Part IV

Instrument-Specific System Exclusive Messages

16 Format

16.1Message Classifications

The SysEx operation of this Instrument is basically a parameter data transfer operation. The following operations can be performed from an external device using this parameter transfer message.

•Change of a specific Instrument parameter value

•Import of a specific Instrument parameter value

Parameters can be used for more than just device setting values. There are parameters when writing data that operate as commands, and parameters when reading data that indicate the status of the Instrument. The following table shows the parameter category for each type of transfer.

Function Section

Parameter Category

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

System

System

Commands, Instrument status

 

 

 

 

Setup

Instrument basic settings

 

 

 

Sound Generator

Patch

Sound source common settings

 

 

(system effects, master settings, etc.)

 

 

Sound source part settings

 

 

(tone selection, mixing, tuning, etc.)

 

 

 

 

Tone

Tone parameter, DSP settings

 

 

 

16.2Basic Message Structure

System Exclusive messages that are exclusive to this Instrument are sent and received using Individual Parameter Transfer, which gets its name from the fact that individual parameters are sent and received. A number of different messages are provided to cover each particular operation. The field in the SysEx message that specifies the message type is the action (act) field. The format of the "body" part of the message depends on the "act" value.

The table below shows the body format for each action of Instrument-specific system exclusive messages. An actual message consists of the items indicated by "Y", from left to right.

act

 

SX

MAN

MOD

dev

act

 

 

 

body (Depends on act)

 

 

 

EOX

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

cat

mem

pset

blk

pkt

prm

idx

len

data

img

sum

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IPR

 

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

-

Y

Y

Y

-

-

-

Y

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IPS

 

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

-

Y

Y

Y

Y

-

-

Y

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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