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Hi Jon
>>
1) XG Works is not freeware from Yamaha but must be 
purchased eiher A) direct from Yamaha or B) bundled with a 
Yamaha soundcard or other MIDI/Audio hardware?
<<

Correct

>>
2) XG Edit is an earlier, less feature intesive version of XG Works 
for the old MU* sound modules, etc.?
<<

Nope. XGedit is a standalone editor for XG devices (written and owned by
yours truly). XGworks is a Yamaha sequencer pacakage specialising in XG
support and providing plug-in editors.

>>
3) There are device specific, stand alone editors for the DX200 & 
AN200, i.e., the recently mentioned .an2 format, and if so -are 
these some kind of 'XG Works lite' derivitive?
<<

These are available as plugins to XGworks or as standalone (operating
from a plugin hosting shell based on XGworks hosting code.) Standalone
versions are also available for Macintosh (I Think...but no XGwroks)

>>
I know AN1xEdit wil work with both the PLG150AN and AN200 in 
PLG150AN Edit but, obviously, there is no accomodating the 
AN200 specific XG sounds or sequencers. So, for cross platform 
purposes we should probably ask AN200 users who wish to 
share their Voices to use .anp files created in AN1xEdit which we 
call ALL use.
<<

Correct.

>>
I've seen many reoccuring requests for the contents of the 
DX200/AN200 CDROMs on this list and would like to pin down 
what we can/can not legally share amonst list members before I 
make any further to acquire these materials for the Files section 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AN1x-list/files here at Yahoo! 
Groups.
<<

Officially you should not redistribute any Yamaha software that is
bundled with hardware or made available directly from their web sites.
Similarly you should not redistribute Yamaha documents and FAQs made
available from Yamaha web sites. Instead you should link directly to the
relevant Yamaha site. This way the end user will always get the latest
version when posted.

Also if it's not available for free download from a Yamaha web site,
then its not free! So you definitely should not be redistributing.

An1xEdit is an exception. It was written by me under contract from
Yamaha and was distributed as freeware (from my web site and other
interested sites). However Yamaha retain all rights to the editor.

I hope that helps

Regards
 
Gary Gregson
email: gary@...

-----Original Message-----
From: Jon <jondl_2000@...> [mailto:jondl_2000@...] 
Sent: 14 January 2003 03:35
To: AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [AN1x] XG Works v. AN1xEdit v. stand alone editors