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mrmlharris
Joined: 27 Jan 2009
Posts: 1
Location: UK
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 Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 12:32 am Post subject: Korg M1 Time consuming problem...help! |
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Hi there!
Basically I bought a second hand (dusty!) Korg M1 synth yesterday in original box, original manual, great internal and external condition, but have thus far failed miserably to get any joy out of it! Turned on synth and the expected "INIT" was apparent on all settings.
The guy I bought it from said that the last time he used it was about a year ago and gave up on using it as the internal battery died on him and he didnt have a clue on how to replace it! Anyway, I did the mandatory research, downloaded the Sysex Library for my macOSX and incase that didnt work I also downloaded MIDI-OX for my PC. Finally grabbed the Factory preset sysex file from the KORG site.
Now then, battery replaced....not a problem at all. Hooked up the MIDI cables to the synth from my Lexicon Omega interface. Turned the M1 on and enabled the synth to receive MIDI SYSEX. Everything enabled.
Transfered Sysex file to M1 with Sysex Library with default speed.....No success. Attempted again with speed turned right down to 5% and now the result was different. All the patches are correctly displayed but the sound is horrendous! The keys aren't corresponding to the patch name, and are totally random...Even random volume fluctuations. Awful.
I reset the synth and tried with the PC using MIDI-OX exactly the same result. Even changed the midi cables over just incase. Now i am right out of ideas  I don't have a ROM card or anything like that so thats out.
Help? Even some inspiration would be grateful!  |
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Brien
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Joined: 06 Apr 2005
Posts: 550
Location: Exit 4, Alabama
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| Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 2:18 am Post subject: different. All the patches are correctly displayed but the s |
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You may be putting the horse before the cart. Bouncing system exclusive information is something you may want to do AFTER you have a stable system, not before :)
At this stage of the game, I would make certain that midi was going both ways for all hard ware and software(whatever it is you are recording into). Then play around with recording midi sequences direct from the Korg. See what it takes to play the midi back and have the board respond.
Doing a system dump when you are not familiar with what is expected of all the variables is going to give you the results you are currently experiencing.
So I think :) |
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