D110 won't accept sysex
30 May 2022, 03:22Hello everybody,
and thanks to the creator of this great website. I'm a Roland user since the early 80s and I've owned a lot of stuff from this brand. I recently (re)bought a D110, I had one in the late 80s. The huge availability of synth sounds on the net is the reason why I decided to buy this machine again. I've never been good at programming, so I'm interested in building my own library of selected sounds, both paid and free.
To my disappoint, I wasn't able to load any of the many sysex files available out there, none. Here's the scenario:
- The battery has been replaced
- The D110 has been reinitialized to its factory settings (write/copy + enter + power up)
- Memory protect has been turned off
- Somewhere someone says it's better to have the unit set on "Patch" while transferring. I tried "Patch", "Timbre" etc. Nothing changes.
- The unit is directly connected to my Audio/MIDI interface (Motu 828MkIII)
- 5Pin MIDI cables have been used ("one way" or "handshake" connections lead to the same result)
- Don't blame it on the cables, tried several ones, same result
- Data transferring has been done using SysEx Librarian (.sysex files) or Cubase 9.5 (.mid files) both running on a Mac
- MIDI data reach into the D110, as the MIDI Message LED blinks throughout all the transferring process
- Some of the syx files I tried to load are meant for D10/D20, but I get the same result even with D110 dedicated files, so the problem must be elsewhere.
At the end of the process, I keep getting the same annoying factory presets.
Has anybody experienced the same problem? I did a one-week deep search on the net and asked colleagues about, but no luck.
Thanks to whoever will come up with some help.
T
and thanks to the creator of this great website. I'm a Roland user since the early 80s and I've owned a lot of stuff from this brand. I recently (re)bought a D110, I had one in the late 80s. The huge availability of synth sounds on the net is the reason why I decided to buy this machine again. I've never been good at programming, so I'm interested in building my own library of selected sounds, both paid and free.
To my disappoint, I wasn't able to load any of the many sysex files available out there, none. Here's the scenario:
- The battery has been replaced
- The D110 has been reinitialized to its factory settings (write/copy + enter + power up)
- Memory protect has been turned off
- Somewhere someone says it's better to have the unit set on "Patch" while transferring. I tried "Patch", "Timbre" etc. Nothing changes.
- The unit is directly connected to my Audio/MIDI interface (Motu 828MkIII)
- 5Pin MIDI cables have been used ("one way" or "handshake" connections lead to the same result)
- Don't blame it on the cables, tried several ones, same result
- Data transferring has been done using SysEx Librarian (.sysex files) or Cubase 9.5 (.mid files) both running on a Mac
- MIDI data reach into the D110, as the MIDI Message LED blinks throughout all the transferring process
- Some of the syx files I tried to load are meant for D10/D20, but I get the same result even with D110 dedicated files, so the problem must be elsewhere.
At the end of the process, I keep getting the same annoying factory presets.
Has anybody experienced the same problem? I did a one-week deep search on the net and asked colleagues about, but no luck.
Thanks to whoever will come up with some help.
T