Great! Do the sysex or mid files import to a
particular bank, or will it go into whatever bank your evolver is set to? If it
is generic, then all we need is a "bank" reference, else we could go with "
"bank.a, bank.b, bank.c and bank.all (or "allbanks") " while we are throwing in
lots of decimals
Perhaps there could be two naming schemes, one for
patches and one for banks.
Patches: category.name.location.suffix
e.g., "lead.ravideath.a57.mid" or
"perc.lovetom.b35.syx"
Bank: "bank". name.suffix
e.g., "bank.ravi1.mid" or "bankb.loops1.syx" or
even perhaps "bank.c.hits1.mid" or
"bank.all.organa.syx/allbanks.organa.syx"
er,
:)
----- Original Message -----From: SkiSent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 3:17 PMSubject: [Evolver] Patch File Nomenclature StandardsYes, that's right. A few comments....
- If we're going to put a "type/category" name in there, it's going
to have to include an item like "various", "mixed", or "misc", for
files that contain entire BANKS of patches that have multiple patch
types.
- The "location" portion of the name for files containing a single
patch could be abbreviated by using "A", "B", and "C" to designate
the bank (I think I remember Dave himself doing this in some emails
we've traded). Your example could then be "bass.moog3.B45.mid"
rather than "bass.moog3.b2p45.mid".
- We also need a way to designate that a file contains an entire
Bank, or Banks, of patches as opposed to a single patch, such
as "misc.Ravi07.bank1.mid", or better yet, maybe
just "misc.Ravi07.A.mid" to be somewhat consistent with the single
patch nomenclature. A file with all three banks could read
like "misc.Ravi07.ABC.mid" or "misc.Ravi07.ALL.mid" (I think I like
the second one better).
What's everyone think?
Ski
www.ex5tech.com
EX5Tech Evolver forum:
http://www.ex5tech.com/ex5ubb_cgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=forum&f=23
--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "Ravi Sharma"
wrote:
So then in regard to naming patchfiles, whether midi or sysex, a
naming structure would be good. I.e., "type.name.location"
ie. "bass.moog3.b2p45.mid" or "lead.killerz.b1p3.syx"
or something like that . . .
suggestions . . .
>From: "Ski "
>Reply-To: DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com
>To: DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [Evolver] Re: Patch Contest
>;Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2003 07:51:55 -0000
>
>If by "this problem", you mean the fact that you don't know where
the
>patches are going to load, then yes, SYSEX files have the same
>problem. The patch bank(s) and the patch number(s) are both encoded
>into the saved patch files... so they're always going to load back
>into the same slot. So it's not really a MIDI or SYSEX "problem";
>it's just the patch format, coupled with the Evolver's inability to
>let you specify a "destination location" for single patches that you
>load. Shouldn't be too hard to write a little librarian, though,
>that would let you rearrange the patches within a MIDI or SYSEX
file.
>
>
>Ski
>www.ex5tech.com
>;EX5Tech Evolver forum:
>http://www.ex5tech.com/ex5ubb_cgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=forum&f=23
>
>
>--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "Ravi Sharma"
>wrote:
> > No, I meant only for midifiles, obviously sysex route doesn't
have
>this problem, or does it? I got midiox to work, but I didn't know
how
>I did it . . . :)
>
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