Problems importing Prophet 5 Rev4 SysEx files

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wavemechanic
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Problems importing Prophet 5 Rev4 SysEx files

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Hi,

I'm having problems importing Prophet 5 Rev4 SysEx files, when dragging .syx banks into P-10 (the reason I bought it). Tested on two Rev4 banks from separate sound designers. Suggestions? Workarounds?

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SA2K
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Re: Problems importing Prophet 5 Rev4 SysEx files

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I also had the same problem and just gave up too soon on importing sysex. Maybe someone can reply with some useful tips on how to successfully import Prophet 5 sysex files into the Cherry Prophet. Would any one be up for sharing a decent amount of sysex banks that are fully compatible with Cherry's Prophet plugin?
martb
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Re: Problems importing Prophet 5 Rev4 SysEx files

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On the P10 product page it says:
Directly import original P5 and P10 patch bank SysEx data (Syntech format) via drag-and-drop
I don't know what Syntech format is but that could be significant maybe?
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Re: Problems importing Prophet 5 Rev4 SysEx files

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Attached is a .syx bank shared freely online which has the error. It's not the one I'm mostly concerned about, which I can't share; but it gives the same error.
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SA2K
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Re: Problems importing Prophet 5 Rev4 SysEx files

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I contacted Cherry Audio support assistance about Prophet 5/10 .syx import problems with this message "I tried importing a few Prophet 5 Rev 4 .syx banks and they don't load. Does your P-10 Prophet 5 plugin/standalone only support Rev 1-3 or is there a particular Rev it supports? Most of the soundbanks online are Prophet 5 Rev 4 that are for sale." and this is the reply "It depends on the hardware that exported the SysEx files; they must be in the Syntech format, and if from an older original unit, may have malformed SysEx data:
https://docs.cherryaudio.com/cherry-aud ... p-10/sysex" If anyone has any working non-commercial rom links or commercial rom links that are confirmed working with P-10 please do share them here.
wavemechanic
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Re: Problems importing Prophet 5 Rev4 SysEx files

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Since so many of the presets out on the market from Prophet 5s and 10s have this malformed format problem, Cherry, is it possible to allow for importation of these malformed syx files? If the formatting problem is always the same, it seems like it would be feasible to allow for that consistent exception.
wavemechanic
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Re: Problems importing Prophet 5 Rev4 SysEx files

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Does anyone have a SysEx file (.syx) that DOES work? I can't find anything that will import, including files from Sequential. After checking a few .syx files in a hex editor, I don't see what the problem is. SysEx Start, Sequential Circuits ID, Device, Function, and SysEx End bytes surrounding the data are correct. The format looks OK.
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