[A6] loading sysex patch banks

[Chris Pickett]

Chris Pickett wrote:

> Hi,
>
> As mentioned in a previous message ...
>
> I'm having real troubles getting a patch bank to load properly into my 
> A6.
>
> I'm using MIDI-OX, and am using a setting of 64 512 byte buffers, with 
> 100 ms delays between buffers and after F7's.  Furthermore, I 
> increased the delay in the A6 hidden system menu to 15000.
>
> But no matter what, after loading a sysex patch bank, to either the 
> user patch bank or to a bank on my 2 Mb memory card, there are always 
> some patches that, when selected, cause the OS to hang.  Anybody else 
> experience similar problems?  What can I do about this?
>
> I'll try increasing the delays and see where I get, but the exact 
> settings other people use would be much appreciated!

Never mind, I got it to work ... this isn't mentioned anywhere in the 
manual or tips and tricks document, so I'll share it with you (although 
most people probably know already):

I tried sending a patch bank to my computer, and the screen says that 
each patch is 2048 bytes.  So, in MIDI-OX, I set each output buffer to 
2048 bytes and made 128 buffers.  I also set the delay times to be 250 
ms.  I'm pretty sure that it was the 2048 bytes setting that fixed 
things, but I'm not about to go check (I mean, it's working, so who 
cares, right?)

I also noticed that the "store" button -- why does it have to be 
red!?!?! -- stops flashing when the bank is transmitted correctly, 
whereas it doesn't when it's not.

Anyway, I'm a lot happier now ... there's still the keyboard vibration 
issue to work out ... as I said, I screwed down the voice board and it 
helped, but each key still vibrates when I release it, and if I release 
two chords at the same time, you can really hear the whole machine 
vibrate ... does this happen for you guys?  Or is it totally quiet when 
you release keys quickly?  I suppose I could try and get a thicker felt 
strip to replace the one that runs along the top of the keys ...

Also, where can I get the Strawberry Flutes patch?  I thought it was one 
of the defaults, but it's not. 

Cheers,
Chris