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dorremifasol · Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 10:42 am Post subject: M3 editor request

When the M3 editor or plugin starts, it scans all the available midi ports and sends data to them.

That's absolutely criminal! It has happened many times to me, that I have tweaked the sounds of my other synthesizers, and when I start the M3 plugin or editor to tweak the M3 from my sequencer, all the current configuration of my other machines is lost (including the M3)!

The M3 plugin or editor should only communicate through an USER DEFINED port, or at least it should have the option to make it work this way. It shouldn't do things on its own when it starts.

PLEASE.

jerrythek · Platinum Member Joined: 28 Jan 2002 Posts: 2931

It doesn't have to do this. You can define that the Editor loads a file from the hard drive, not receive data from the M3.

You can also define which, if any, Modes and Banks the editor will sync. Perhaps you only have one User Program bank you need to changes/update. Perhaps you only need to update your Song/Seq file. No problem.

It's all in the manual - I can't quote the pages right now (pre-NAMM craziness) but take a look.

Regards,

Jerry

dorremifasol · Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 6:20 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the answer Jerry.

Maybe I didn't explained it well, but I wasn't talking about the M3 editor synchronization, which works wonderfully and surprisingly fast.

The problem is that as soon as the M3 editor is loaded, it starts scanning all the midi ports and sending data to them (midi spamming?), which produces program changes and other undesired things to all the other gear attached to the computer (or the midi patchbay).