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--- In AN1x-list@y..., Shayne Hardesty <lists@s...> wrote:
> Bas wrote:
> > I have a domainname of my own.. I would host it....for free.
> > 
> > let me know if you're interested.
> 
>    Cool.  There seems to be enough interest I'll get going on it 
this 
> weekend on my home server and see how it goes.  Once it gets to a 
usable 
> state if a lot of folks like it and start using it I'll get with 
you 
> about finding a more suitable home for it.
> 
> Shayne

Hey, Shane, I've been a lurker for a while, mainly cuz I'm an EX5 
owner (which can emulate an AN1X).  

I'd be more than willing to house a patch database.  In fact I've 
been thinking of doing just that.  I've been looking at JSynthLib (a 
Java Swing librarian/patch editor.  It would be trivial to add JDBC 
to it and have a few databases one could hit.  It can load patch 
banks (although nobody's written an AN1X librarian yet) and save out 
individual SYX files.  I think we should think about housing SYX 
files with columns that identify synth, creator, and a few columns 
for proprietary notes, etc. and then verbal descriptions, reviews?  

I'd recommend we do something like write a librarian to that spec and 
then whip up a quick JDBC facility.  I run an artist web site that's 
got plenty of MySQL space.

http://netnewmusic.net
http://parnasse.com
http://jeffharrington.org

Anyways, sounds like an interesting project and I'd be happy to house 
the patch library and contribute a little programming time.  FWIW, I 
recently translated the entire AN1X patch library (99 banks) to EX5 
format thanks to a utility that a fellow EX5 owner wrote, exFactory 
3.0.  So the user base for this library has rapidly expanded.  Plus 
I'd like to support my other synths, FS1R and SY77 and DX7, etc...

Jeff Harrington
http://jeffharrington.org