M1 Question

Hi people... I have a friend with an M1. His battery died and he's lost his internal sounds. He's managed to download the factory internal sounds & settings from on-line into his computer. How would he now get them from his computer into his M1? ...Anyone...??

Any assitance would be much appreciated. ....Thanx...

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...shboom

It depends on the file format of the factory data (.mid, .syx) and what kind of computer (Mac/PC). I'm assuming the computer has a MIDI interface. This page has links to several SysEx loaders and other software for both Mac and PC platforms: http://www.patchmanmusic.com/SysexUtilities.html

I hope that helps.

--Barry

Thanx Barry, I'll pass the link on to Paul & he can figuure it out. Much appreciated.

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...shboom

You can find lots of M1 resources on http://www.synthzone.com/korg.htm and you can download a sysex tool from http://www.alesis.com/downloads/software/freeloader/ . You can also find sysex files at http://synthzone.com/midi/korg/m1/ I always try to archive files for most synths.

Note though that almost all MIDI sequencers already support transmitting and receiving sysex data.


[This message has been edited by Nigel (edited 12-13-2005).]

Thank You Nigel...
I will pass these links along to Paul. Who knows...maybe he'll even pay us a visit.

...Thanx again...

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...shboom

How did your friend end up going getting his M1 operating again, did he end up checking out patch banks and build up a good internal set?

PS - I was on an Alaskan cruise a couple of weeks back and on the way back to Seattle dropped into Victoria BC for a few hours. I thought of you when we stopped there. Great city shboom. It has a lot of character and would be a good place to gig around I'd guess.

hey all,

hes not the only one to bugger his M1 my battery died aswell and so far I have succesfully connected PC to M1 and had a couple of cracks at getting my head around this whole thing but wow, its a real specialised area

would love to pump a few questions out if it would be ok?

thx

Tama

Ask away -- I'm sure one (or more) of us will answer to the best of their ability.

--Barry