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patch-editing programs available that let you edit data using sliders and other tools rather than raw
hex data).
When you select a bank and click the Edit Bytes button, SONAR converts the binary data into a text
representation and pops up the Edit System Exclusive Bytes dialog box, in which you can edit the text.
If you make changes and click OK to keep them, SONAR tries to convert the text back into binary
format. You’ll get an error message if the text does not begin with an F0 and end with an F7, which are
the System Exclusive begin and end bytes.
SONAR may not be able to convert the data to text format. The text representation requires three to
four times more memory than the data itself, and the Edit System Exclusive Bytes dialog box can
contain roughly as much text as
Notepad . The shortcut key is e.
Load Bank and Save Bank
You can import banks from and save banks to files with the file extension .
SYX
. If you try to import to a
bank that isn’t empty, SONAR asks if you want to append or replace. The Load and Save buttons work
only with .
SYX
, not SONAR project files or MIDI files.
You may also use this feature to copy a Sysx bank between two SONAR project files. Save the bank into
a file, load the other SONAR project file, then load the bank again. This is also a good way to copy one
bank to another in the
same project file. The shortcut keys are o and v respectively .
To Export a Sysx Bank to Another Project
1. In the Sysx view, select the bank you want to export.
2. Click the Save Bank button .
The Save As dialog appears.
3. Navigate to the folder in which you want to store the file.
4. Enter a file name and click OK.
SONAR saves the file in the location you specified, with the extension .
SYX
.
5. Open the project to which you want to import the bank and select an empty bank in the Sysx view
(unless you want to add the file to an existing bank).
6. Click the Load Bank from File button to open the Open dialog.
7. Navigate to the desired folder, select the .
SYX
file you want to import, and click Open.
SONAR loads the selected bank into the current project.
Transmitting Banks During Playback
SONAR has a special meta-event, Sysx Bank, that lets you play a System Exclusive bank at a specified
time in your project. You can use a Sysx meta-event to send any of the 8192 available Sysx banks at any
time in a sequence. To do this, you have to insert a new event in the Event List using the Insert key on
the PC keyboard. Next you have to double-click Event Kind and change it to System Exclusive. In the
Values column, select the bank (0-8191) that you want to send.
MIDI is a serial data transmission, meaning it can do only one thing at a time. If you try to upload a
huge sampler dump during a fast drum solo, playback will noticeably lurch. MIDI must complete the
System Exclusive message before it can resume playback. The Sysx meta-event is appropriate only for
very short System Exclusive messages. The exact length depends on various factors, such as the speed
of your computer but as a rule of thumb, 100 bytes is a likely maximum, and even that may often be too
large.