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Re: [elektron] Sysex

2000-11-08 by Daniel Hansson

On Tue, 7 Nov 2000, georgesv wrote:

> I am surprised the sysex header data for the SID is 6 bytes .. is that rigt ? 
> Most other synth I know of use only four:
> 
> $F0
> ManufacturerID
> UnitID
> ModelID
> 
> Why do different ? Or Am I wrong ?

Check page 39 of the SidStation users manual. There you will find the init
specified.

New companies in Europe and USA applying for a SYSEX manufacturers ID get
a 3-byte sequence. Japanese companies still get 1-byte ID's - which the
old synthesizer developers still have.

 //Daniel

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