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Subject: Re: [PolySix] Specs available

From: The Old Crow <oldcrow@oldcrows.net>
Date: 2003-09-08

I don't know exactly, but I'll give an educated guess:

There are 16 bytes per patch. Presuming the bytes are stored in RAM in
their hardware address order, you have:

1st byte: Effect Speed/Intensity knob
2nd byte: Filter Fc knob
3rd byte: Filter EG intensity knob
4th byte: Filter Q (resonance) knob
5th byte: Attack knob
6th byte: Decay knob
7th byte: Sustain knob
8th byte: Release knob
9th byte: Filter keyboard tracking knob
10th byte: PW/PWM knob
11th byte: PWM speed knob
12th byte: MG (LFO) speed knob
13th byte: MG delay knob
14th byte: MG level knob

15th byte: switch bits for VCO oct (2 bits), waveform (2 bits),
subosc mode (2 bits) and MG destination (2 bits).

16th byte: switch bits for EG VCA mode (1 bit), effect mode (2 bits),
attenuator (4 bits).

I don't know exactly which bit values mean which setting for the
switches. Best way to figure that out is just a little trial and error.

The 14 knob values are at 8-bit resolution.

Hope this helps,

Crow
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On Mon, 8 Sep 2003, Riccardo (Oggi) wrote:

> Crow, thanks to your info, generating a WAV encoding P6 parameters is no
> longer a problem.
>
> But now I miss another couple of things:
> 1) parameter sequence: which comes first, which second etc. etc.
> 2) parameter values range.
>
> Can you help me on this too?