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--- In AN1x-list@y..., Eric Detrez <ericdetrez@f...> wrote:
> Le 17/08/2001 jlevat@y... écrivit :
> 
> > Then maybe you could try to set your device number
> > to "all"(utility/setup,sixth knob). That's how the sysex messages 
now
> > where they go to.. I had the same kind of pbm, and you can fix it
> > that way i suppose, or set both id's in An1xedit and the sytnh to
> > match each other.
> 
> I've got the same problem my an1xedit (on my mac) never receive 
anything
> from my synth : my device number is set to "all" and I made the 
hints in
> the yahoo page. It never worked (I tried with a Midiman serial on a 
5400
> and with a Midiman USB on a iMac).
> -- 
> Eric Détrez
> Math PC* Lycée Faidherbe Lille

Eric,
This a known 'problem' with the Mac version of AN1xEdit and OMS. 
Apparently AN1xEdit and OMS can lose communication. Here's the step 
by step fix that works for me with my serial (modem port) MIDI 
Interface on a G3 desktop PowerMac:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AN1x-list/files/Tips%20and%
20Tricks/tt_an1xedit_not_receive.htm

(beware the wrap around text in the URL - you might want to cut and 
paste the link into your browsers address line)

I've never been able to use a USB MIDI Interface to receive sysex in 
AN1xEdit (using either the MIDIMAN or Opcode USB 2x2 interfaces.) 
Transmitting voices from AN1xEdit works reliably. For that matter, 
SysEx over USB in general has been dodgy on my Mac using just about 
any and all Apple drivers (currently running OS 9.1.) I've heard that 
the Emagic MT4 firmware has a larger buffer for data reception than 
that of the MIDIMAN or Opcode models and it does not suffer this 
problem. I've not tried the MT4 1st hand - I picked this info up on 
the Logic users list from a post by one of the Emagic programmers. If 
memory serves, Joop - another iMac and AN1x user, was successfully 
using either an AMT8 or Unitor MkII w/ AN1xEdit - don't recall which.

You might want to search the list archives as we've discussed this 
very topic early and often ;-)

regards,

Jon