Reloading M1 Sounds from Mac

scosio · Post by **scosio** » Tue Jan 24, 2012 8:43 pm

Newbie here...

I'm trying to reload the factory sounds to my M1 after replacing the battery.

I have:

An iMac running OS 10.5.8
SysEx Librarian software
A USB-to-MIDI cable. The USB (red), MIDI (blue) and Transfer (green) lights seem to be working properly.

I have followed the directions in the M1 users manual at least a dozen times:

1. Set MIDI global channel to 1: GLOBAL 5 Down.
2. Set all MIDI filtering to ENABLED: + Up D Up F Up H Up.
3. Set program memory protect to OFF: 6 Down.
4. Set combination memory protect to OFF: + Down.
5. Set sequencer memory protect to OFF: + Down.
6. Set memory allocation to 100PROG/100COMBI: + Down.
7. Execute memory allocation: G G.

Nothing... Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong?

scosio

synthjoe · Post by **synthjoe** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 9:27 am

Welcome to the board!

Do you have any SW option on the Mac to do a MIDI loopback test? Connect the interface's MIDI In (hopefully correctly labelled) to the M1's MIDI THRU and run the loopback test. If it doesn't work, you're likely to have found the problem...

scosio · Post by **scosio** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 7:13 pm

synthjoe wrote:Welcome to the board!

Do you have any SW option on the Mac to do a MIDI loopback test? Connect the interface's MIDI In (hopefully correctly labelled) to the M1's MIDI THRU and run the loopback test. If it doesn't work, you're likely to have found the problem...

Thanks, Joe.

Like I said... newbie. What Mac program do I need to conduct such a test.

Also, what does SW mean?

Steve

synthjoe · Post by **synthjoe** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 9:46 pm

SW = software
MIDI loopback testing function might be available in your librarian, I don't know what you use.

Most serious sequencer or other MIDI type software has this function - worst case you can load a MIDI track and record back on another track while you're playing back (make sure both playback and record tracks are set to the same MIDI channel). If you get the same result on the recorded track, your interface should be working fine. Then the next step can be connecting the interface's MIDI IN to the M1's MIDI OUT and see whether playing the keyboard results in some recording, as well.

Sorry, I'm no Mac user, so I'll be little help with the software, but a sequencer/DAW SW should not be too hard to find (Cubase, Ableton, etc. - do a search on Google).