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  • in reply to: Kawai panels #41669
    rothchild
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      I for one would love to see a K5 panel, I have a K5m and it’s really interesting but such a chore to program from the front panel.

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        Of course it’s a version of user error!

        I just updated the OS on the A-station to the most current version and it now all functions correctly and as expected.

        I can now continue with my feeble efforts to bring the ctrlr panel up to spec and will be back to share it once I have something presentable.

        Thanks for your help dasfaker and lfo2vco

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          Thanks lf02vco,

          I will get to trying to find out if it’s the panel once I’ve discounted the synth. As I’ve mentioned above, the panel responds to a patch sent from the synth (as does MIDIOX) but the synth doesn’t respond to the dump request string from either app.

          Once I’ve go this working I’ll almost certainly be back for more help as the dump current sound button doesn’t work as expected either, but we’ll save that for later!

          Hopefully Novation will get back to me with an answer in the next couple of days so I can progress this.

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            Thanks, that’s about where I’m up to too. I’ve just messaged Novation to see if they can advise on the dump request string or the necessary synth settings to make it respond.

            I’ve also tried playing with midiox and I can’t get the synth to respond there either. I put the dump string in the sysex view, if I do ‘send and receive’ I can see the sting go out but with no response, but when I send the voice dump from the front of the synth I get the patch.

            in reply to: Novation A-Station Panel Resurection – Newb seeks support #34784
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              Yup, it all works exactly as expected (and as I mentioned the bank and patch on the panel updates correctly whether I set it from the synth or the controller) it’s just this command to prompt the synth to dump its data it seems.

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                Changing the channel seems to make no difference, however I have got as far as noting that if I send a dump from the front of the synth the panel updates as expected (so this is some useful progress in terms of usability but I’d really like to work ‘properly’).

                I’m guessing that I’m missing something stupidly simple here but I’m at a complete loss as to how I go about working out what it is!

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                  Of course, I’m not yet a natural Hex counter…;-)

                  Cheers.

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                    So, change 7f to 01 (or just 1?) in the request string?

                    (by the way I do appreciate your patience with me, I did warn that I’ve minimal skills, at least I have persistence on my side ;-))

                    in reply to: Novation A-Station Panel Resurection – Newb seeks support #34733
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                      Thanks, according to the sysex string what channel is ctrlr sending the request to/for? I have the manual to hand and there’s no reference to a particular sysex channel.

                      in reply to: Novation A-Station Panel Resurection – Newb seeks support #34730
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                        Yes, everything seems ok. Could be a setting on the synth, maybe the sysex channel doesn’t match with the dump message?

                        What’s the channel in the message? I can’t see anywhere on the synth (or manual) about Sysex wanting a different channel so I assume it’s set to 1 (the tx and rx channel of the synth).

                        The A-station will do a dump from the front panel (ie I can hit record in reaper and capture sysex when I dump the data from the synth).

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                          Does it matter that the sysex request in midi doesn’t have a channel?

                          This is what comes up in the midi monitor when I hit the ‘request dump’ button:

                          [System exclusive] Ch:[–] No:[—-] Val:[—-] RAW:[f0 00 20 29 01 40 7f 40 00 00 00 00 00 f7]

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                            Yes, bank select and program change work ok (and track changes driven from the front panel of the synth and from the controller keyboard).

                            The midi setup is that I have a 4 port interface (Midisport4 M4U) with the A-Station in and out connected to port one of the interface, I also have a Axiom 25 connected via USB which I’m using as a controller.

                            The ctrlr settings are:

                            Input: M4U port 1 channel 1
                            Controller: Axiom Midi in channel 1
                            Output: M4U port 1 channel 1
                            Thru: On

                            The string in the panel:
                            F0 00 20 29 01 40 7F 40 00 00 00 00 00 F7

                            What the manual says:
                            Current Sound Dump
                            F0h Sysex start
                            00h novation id1
                            20h novation id2
                            29h novation id3
                            01h device type
                            40h a-station
                            SyCh sysex channel (7Fh or current receive channel)
                            40h messave type (current sound dump request)
                            00h control byte (don’t care)
                            Vv software version (don’t care)
                            Vi version increment (don’t care)
                            00h program bank (don’t care)
                            00h program number (don’t care)

                            F7h End of exclusive

                            All looks right (even to my novice eyes) so I’m none the wiser!

                            in reply to: TX81Z panel? #31182
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                              Thanks for picking up work on this panel.

                              Which is the newest version? Is it mod-3?

                              Cheers

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