The Yamaha AN1x Synthesizer mailing list

--- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, cavey@r... wrote:
>
> On Wed Nov 02 2005, Summa <flotorian@f...> wrote:
> > My guess is that CCs won't be sufficient for the amount of parameters the AN200 
> > use, you probably need sysex commands to access all the functions...
> > 
> > ...Summa
> > 
> > 
> Now I'm kind of wondering about this. Since most people have the problem
> of getting the AN1x editor to work in windows or mac osx (I won't even
> go into my problem yet... Linux ;) )...

I have to dispute your claim 'most people have the problem of getting the AN1x editor to 
work in windows or mac osx'. What _exactly_ are you basing this assumption on?

I've been able to run all the Mac editors under Classic within OS X and have successfuly 
helped others to do so. And I'm not even the person who reported it to the list to begin 
with! :-) 

I'd hazard it's a safe bet the majority of AN1xEdit users are Windows based and there are 
few instance where somebody has posted a question to this list which hasn't been met 
with assistance. A cursory search of the list archives will prove this out. There are also 
some terrific support docs in the Files section here at Yahoo! Groups contributed by Gary 
Gregson.

> I have been running around with
> programming an editor myself. There are just a couple of problems.

And are you prepared to offer troubleshooting and assitance  to your user base when 
somebody asserts they can't get it to work under Windows or OS X?

> 
> a) What messages (either midi or sysex) does the AN1x (or AN200 for that
> matter) take? I know there are some of them explained in the manual at
> the end... and there should be some datalist book somewhere? Does that
> one explain a bit more about all the commands?

There is extensive SysEx documentation in the AN1x Data List and the AN200 Owner's 
Manual. You might also take the time to review the Help file which is provided with 
AN1xEdit as it contains a great deal of useful information regarding the differences 
between AN1x & PLG150-AN parameters and Sys ID headers.
 
> b) I have never programmed midi calls before
> 
> c) I wouldn't really know which environment to use. Main idea would be
> to go with GTK, since that is rather platform independant
> 
> d) It is just an idea I'm running around with, no idea whether I'll ever
> go through with it, since it is a daunting task, but not impossible.
> Nice little project, but needs some research in advance
> 
> So, anyone familiar with the inner workings of the AN1x? ^_^ Or gui
> building etc? ^_^
> 
> Pointers would be great as well.

You'll need to take these questions to a developer specific list.

Jon