Reg,
Thanks for clearing that up. You're a mine of information as usual. I've
passed this information back to KENTON.
It does bring me back to my original question, though, as to whether the
original DX7 ROMS are all available as DXC files for Yamaha's 'DX Simulator'
front end program for the PLG150DX.
They are available as SYSEX but DX Simulator can't open SYSEX files, and
now, we've established, cant read them back from the PLG itself (if I use
MIDIOX to download the carts to the PLG).
Regs,
PaulM
----- Original Message -----
From: Reggie <reggie@...>
To: <AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2001 7:04 AM
Subject: Re: [AN1x-list] Re: GG - Does the PLG150DX respond to bulk dump
requests ?
> Hello All, I guess I should apologise for any confusion that I may have
> caused in all of this, sorry, but it would appear that I am partially
> right and partially wrong.
>
> I emailed Nick howes at yamaha direct about what was being asked, and
> was told Yes basically to the questions that were asked.
>
> I have since received a further email from Nick which you should all
> take a look at, that should clear up some of the confusion.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> I think the SW list and yourself may have got the wrong end of the stick
> on PLG bulking
>
> So let me set it straight
>
> 1: No SW1000XG can do any kind of request from any PLG board, there is
> no sysex request path (this is in the FAQ I believe anyway) 2: PLG150
> cards, don't support full bulks in the way you think. They support
> parameter caching of the offset parameters for the easy editors only,
> and store these in memory locations on the board or on the hosting
> device in the case of Motif, CS6x etc. It is impossible to bulk request
> the entire status of a PLG for user parameters and complex parameters
> from any device. The boards are in the same way as SW, ONE WAY traffic
> only really. Which for computer editing is not an issue...
>
> Just so everyone is clear
>
>
>
> Nick Howes
>
> Computer Product Planning & Development
> Yamaha R&D Centre
> London
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Ok, I hope that clears some things up for you all.
>
> But I think point 2 raises a good question for us all:
>
> 2: PLG150 cards, don't support full bulks in the way you think. They
> support parameter caching of the offset parameters for the easy editors
> only.
>
> OK, so if the easy editors are able to retrieve this information, even
> if it is only offset values, then somehow there must be a way to get
> that data back to form that we can all read in the PC.
>
> It might not be a full bulk request, but once the offsets are back in
> the easy editors, then it should be easy enough to transmit them back
> out as a dump, which will hopefully produce the required result.
>
> See ya,
>
> Reggie
>
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