Novation A-Station - MIDI System Exclusive Messages

S
YYSSEEXX MMEESSSSAAGGEESS
CCOOMMMMOONN FFOORRMMAATT
F0h SYSEX START
00h NOVATION ID 1
20h NOVATION ID 2
29h NOVATION ID 3
01h DEVICE TYPE (1 = Synth)
40h A-STATION
SyCh SYSEX CHANNEL Always transmitted as 7Fh for receive can be 7Fh or the
receive channel)
M MESSAGE TYPE (Current Sound, Program, Global data etc. See following
Messages)
C CONTROL BYTE (Used to control destination bank when program dumps are
received)
Vv SOFTWARE VERSION (Bits:- 0VVVV.vvv eg 00001000 = version 1.0)
Vi VERSION INCREMENT 0..99 (Hold keypad "3" during power-up to view the full version eg
1.0.06)
B PROGRAM BANK 1..4 (Zero if not appropriate)
P PROGRAM NUMBER 0..99 (Zero if not appropriate)
DDAATTAA BBLLOOCCKK
( data block(s) )
..
( included if )
..
( appropriate to )
DDAATTAA BBLLOOCCKK
( message type )
F7h END OF EXCLUSIVE
Note: Currently, the software version and version increment bytes are transmitted for information only and
are ignored when a message is received. Future software releases may, on receipt of some message types
from an earlier version, alter the data before storing it. This will only apply to messages which contain data
blocks. To ensure future compatibility, librarian programs should always maintain a match between the Vv
and Vi byte values and the data block content.
S
YYSSEEXX DDAATTAA DDUUMMPP MMEESSSSAAGGEESS
CCUURRRREENNTT SSOOUUNNDD DDUUMMPP
When received, this will be the active sound. It is not stored in flash.
The source bank and program number are irrelevant and the control byte is ignored.
F0h SYSEX START
00h NOVATION ID 1
20h NOVATION ID 2
29h NOVATION ID 3
01h DEVICE TYPE
40h A-STATION
SyCh SYSEX CHANNEL Transmitted 7Fh : Received 7Fh or current receive channel
00h MESSAGE TYPE Current sound dump
00h CONTROL BYTE Transmitted 0 : Received don't care
Vv SOFTWARE VERSION
Vi VERSION INCREMENT
00h PROGRAM BANK Transmitted 0 : Received don't care
00h PROGRAM NUMBER Transmitted 0 : Received don't care
PPRROOGGRRAAMM BBLLOOCCKK 112288 bbyytteess
See PROGRAM DATA BLOCK On page
AA-1133
for format
F7h END OF EXCLUSIVE
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MIDI System Exclusive
Appendix