Eventide H8000FW, Operating Manual

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To slave one H8000FW to another:
set the parameter
sequence out
found on the
midi/ext
menu page in the
SETUP
area to
off
on the "slave."
•
On the same menu page, set the parameter
sequence
to
new
on the "master."
•
On the same menu page, set the parameter
MIDI
to
enabled
on both units.
•
On the same menu page, set
system exclusive
to
on
for both units.
•
On the same menu page, set
device ID
to a common value for both units.
•
Connect either the MIDI Out port of the "master" to the MIDI In port of the
"slave" or connect their serial ports. (Using the serial ports will require a special
null modem cable, with pin 2 of each end connected to pin 3 at the other, and vice
versa.)
Now, changes made on the "master" are echoed on the "slave." Be sure to leave
sequence out
to
off
on the "slave" or MIDI "feedback" will lock up the H8000FWs in
a very bad sort of way.
Sending A Program From One the H8000FW to Another
To send a program from one H8000FW to another, turn
sequence out
to
off
on the
midi/ext
menu page in the
SETUP
area on both H8000FWs. On the same menu page,
change the
device ID
of each the H8000FW so that they agree. Then connect their
serial ports or connect the MIDI Out port of the "sender" to the MIDI In port of the
"receiver." Make sure the program you would like to send is running on the currently
displayed DSP
∗
on the "sender" (
press the
DSP A/B
key to toggle the display
). Make sure that the
DSP you would like to run the program on in the "receiver" is the currently displayed
DSP
*
(
press the
DSP A/B
key to toggle the display
).
→ To read about using the serial ports, see Setting Up the Serial Port on page 145.
On the "sender," highlight
dump program
on the
dump
menu page in the
SETUP
area and
press the
SELECT
key. The program will be loaded on the "receiver." Before doing
anything else, you should change the
device ID
of one of the H8000FWs so that it is no
longer the same as the
device ID
of the other. Failure to do so could cause problems
later if
sequence out
gets set to
on
on both H8000FWs!
*
If the upper left-hand corner of the screen reads “A,” the “currently displayed DSP” is DSP A. If the upper left-hand corner of
the screen reads “B,” the “currently displayed DSP” is DSP B. Both DSPs are always running, but only the parameters for one of
them can be displayed at a time.