Kawai Synthesizers

Really liking the XD-5, but I'm unable to load any patches to it from my computer using SysEx Librarian. I've used a cheap USB to MIDI cable that works on my other synths and also tried an emagic amt8 with the 2.5 USB driver, but nothing happens. Fortunately, I'm able to do data dumps. The strange thing is I'm able to use a keyboard, drum machine and sequencer to control it. Is this a common issue?

Do you mean the instrument doesn't receive its own data which you have  
sent to the same SysEx librarian? And such transfers work with your  
other instruments?

I don't know much about this instrument but try these common sense  
steps:
In the instrument:
- check  if some Memory Protect function is not switched on
- check if the receiving of SysEx data is not blocked or switched off
- check if the receiving MIDI channel is not different from the  
transmitting channel
- check if the Device number (when there's some) is properly set

In the computer:
- try different hardware (MIDI interface) with the same software
- try different software with the same hardware (SysEx data can be  
recorded and transmitted from sequencer as well)
- try different computer
- check the setting for transmitting SysEx data

Daniel Forro

On 13 Oct, 2014, at 5:58 AM, gamezr01@... [kawaisynths] wrote:
> Really liking the XD-5, but I'm unable to load any patches to it  
> from my computer using SysEx Librarian. I've used a cheap USB to  
> MIDI cable that works on my other synths and also tried an emagic  
> amt8 with the 2.5 USB driver, but nothing happens. Fortunately, I'm  
> able to do data dumps. The strange thing is I'm able to use a  
> keyboard, drum machine and sequencer to control it. Is this a common  
> issue?
>

I have downloaded Owner's Manual and checked it. As I have written,  
you have to:

- set receive and transmit channels to the same value (it is encoded  
in SysEx header)

- switch on System/RCV/RCV Excl

- set Internal Protect to Off

Good luck!

Daniel Forro

On 13 Oct, 2014, at 5:58 AM, gamezr01@... [kawaisynths] wrote:

> Really liking the XD-5, but I'm unable to load any patches to it  
> from my computer using SysEx Librarian. I've used a cheap USB to  
> MIDI cable that works on my other synths and also tried an emagic  
> amt8 with the 2.5 USB driver, but nothing happens. Fortunately, I'm  
> able to do data dumps. The strange thing is I'm able to use a  
> keyboard, drum machine and sequencer to control it. Is this a common  
> issue?
>