hello, to you, and other peoples on the list.
I am knewly subscribed in this group, but have come from time to time
check the newsgroups and some yahoo lists too.
there are things that are interesting in this post, even if your
terminology and the way you put arguments is probably to be improve
(soon, I am sure).
First, pardon me for getting my two cents on this topic, i have to
say that your array does not complete any previously known facts for
most people, but it was just a "first try" wasn't it??
Second point, you name good sources, put don't seem to be able to
link them.
I just wanted to point out, for you should be interested ,that MidiOx
now supports the COM interface of MS Windows (98-ME), and that it is
a good way to take control of your midi datas, if you have basic
knowlegde of VisualBasic scripting.
To finish this (quiet long) post,I personnaly ,for my TX81z have
read the manual, wich is far more complete than the TX802.
The "encoreelectronics" company ,wich appeared in an other post has a
web page where you should find each and every parameters for your
synth in Hexadecimal, included is the AN1x.
A universal midi translator , as you wrote, would be an incredible
software.
Tell me, and the world, if you succeed in making somethig of that
taste.
Friendly.
Adelin.P
--- In YamahaDX@y..., dbase789@a... wrote:
topic is far to be close, but I' ve found many editors on both
soft
and hardware side that possibly "do" the DX.
Maz virtual sampler
C.ferrari's FMHeaven
on the soft side, and on the hardware side,
The doeppfler pocket controllers, the Keyfax fatboy, the knobby at
encoreelectronics, Bitstream at waveidea, and the almighty an1x.
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ITEM READ sysex send CC savesysex is good looking
VSAMPLER x x
FMHEAVEN x x
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Doeppfler ? ? ? ?
Keyfax ? ? ? ?
Knobby ? ? ? ?
Bitstream ? ? ? ?
AN1x ? ? ? ?
tbc..
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For what I know, Fmheaven is certainly the clearest interface of
all
the above. But I 've sent an e-mail to Mr Ferrari, who told me I
was
wrong thinking to use it as a stand alone editor, that it was an
interesting idea though, and that my english was quite readable.
(very nice man)
Vsampler seems nice to, and i've tried the v2.1 version, and
believe
many improvals have been made since.
Also, on this side are emagic sounddiver, and Midiedit. haven't
tried
them.
For the hardware side, correct me if am wrong, the Fatboy v2
isn't "user serviceable" on the sysex side..
The bitstream should IMVHO match the purpose of all editing, but is
a
bit pricey..and not well distributed in music shops..it' creator
did a
DIY version, providing schematics and components lst for download,
but it seems to have become unsupported, this page have been
removed
from the site..I still got them, but even this version needs a
preprogrammed chip, and I don't believe it to be (the DIY) freely
configurable.
On the other side, synths like the AN1x should have a good
potential
in editing continuous controllers, but sysex beeing what they are,
it
makes the use of an (unexisting at my knowledge) "Mididata
translator"
necessary.
For the An1x, Many controllers can be edited directly from the
knobs
of the pannel, and pressing this knobs makes an other layer of
parameters possibly available.(I believe there are six or eight
layers available per knob).
What would be interesting is to get the sysex data send for each
of the (in case of the an1x) knobs, and try to make them match the
editing parameters of the DX's synths.
I haven't checked yet the implementation for that, but maybe a
utility such as midiox can make the game.
Then, using a dedicated software, to have a logical string that
automatically make both of the datas to say "hello" each other,
instead of having this bourgeois attitude of
"no sorry, I 'm an exclusive data you know.."
Well.. for what it's worth..
