[k5synth] - k3 files not loading
2004-04-22 by jbrave
I wonder if I'm doing something wrong, but the first k3 midi file you sent loaded no problem. Neither my K5 nor k5m are recieving these new banks however. I tried both running the .mid file through Windows Media Player (what I did with the last one) and through Cakewalk, and no luck. I don't see any reason why this shouldn't load. Joel ----- Original Message -----
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From: "Les" <jabberdabber@...> To: <k5synth@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 8:14 PM Subject: [k5synth] Re: New Files > --- 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. > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > >