Re: Dumping EDP samples to Akai

[Travis Weller <tcweller@purity.com>]

>>Has anyone out there successfully dumped a loop from the EDP to an Akai S
>>Series Sampler? The documentation for this feature on both boxes is 
>pretty
>>slim. I've been able to get a sample from the Akai (S3000XL) to the EDP,
>>but the other way around still eludes me.
>>
>>I'd rather not use the computer as a middleman, but is anyone doing it 
>that
>>way?

>If the EDP is just dumping it's samples as a generic MIDI sample dump, 
>then
>you should be able to transfer directly between any devices that support
>MIDI sample dump without using a computer as a middleman.
>
>You would just set the EDP to send a MIDI sample dump, and set the other
>device to receive a MIDI sample dump, and vice versa when going the other
>way. You would have to make sure they were both expecting the MIDI sample
>dump on the same MIDI channel. Whether you initiate the sample dump from
>the sending or receiving device depends on how the two devices handle it,
>some devices can initiate the dump as sender and receiver, some can only
>initiate the dump when being the sender.
>
>Check the manuals of both devices for info on how to use MIDI sample dumps
>in each device.

Hmm. I have it set up just like it says in the manuals of both devices. The
Akai specifically says it will automatically recieve a dump when the other
device initiates a transfer. When I initiate a dump from the echoplex I can
see the Akai is receiving MIDI data. However, when the dump is completed,
nothing is different in Akai land.

I'm not quite sure about the channel. I have the echoplex set to MIDI
channel 1. I have the Akai on system exclusive channel 1. I know the
difference between Sysex channel and MIDI channel... but the Akai ->
echoplex transfer works correctly, so I must be doing something right. I
just don't know how to set or find out what the Sysex channel is on the
Echoplex. Unfourtunatly there is no mention of this in the manual... or the
faq... or the mailing list archive...

I would appriciate anyone's advice on this.

Thanks,
Travis.