Erasing all patterns on emx-1

frenzer · Post by **frenzer** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 12:43 am

Howdy,
Just got the mx after being a long time first gen electribe user. Is there a quick way to wipe all the pattern memory, ie like the old es1 where you could load a blank file. Anyway so far so good, got it from ebay looks like it's in minty condition. Cheers

Daz · Post by **Daz** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 3:08 am

Welcome and congrats on the newly acquired 'tribe

There is no documented way to do is I don't think, but I am seem to remember something pressing shift and one of the 6 buttons under the display (Pattern, Song, Global etc.) when powering up. As I remember it each combination of shift and a button does something different. One combination tells you the OS version and I think another might do what you want (i.e. wipe all the pattern/song memory)

Does anyone else know what each combination does ?

Daz.

musikmachine · Post by **musikmachine** » Tue May 01, 2007 12:58 pm

I'd be interested too.Does anyone know of any undocumented short cuts?I've no idea how to check the os version

Does the electribe ask you to confirm before it wipes your patterns?I might bak up and try the key combos but i don't want to mess up my tribe!

frenzer · Post by **frenzer** » Wed May 02, 2007 12:02 am

Just to say I am loving the upgrade to the emx, using the modulation can really add depth to my basslines. Anyway, one way is to go to a blank pattern like D35 press write, and shift scroll to A01 and press write again and so on....

musikmachine · Post by **musikmachine** » Wed May 02, 2007 12:50 pm

frenzer wrote:Just to say I am loving the upgrade to the emx, using the modulation can really add depth to my basslines. Anyway, one way is to go to a blank pattern like D35 press write, and shift scroll to A01 and press write again and so on....

Cool.Holding down shift and any of the first few numbers when powering on will show you the OS but one question:

What the heck is Valv wup???

I'll list what each of the shift functions does should anyone want to know:

shift+1 - not sure but several messages appear briefly and Insert SM! Protect remains on the screen.What would happen then i've no idea nor what button to press

shift+2 - <NAND> Fmt OK which i take to mean format but i don't know how to initiate it and i'm not about to find out!

shift+3 - Valv Wup. A timer count down from 155seconds,no idea whats going on but all the drum parts are lit

after counting down the mesage i get is L>IN LIN [16] whatever that means!Valve Warmup?

Can anyone shed some light on what these cryptic messages mean?

Thats it!

Daz · Post by **Daz** » Wed May 02, 2007 2:39 pm

Sounds like you're triggering the self test or calibration routines ... don't go there

musikmachine · Post by **musikmachine** » Wed May 02, 2007 4:06 pm

Daz wrote:Sounds like you're triggering the self test or calibration routines ... don't go there

I won't

So how do you check the OS version?

Daz · Post by **Daz** » Wed May 02, 2007 4:25 pm

Shift and the Pattern button at power up IIRC.

musikmachine · Post by **musikmachine** » Thu May 03, 2007 12:03 am

Daz wrote:

Shift and the Pattern button at power up IIRC.

Thanks Daz

Flash is 1.04.00 and N_Sys is 1.01.00.Am i up to date?And do you know where i can download the latest firmware for the emx (uk).I'm having trouble finding out.

Cheers.

And thanks frenzer for the pattern erase shortcut.

Daz · Post by **Daz** » Thu May 03, 2007 12:30 am

I think that means you have version 1.01. The latest is 1.02 and you can grab it from here :

http://www.korg.com/service/downloadinfo.asp?DID=688

My EMX-1 has that new firmware, so I'll power it up and post what version numbers mine shows on it.

I still haven't found a key sequence for reseting the pattern/song memory. I did build a SoundDiver adaptation for the EMX-1 a while ago, so I may be able to use that to create a sysex dump that is just "blank" patterns in all bank slots. It should just be a cut and paste operation. I'll try that later and if it works I'll post the sysex file on our site here.

Daz.

Daz · Post by **Daz** » Thu May 03, 2007 1:01 am

Just checked and my EMX says N_Sys is 1.02.00

Daz · Post by **Daz** » Thu May 03, 2007 11:10 pm

Daz wrote:I still haven't found a key sequence for reseting the pattern/song memory. I did build a SoundDiver adaptation for the EMX-1 a while ago, so I may be able to use that to create a sysex dump that is just "blank" patterns in all bank slots. It should just be a cut and paste operation. I'll try that later and if it works I'll post the sysex file on our site here.

I've created 4 sysex messages, one for each bank A-D, that contain only "Init" patterns like you find in the top half of the D bank.

http://www.korgforums.com/misc/emxinitsyx.zip

... you'll need a decent MIDI interface & sysex sending tool to send one of the fatties to the EMX-1, they're enormous. Does the job though

When I get a moment I'll do a file based version that you can load from an SM card.

Daz.

frenzer · Post by **frenzer** » Thu May 03, 2007 11:44 pm

Thanks Daz!

musikmachine · Post by **musikmachine** » Wed May 09, 2007 11:05 am

Daz wrote:... you'll need a decent MIDI interface & sysex sending tool to send one of the fatties to the EMX-1, they're enormous. Does the job though When I get a moment I'll do a file based version that you can load from an SM card.

Daz.

Will midiox do the job?

Thanks Daz!

xanzion · Post by **xanzion** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 9:21 am

This is going to sound really jackassy, and I realize I'm bumping an old thread, but every time I try to send any of Daz's patches, In midi Ox I get the following error:

SysEx Output Devices: The port is transmitting data to the device. Wait until the data has been transmitted, and then try again.

I really need to clear my data banks, and I don't want to spend all day doing it. So, any suggestions?

peace