Emu XL-7 & MP-7 User's Group

> My simple test:  (1) transmit multi.syx to Cakewalk (2) restore to 
> factory multi (3) transmit multi.syx from Cakewalk.  Note: I am not 
> using sending a mid file; I am doing it from the sysex bank
> directly.
> 
> Results:  SOME current setup parameters changes (Xmit midi clock, 
> tempo).  SOME parameters don't change (view angle).  Without 
> checking, I would assume 90-99% of the parameters do go into the 
> current multi buffer (based on my reading of the sysex manual).
> 
> Solution: Send and save each multisetup separately.
> 
> Problem:  If you have (or anyone else has) patterns where multis
> are called as prgram changes you will have a problem, unless you
> hand resave the multis in the same location

Additional thought:  From a studio/performance standpoint, the way E-
Mu did this (multis going to buffer) makes sense in that you would 
seem to be able to change multis on the fly from an external device.

Also, the sysex manual has several dump formats related to multisetup 
dumps.  (This is more than you probably need to know).
(1) Multimode map dump:  ". . . a minimal set of parameters used to 
configure multimode operation."
(2) Setup Dump containing master settings (except program/preset map 
and tuning tables).

I suspect the send current multisetup function dump is either a 
VARIATION of or the same as (2). The sysex manual confirms that only 
the current setup can be dumped.

There are sysex commands to copy the Master Setup (2) to and from the 
Setup Edit Buffer.  So, it MIGHT be possible to automate the process 
of saving Master Setups in a midi file, or with a program that 
receives and sends sysex data/commands.

I am trying to get back into midi programming with a mind towards 
writing some nifty utilities for the current Proteus line.  Perhaps 
my first test will be a program to get, save, load, and put banks of 
multisetup. (I've done assembly langauge midi bulk data dump 
programming for the Commodore 64 and for MS-DOS.

I don't know if I want to tackle a Windows User inteface.  So I'll 
either do it an MS-DOS utility or try to find someone who does 
Windows.  (Sorry, no Mac.)

Dr. Steve