Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

> You know to unzip these first, right? Do they unzip fine for you?

Yes, no problem unzipping.  All of the files contained appear as intended.  I tried unzipping on both a PC and Mac in case one was corrupting the files.

> I believe the base channel of your VFX has to be set the same as the
> base channel of the VFX the sysex dump was taken from in the first
> place.  The base channel is usually set to 1 for trading between
> people.

That I probably do not have set to 1, which could explain why the direct sysex dump did nothing.

> Do you know for certain your midi cable / connection is good, i.e. your
> computer can cause the vfx to play notes from a sequencer or similar?

Yes - Sounddiver 3.1 is able to communicate with the VFX and both transmit and receive sounds.  I replaced the internal copy of the ROM sounds with the ones from one of the cartridges, and retrieved all the patch names to put into Logic.  I was also able to send a sysex dump from the VFX to an Atari and store it.
 
> Is sysex receive turned on?  Press the sytem control MIDI button a
> copule of times; first check BASE-CHAN to see if it set to one, then
> look for SYS-EX and make sure its ON.

It seems to be on and functioning, at least Sounddiver can successfully communicate via sysex.
> 
> That's all I really have to offer, I hope this helps somehow.  If not,
> a complete description of what you're using: What brand/model midi
> interface?  What platform are you on (windows / mac / other)?

I have a Mac G4 (mirrored drive door version) with Sounddiver 3.1 (OSX Beta).  The MIDI interface is an emagic AMT 8 connected via USB.  I've also tried using Sounddiver 2 ST and Dump-it on an Atari TT030 connected to the VFX directly using the built-in Atari MIDI ports.

When attempting import the sysex files into Sounddiver, they show up as blank with no entries.

I'll try changing the VFX channel to 1 a little later and report back.

Thanks!

> 
> -> Steve
> 
> On Tue, Jun 09, 2009 at 04:34:32AM -0000, neurokrash wrote:
> > Greetings,
> > 
> > I tried to import a number of the .syx files from the archives found here, and can't get any of the patches to show up in Sounddiver 3.  I also tried sending them directly with a Sysex utility, and none of them will transfer to the VFX.  Is there something specific about the format used with these files that may help me to understand what to do?
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> > The Lot Converted.zip
> > Sounds.zip
> > patches.zip
> > 
> > Thanks
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