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In article <000001c11038$cd2e9680$0200a8c0@bigpc>, Gary Gregson
<gary@...> writes

>Reggie wrote:
>>>
>Well, it would appear that the instructions for storing the voice to
>smart media are in the CS6x manual.
>And as for the PLG pdf, there is no info in there apart from the above,
>maybe it's a question for Gary G.?
><<
>
>Saving to smart Media is purely a function of the CS6x...the PLG card
>knows absolutely nothing about this!
>

It's just what I read in the manual :¬)

>>>
>Quite odd though, I can't work out the sysex from AN-edit, but I am
>assuming that a bulk scene dump is being done.
><<
>
>An1xEdit uses Voice Bulk dump and SEQ bulk dump for storing data to the
>AN device user bank memory. These are the only bulk dump messages that
>can alter the user memory. All other bulk dumps (Common, scene, Ctrl,
>Step SEQ etc) address the edit buffer of the device....and are thus not
>stored to the user bank.

I knew it was a dump message, but in midiox the message starts 00 01 00
01, not with the usual F0 or E0? So it was hard to find which message it
was sending. I'm glad you cleared that up I will remember that now.

>
>The PLG PDF manual states that the PLG responds to AN1x Voice bulk
>dump...however, in my experience it does not (Yamaha may have fixed this
>on later revisions of the PLGAN card....but on the one I have, it
>doesn't work)! The PLG does respond to AN1x current voice (edit buffer)
>sysex, since the An1x and PLG cards use the same addresses for these
>dumps. However the addresses for user bank voice/seq are different!
>
>An1x: 11 nn 00
>PLG: 20 nn 00
>
>Furthermore there are several parameters that must be tweaked when
>swapping sysex data between the AN1x and PLG150AN to accommodate the
>different parameter sets of the devices. Neither device performs these
>tweaks automatically.
>
>Fortunately, An1xEdit sorts this entire mess out for you. Just select
>the appropriate device mode and away you go!
>
>Regards
>
>Gary Gregson
>
>Email:gary@...
>http://www.yme.co.uk/yme
>
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See ya,

Reggie