Reference Guide

System exclusive data

Importing, creating, and dumping Sysx banks

4. Do one of the following:

• If the name of your instrument and the kind of data you want to store in SONAR appears in the

list, select your choice and click OK.

• If your instrument and the type of data you want to record are not in the list, select You start

dump on instrument, click OK, and press whatever button on your synthesizer that starts a

Sysx bank dump. The You start dump on instrument option is not really a Dump Request

Macro. It tells SONAR that you will initiate a dump (or multiple dumps) from the front panel of

the synthesizer.

5. The DRM may prompt you for additional information, which you should supply.

• Patch number: DRMs that are written to request an individual patch or configuration give you

this prompt, so you can specify the one you want to have dumped.

• Channel/unit number: Most synthesizers have a Sysx channel or unit number. This covers

the situation in which you own two of the exact same synthesizer, and want to do Sysx with

each independently. Your synthesizer manual should describe the factory-set number.

When your instrument starts sending the bank, the Sysx Receive window counts the bytes as

SONAR receives them. If the count stays at zero for more than a couple of seconds, something is

wrong. The synthesizer may not be hooked up to the MIDI interface in both directions, or you may

have answered a DRM prompt incorrectly. Click Cancel. If any data were received, you will see

the number of bytes in the bank list.

6. Once the bytes received count stops increasing, you can click Done to tell SONAR to stop

receiving. However, if your synthesizer also displays a message when the instrument is finished

sending a bank, wait until that message says the transmission is finished before you click Done.

The currently selected bank now holds the received Sysx data. At this point, you may want to give

the bank a descriptive name by selecting it and clicking Edit > Name.