Hi Tones,

thanks for taking time to offer some ideas.

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Pat,
You're not doing it right.



;-) apparently that's the story of my life, in a nutshell

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Read the instructions with the .ini file carefully.I've inserted part of what I did. You insert the upper bank stuff after the default stuff. Here I inserted your test after the GM default. Note the required format to get this to work. It'll work in yours I know cause I went through this a long time ago.What you do is convert the Sonar .ins file to a .pat file using BIAB then convert the .pat file to a .ini file using :action/convert.....

124=Bird Tweet
125=Telephone Ring
126=Helicopter
127=Applause
128=Gunshot

[TEST]
(Bank 121)
(BankLSB 0)
1=one
2=two
3=three
[General MIDI Drum kits]

1=Standard Drum Kit
9=Room Drum Kit



I did all that, exactly like your example. I did get the patch names to show up in the pick box by putting the MSB/LSB in parentheses... but clicking on the patch name always activated the GM patch , not the upper bank patch of the same number

In all my tests, the stuff I entered was AFTER the default stuff
I Converted my INS file (it worked in BIAB but not RB)
I also downloaded a patch map for my synth from the PGMusic site
I Changed the order of the banks in order from low to high, and from high to low.
I Tried sending the MSB/LSB in parentheses and then in the same line as the patch.
(haven't tried both yet at the same time)
I Tried changing the commas to periods.
I Tried adding additional headers.
I Tried changing the lowercase to caps, and then caps to lowercase
I broke out the synth manual to double check the MSB/LSB (the conversion program got some of them wrong.. they worked in BIAB after I set them the same as the manual)

I don't think the problem is with the patch map anymore. It had some problems, but I think they are all fixed now. The fact that the same patch map works in BIAB is proof enough to me that it is presenting the right info to the synth. Othjerwise, BIAB wouldn't work either.

The problem with RB is that the patches don't show up in the pick box when I click on the bank name. The list is empty. But if THE ONLY CHANGE I MAKE to the INI file is to set the MSB/LSB to zero, then the patch names appear. I contend that isn't a problem with the INI file, that is a problem with the dialog box in my version (2009.5)

Last edited by Pat Marr; 11/25/10 08:57 AM.
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