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Thank you very much for your response and time.Any sound card 
recommendations?Just a hobby for me so lower $$ range.I'm 58 years young 
and having fun.JD

Jon wrote:
> Here are some suggestions:
> 
> 1st, download and unzip the AN1x voices to a directory (folder.) Most 
> the Voices from
> the Files section *should* contain the *.an1 suffix identifying the file 
> type but not all
> do. If the file does not contain the *.an1 suffix, use the Open command 
> in AN1xEdit
> to open the file and then use the Save command. This will create the 
> correct file type
> bit which is sometime 'lost' going from Mac <> PC and/or Zip<>Sit.
> 
> 2nd, once you have the file type sorted out and have a working Voice 
> bank in
> AN1xEdit you can switch AN1xEdit into PLG150 Mode but it will _probably_ 
> close the
> currently open file and open an empty file - simply reopen the file you 
> intended to
> work with while in PLG150 Mode
> 
> If you receivet Buffer Full or Overrun messages the likely cause is your 
> MIDI Interface.
> Cheap sound card MIDI Interfaces, i.e., SoundBlaster type cards, are NOT 
> very robust
> and easily overrun by a data intensive files such as *.an1 files. Some 
> USB MIDI
> Interfaces suffer the same. I suggest you attempt to transfer only a a 
> few voices at a
> time or no more than the 1st 64 Voices in a bank to avoid the overload 
> error. For the
> record, AN1x SysEx dumps are considerably larger on average than most 
> synths. This
> is unavoidable and the the result of Yamaha's data structure design. 
> This has been
> discussed at length on this list - if you're interested in learning more 
> search the list
> archive for posts from Gary Gregson and you'll find this topic discussed 
> often.
> 
> Also, keep in mind the AN1x Voice structure allows for two Scenes per 
> Voice where as
> your AN200 does not - and the Effects structure is not as comprehensive. 
> This will
> likely result in some unavoidable discrepencies in sounds played back on 
> the AN200.
> It's not a big deal - just something to be aware of.
> 
> Post back if you need additional help.
> 
> Jon
> 
> 
> 
> --- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "leperajd" <lepera@c...> wrote:
>  > I should add that a few times when loading to the an200 I got the
>  > flashing error message 3 and 4.Buffer full etc.JD In
>  > AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "leperajd" <lepera@c...> wrote:
>  > > Hi,Using win 98.I tried loading voices to the an200 with the an1x
>  > > editor as
>  > > described below checking plg150an mode to load to an200 and it
>  > doesn't
>  > > work for me.I am downloading to desktop or floppy,then unzipping,no
>  > > go,an1x editor window pops up, says wrong file version.I tried this
>  > > with many patches to no avail.Am I downloading to wrong place or
>  > ?.I'm
>  > > a newbee to downloading patches.Maybe I need a primer on the steps
>  > to
>  > > downloading patches correctly.Thanks,Help appreciated JD LePera-- In
> 
> 
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