K5synth

--- In k5synth@yahoogroups.com, "ohsinairam" <ohsinairam@y...> wrote:
> Hi,
> I've never loaded patches using Sysex before, so I wanted some 
info 
> before potentially erasing anything on the K5:
> 
> - To load, you have to open the .mid file in the sequencer, run 
it, 
> and that's it?

Yup. You need to make sure the K5 is set up to receive system 
exclusive messages. This can be done via the MIDI menu.

> - To which bank in the K5 does it load the patch? SIA-1 by 
default? 

No, unfortunately. The patch number is part of the sysex data 
itself. So if I sent patch SIA-11, for example, to my sequencer as a 
system exclusive message and later sent the message back to the K5, 
it would save it to SIA-11. 

If you know how to edit the system exclusive data, some sequencers 
let you do this, and you know which byte to change, you can change 
the patch number at the sequencer before sending the message to the 
K5.

One thing I should point out, the MIDI files I've uploaded with 
multiple patches, such as the K3 and DW8000 waveform files, have 
multiple single patches saved as system exclusive data. I spread 
these messages out about a measure or so from one another. If you 
set up your K5 to receive sysex data and play one of these MIDI 
files to the end, it will overwrite many of the existing patches you 
have in memory. So make sure you have any patches you want to keep 
backed up before playing one of these files with your sequencer.