What are the correct midi settings needed so that the keyboard doesn't freeze?

Please, explain in more detail, how your conections PC-SD1....if you use a midi interface vs. a joystick adaptor.
In keyboard should be in the midi in 1.....the # 2 is for Midi pedals, or accordion, midi guitar, etc...that and in midi set up to either choose a preset or configure one.....if you are not an accordionist, guitarist using midi with the SD1, you could use the default setting.
I hope it helps.

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mdorantes

I use a midiman UNO to connect the Sd1 to the PC. If I simply play a midifile on the PC, the keyboard does respond. The problem seems to start when I either start a pattern or click on a bunch of things in sonar; the keyboard locks up. It seems to me that either some sysex is floating around (I turned on the filter in the midi ch recieve) or midi thru is cycling.

I think you have the midi thru active, I would disable it.
Are you secuencing from the SD1 to PC?....there is a easier way, I record my song in the SD1 either in the Hard disk or in a floppy, then I edited in the PC in Sonar/Cakewalk....
No need to be conected to PC.

1.-Press Song record.
2.-(either in Hard disk or floppy) Put name song.
3.-Record your song, when finish, press stop, then record again, it will go to play mode, if you want to hear it press start, if not, exit.
4.-Take Floppy into PC and open file.
I hope it helps.

I am quite familiar with how to record on the Sd1. I need to be able to lay some tracks down individualy, and I also use the midi record feature to record stlyes from a midifile on the pc. I am not yet familiar with the sonar program (3.1 producer). How do you turn off the midi thru?

Ok....I have Sonar 2.0 not the 3.0, but I don't think they would change much in this area, here it goes, go to OPTIONS in tool bar, then PROYECT, then MIDI IN,under that, there is a function ECHO, just put it in NONE.

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mdorantes

I had all versions of sonar, and 2 differetn sd1, and both freeze after 3/10 minutes of work...
Just record a thing using the SD1 alone, with the Record Button, after that copy that midifile on the pc, and play it on sonar, and make some changes, add some traks...
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