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#1905627 - 03/08/08 06:15 AM

SysEx help

ArnoldLayne
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Does anyone know of a centralized location for help on various probelms sending and receiving SysEx?

My specific problem:

I have tried dumping the current internal memory of my e-prime using
cakewalk home studio 2 but for some reason I get about 20K worth of bytes
and it stops. I click "done" in cake walk and get an error message stating
incomplete transmission. The e-prime says it is dumping the data and
appears to be working correctly.

I tried using freeloader software from syntaur productions and I get about 12K and it stops.

Thanks in advance,

Arnold

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#1905683 - 03/08/08 08:20 AM

Re: SysEx help [Re: ArnoldLayne]

paully
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Hi Arnold,

Are you sure the dump isn't complete? The Cubase track probably won't stop recording(Logic doesn't) just because the dump is finished, and 20K is a lot of info.

AAR, about 10 articles down in this forum is a thread about a product called MidiOx. It's a universal midi editor/librarian that's highly regarded and free. Good place to store all your instruments provided your on a PC and not Mac. Here's the link http://forums.musicplayer.com/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/1886668/page/1#Post1886668 .

Best, Paul

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#1905885 - 03/08/08 04:24 PM

Re: SysEx help [Re: ArnoldLayne]

ArnoldLayne
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Thanks, Paully.

Cakewalk will not let me save the transmission. It actually states "incomplete" when I hit done and cancels the dump.

You may be correct about the transmission actually being complete. I didn't even check the contents of the dump in Freeloader as it was only 12K while Cakewalk was 20K. I'll try and look at it and see what's actually there.

I also recently downloaded MidiOx but got an error message when I tried to run the .exe
I noticed on the site about fixes for this problem but I haven't followed up on trying it yet. That's on the list.

Thanks again.

Edited by ArnoldLayne (03/08/08 04:26 PM)

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#1906217 - 03/09/08 01:56 PM

Re: SysEx help [Re: ArnoldLayne]

ArnoldLayne
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Mission accomplished...problem identified...

MidiOx was very helpful. By keeping the port activity window open I could see that not only did my dump mysteriously stop, but I would lose all activity thru the port. Even after I cancelled my partial dump, I could not get the PC to receive any midi transmission. I am assuming the driver on my sound card/game port was locking up or crashing. I'm only running windows 98 and it has not been connected to the internet for years so no updates have been performed in a while. Maybe updating the driver will help.

I lugged the old e-prime upstairs to my bedroom and connected to my newer HP PC and it worked perfectly.

Thanks again Paully and MidiOx.

Arnold

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#1906673 - 03/10/08 11:37 AM

Re: SysEx help [Re: ArnoldLayne]

paully
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Originally Posted By: ArnoldLayne

Mission accomplished...problem identified...
Thanks again Paully and MidiOx.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Glad you got it covered. Any thanks belongs to Tonyegg. He turned me on the MidiOx about a month ago. Thanks again Tony.

Best, Paul

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