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(Message started by: sailman on Jun 9^th, 2015, 10:04am)

Title: Help needed in down loading sys-ex file
Post by sailman on Jun 9^th, 2015, 10:04am

Hi all,

I am a new user. I have no experience with midi-ox and find the program overwhelming as I don't even know the definitions of the symbols along the top of the page. I'm trying to load an sys-ex file of drum beats in to a alesis SR 16 drummer. I have the usb to midi patch cord and instructions I downloaded off of internet, which seemed really easy to use, but in 20 to 30 tries can't get'er done. I contacted alesis tech support and they can't figure it out as they say it always works. I even replaced the patch cord thinking that it may be bad. Does anyone there know how to help me in terms that I can understand as I am not a sound engineer. I know I have to plug the midi out into the in on the drummer and the midi in to the out of the drummer. I opened what I think is the midi port icon and selected the midi-usb input and out put ports and clicked OK, I chose actions/send Sys-ex file. I selected the file I wanted and clicked open and the load bar went across while the patch cord in light flickered, but nothing down loaded into the drummer. Help!

Title: Re: Help needed in down loading sys-ex file
Post by Breath on Jun 11^th, 2015, 6:27am

Hi
You change the buffer size and/or slow down the sysex transmission
View / Sysex then Sysex /Configure - set output buffer size to 1024 and set Delay Between Buffers to 100 Milliseconds and put a check in the Delay after F7 and set it to 100 Milliseconds as well. Close the dialog and try again.

But I suspect your problem is the cheapo Midi-USB cable.
These devices use the free Microsoft driver and this driver has caused lots of problems for sysex dumps.

See if you are able to borrow another interface by a manufacturer like Roland, or Yamaha or Korg (all of mine are MidiSport by M-Audio and work perfectly) that have there own special MIDI driver.

If you are still having trouble write back as let us know and I'll see if I can help.

All the best
Royce