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Cakewalk also offers an option known as 'StudioWare' for controlling MIDI devices. These panels (several of which
are supplied with the SW1000XG) allow a great deal of control over the soundcard. Caution should be taken in the
use of StudioWare, as the amount of sysex data and the order in which the data is sent out can sometimes lead to
the MIDI file you are working on, not playing back correctly. This is due to StudioWare sending out, for example
snapshot data, and placing it all on the same MIDI-tick (MIDI event time location). This can for obvious reasons lead
to the data with a large StudioWare panel being sent in both the wrong order, and also 'lumped together'. If you
remember from our sysex section at the beginning of the guide, we stated that sysex for XG is fussy about data
ordering. With Cakewalk StudioWare the data ordering is purely down to how the panel is laid out, and will normally
all be bulked out onto 1 MIDI tick location. This is not ideal, and in many cases will just cause your file to playback
incorrectly, so be cautious.
However, they do provide a unique way of the end user being able to make up their own editors, and add graphics to
them for visual effect
To install a StudioWare panel you should refer to your Cakewalk user manual. Yamaha provide a range of panels for
free download on the Xgfactory website. Cakewalk 8.03 and the Yamaha SW1000XG driver CD-ROM both contain
the support panels for SW1000XG.
Cakewalk also supports XG by the use of instrument definition files. These are patch and bank select 'text' files that
anyone can make up with ease. These, when installed into your Cakewalk folder can make the process of selecting
an SW1000XG voice or patch within a Cakewalk track much easier. When the instrument definition file is imported
(again refer to your Cakewalk manual), all of the SW1000XG (and many other) devices sounds can be seen by
name, and calling them up is a simple mouse click operation.
Yamaha provide a set of instrument definition files for the SW1000XG on the xgfactory.com website, these are free to
download. Once installed you will be able to select any SW1000XG sound by name within Cakewalk. Caution must
be taken however due to the way in which Cakewalk treats program change messages, this is covered in the next
paragraph in more detail.
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