Reference Guide

812
System Exclusive Data
Sysx View Buttons
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.)
Clear Bank
This deletes the selected bank. The shortcut key is D.
Name
You may enter a description for a bank by clicking this button. Names are saved only in .cwp and
.cwb files. The shortcut key is N.
Auto
The Auto option tells SONAR to transmit that bank every time it loads the project file. You might use
this option for banks that contain System Exclusive messages that load a set of sounds for a
synthesizer at or before the start of a project.
Before transmitting, SONAR asks your permission. This is a safety feature for loading a file you have
received from someone else; if it happens to contain data for your synthesizer(s), you might lose
your patches and configuration information. However, if you don’t want to be asked, choose
Options > Global, click the General tab, and uncheck the box labeled Ask Before Sending Sysx.
The shortcut key is A.
Output