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Strange Prodatum issue

2010-03-14 by Boris

Hi all,

This question is primarily for Jan, but maybe someone else has an idea.

I'm experiencing a very strange issue with Prodatum editor. I have an MP-7 fully expanded with ROMs, and for some reason, the names of patches and samples in these ROMs do not show up in Prodatum (except for a few at the beginning). You can see these screenshots for illustration:

1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7

Curiously, all patches in User bank do show up.

So far, I've tried changing SysEx ID, increasing SysEx packet delay to 120 ms and lowering SysEx speed in Prodatum settings; none of this helped. Could it be the MIDI interface? (it's M-Audio MidiSport 4x4 which seems to work fine in all other respects).

I have another Command Station (XL-7) so I can start juggling ROMs between them to see if it's a problem with this specific unit. But any educated guesses or troubleshooting tips are welcome!

Boris.

Re: [xl7] Strange Prodatum issue

2010-03-14 by Janus

Hi Boris,

On Mar 14, 2010, at 10:39, Boris wrote:

> Hi all,
> This question is primarily for Jan, but maybe someone else has an idea.
> I'm experiencing a very strange issue with Prodatum editor. I have an
> MP-7 fully expanded with ROMs, and for some reason, the names of patches
> and samples in these ROMs do not show up in Prodatum (except for a few
> at the beginning). You can see these screenshots for illustration:1
> <http://ljplus.ru/img4/b/o/boreg/img1.jpg>  , 2
> <http://ljplus.ru/img4/b/o/boreg/img2.jpg>  , 3
> <http://ljplus.ru/img4/b/o/boreg/img3.jpg>  , 4
> <http://ljplus.ru/img4/b/o/boreg/img4.jpg>  , 5
> <http://ljplus.ru/img4/b/o/boreg/img5.jpg>  , 6
> <http://ljplus.ru/img4/b/o/boreg/img6.jpg>  , 7
> <http://ljplus.ru/img4/b/o/boreg/img7.jpg>
> 
> Curiously, all patches in User bank do show up.So far, I've tried
> changing SysEx ID, increasing SysEx packet delay to 120 ms and lowering
> SysEx speed in Prodatum settings; none of this helped. Could it be the
> MIDI interface? (it's M-Audio MidiSport 4x4 which seems to work fine in
> all other respects).
> I have another Command Station (XL-7) so I can start juggling ROMs
> between them to see if it's a problem with this specific unit. But any
> educated guesses or troubleshooting tips are welcome!
> Boris.

seems like prodatum got confused somehow when it first downloaded the patch names. it tries to download that data as fast as possible (sometimes too fast for the device/midi device to handle so that bytes get lost).

you can try to set the speed setting in the open dialog box to medium or slower. but first you need to delete the current currupt files that prodatum assumes to be correct.

../Documets and Settings/LOGIN/Application Data/prodatum/
delete the files inside, then start prodatum, select a lower speed setting and wait :). the speed setting is only used for initialization so dont worry too much about it making prodatum slow or something.

alternatively or when that keeps to fail you can download the ROM-Info files from the prodatum homepage and put them in the folder that you deleted above.

Jan

Re: Strange Prodatum issue

2010-03-15 by Boris

Hi Jan,

Thanks for the quick reply.
Re-initialization at slower speed didn't help (same issue). So I went with your second suggestion and downloaded the ROM-Info files. This did the trick!

Have a nice day!
Boris.