SysEx Question, and a short one it is

pbanken · Post by **pbanken** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 2:00 pm

Hi!

Is Live capable of receiving SysEx Midi information? I have absolutley no clue whatsoever how SysEx works, but since my new D.S. Desktop Evolver sends out SysEx, I wanted to know if I could 'record' e.g. filter sweeps in Live's arrangement view.

So far, these attempts have not been sucessful, strangly enough Live receives program/bank information from the Evolver, but automation of the synth's parameters has failed ...

Any clues, help or advice, someone? Please?

Cheers, pbanken

kleine · Post by **kleine** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 11:07 am

Hello pbanken,

Live does not support SysEx so far.
I´ve read that you need to update the Evolver OS to v.3 to be able to handle normal
CC data.

Best,
Christian

toneburst · Post by **toneburst** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 8:31 am

kleine wrote:Live does not support SysEx so far.
I´ve read that you need to update the Evolver OS to v.3 to be able to handle normal
CC data.

Best,
Christian

Any plans to support it in the future? It's handy for controlling older MIDI synths that predate NRPNs and standardised MIDI CCs (like my Korg EX-8000).

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snakedogman · Post by **snakedogman** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 11:09 am

yes I wonder as well, are we gonna see sysex support in an upcoming Live release?
I need it to backup preset data from my Nord...

kleine · Post by **kleine** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 12:03 pm

Hello snakedogman,

It´s on the "wishlist" but we don´t have an announce date yet.
There are a few freeware sysex utilities available...

best,
Christian

toneburst · Post by **toneburst** » Mon May 10, 2010 10:20 am

[quote="kleine"]There are a few freeware sysex utilities available...[quote]

From my point of view, it's more about being able to save sysex dumps in Live sets themselves. Years ago, when I did all my sequencing on an Atari ST (yeah, showing my age, I know), I used to do a sysex dump of all my MIDI synth settings in Cubase, for complete recall next time I opened the arrangement, which worked perfectly. I'd envisage being able to record Sysex dumps into a clip, which could then be played back out to the synth in question. Maybe there could be a custom clip-type for sysex dumps?

Sysex support would also be invaluable for tweaking older MIDI synths that don't support CCs. My Korg EX-8000 is a good example. All the sound parameters can be edited with sysex, and my Novation controller can send out the required sysex strings, but when I'm using Live, all this is filtered out, so I can't tweak synthesis parameters.

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SysEx Question, and a short one it is

SysEx Question, and a short one it is

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