The Yamaha AN1x Synthesizer mailing list

--- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, Gerald Raucamp <yahoogroups@...> wrote:
>
> On Tue Feb 26 2008, mikeleonhart <mikeleonhart@...> wrote:
> > Yes I did, Midi In, to midi out, and visa vie.
> > 
> > Im using a USB cable to do so..
> > 
> > I'm still not sure why i cannot do transfer.
> 
> 
> Just out of curiosity... did you select the correct midi channels on the
> AN1x and on your PC?
> 
> Can you retrieve sounds from the AN1x, instead of just editing stuff
> straight from the editor? (I may have missed a bit of workflow, pardon
> me if that has come up already)
> 
> I know I had some trouble getting my AN1x to listen to midi and send
> midi.. had to switch of Local (but that was for getting it to make sound
> coming from a midi sequencer in a GNU/Linux environment).
> 

Gerarlds suggestions are very practical - double check the MIDI In & Out cables are 
connected to the correct ports and the MIDI Channels correspond as suggested.

Are you using the latest drivers for the MIDI Interface? I think you mentioned it was a USB 
MIDI Interface - have you tired it with the MIDI Interface plugged into another USB port or 
bus? 

USB MIDI Interfaces have a history of inadequate performance with the AN1x and AN1xEdit 
- primarily due to the size of the  SysEx dump the AN1x transmits and the lack of any 
error checking in the USB protocol. Some work more reliably than others. You might have 
to experiment with your settings.

Have you tried a simple SysEx bulk dump utility? If you have a MIDI Sequencer you try to 
use that. MIDIOX was a popular, stand alone utility amongst Windows users:

http://www.midiox.com/

Perhaps you might try a send and receive with MIDIOX. Some utilities will allow you to 
manually set the SysEx buffer size or the Receive timeout value.

Jon