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trouble sending sysex

2005-09-26 by daxe

I dont know if any of this will help you, but I had a terrible time getting my Ensoniq FIZMO to take an OS update through my gear and this is what I did:

 

I tried another midi interface..this one hooked up through USB.  The first interface I used was through my JLCooper MSB REv2+, which mangles everything sent through it.  I tried an Edirol UMX thing next.  I tried a bunch of programs but always got only a partial upload.

 

I had a little better luck when I removed everything else off that USB bus...it got almost all the way through but the data was still coming too fast.  FIZMOs are notorious for chiking on too-fast midi data (as well as bad voltage regulators).

 

What I finally had to do was send the sysex one chunk at a time from sounddiver.  The combo of this method, plus the USB interface not being 'interrupted' by other things on the same bus allowed me to get the sysex finally uploaded.

 

Some devices are crankier about the integrity of the midi data than some others, I guess.

 

Hope this helps, maybe give you some ideas.

 

~snakefooot

 

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