[A6] Sending banks and getting corrupt patches

[Richard]

don't use a midi patch bay for sysex!!! many times it just doesn't work - my 
miditemp is a brilliant unit but also won't work with A6 and other synths 
for sysex

Richard

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christopher W Deppe" <cwd10 at psu.edu>
To: "Marcus Couto" <marcus at altapoint.com>; <a6 at code404.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 6:01 PM
Subject: RE: [A6] Sending banks and getting corrupt patches


> I'm not saying that just having a patch bay is automatically the cause
> but if there was a bad connection in it, then that can be a problem.
> Also, if it's a programmable patch bay, it might be excluding
> (filtering) some data by mistake. I don't know about the "active
> sensing" thing.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: a6-bounces at code404.com [mailto:a6-bounces at code404.com] On Behalf
> Of Marcus Couto
> Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 11:46 AM
> To: a6 at code404.com
> Subject: Re: [A6] Sending banks and getting corrupt patches
>
> I do have a midi patch bay in between but why is that bad?! I don't
> think
> it's filtering anything but you might be right. I just tried the
> shareware
> version of Mark's program and the same thing happens. Half of the bank
> is
> corrupt and I have to reset the A6. I'm gonna try to rig something
> tonight
> after work to bypass the patchbay and see what happens. Does the A6 send
>
> MIDI Active Sensing messages, just curious?
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Christopher W Deppe" <cwd10 at psu.edu>
> To: "Richard" <richard at chorlton.com>; "Marcus Couto"
> <marcus at altapoint.com>;
> <a6 at code404.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 9:34 AM
> Subject: RE: [A6] Sending banks and getting corrupt patches
>
>
> Are you going through a patch bay or something? Sounds like a bad
> connection somewhere. I use MidiOx, and it works fine for me on the
> default settings. Check your cables for loose or shorted connections and
> if you have ANY gear between the computer and the A6, I would bypass the
> other gear and patch directly if you can.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: a6-bounces at code404.com [mailto:a6-bounces at code404.com] On Behalf
> Of Richard
> Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 10:16 AM
> To: Marcus Couto; a6 at code404.com
> Subject: Re: [A6] Sending banks and getting corrupt patches
>
> Mark's A6 banker is just fine, and not expensive
>
> Richard
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Marcus Couto" <marcus at altapoint.com>
> To: <a6 at code404.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 5:08 PM
> Subject: [A6] Sending banks and getting corrupt patches
>
>
>> Ok, I have MIDI OX and I'm trying to send banks to A6 but most of the
>> patches end up corrupt and they freeze the A6 when selected. Does
> anyone
>> know the best settings for this program to work with the A6? Also,
> does
>> the A6 need a handshake MIDI connection to be able to just send banks
> and
>> patches? And lastly, what is the best patch manager for the A6
> currently?
>> Thanks...
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