Message 6/9
Date: 04-May-01 @ 06:22 AM -
RE: I'm chuffed over this OS4 thing...
Desience, I'm not sure if this is obvious to you, but it wasn't to me and caused me to pull some hair out when I tried to upgrade with Sonar/MOTU PC MIDI Flyer interface. You didn't specify if you were using a Supernova or a Nova, but if it's the latter, you need to press and hold the "mute" button when you're powering up (in lieu of a "part 8" button) or the Nova won't be expecting an OS. It's not like programs which you can fire off to the Nova at will. Just make sure the Nova's Global MIDI channel is 1 and Sonar's BPM is set to 50.
btw, sysex data has manufacturer-specific bytes in the message. You can run it through your whole MIDI system, and only the unit that the specific sysex string is for will respond. That's why good machines like a K2500 allow you to set it to multiple sysex ID's, in case you have a couple of them.
Thus, I think Cakewalk/Sonar's sysex implementation is the shit. I can save a performance with a project with all my edited sounds (saving the need to use up the Nova's memory when all I'm doing is tweaking an existing sound). Not only that, I can save new versions of it in different banks as I go. "I liked the bass before I added that other part..." easy to get back.
psylichon