K5synth

--- In k5synth@yahoogroups.com, "Les" <jabberdabber@h...> wrote:
> --- 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.

Ok thanks, I'll try this tonight. 

> 
> > - 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.