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Re: DTXpress drum map editing software

2004-01-12 by buggoutbill

Matt,

What about editing the SYSEX file after it has been received from 
the DTXpress? Instead of editing it directly right on the brain. 
Would that be easier?

Bill

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, Matt Pobursky <ccsuser@m...> wrote:
> I actually looked at doing this a little over a year ago. The big
> problem I ran into was that Yamaha doesn't publish it's data
> communications format specification. If they did, I think the user 
base
> programs would start to flow. This is what stopped me -- I had no
> desire to beg/harrass/plead with Yamaha for the specification nor 
the
> inclination to sit with a data analyzer for hours on end to reverse
> engineer it.
> 
> My hopes are that Yamaha will make this information available, in 
my
> opinion it would only help strengthen their product line by making 
more
> useful 3rd party software available to all users.
> 
> Matt Pobursky
> 
> On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 11:46:47 -0500, rdamon@m... wrote:
> > Bill,
> > 
> > This comes up from time to time. When I first got my kit in 
Sept. of
> > 2002, I asked the same question and the answer then, as it is 
now is
> > no.
> > 
> > 
> > I personnally would love to see a program in which the kits 
could be
> > upload, edited and downloaded.
> > 
> > I think those that have the software programming capabilities to 
do
> > it, don't have the time and those folks that have the time to do 
it,
> > don't have the programming skills. So this project has never been
> > tackled.  
> > 
> > So, we are still hoping someone will come along and create one.

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