Dumping MB-SID Contents Via SySEx

[m00dawg]

This might be more of a MidiBox thing so I apologize if this is the wrong forum but how do I initiate of dump of my MB-SID configuration? My Virus, for instance, has an option to dump all of the RAM banks out via SysEx commands. So I can capture these using Midi-Ox and have a backup. I frequently do this when I finish a so that I have a backup that does not require any specialize software to restore.

I was searching around and found that you should be able to do this by sending a SysEx message to the MB-SID but I can't find how to figure out what the SysEx message itself is :) Any thoughts?

Beggars can't be choosers, but as a feature request, having a menu option for this would be fantastic :)

[Flemming]

Hi m00dawg

In the MBSIDv2 manual - MIDIbox SID V2 SysEx Implementation

Take a good look at the ones in the very top - Implemented SysEx Commands

[m00dawg]

Oops yeah there is. Funny thing is that I actually went to that link before I posted on the forums but thought it was for controller the effects. Damn. Oh well, that's definitely what I needed, thanks! Sorry to be a bother!

[m00dawg]

Hmm well, the Sys-Ex commands to do a full dump of the Sammich is:

F0 00 00 7E 4B 00 03 70 00 F7

F0 00 00 7E 4B 00 03 00 00 F7

F0 00 00 7E 4B 00 03 00 01 F7

F0 00 00 7E 4B 00 03 00 02 F7

F0 00 00 7E 4B 00 03 00 03 F7

Putting this all at once into Midi-Ox does produce a full dump it seems, but I am able to get Midi-Ox to reproducibly crash when trying to reply the full dump.

Doing is dump one at a time seems to work, though it does take quite a bit longer. Ah well. At least I have a solution now, but thought I would share my Midi-Ox experiences. Interestingly enough, the SIDv2 Editor can read the SysEx dumps Midi-Ox creates, which isn't too surprising. I assume that goes both ways so that is a solution there as well.