Re: S80 MIDI

John,

    I'm not sure what type of data one would expect across a MIDI cable, but
MIDI.  In addition to System Exclusive (sysex) messages, there are also MIDI
Common messages, Realtime, and so forth.  I don't see any references to any
proprietary communication protocol over a MIDI cable in the users' manual,
but it and the data manual would be a good place to start looking.

There may also be alot of things hidden from you, in that "cd into.."
"send..." "give me..", operation.  If it's on windows, and it uses the WinMM
or DX MIDI implementations, I doubt they allow 'freeform' comunication over
the MIDI out device.  I mean, you can send whatever data you like, but it's
still a MIDI stream (whether or not anything listening recognizes it, is up
to you).  The data manual seems pretty straight-forward, and without pouring
through the thing in any great detail, it looks like it uses MIDI to me.

What makes you think it doesn't use MIDI, besides the high-level function of
the supplied editor?

Here's the url I got the docs from:
http://www2.yamaha.co.jp/manual/english/download.php?div=emi&lang=english

I'd pay close attention to the last three sections of the Data List manual.

!c (dolljunkie)

----- Original Message -----
From: "fn ln" <[email protected]>


>
> to my understanding the computer has to send a request
> for a particular filename on the memory card on the
> piano. I don't think there is a way to tell the piano
> "send file /mysounds/sound1.all as SysEx stream". I
> think the computer has to request "cd into /mysounds",
> "list me files in here", "give me size of sound1.all",
> "tell me the free space on this card", "send me
> sound1.all", "delete sound1.all", "format the memory
> card".
>  is there a utility (apart from the Ymaha-supplied
> "card transfer utility", which is for windows only)
> which would allow me to issue such requests and
> receive the responses ? (and files) ?
>