Re: Midi / SysEx - Dump / Linux?

[Steve Netting <steve@moonfoundation.co.uk>]

<Benno - if this doesn't make it out to the list - could
 you forward it?   I've been having email noghtmares recently!>

 < snip >

> > Could anyone confirm that? I've got an Elektron
> > SIDStation and there is no other way to save custom
> > programs than via MIDI/sysex. So if this does not
> > work, I'll lose all my carefully crafted custom
> > programs.
> > Thanks a lot in advance.
> >  - eric -

 <snip?

> I am sorry that I can not try the reverse cat dumpfile >/dev/midi00
> because of the lack of HW here.
> 
> it should work, but wait for someone confirming this.

 Yes, does indeed work - tested using an Alesis MMT-8 sequencer
 dumping it's memory via midi ... and a Korg N1 synth dumping all
 it's programs settings etc.  All restores without any problems.

 Thanks to all who replied!   I should have though of that myself,
 but well... I really didn't think it was that easy.

 I'll probably knock up a script to make the whole process more
 user-friendly, and provide some sort of menus for dumping/
 restoring data...


Thanks again!


Steve
--
http://www.moonfoundation.co.uk
--
- Steve Netting - Logica Aldiscon, Bristol, UK