Instruction Manual

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Sysx View Buttons

System Exclusive Data

Sysx View Buttons

Here is a description of the buttons in the Sysx view.

Send

Send All

Receive

Name

Auto

Output

Edit Bytes

Clear Bank

Load Bank and Save Bank

Send

Send transmits the current bank’s System Exclusive message. If nothing

seems to happen, make sure you have correctly set the output. This button

is disabled if the current bank is empty. The shortcut key is s.

Send All

Send All transmits all non-empty banks. The shortcut key is l.

Receive

Receive dumps data from a synthesizer into the bank. If the bank contains

data, SONAR asks you whether you want the new data to overwrite the

existing data or be appended to it. The shortcut key is c.

When receiving dumps, remember to connect both the MIDI In and Out

ports of the synthesizer to the MIDI interface. Also, make sure that your

instruments are set up to receive and/or transmit Sysx. Synthesizers that

you normally use only to play sounds—for example, sound modules that

don’t have keyboards—don’t need to be hooked up in both directions

except for receiving dumps, so it is easy to forget this. (If you will only be

sending Sysx messages to the device, the normal one-direction hookup is

sufficient.)