trouble loading patches

MIDIbox SID
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hello again!

I’m having some trouble loading patches.  I’ve downloaded the sysex files.  And I’m using snoize’s sysex

librarian for mac osx (http://www.snoize.com/SysExLibrarian/) to send the midi.  I am able to load the various sid programs with it.  But when I send the patch sysex nothing happens…

Any ideas?

Thanks!

davebot

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Hi,

with TL’s patch manager (-> http://www.automatic-brain.de/midibox/) the upload is normaly not a big deal, since it waits for a response from the MBSID before sending the next patch. But on a Mac you have to adjust the delay between two SysEx messages (patches) manually. A good starting point is 500 mS. If you are able to run a MIDI monitor in parallel, check that each patch gets an acknowledge message (… 0F F7). If an acknowledge is missing, then the delay is too short.

Best Regards, Thorsten.

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I currently have it set at 750ms.  And for the setup files, it seems to work well.

When I choose SAV from the menu, it shows this:

#B    #P    do!

A  1  Internal Patch

It gets hung up on this .  I assume pushing the button under do! saves the patch.  Is that right?

What’s  #B  and  #P?  There didn’t seem to be anything in the tutorial about the save page.

-dave

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Hi Dave,

yes, you are right. Pressing the third button should save the patch, and it should especially not hang up.

Not sure if this was an imperfection in v1.7a (nobody reported it before), but could you please try the same with v1.7303beta? -> http://www.midibox.org/forum/index.php?topic=6098.0

#B stands for Bank, #P for patch

It only works properly when a BankStick is connected

Best Regards, Thorsten.

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Hello,

the 1.7303 seems to work very well.

my bankstick however is not working so well.  I tried wiring up another bank stick, and it’s still not working.  I have only one patch memory.  I can save, and upon powering up the memory is still OK, the patch is there… I will have to inspect more closely why the bank stick is not being found.

thanks for your help.

-dave

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Hi Dave,

alright, so it seems that with v1.7a it’s not possible to save the patch if no BankStick is connected (or in your case: regognized). I remember that this issue was reported long time ago.

Some hints for debugging: check the 1k resistor, and especially the isolated cable between J4:SC and Pin #28 (!!!) of the PIC (it was pin #22 in older MIOS versions). The SID will output a sweeped sound once it detects the BankStick. The first time it will propably format the Stick, this will take ca. 1 minute. During formatting, you will here some beeps

Best Regards, Thorsten.

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fixed.

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Do you know, why it didn’t work before?

Best Regards, Thorsten.

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oh, ha ha!  I guess I should have been more specific!

I believe the bankstick had a bad solder joint.

I still was not able to upload patches.  But I think that’s a problem with the software I’m using, not the midi box.

-dave