MIDI Preferences

The MIDI Preferences tab is shown below:

This tab has the following options:

Keyboard Input MIDI Port Sets the port used for accepting MIDI data from a keyboard and routing it to the output MIDI port using the MIDI Router Dialog.
Keyboard Input MIDI Channel Sets the channel to be used for transmitting MIDI data using the MIDI Router Dialog. The first option Use Source Channel in the drop down list, means that the MIDI channel from the source device is not altered.
Input MIDI Port Sets the port used for MIDI input from the available ports.
Output MIDI Port Sets the port used for MIDI output from the available ports.
SYSEX Device Number Sets the SYSEX device number used for SYSEX transfers. This must match the Device No value set in the FS1R's MIDI pages. If the FS1R Device No is set to all then it will receive all FS1R SYSEX messages irrespective of the device number in the message.
Timeout Delay
Sets the time that fs.factory waits for a response from the FS1R before timing out and reporting an error. The value is specified in milliseconds.
Transmit Buffer Size
Sets the size of the transmit buffer used for sending data to the FS1R. Some MIDI interfaces don't like data coming in big chunks and you may need to set this to get a reliable transfer of data. The value is specified in milliseconds.
Transmit Delay Between Buffers
This sets the delay that fs.factory waits for between sending buffer sized data packets. The value is specified in milliseconds.
Transmit Delay Between Objects
This sets the delay that fs.factory waits for after sending a complete object. The value is specified in milliseconds.
Automatically Update FS1R after Synth Window Edit When this option is checked, if the FS1R Synthesizer Window is edited then the edited data will be automatically sent to the FS1R.
Read FS1R MIDI Data On fs.factory Startup When this option is checked the Voices and Performances (if enabled) are read from the FS1R during the fs.factory startup phase.
Include Performances In Bulk Transfer When this option is checked, the Performances are included in bulk transfers. You may wish to uncheck this option if you don't use Performances.
Test FS1R MIDI Settings Tests to see if MIDI communications is working using the specified values.

The Transmit Buffer Size, Transmit Delay Between Buffers and Transmit Delay Between Objects values should not require adjustment. fs.factory sends data to the FS1R by dividing the data into packets the size of which are specified by the Transmit Buffer Size value. When fs.factory sends a packet it waits for the time period specified by Transmit Delay Between Buffers before sending the next packet, and it waits for the time period specified by Transmit Delay Between Objects after the last packet is sent. The delay parameters are specified in milliseconds. You may need to adjust these values (smaller buffers, longer delays) if communications is not reliable, and you may if you wish adjust these values (larger buffers, smaller delays) to maximise data transfer performance. If you adjust these values, please ensure that you test the transfer to ensure it is reliable, otherwise you may risk losing data. Note: Some MIDI interfaces do not like large packet sizes: I recently upgraded to a MOTU interface and ran into problems with MIDI export until I altered fs.factory to send messages in small chunks defined by the above parameters!