrmme. How do I get them from 
winrar to 
> > my SD1,what do I have to do next?
> 
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