memorymoog (and others) patch storage using MP3?

[Sean Costello]

Barry L Klein wrote:
>
> Has anyone tried using the cassette program storage function on this and similar synths to
> store patches to a MP3 file on your computer?  I have the original cassette for the
> memorymoog and hear the modulation and see the transitions on the comparator on the pcb
> but it doesn't load.  I'd like to try someone else's patches to check this thing out.
> Manually loading 100 patches isn't my cup of tea....  I'm a little confused as to how the
> cassette interface is supposed to work in the first place - does it always load/store all
> 100 programs?

I have used a little SP-202 sampler to save the sequences from my
MC-202. This works well, even at low-fi settings, although the sampling
rate has to be at least a certain rate in order for things to work. I'm
not sure how well MP3 would work, as it uses a compression based on
psychoacoustic principles (i.e. frequencies that would be masked by
other frequencies when heard by humans will be left out). It might work,
but it might leave out information that wouldn't be heard in the signal
by us, but is crucial for information transfer.

Sean Costello