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OB-6 Factory Program Banks

The sidebar at the right contains 3 downloadable files. The first is all of the factory program banks for the OB-6. The second is the set of xvi culling tunings included with the OB-6. The 3rd is a depository financial institution of thirty custom presets by sound designer Peter Mahr. Each of these downloads includes installation instructions. These are besides given below.

The plan information is in a MIDI System Exclusive (SysEx) file. You will need a DAW, MIDI utility, or other application capable of opening and sending MIDI System Exclusive (SysEx) letters.MIDI-OX (Windows) andSysEx Librarian (Mac OS) are shareware MIDI utilities that tin can reliably be used to update Sequential instruments. You lot will likewise need either a USB cable (Blazon A to Type B connectors, like a typical USB printer cable) or a MIDI interface and cable to transmit the SysEx file from your computer to the OB-6.

You volition find instructions for updating using MIDI-OX and SysEx Librarian below.

IMPORTANT NOTE

Be aware that loading the manufacturing plant programs overwrites whatsoever user programs that are currently in retentivity. If yous take programs you desire to keep, be certain to salvage them to a SysEx file commencement. Refer to the manual for more data almost initiating a SysEx dump from the OB-6's forepart console controls.

LOADING PROGRAMS FROM WINDOWS USING MIDI-OX

Earlier starting, close all other audio or MIDI or DAW software, and disconnect all other MIDI devices. If necessary, download and install MIDI-OX.

http://www.midiox.com/

To ready the OB-6 to receive system sectional messages:

Press the Globals button once.
Press plan selector #8 (MIDI Sysex).
Apply the Bank and Tens buttons to choose either USB or MIDI depending on your preferred method and connections. If yous're using USB from your figurer, choose "USB." If you're using a MIDI interface, choose "MIDI" (the display shows MIDI as "nid").
Press the Globals button twice to exit the Global menu.

Connect your computer to the OB-6 using either a USB cable or a MIDI interface.

If using USB, the OB-half dozen is a Class Compliant USB device. That means it does not require any additional drivers to exist installed to communicate with your computer. It will appear in MIDI-OX and other MIDI applications as a MIDI port named "OB-6." (Under Windows XP, information technology volition appear as "USB Audio Device.")

If using a MIDI interface, connect the reckoner's MIDI out to the OB-six'due south MIDI in. Depending on the type of interface, you may also need a MIDI cable.

To load the programs:

Run MIDI-OX.
From the Options menu, choose "MIDI Devices."
In the lower left quadrant of the window, select the MIDI port to which the instrument is connected. If connected via USB, choose "OB-6" (or "USB Sound Device" under Windows XP). If connected via MIDI, choose the MIDI interface. The selected MIDI port appears in the Port Mappings window.
Click OK to close the dialog and save the settings.
From the View card, cull "SysEx."
From the SysEx bill of fare, choose "Configure."
Fix the Low Level Output Buffers "Num" and "Size" to 1024.
Under Output Timing, make sure that "Auto-suit Buffer Delays if necessary" is Non enabled.
Click OK to close the dialog and save the settings.
From the Control Window menu, cull "Load File." Scan to and open the OB-6 programs file.
From the Command Window menu, choose "Send SysEx." The programs volition increment on the OB-6 equally each program file is transferred to information technology.

LOADING PROGRAMS FROM A MAC USING SYSEX LIBRARIAN

Before starting, close all other audio or MIDI or DAW software, and disconnect all other MIDI devices. If necessary, download and install SysEx Librarian.

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To prepare the OB-six to receive system exclusive messages:

Press the Globals button once.
Press program selector #8 (MIDI Sysex).
Apply the Banking company and Tens buttons to choose either USB or MIDI depending on your preferred method and connections. If you're using USB from your computer, choose "USB." If you lot're using a MIDI interface, cull "MIDI" (the brandish shows MIDI equally "nid").
Press the Globals button twice to leave the Global bill of fare.

Connect your computer to the OB-half dozen using either a USB cable or a MIDI interface.

If using USB, the OB-6 is a Class Compliant USB device. That ways it does not require any additional drivers to be installed to communicate with your calculator. Information technology volition announced in SysEx Librarian, the Mac'due south Audio MIDI Utility, and other MIDI applications every bit a MIDI port named "OB-6."

If using a MIDI interface, connect the computer's MIDI out to the OB-6's MIDI in. Depending on the type of interface, you may also need a MIDI cablevision.

To load the programs:

Run SysEx Librarian.
Cull your MIDI interface from the "Destination" menu.
Click Add/+ to add the file to the file list or merely elevate and drop the file on the open SysEx Librarian window. The file name appears in the file list and should be highlighted.
Click Play. The programs will increment on the OB-6 as each program file is transferred to it.