Hi, Joe:
The way I know how to reach him is through the S90 forum, at
www.sninety.com. When you join the forum, you can email other forum
members. His email on the forum is DavePolich.
Hope this helps. Let me know if you have any difficulty contacting
him.
K.
--- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "joek1000" <joek1000@...> wrote:
>
> 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
> > >
> >
>