[bgg]

I’m not sure how useful the PC1600v software output would be. When I was testing it for patch dump request, it didn’t insert the midi channel into the output. The program I’m using in combination for sending commands not in your editor panel is from breakoutbox SpectrumSynthEditor

It’s pretty comprehensive, but crashes a lot. I’ll probably continue to use it for editing/saving patches to the RAM, and then use the ctlr editor VST for assigning CCs and sequencing parameters.

• This reply was modified 8 years, 5 months ago by bgg.

[bgg]

Ok I got the dump request to work.

F0 00 00 1B 02 09 00 01 7F F7 is correct for midi receive on channel 1

[bgg]

I checked the output of the PC1600v software with a midi monitor when pressing button fifteen and it sends the data described for the bulk dump request, but I cannot get any response from the spectrum synth when I send it to the synth. I’m a little confused though because in the PC1600v edit menu there is a gc parameter which should insert the midi channel, but there is no byte transmitted that matches it. I tried using a sequencer to send F0 00 00 1B 02 09 01 7F F7 and F0 00 00 1B 02 09 01 01 7F F7 (for channel 1) without any response.

[bgg]

Is the 127 value 7bit-ized? I’ve tried sending

Dump All 64 RAM patches:
F0 00 00 1B 02 09 01 7F F7

as hex and the peavey does not respond.

The only place I’ve found that gives an example between converting regular hex to 7bitized is your example on the defective records board. “4A in the manual I have to enter 02 4A in the string.”

Do I need to use 02 7F instead?

Why couldn’t they have just listed the actual strings you’d enter into a sequencer. ahh

I haven’t gotten deep into testing everything in the panel. Cross-point modulation included, but I’ll be testing everything as soon as I get my RAM backed up.

Does the panel have a way to load parameters from a preset so that it shows the current values?

Unless I’m mistaken currently it only performs operations on the edit buffer, but does not read from it, nor can one save to RAM from the panel.

I assume this is what you were referring to regarding how to request an edit buffer dump? I’d be quite satisfied if it could read from a preset, present the parameters on the panel and allow editing to the buffer, then saving to RAM.

[bgg]

Heya,

I’ve been using your panel for a few days and I think it’s great. The best way I’ve found to edit the spectrum without a PC1600.

My question is regarding whether you have gotten the full bank dump request sysex to work. I would like to be able to backup my RAM. I’ve tried sending the string described in the 1.22 addendum:

Dump All 64 RAM patches:
F0 00 00 1B 02 09 01 7F F7

while listening in receive mode using the elektron c6 sysex dump utility, however, I’m not getting any response from the peavey other than the blinking red light that my message is being received.

It’s a great synth. Kinda reminds me of a cross between a jd990/matrix1000/ensoniq-SD. Very nice tone. I would like to get serious about making my own patches.

So far I’ve been able to select which ROM sounds i want as starting points in the RAM slots, but I want to be able to backup my selections before I start to edit.

The trouble I’m having initiating a dump makes me concerned that I’ll not be able to store the edit buffer using

Save Edit Buffer to current RAM location (if current patch is between 0 and 63):
F0 00 00 1B 02 09 07 00 F7

but I haven’t got that far yet.

Have you worked at a way to save edits to the user RAM and to initiate sysex dumps?

thanks

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