Could someone send me Dave Polich's email? I also have the Regenerator and would like to
get the AN files that he has to go with it.
Thanks,
Joe
--- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "okiikahuna" <okiikahuna@...> wrote:
>
> GOOD NEWS:
>
> Dave Polich found an ANP file of the Regenerator patches and was
> kind enough to email them to me.
>
> Of course, the Expert Editor for the PLG150 doesn't load ANP files,
> only AN1 and ANS files. No sweat. I downloaded the AN1Edit program
> that is available in this forum's files section, loaded the ANP file
> and saved it as an AN1 file. This AN1 file loaded into my Expert
> Editor without a hitch and I am now happily editing, moving and
> swapping individual Regenerator files and combining them with my own
> voices as well as voices available on this forum. Life is good
>
> I emailed the AN1 file back to David Polich. I am not certain if he
> is still associated with Keyfax, but I have also emailed them asking
> them if they want it. If anybody else had the same problem as me,
> now is probably a good time to email Keyfax asking for the AN1 file.
> (Sharing it directly would certainly violate their copyright)
>
>
> --- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "Jon" <jondl_2000@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "okiikahuna" <okiikahuna@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Thanks for your reply, Jon.
> >
> > Thanks for taking the time to flesh out the problem description.
> >
> > >
> > > Sorry if I did not explain myself well. I was trying to be
> brief. I
> > > will now give you a fuller explanation Please forgive the
> length of
> > > this post:
> > >
> > > The problem is that without an AN1 format file I cannot edit the
> > > patches, move them to different locations in the internal board
> > > memory or even combine them with my own patches or the excellent
> > > patches I have discovered on this forum. Here's why:
> > >
> > > 1. The only way to edit or move voices around in the internal
> board
> > > memory is using the Expert Editor. This cannot be done from the
> PLG
> > > board's host keyboard. All you can do is load the entire W2b
> bulk
> > > file and save an entire W2B bulk file, which will, of course be
> > > unchanged unless edited in some way.
> > >
> > > 1. The only way to get a voice or group of voices into the
> Expert
> > > Editor is with a AN1 file. It will not load W2B files. The PLG
> > > cannot transmit data to the Expert Editor or anything else. It
> can
> > > only receive date transmitted to it by the Expert Editor. Data
> goes
> > > only one way: from Expert Editor to the board.
> > >
> > > 3. The Regenerator sound library comes only with the W2B files
> for
> > > bulk loading into the board. I was informed that Dave Polich
> lost
> > > his AN1 files when upgrading from OS9 to OSX. Because this
> > > particular upgrade caused a fair amount of grief to many of us, I
> > > light heartedly referred to it as a "debacle." Sorry if you
> didn't
> > > appreciate the intended humor.
> >
> > I didn't upgrade my old Mac from OS 9 to OS X in place, added a
> 2nd hard drive, so I had a
> > dual boot system with none of these implied transition problems.
> My new Mac came with
> > OS X preinstalled ;-) Don't know what his issues were with the
> upgrade...you know what
> > they say: back-up, back-up, back-up.
> >
> > >
> > > End result: I've got some brilliantly programmed board voices in
> > > Regenerator that I cannot edit or combine with my own sounds.
> This
> > > frustrates me. so I was seeking advice on this list as to how I
> > > could convert the W2B files into AN1 files. You have already
> save
> > > me a large Ebay expenditure by eliminating the idea of using an
> AN1X
> > > to convert the files. Thanks. Your other idea, of loading into
> the
> > > PLG and transmitting to the AN Editor, won't work because PLGs
> don't
> > > transmit data, only receive.
> >
> > Yes, you are correct - PLGs don't transmit SysEx data. As often as
> this has been discussed,
> > you'd think I'd have remembered by now...apologies.
> >
> > >
> > > Remember, I am talking about the actual board voices that live
> on
> > > the PLG, not the limited tweaks you can do on the host keyboards
> > > voices that use the PLG voices.
> >
> > I did a few searches on Google and found a number of threads
> releated to the Regeneraotr
> > .anp file. The author - Dave Polich - had at one point been
> providing the .anp file
> > excluded from the .zip archive on request (back in 2004 it seems.)
> If he no longer has his
> > data files, have you approached him (or Keyfax) for permission to
> contact any of the other
> > Regenerator users to acquire the missing file? Obviously he
> wouldn't want his data file
> > being made available for distribution in a public forum such as
> this.
> >
> >
> > >
> > > So, is there any way to do this conversion?
> >
> > No. :-( Unless you consider resampling the sounds and reusing them
> in another hw/sw
> > sampler.
> >
> > regards,
> >
> > Jon
> >
>