CAKEWALK Cakewalk SONAR, User Manual

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6. Once the bytes received count stops increasing, you can click Done to tell SONAR to stop receiving.
However, if your synthesizer also displays a message when the instrument is finished sending a
bank, wait until that message says the transmission is finished before you click Done.
The currently selected bank now holds the received Sysx data. At this point, you may want to give the
bank a descriptive name by selecting it and clicking
.
More about Dump Request Macros
DRMs are defined in your
DRM
.
INI
file in the [Dump Request Macros] section. You may add your own
DRMs or modify the ones that we have provided. Use the Windows Notepad to edit the file. Comments
in the
DRM
.
INI
file itself describe how to write DRMs. The specific Sysx messages can be found in the
instrument manual, or they can be obtained by contacting the manufacturer. Remember that a DRM
must start with F0 and end with F7.
Sometimes you will find that the byte size is different when you use a DRM, as opposed to initiating the
dump from the instrument. It is possible the instrument is dumping some additional information when
you initiate the dump from the instrument, but you should be able to use either method without any
problems.
When you press the Receive button in the Sysx window, you may pick from a list of Dump Request
Macros. These are short System Exclusive messages sent to a synthesizer to make it dump (send back)
System Exclusive data. DRMs are defined in your CAKEWALK.INI file in the [Dump Request Macros]
section. You may add your own DRMs or modify the ones that we have provided. Use the Windows
Notepad to edit the file.
Please note that many of the DRMs included with SONAR have been donated by customers who are
using the particular equipment. In some cases, we have not been able to test those DRMs because we do
not have access to that equipment. We redistribute such DRMs on an as-is basis. Additional user-
supplied DRMs may be available on the Cakewalk website (www.cakewalk.com).
Editing Sysx Banks
Editing a Sysx bank is very similar to creating one.
To Edit a Sysx Bank
1. In the Sysx view, select the bank you want to edit, and click the Edit Data button (or double-
click the selected bank).
The Edit System Exclusive Bytes window appears.
2. Edit your message(s). Each message in the window must begin with F0 and end with F7 (that’s F
zero and F seven). See your instrument’s manual for the messages you can create.
3. When you finish editing the message(s), click OK to close the window.
Note:
The SONAR librarian may not support synthesizers that require handshaking
dump protocols. Some of these synthesizers have a backup protocol where they
will do a normal dump if they don’t get a handshake. Others do not.