Reference Guide

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Using the System Exclusive view
System exclusive data
See:
“Using the System Exclusive view” on page 1067
“Transmitting banks during playback” on page 1073
“Real-time recording of System Exclusive messages” on page 1074
“Sysx echo” on page 1075
“Sending Sysx banks at startup” on page 1068
“Sysx .ini file settings” on page 1075
“Troubleshooting” on page 1076
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, click the Views menu
and choose Sysx, or press ALT+SHIFT+7.
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. To mark or unmark the selected bank for auto-
sending, click the Settings menu and choose Auto Send on/off.
For more information, see:
“Importing, creating, and dumping Sysx banks” on page 1069
“Editing Sysx banks” on page 1071
“Sending Sysx banks at startup” on page 1068
“Real-time recording of System Exclusive messages” on page 1074
“Transmitting banks during playback” on page 1073
“Sysx view menu” on page 1072