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Re: [oberheim] Re: Matrix-1000 Original RAM sysex

2011-01-21 by Paul Cunningham

i'll try to check it out when i get home... but unless that file has a bank select command in the middle, it would only load into 000-099... is it not loading anything into bank 100? -pc

On Jan 21, 2011, at 4:50 PM, "cyllall" <cyllall@...> wrote:

> Hi,
> My original question was about the original RAM patches 000-199 that shipped with the M-1000. 
> There is a file in the files section of this very Oberheim yahoo group for these patches, but I can only find patches 000-100 (100 patches being @27KB) when I send sysex to M-1000.
> There is only one 27KB file in the zipped archive. Does this mean that the file for patches 100-199 are missing, or are they hidden away inside the one 27KB patch file and I am doing something wrong when I am sending that sysex file for patches 000-199 to my M-1000.
> Cheers
> 
> --- In oberheim@yahoogroups.com, wolzow <margus.kliimask@...> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> > 
> > First, there is no Send All sysex command in M-1000 MIDI spec. The 27K file
> > is a set of 100 (ie. 1 bank) individual Single Patch Data sysex commands:
> > single patch = 275 bytes transmitted. You have to set the active bank first,
> > the following sysex commands assume this bank. It's not a problem of M-1000,
> > MIDI specification simply is limited to patch numbers 0..127 only, if a
> > device allows more, it has to use banks.
> > 
> > Pls see the correct sysex docs (there are numerous errors in the printed
> > manual) here:
> > 
> > http://www.wolzow.com/analog/m1k-midi-spec.htm
> > 
> > <http://www.wolzow.com/analog/m1k-midi-spec.htm>BTW, there's a note: "A gap
> > of at least ten msec should be allowed between patches when sending
> > multiple patches to the M-1000."
> > 
> > 
> > On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 9:00 PM, cyllall <cyllall@...> wrote:
> > 
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > > The manual says the Matrix-1000 doesn't need to be in any special mode to
> > > receive a patch dump,... it should switch banks automatically?
> > >
> > > Anyway, I dumped patches 200-299 from my Matrix and the sysex file was
> > > @27KB, the same size as the original RAM file in the files section here. I
> > > take it then that 100-199 is missing from that file?
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In oberheim@yahoogroups.com <oberheim%40yahoogroups.com>, Paul
> > > Cunningham <paul@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > the sounds on the matrix-1000 are organized into banks of 100... before
> > > you load up the 100-199 bank, change your bank to bank 1 and turn on bank
> > > hold, and they should load into the correct location. -pc
> > > >
> > > > On Jan 21, 2011, at 11:55 AM, "cyllall" <cyllall@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > > I've sent the sysex file to my M-1000 for the original RAM patches, but
> > > only 000-100 are there, 101-199 are missing. Am I doing something wrong, do
> > > I have to adjust the timing of the packets?. I used MIDIOX.I recently
> > > re-initialised the M-1000 after changing the battery.
> > > > > Thanks
> > > > > Martin
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > 
> > >
> >
> 
>

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