Chapter 16: Common Questions And Answers, And Troubleshooting - Yamaha SW1000XG Advanced Manualbook

Chapter 16
Common Question, Answers and troubleshooting
Yamaha have a massive (almost 500 question and growing) FAQ which may be found on our xgfactory.com website.
If you need to consult this, please feel free to either download it (PDF file) or browse through it. In this section, we
have summarised some of the more common questions we get on the SW1000XG. Some of the topics have been
covered already in this guide.
Questions:
I am getting timing problems via the MIDI in on the SW1000XG. What is causing this, and can it be cured?
The MIDI in timing problem can be related to the revision of driver you are using, and also to overall CPU load on the
system. Please make sure that you are using the very latest driver from www.xgfactory.com, and also make sure that
the application software you are using is not exceeding the maximum CPU load of your system. Filtering out active
sense information from your keyboard (should it be sending it) can also help with both timing and MIDI note hanging.
How do I record the output of the audio & MIDI parts back to a stereo wave file internally?
Using the SW1000XG #2 Wave input. When this input is selected in your recording application, all audio and MIDI
data is automatically re-recorded via the internal interconnect buss of the SW1000XG. Make sure that your have the
audio playback panning for the wave out port you wish to hear the re-recorded track set correctly to full left and right,
otherwise your recording can sound muffled. Also make sure that you are not reapplying any effects to your playback
track. This is easily set up and configured using XGEdit/XGEditor for Mac.
How do I run the outputs from the SW1000XG into my DS2416 card?
Two ways to set this up. The easy way is to make sure that the SW1000XG and the DS2416 are connected internally
via the cable supplied, then run XGEdit and your application (i.e. Cubase) using Hubis loopback multiclient MIDI
driver. When you have got XGEdit talking to your application, it is a simple matter of setting the output port in XGEdit
for audio or MIDI parts to the corresponding input channel on the DS2416. Please make sure that in your application
that the SW1000XG is the acting master clock for the entire system, and also that the mixer channels for the DS2416
are set to sub inputs 1-8 to allow audio & MIDI from the SW1000XG to be carried over.
The harder way to set this up is as follows...
Connect the output of the SW1000XG and the input (SI/SUB IN) of the DS2416 using a cascade cable. The pins on
the I/O connectors are arranged so that you can't get the correction wrong.
Set the DS2416's [Word Clock Source] to SUB IN. You should set this parameter within the supported application.
Otherwise, select "SUB" in the DIO page of Patch.exe (an application that is provided with the DS2416). Be sure to
perform this step correctly, since the SW1000XG cannot be a "Word Clock Slave."
Use the input source selection parameters for CH 9/16 and 17/24 to select SUB IN. If you select SUB IN 1/2 for
CH9/10 or CH17/18, SW1000XG's ST audio will be passed over to the DS mixer channel. This can be set within the
supported application. (Otherwise, select SUB in the Master & In Patch page of Patch.exe.) *You cannot select SUB
IN using the input source selection for CH1-8. This is down to a limitation of the specifications of the DS2416. Set the
routing of the data for each part of the SW1000XG that is to be sent over to the DS2416's SUB IN.
This method uses sysex
Sysex = F0, 43, 10, 4C, 0A, nn, 10, xx, F7
Hexadecimal indication (nn = Part #/ xx = Output #)
- Enter Part # for "nn" (e.g. Enter 00 for MIDI-Part 1, and 10 for MIDI-Part#17.)
- Enter the destination BUS IN for "xx".
- Stereo Out = 00 (Sub1+2)
- Indiv1+2 = 08 (Sub3+4)
- Indiv3+4 = 09 (Sub5+6)
- Indiv5+6 = 0A (Sub7+8)
- Indiv1 = 28 (Sub3)
- Indiv2 = 29 (Sub4)
- Indiv3 = 2A (Sub5)
- Indiv4 = 2B (Sub6)
- Indiv5 = 2C (Sub7)
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