KENTON PLUGSTATION USERS MANUAL
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NOTE 1: SENDING SYSEX SETUPS BACK TO PLUGSTATION IS AS SIMPLE AS JUST LOADING A
STORED BULK DUMP MIDI FILE INTO AN APPROPRIATE SEQUENCER, (REMEMBERING TO RUN
QUANTISE AND ANY OTHER COMMAND THAT MAY AFFECT THE MIDI STREAM TO OFF), AND
PRESSING PLAY. WHEN PLUGSTATION STARTS TO RECEIVE A SYSEX DUMP, THE SCREEN WILL
FLICKER INDICATING THAT A BULK DUMP IS COMING IN. WHILST THIS IS HAPPENING YOU
SHOULD NOT TOUCH NOR MAKE ANY OTHER ADJUSTMENTS TO PLUGSTATION.
NOTE 2: SENDING A PLG SPECIFIC BULK DUMP (FOR EXAMPLE A VOICE SETUP FROM AN1X EDIT
FOR EXAMPLE) WILL NOT CAUSE THE SCREEN TO FLASH IN THIS WAY, BUT WILL INTERRUPT
THE MIDI DATA STREAM (AS WOULD BE THE CASE WITH MOST PLG DEVICES) TO OTHER
PORTIONS OF PLUGSTATION. WHILST LARGE SYSEX DUMPS ARE BEING RECEIVED, DATA MAY
BE INTERRUPTED TO OTHER CARDS (UNLESS THE DATA IS ALSO FOR OTHER CARDS). IT IS
RECOMMENDED THAT BULK DUMPS FOR EACH OF THE 4 BOARDS BE SENT SEQUENTIALLY TO
ALLOW EACH BOARD TO CORRECTLY RECEIVE A DATA DUMP, AND CORRECTLY SET UP A
VOICE. PLEASE FOLLOW THE XG FORMAT GUIDELINES REGARDING SYSEX TIMING AND
SEPARATION BETWEEN EVENTS. FAILURE TO ADHERE TO THIS (MOST SOFTWARE
APPLICATIONS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT PLG CARDS WILL FOLLOW THIS PROTOCOL) WILL
RESULT IN INCORRECT VOICE SETTINGS ON THE RESPECTIVE CARDS. THIS IS NOT A FAULT OF
PLUGSTATION, AS PLUGSTATION HAS VERY SIZEABLE MIDI BUFFERS FOR DATA RECEPTION.
PLEASE DO NOT MIX AND MATCH DATA BYTES FOR DIFFERENT BOARDS IN THE SAME SINGLE
STREAM OF DATA, BUT ALLOW 4 DISCRETE BLOCKS OF SETUPS TO BE SENT FOR EACH
BOARD.
REMEMBER: POWERING OFF PLUGSTATION WILL RESULT IN THE LOSS OF PLG BOARD
SPECIFIC LOW LEVEL PARAMETERS. YOU MUST (AS IS ALSO THE CASE WITH SW1000XG) USE A
SUITABLE EDITOR TO STORE ANY SOUNDS AS YOU WOULD WITH THE SW1000XG.
NOTE 3: IT HAS BEEN NOTED ON MANY INTERNET FORUMS AND ALSO IN TESTING BY
ENGINEERS THAT USB BASED MIDI DEVICES CAN SOMETIMES NOT SEND DATA ACCURATELY.
THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE OF MANY LOW COST USB MIDI INTERFACES WHEN SENDING LARGE
AMOUNTS OF DATA SUCH AS SYSTEM EXCLUSIVE BULK DUMPS. IF YOU FIND THAT CERTAIN
SOFTWARE EDITORS DO NOT SEND THE VOICE OR PLUGSTATION SPECIFIC SYSEX CORRECTLY,
TRY ADJUSTING THE BUFFER SIZE FOR SYSEX TRANSMISSION IN YOUR SOFTWARE TO A
LARGER VALUE. THIS IS REALLY ONLY APPLICABLE TO STAND ALONE MODE, AS IS THE CASE
OF THE SW1000XG, VOICE SETUPS WOULD BE NORMALLY BE SENT VIA THE MIDI OUT OF THE
SW1000XG WHICH DOES NOT SUFFER FROM THIS PROBLEM WITH ANY YAMAHA PLG CARD. YOU
MAY HOWEVER FIND THAT EXTREMELY LARGE AMOUNTS OF SYSEX BEING SENT OVER THE
SW1000XG PLG CONNECTOR (VIA THE D-SUB) MAY RESULT IN SOME DATA NOT GETTING
THROUGH (THIS ONLY APPLIES TO VERY LARGE BULK DUMPS), AND NOT VOICE SENDS TO
INDIVIDUAL BOARDS. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT YOU USE (IF RUNNING WITH INDIVIDUAL
EDITORS, NOT FULL SOFTWARE SUPPORT SUCH AS XGPAD) THAT YOU SET THE EDITOR MIDI
OUT TO SW1000 MIDI OUT (UNLESS YOU ARE RUNNING MORE THAN ONE EDITOR AT A TIME, IN
WHICH CASE YOU CANNOT AS THE SW1000 MIDI OUT IS NOT MULTICLIENT).
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