MrV wrote: ↑Sun Feb 04, 2024 3:44 am
...the drivers were still not installed ( ?? ) and I assumed they were because I was controlling the synths from the editor..
Anyway now they are ... I updated the Noah and Wave drivers via Device Manager.
O.k.,- congrats to the driver installation !
MrV wrote: ↑Sun Feb 04, 2024 3:44 am
I need to study the manual obviously because I've never used this thing.
I was in the same situation and figuered the most out myself,- which was the reason my reports, when read one after the other, appear like a nitemare.
Reading the manual chapters is essential like it is w/ every other MIDI module multitimbral synth !
MrV wrote: ↑Sun Feb 04, 2024 3:44 am
What do you mean by "bi-directional" ?
There´s several:
MIDI:
Can be used bi-directional and in any combo of USB-MIDI and physical MIDI.
Noah is a full featured MIDI interface
Audio:
Noah has Audio-Inputs which can be routed in several ways and there´s the usage of ASIO and WAVE drivers.
In fact, Noah is still a full featured audio interface,- although, not on par w/ today´s USB2 audio systems.
And when you own some CPU friendly and good sounding aged WinXP SP3 compatible 32Bit plugins,- you have the option running ´em off the machine the editor runs on and via ASIO thru Noah´s audio outputs.
Both of the above and how good that works rely on propper driver installation and optimized Windows (XP SP2/ SP3).
MrV wrote: ↑Sun Feb 04, 2024 3:44 am
I can't see any From Noah or To Noah tabs in the Synchroniser ??
Sorry for typing from my head when I´m at my office machine ... it´s not in the "Synchronizer
You find on page 7, Noah Remote Editor manual,- "The Control Bar".
The leftmost tab in the editor´s Control Bar allows switching data flow direction "From-" and "To Noah".
In the "Synchronizer", bi-directional is all about uploading or downloading presets to/from Noah.
It´s all explained in the manual.
A quote here:
"The Noah Remote Software does not store its presets directly in the Noah hardware.
Instead, it stores them on your computer's hard drive – or, to be more precise, it stores them as files with
the extension .NPL in the appropriate subfolder of the folder \Noah\Noah\IF.
Thus, the set of presets stored in the hardware may come to be different from the one stored in the software.
With the Synchronizer, however, you can conveniently compare the two sets of presets and eliminate the differences
between them."
In Synchronizer there are additional tabs for IF (internal flash) and CF (compact flash) in addition.
So,- it differenitates between Noah (IF), the Editor (HDD) and Noah CF-Card slot/media.
For standalone operation, the CF card slot is usefull to backup your presets and edits you do using the frontpanel alone.
You DON´T need a computer being urgently connected !
MrV wrote: ↑Sun Feb 04, 2024 3:44 am
Also , in the registry there is only the Hardware SN there are no keys displayed. Hmmm that's not good . But the synths are working fine in the Noah and outputting sound . So how is that possible ?
Ooops ! No idea.
I hope you didn´t wipe the keys accidently.
MrV wrote: ↑Sun Feb 04, 2024 3:44 am
Maybe because Noah is v1 but the new software is v1.1 ?.
There´s the Remote Editor software versions,- v.1.0 and 1.1.
The latter is update from 1.0,- but that´s NOT the NOAH firmware/system software.
When I got my NOAH EX w/o keys because the owner didn´t find, the machine worked too and it looked like this,-
system software version is displayed ...
What does your´s read now ?
- Noah EX system version.jpg (80.1 KiB) Viewed 23508 times
But it wasn´t perfect.
So, I gently asked S|C for new keys for my Noah EX hardware serial number, reflashed the toy and installed all new from ground up.
Since then, everything works perfect and there´s Noah´s latest system software loaded.
The one and only device not working perfect is "Prophet 5",- unfortunately.
I still cannot thank Gary and S|C enough for all the help, hosting software and providing new keys for a since a long time discontinued "Creamware times" product !
When I´m upstairs and have the time, I´l power up my NoahEX, make a pic of the displayed latest system software number and upload here.
Bud