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What Is System Exclusive?
System Exclusive data is MIDIÕs way of letting each synthesizer
manufacturer transmit private data about its products. A System
Exclusive message has a manufacturer ID; the rest of the message is
completely proprietary and varies for each manufacturer, even for each
of its products. Pro Audio does not understand what this data means; it
simply can hold onto it for you. You can take snapshots of your
equipmentÕs conÞguration and store them in Pro AudioÕs System
Exclusive banks for transmitting back to the equipment. You may want
to do this simply to back up your equipment, much like backing up your
computerÕs hard drive in case something goes wrong. Or you may
conÞgure your equipment differently for each songÕs requirements,
which is why storing System Exclusive banks with each Pro Audio
project Þle can be useful. Of course, for merely backing up your
equipment, you can have a project containing only System Exclusive
data and no notes.
Sysx Events
Pro Audio provides two distinct kinds of Sysx events: Sysx Bank and
Sysx Data.
¥ Sysx Bank: You can use Sysx Bank events to transmit one of the
songÕs 256 banks of System Exclusive data. These banks can be
recorded, viewed, and edited in Sysx view, and each bank can
contain one or more very large System Exclusive messages. Sysx
Banks may also be marked Auto, so that they are sent when the Þle
is loaded rather than during the start of playback (see page 14-6 for
more on this.)
¥ Sysx Data: You can also use Sysx Data events, which can each
contain a single System Exclusive message up to 255 bytes long. You
can view and edit the message bytes in the Event List view.
You can save Sysx Data events in project (.wrk) Þles. Any tracks
containing these event types will be discarded if the song is loaded into
Pro Audio 5.0 or earlier.
Sysx Bank and Sysx Data events can be recorded in real time. See ÒReal-
time Recording of System Exclusive MessagesÓ on page 14-8 for more
information.
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