K5synth

you know what? I have the same problem with my quasimidi raven ('96) and sirius ('98)... any time I try to send back sequencer data (quite large compared to the K5) I get weird "remixes" of my songs (actually, they end up sounding like random compositions)... I'm using midiox a/o bome's send sysex program... tried with different dump speed, using my firewire audio/midi interface or a (cheap) midi to usb cable... nothing! I guess I need to find an older pc to do this stuff...

Fabio

--- In k5synth@yahoogroups.com, "narfman96" <narfman96@...> wrote:
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> The newer PC is a V12 Ferarri and the K5 is a older 1200cc VW Beetle. Your newer PC sends midi so fast that it corrupts the buffer in the K5. I've had this problem since XP came out. My Win98SE PC just kind slogs along and the K5 loves it. Keep your old laptop... 
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> --- In k5synth@yahoogroups.com, "kholt81936" <kholt81936@> wrote:
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> > Yes, the protect switch has been set to off.  It was like everything was working right, but the end result was wrong.  I tried all sorts of things for two days.
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> > Finally, I found the solution -- use another laptop! In desperation, I downloaded the Kfuenf librarian onto my clunky, slow Acer running Vista.  The first time I tried to upload a patch, it worked.  I can't do a whole bank at a time, but I can get some new sounds in there to replace some lame ones.  I don't know why I can't get a sysex into the k5 using my trimmed down Gateway running XP, on which I regularly run Ableton Live with up to 8 different key and midi controllers without problems.  But since uploading patches is what I do the lease with my setup, I'll gladly just grab the clunker to upload something occassionally, and focus on what I want to do -- make music!
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> > And as I discover when messing around with this thing, it is stupid easy to program.  Compared to the menu-diving rigors of my D-50 or Miniak (with just one knob to control everything!), the page system with a larger display is a joy.  The tutorial in the manual was very helpful.  It's a different kind of machine, for sure. I hope I can get as much use out of it as my others.
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> > --- In k5synth@yahoogroups.com, Antoine Deschênes <antdes45@> wrote:
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> > > Hi, is the protect switch on the back set to off?
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> > > Le 12 juillet 2011 10:21:52, kholt81936 a écrit :
> > > > Hi there!
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> > > > I just picked up a K5, decent enough price.  It's in great shape physically, just a dim LED backlight, but it's still quite readable in my studio, so I'm okay with that for now.  What is frustrating me right now is uploading patches into it.
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> > > > What I have to connect to the synth is Midiquest, fully configured for the K5 (along with my D-50 and DX11 in the studio window), and a copy of the K5 Librarian from the Kfuenf site.  I'm able to do dumps of the bank that's already in there and I now have backups of the data from both programs (Midiquest's is proprietary).  And when I open a patch in Midiquest, I'm able to change the parameters in the patch and change the sounds.  I haven't tried saving the changes yet . . . .
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> > > > So far, everything works similarly to my other synths.  However, I'm unable to transfer a patch bank from my computer to the K5.  I have
> > >  both TRS and RCV set to "on" with the proper channels for each.  I select transfer from the program, but nothing happens.  No error messages either.  What am I missing?  My machine has OS v. 1.0.
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> > > > Something is going on, though.  The patch bank in the machine is not original, and had a patch named "Jupiter" as patch 12 in both banks A and D.  So I used that patch to experiment with, knowing a copy was elsewhere in machine memory.  Somehow, though, and I don't know when or how, patch 1 in bank A was accidentally overwritten -- by "Jupiter".  So now I have three copies.  So I was able to upload at least one patch; probably with the Kfuenf program.
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> > > > Any suggestions?
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