SGX2000E

SGX2000E SGX Requests
There are three items on the main menu specific to the SGX2000:

The SGX Requests menu provides several functions for sending and receiving data between your computer and the SGX2000:

Get Current preset only - issues the standard request for the currently loaded preset. F10 is available as a hotkey for this function.

Get/Save each preset individually (automated backup) is an automated process which creates a full backup of all presets (depending on selected options) using standard MIDI requests to first select each bank then each preset. For each preset, a get (current) preset request is issued and the preset is captured and saved into a folder of your choosing. The actual preset name as shown in the SGX2000's LCD display is used for the filename (illegal filename characters are removed/substituted).

This is the fast way to create your preset library. When you select this menu item, a supporting window is opened which provides a number of options. You can select which banks you want to backup (A,B,C,D). If you are running in pre-express mode the bank options are disabled. You may further select a range of preset numbers to be fetched. This range is effective for all the banks. Normally you would be more likely to either get everything or a specific range only in one bank. In any event you have the ability to get precisely the ones you need. You can also select (or browse for) the desired directory the presets should be stored in. Sub-directories will be created (or used if present) representing each selected bank. They will be named "Bank A", "Bank B", etc. The individual preset files will be stored in these. In pre-express mode, no bank subdirectories are created or used.

There are two methods of selecting presets. Which one you use depends on how you want to access and organize your files. By selecting the loop by preset number option, requests will be issued to sequentially select each preset within each bank as they would be selected by turning the encoder. The Program change mode issues standard Program Change requests 1 thru 200 (actually 0 thru 199, or 0 thru 127 when in pre-express mode), but these will be redirected according to any MPT settings you have made. So you will not necessarily get the presets in sequential order as you would scroll through them using the encoder. This is probably desirable to create a backup of your live configuration especially if you use a foot controller such as the X-15. However it really gets in the way if you're trying to create an archive of the 475 factory presets plus your own. In such case, stick to the first option. Note that the program attempts to identify your currently selected bank before beginning and then return you to that same bank when the backup is done. If this fails for some reason, you may need to manually reselect the original bank.

The resulting files are named the same as the preset names plus the extension ".sgxnnn" where nnn is the program number. This naming convention lets you sort by either file name or program number in the file explorer.
Print list of presets fetches the individual preset files from the SGX2000 and creates a report listing of the bank, preset (or program) number, and the title. It gets the presets in the same way as the automated backup explained above. In fact as you'll no doubt notice, the two operations share the same bank/preset selection window and in fact you can do both operations (print and backup) simultaneously. If you choose to print only, the presets are fetched and loaded in the MIDI monitor but not saved to disk. Note that from the bank/preset selection window you may also bring up the standard printer selection dialog.
All in 1 bulk dump file - issues the standard request for all presets. This is returned in one combined file and is fine for general backups. To better manage individual presets you will find more value in the automated option above. Note that the length of the data returned is variable depending on how many presets you have created in the SGX2000. If there are many, the backup will actually be segmented into a separate file beyond 4096 bytes. I'm not sure if the SGX2000 does this or if it happens within Windows or driver software. I assume you will have to send them in the correct order to actually restore this way, but I have never tried it. When complete, you should see one or more messages in the MIDI monitor message log.

Get MPT table issues the standard request to dump the MPT (MIDI Program Table). Note that an MPT Editor is available for easy editing and printing of the MPT.

Select Bank... sends the appropriate bank select request for the four preset banks.
Pre-Express options is a flag (on or off) option which owners of the older pre-express units need to use. These pre-1993 units do not feature the multiple banks of presets. By setting this flag on, bank related options are then disabled and certain requests are modified to properly communicate using the older request codes for these units. This flag is stored in the Windows Registry so you should set it once and never touch it again (unless you upgrade your chip of course).

The Presets menu contains the functions:

Open current file in editor - this option is enabled if a valid preset file is loaded into the message buffer. This opens the file in the preset editor.
New preset - Opens the preset editor with an empty preset so you can grow your own (Hey! be sure to send me a copy).

The MPT menu contains the functions:

Open current file in editor - this option is enabled if a valid MPT file is loaded into the message buffer. This opens the file in the MPT editor.
New MPT - Opens the MPT editor with a default (nothing remapped) MPT.