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--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "sounddaddy2" <sounddaddy2@...> wrote:
>
> I never got this figured out ... all my .ins match my presets in the 
> MP7 ... I have the Composer...World and Drum ROMS ... .ins files 
> where made with the PROTEUM software and match up perfectly with the 
> BOX.
> 
> i switch banks in SONAR and everything works fine in the USER 
> BANK ... it just doesnt switch ROMS hen I make the change in SONAR.
> 
> I have just been saving MULTIS in the box and recalling them after I 
> load a song in SONAR 6 PE.
> 
> Any Clues I would REALLY like to figure this out.
> 
> Thanks !
> 
> 
> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "steve_the_composer" <smw-mail@> 
> wrote:
> >
> > I think my lost post might have helped diagnose the problem. 
> Presently, 
> > my computer (and Sonar) is not MIDIed to my E-Mu [P2500 w/ XL-1 
> ROM]. 
> > So I have not been able to reconstruct the diagnostic steps. 
> Perhaps 
> > over the long weekend I will be able to do it.
> > 
> > My guess is that you do not have Sonar setup properly. Why don't 
> you 
> > either post (in the Files section) your master.ins file from 
> Sonar. I 
> > (and others) can try to figure out what's not working properly.
> > 
> > > If I create a pattern in the MP and save it via e-loader and 
> then 
> > > open it up in Sonar it asks if I want to send sysex data and I 
> say 
> > > OK !!! ... The MP plays all of the presets fine.
> > 
> > Internally E-Mu sequences have a short sysex command that sends 
> preset 
> > data to the internal synth. When you save that as a *.mid file and 
> open 
> > it into Sonar, Sonar stores that as sysex bank 0. It is designated 
> as 
> > autosend, so you are asked if you want to send it when you first 
> load 
> > the song into Sonar (unless you change the default query to "Don't 
> ask 
> > me any more; just do it!")
> > 
> > (Select View | Sysx, highlight Bank 0, then press Enter to see the 
> > command.)
> > 
> > Don't despair; unless Sonar 5 is seriously buggy, you should be 
> able to:
> > (1) change presets via Sonar on a track by track basis
> > (2) save your Sonar project with you desired presets.
> > 
> > --Steve
> >
>