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Using the System Exclusive View
System Exclusive Data
Real-time Recording of System Exclusive Messages
Sysx Echo
Sending Sysx Banks at Startup
Sysx .ini File Settings
Troubleshooting
Using the System Exclusive View
The System Exclusive view has a list box for a maximum of 256 Sysx banks, plus a toolbar of
buttons. Most of the buttons affect whatever bank you have selected in the list. Certain buttons will
be disabled if the selected bank is empty. To open the System Exclusive view, choose the Sysx
command from the View menu, or click the Sysx view icon in the Views toolbar.
SONAR stores Sysx messages as either Sysx banks or Sysx data. The main difference is in the
number of bytes in the message, and also that Sysx data is only visible in the Event List view as
SysxData events. A Sysx data message can have up to 255 bytes in it. You can send Sysx data to
an instrument without interrupting playback (depending on the speed of your computer and the
number of bytes in the message), however, sending a Sysx bank stops playback until all of the Sysx
bank is transmitted. Sysx banks are usually sent to your instrument when you load your work file.
SONAR asks you each time you load a project file if you want to send any existing Sysx banks the
file contains that are marked for auto-sending. Clicking the Auto Send Bank button in the Sysx
view toolbar marks or unmarks a selected bank for auto-sending.
For more information, see:
Importing, Creating, and Dumping Sysx Banks
Editing Sysx Banks
Sending Sysx Banks at Startup
Real-time Recording of System Exclusive Messages
Transmitting Banks During Playback
Sysx View Buttons
Sending Sysx Banks at Startup
You can tell SONAR to send certain Sysx banks to your instrument(s) each time you open the
project file that the banks are in.
To Send Sysx Banks at Startup
1. In the Sysx view, select a bank that you want to send to an instrument when you open the current
project.