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- SANE
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- SANE is a rough acronym for System Exclusive ANalyser, with some
- rearrangement of the letters - SEAN does not have quite the same effects.
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- Some manufacturers split and then send their System Exclusive in small
- parcels rather than one long packet. Other manufacturers send several sets.
- of different packets for different types of information all within the
- context of a single System Exclusive dump. Both of these approaches tend to
- make the SystemScope and some Generic Bulk Librarians like GenPatch ST more
- difficult to use.
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- SANE was developed in order to have advance warning of these multi-packet
- dumps.
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- By sending a System Exclusive dump to an Atari ST which is running SANE,
- you can see how many packets are sent, together with their length in bytes.
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- For example, early MIDI devices like the Yamaha DX7 mark I synthesiser can
- send a Bulk dump of all the voices in its internal memory, and this is sent
- as a single file of 4104 bytes in this case.
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- In contrast, the recently released Yamaha YS100/200 synthesisers send
- multi-packet dumps of up to eight separate (and different) packets for
- a bulk dump of the internal memory. Each packet has its own header detailing
- the type and the contents of the data which follows - they can be considered
- as being eight separate System Exclusive packets.
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- Generally, as manufacturers have become used to the idea and applications
- of MIDI, the amount of provision for dumps, messages and parameter control
- has increased enormously.
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- SANE is part of the SYSEX series.
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- I am advised to include a disclaimer because there seem to be some
- unreasonable people out there.
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- "I make no warranty with respect to this manual, or the program it describes,
- and disclaim any implied/explicit suggestions of usefulness for any
- particular purpose. Use this program only if you are willing to assume all
- risks, and damages, if any, arising as a result, even if it is caused by
- negligence or other fault."
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- Martin Russ
- 8th March 1989
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