Gordon is correct. A Cubase script file or a Cakewalk/Sonar instrument definition file just provides a text list and locations of the patches loaded into the instrument at that time. You can select which patch you want to use and Cubase will send a program change. These scripts are invaluable for the more complex synths such as a Proteus 2000 where you may have several thousand sounds to choose from in many different banks. In the stock Poly-800 there will only be 64 locations to choose from. Also if anything but the factory patches are used you would have to rewrite the script to reflect the current patch names and locations.
--- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, "revsoul" <dive_dhali_dive@...> wrote:
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> I'm just gonna bite the bullit and make my own script to load the original patch names in the Poly 800 and tinker around with the script until I can access what I want from Cubase...long and tedious process...sucks to be me...thanks!
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> Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 9:51 AM
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> Subject: RE: [korgpolyex] Re: patch file of the presets sounds of the Poly 800 for Cubase
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> The only way Cubase can talk to a Poly-800 is via MIDI, and the only things the Poly-800 can send and receive are Note On/Off, Joystick changes, Program number, and Sequencer Start/Stop. There is no way to get patch data from Cubase to an unmodified Poly-800. If you have a Poly-800 II, then programs like Cubase can send a SysEx bulk dump of the patches to the Poly-800 II memory. This requires a standard SysEx format patch data file, not some type of script specific to Cubase. If you have the Hawk 800 kit installed (available for all models of Poly-800 and EX-800), then you can send/receive bulk dumps as well as single patch dumps, and a ton of other new features.
> So, what is a "Cubase script" and what do you expect it to do? Do you have an original Poly-800 or a Poly-800 II?
> Don B.
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> From: korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com [mailto:korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Gordon JC Pearce
> Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 3:33 AM
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> Subject: Re: [korgpolyex] Re: patch file of the presets sounds of the Poly 800 for Cubase
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> On Thu, 2010-03-25 at 02:47 +0000, revsoul wrote:
> > oh boy...no wonder no one is understanding...I'm looking for a cubase script for the original sounds in the Korg Poly 800?
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> > that's a bit clearer now I guess
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> Not really, no. What does a "Cubase script" do? There's no way to send
> patches to the Poly 800 Mk. 1 over MIDI, no matter what you use. Do you
> mean a list of the patch names? That would only make sense if you were
> using the factory patches, loaded from tape...
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> Gordon MM0YEQ
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