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Importing, creating, and dumping Sysx banks
System exclusive data
Importing, creating, and dumping Sysx banks
There are several ways to get a sysx bank into SONAR:
• You can import (load) an external .syx file.
• You can edit an empty bank to create a new bank from scratch.
• You can dump a bank into SONAR from the synthesizer itself.
To import a Sysx bank into a project
1. In the Sysx view, select an empty bank to import the new bank into (unless you want to add to or
overwrite an existing bank).
2. Click the Sysx view File menu and choose Open.
The Open dialog box appears.
3. If necessary, navigate to the folder that contains your .syx files, select the one you want to
import, and click Open.
The file appears as a new bank in the row you selected in the Sysx view. If you want SONAR to send
this bank every time you open this project, make sure the bank is selected (highlighted), then click
the Sysx view Settings menu and choose Auto Send on/off. A checkmark appears in the Auto
column next to all auto-send-enabled banks.
To create a Sysx bank
1. In the Sysx view, select an empty bank, then click the Edit menu and choose Edit Data (or
double-click the empty bank).
The Edit System Exclusive Bytes dialog box appears.
2. Type your message(s). Each message you add to the window must begin with F0 and end with
F7 (that’s F zero and F seven). See your instrument’s manual for the messages you can create.
3. When you finish typing the message(s), click OK to close the dialog box.
After you close the editing window, your new bank appears in the Sysx view. Use the buttons in the
toolbar to name it, give it an output number, and mark it for auto-sending, if you want. Save your
project when you’re finished.