CAKEWALK SONAR - More about Dump Request Macros

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When your instrument starts sending the bank, the Sysx Receive window
counts the bytes as SONAR receives them. If the count stays at zero for more
than a couple of seconds, something is wrong. The synthesizer may not be
hooked up to the MIDI interface in both directions, or you may have answered
a DRM prompt incorrectly. Click Cancel. If any data were received, you will
see the number of bytes in the bank list.
6. Once the bytes received count stops increasing, you can click Done to tell
SONAR to stop receiving. However, if your synthesizer also displays a
message when the instrument is finished sending a bank, wait until that
message says the transmission is finished before you click Done.
The currently selected bank now holds the received Sysx data. At this point, you
may want to give the bank a descriptive name by selecting it and clicking .
More about Dump Request Macros
DRMs are defined in your DRM.INI file in the [Dump Request Macros] section. You
may add your own DRMs or modify the ones that we have provided. Use the
Windows Notepad to edit the file. Comments in the
DRM.INI file itself describe how
to write DRMs. The specific Sysx messages can be found in the instrument
manual, or they can be obtained by contacting the manufacturer. Remember that a
DRM must start with F0 and end with F7.
Sometimes you will find that the byte size is different when you use a DRM, as
opposed to initiating the dump from the instrument. It is possible the instrument
is dumping some additional information when you initiate the dump from the
instrument, but you should be able to use either method without any problems.
When you press the Receive button in the Sysx window, you may pick from a list of
Dump Request Macros. These are short System Exclusive messages sent to a
synthesizer to make it dump (send back) System Exclusive data. DRMs are
defined in your CAKEWALK.INI file in the [Dump Request Macros] section. You
may add your own DRMs or modify the ones that we have provided. Use the
Windows Notepad to edit the file.
Please note that many of the DRMs included with SONAR have been donated by
customers who are using the particular equipment. In some cases, we have not
been able to test those DRMs because we do not have access to that equipment. We
Note:
The SONAR librarian may not support synthesizers that require
handshaking dump protocols. Some of these synthesizers have a
backup protocol where they will do a normal dump if they don’t get a
handshake. Others do not.