This is just an idea,
But if you wanted to make some money, (I don'tknow how many were sold, but that could easily be found out) and could easily adapt the source code for the Anix Edit, you could make a similar interface for, for one example the DR770 Drum machine.
The user interface (manually..not using MIDI) is pretty difficult. I've seen a similar one that is out for the DR660, and am amazed that they never even bothered to market a PC interface for the DR770. It is a great drum machine, but almost impossible to keep track of the drumkits, user patterns, songs...and it is REALLY easy to delete things you didn't mean to. also very difficult to clean up...you don't dare erase a user pattern until you go through each song and make sure it doesn't refer back to it.
Anyway, it is just an idea. I know a lot of folks on the VS880 (Roland recorder) list that would be interested, I know I would buy it...and I am willing to bet a high percentage of folks that have bought the DR770 would buy it.
Just an idea.
Jim
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Fra: Gary Gregson <gary@...>
Til: <AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com>
Sendt: 13. april 2001 13:54
Emne: RE: [AN1x-list] AN1xEdit v1.1
> To answer the recent questions concerning AN1xEdit:
>
> First thanks for the praise...its always nice to know the work is
> appreciated :-)
>
> Regarding the comment about an AN1xEdit for Sound Diver. Michael Haydn did
> ask me to produce an adaptation for SD some time ago. Unfortunately,
> commitments to other projects at the time prevented me from taking up the
> offer :-(
>
> Regarding using Cakewalk with the PLG150AN and AN1xEdit. If you want to be
> able to select edited patches from within Cakewalk, then you must first
> upload your edited library bank to the PLG150AN card (using the library
> Select all and Send commands). Thereafter you should be able to select the
> patches using standard Bank/Program change messages from CWPA.
>
> Regarding Reggies comments on AN1xEdit being able to send Program changes.
> AN1xEdit was never designed as a realtime sequencing control surface for the
> PLG150AN card and certainly not as a means to select preset patches from the
> cards ROM (other than for morphing control). In general I recommend people
> use AN1xEdit solely as a voice editing tool and librarian. If you want to
> perform real-time control of an AN device I suggest you make full use of the
> Matrix feature of each voice. Thereafter upload the voice to the device and
> use your sequencers capabilities for patch change and controller editing to
> perform realtime control. This way you will minimise the amount of sysex in
> the MIDI stream and get much better (and natively editable) results. You can
> also make better use of external controller surfaces (e.g. control freak,
> phatboy, AN1x knobs etc)
>
> If you are going to work on sound editing, then you want to ensure that what
> An1xEdit has, is the same as that in the AN device. Therefore it is
> essential that An1xEdit selects the data from its own library and uploads it
> to the AN device. (in the case of the PLG150AN there is no way to dump in
> the reverse direction....so its the only way to synchronise the editor and
> the card). In any case, the time taken to upload a single patch to the card
> is comparable to the time it takes the card to select and configure a preset
> patch internally.....so there is no real benefit to simply providing a
> program change!!!
>
> Regarding integration of editors into third party environments. I totally
> agree with this approach; the current standalone app approach is too
> inflexible and complex.
>
> I am working with Yamaha, Cakewalk and Microsoft on a new MIDI plugin API,
> that will provide this functionality (Open MIDI Plugin System - OMPS).
> Hopefully this will allow full integration of plugin editors, such that they
> can perform realtime automation, transmission via the clients MIDI ports and
> direct editing of data within the clients tracks. The specification is
> nearing completion, so we hope to see some apps using it towards the end of
> the year! Whether, Steinberg, Emagic or other vendors adopt the format is
> purely up to them...but they are certainly aware of its development. I guess
> in the end it will depend on the quality and quantity of available
> plugins....and to some extent end user pressure :-)
>
> It should be noted that the API can also be used for other purposes. For
> example OMPS can be used to produce:
>
> - Alternate plugin data views (e.g. replacement list, piano roll, score
> views etc)
> - Authoring tools (such as data and format checkers)
> - Complimentary sequencing functions (such as auto accompaniment and
> generative music sequencing)
> - MIDI processors (delays, appregiators, transformers etc)
> - Softsynths (sample accurate MIDI streaming, for rich MIDI control of audio
> plugins)
>
> Note the API will be totally open and there will be no need for precompiled
> libraries or licensing fees etc. So any budding programmers will be free to
> create their own plugins :-)
>
> Of course I would like to release versions of An1xEdit and XGedit in this
> format....however if/when I do this will depend on commitments to other
> projects in the future.
>
> Regards
>
> Gary Gregson
>
> Email:gary@...
> http://www.yme.co.uk/yme
>
>
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