Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

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?

--- 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?

--- 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?

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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--- 
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?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>  
> Yahoo! Groups Links

You're welcome. 
For the simple floppy solution there's the Ensoniq Disk Manager
available from www.giebler.com. I'm not fully aware what packkage you'd
exactly need since I never owned and tried the software. I think you'd
simply need the EDM while the extended package would give you the
capability to convert standard Midi files into SD/SD1 sequences.

The tradeoff is that you'll have to consider some system constraints -
no XP/2wk/NT, other Windows systems with some precautions to get into
the appropriate DOS mode. 

Hans

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com] Im Auftrag von numaniod2005
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 28. April 2005 02:41
An: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com
Betreff: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Re: Getting sounds from my PC to my SD!?




--- 
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?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>  
> Yahoo! Groups Links






 
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