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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
> >
>