[sdiy] Generic preset storage / converting presets between synths

[Kenneth Martinez]

Making progress... I've posted a set of Nord Lead 2 programs converted 
to Nord Modular and Novation Supernova II formats.

-Ken


> I'll be adding notes about my generic preset storage project soon - will 
> put a page on  http://www.nmrailrunners.org/synth/
> 
>
>> Those who believe presets are the bane of creative synthesis - please 
>> avert your eyes (and avoid a flame war)...
>>
>> Here's my wish: for my synths with preset storage and the ability to 
>> dump & load presets via midi sysex, I'd like to be able to feed the 
>> sysex of a synth into a software program which can (1) display the 
>> sound parameters in a meaningful form, and (2) convert the sound into 
>> the sysex format of any of my other presets synths.  That's not too 
>> much to ask, is it? ;-)
>>
>> Does anyone know of any existing software, commercial or otherwise, 
>> which can do this?
>>
>> I don't feel the need to do this a lot, but there are times when I'd 
>> like to know the actual settings of a preset... after all, the knobs 
>> don't move themselves when I switch to another preset.  Many preset 
>> synths don't show the values, you have to find them again by turning 
>> each knob (e.g. Prophet 5, Nord Lead); and for those modern synths 
>> with LCDs which do show the actual values (e.g. Andromeda, Virus), I'd 
>> still have to page around its menus until I saw all the values.
>>
>> If I have one, I can use a free or commercial sysex librarian / editor 
>> program to view the parameters, but those are in the "native tongue" 
>> of each synth (typically, arbitrary units from 0 - 127).  If I want to 
>> make a very similar sound on another of my synths (hardware or 
>> software), I'll probably still spend a fair amount of time converting 
>> it to the other synth's format by adjusting parameters and listening.
>>
>> So again - I want software that can display meaningful values for the 
>> parameters (filter envelope amount = 1/2 octave, envelope 1 attack = 
>> 50ms, etc) and convert between these values and a given synth's sysex 
>> (as much as possible - resolution probably isn't good enough to get 
>> envelope attack to exactly 50ms on each and every synth, and envelope 
>> shapes vary between synths, etc).
>>
>> I figure if I've thought it would be useful, someone else has probably 
>> already done it at least once ;-)  Anybody know of anything like this?