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Hello Jon,

It seem that the An1x can't work properly with USB. I also checked 
Edirol and have the latest drivers. This morning I tested by 
connecting to a joystick midi port and didn't experience any problem. 
Everything seems to work properly now ! Even the bulk dump.

Thanx for the good advice,

Ginz.

--- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "Jon" <jondl_2000@y...> wrote:
> --- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "ginzburg2001" 
> <sky50308@s...> wrote:
> > Thanx for your reply. I have a PC WIN98SE running cubase SX 
> with an 
> > edirol UM-880. I find it weird that it would be a configuration 
> > problem in the sequencer/MIDI set-up because all my other 
> synths do 
> > it well. I can do Bulk dump and program changes with every 
> other 
> > synth without any problem with the same configuration. This 
> afternoon 
> > I made a second test and could transfer some program 
> changes and 
> > could work with local OF, but not for long because all of a 
> sudden 
> > when I tried to do a bulk dump it sort of freezed and everything 
> got 
> > weird again. I'm allmost desperate ... Could it be the OS of the 
> > synth ?
> > 
> > Maybe you have a clue.
> > 
> > Ginz.
> > 
> 
> Okay. Now we have some info to work with. That Edirol UM-880 
> is a USB MIDI Interface - which is most likely the cause of your 
> AN1x specific issues.
> 
> I'm not surprised Local Off worked with the AN1x and could only 
> guess that some previous error on the USB bus had resulted in 
> a momentary glitch.
> 
> The AN1x reacts slowly to Program change commands. It's 
> always best to leave a measure or so inbetween program 
> change commands and the next MIDI Note On event. Again, a 
> momentary glitch on the USB bus might have caused a buffer 
> error on the AN1x - I expect you rebooted your AN1x at some 
> point?
> 
> The fact your other Synths and sound modules behave as 
> expected with Local Off and Programs Change on the UM-880 
> eliminates the possibility of a configuration error in Cubase, 
i.e., 
> that you have Program Change commands or SysEx filtered in 
> Cubase.
> 
> I've not used USB on Win98SE but plenty of other list members 
> have commented on it. Perhaps you should search the list 
> archive. Have you doubled checked you're running the latest 
> drivers for your UM-880? 
> http://www.edirol.com/products/info/um880.html 
> 
> I CAN tell you that AN1x SysEx dumps over USB can be a tricky 
> thing - on either platform. AN1x SysEx packets are unusually 
> large in size in comparison to other synthesizers. This presents 
> difficulties over USB which has no provision for error correction - 
> it's strictly a blind send and receive with no hand shaking. That 
> said, it can be met with success. This has been discussed at 
> length on this list over the past few years (see the list archives 
> for more info.) When you performed your bulk dump did you send 
> a '1 scene', '1 vce', '1-64 vce', etc. or 'all vce'? If you're not 
finding 
> success with an 'all vce' dump try one of the other options and 
> see if it works. Are you working ONLY with Cubase are have you 
> tried the same with AN1xEdit? What were the results?
> 
> Jon