Discussion about the Korg PolySix synthesizer

looking for new patches for my polysix plus a patch
editor to allow me to copy patches between files.

freeware preferred


el cheapo from toronto


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patch editor?

I think we talked about this before.. record the "tape backup" signal to your computer (.wav/.aiff) and examine the waveform in your favorite audio editor. cut and paste, and then play back into your polysix...

or is there some easy way to accomplish the same?

-ben
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--- In PolySix@yahoogroups.com, "Chromatest Pantsmaker"
<chromatest@g...> wrote:

> patch editor?
>
> I think we talked about this before.. record the "tape backup"

signal to your computer (.wav/.aiff) and examine the waveform in your
favorite audio editor. cut and paste, and then play back into your
polysix...

>
> or is there some easy way to accomplish the same?
>

Hi,

There is... now!

At first, as an introduction I'm new to this group, my name is
Margus, I just bought my Polysix a month ago and have fixed the
battery and a couple of traces by now (thanks, Crow!). This is
actually my second P6 as I was stupid enough to sell the first one
some 15 years ago to get a DX7 - but hey! everyobody did the same!

To the point. As I found (and still find) it painful to manage the
patches on a midiless P6 I created a basic editor/librarian for this.
The thing eats a .wav file, disassembles it into a P6 memory dump,
lets you change individual parameters and finally assembles them into
a .wav again which you can feed back to a P6. Right now it is in
a 'proof-of-concept' stage with no bells nor whistles but even as
that it serves two purposes:

First, educational. The precision of the patch charts is weak, to be
polite. Operating the knobs is not suited for fine-tuning a
parameter, and sometimes a slight change in a parameter value affects
the sound a lot. It is not that easy to recreate exactly the same
sound on another machine. Internally a parameter value can vary from
0 to 255, so scaling it down to 0..10 on the front panel creates a
problem. The editor lets you see the real values, tweak and fine-tune
them and experiment with minor changes.

Second, practical. The program enables you to copy/paste a patch
inside a bank and between banks. You can even move a patch around
between different dumps (.wavs) as well, or create a library of dumps
(eg. in Excel). One dump (32 patches) is actually very small - just
512 bytes. So you can create the different soundsets you need without
recreating them by hand on the panel.

If this sounds interesting let me know here (or drop me an email) and
I'll make it available for download somehow.

Regards (and sorry for the long posting),
Margus

>....
> Second, practical. The program enables you to copy/paste a patch
> inside a bank and between banks. You can even move a patch around
> between different dumps (.wavs) as well, or create a library of dumps
> (eg. in Excel). One dump (32 patches) is actually very small - just
> 512 bytes. So you can create the different soundsets you need without
> recreating them by hand on the panel.
>
> If this sounds interesting let me know here (or drop me an email) and
> I'll make it available for download somehow.

Pleeeeaaasse! Yes! Let's see it. I would love to see this program!

Frank Carvalho

Congratulations!
I did the same and added the .WAV file format to my Polysix
editor program I did for my MIDI upgrade kit (have a look at:
http://analog.no/polysix/index.htm ).
As this is still under DOS I planned and started to make
a standalone patch manager for Windows with .WAV input/
output. This seems to be not necessary anymore...

Johannes


PolySix@yahoogroups.com,Internet writes:

>--- In PolySix@yahoogroups.com, "Chromatest Pantsmaker"
><chromatest@g...> wrote:
>> patch editor?
>>
>> I think we talked about this before.. record the "tape backup"
>signal to your computer (.wav/.aiff) and examine the waveform in your
>favorite audio editor. cut and paste, and then play back into your
>polysix...
>>
>> or is there some easy way to accomplish the same?
>>
>
>Hi,
>
>There is... now!
>

Hi Margus, did you end up putting this program onto the web? Sounds
great!

Regards,
Ben.

> Hi,
>
> There is... now!
>
> At first, as an introduction I'm new to this group, my name is
> Margus, I just bought my Polysix a month ago and have fixed the
> battery and a couple of traces by now (thanks, Crow!). This is
> actually my second P6 as I was stupid enough to sell the first one
> some 15 years ago to get a DX7 - but hey! everyobody did the same!
>
> To the point. As I found (and still find) it painful to manage the
> patches on a midiless P6 I created a basic editor/librarian for

this.

> The thing eats a .wav file, disassembles it into a P6 memory dump,
> lets you change individual parameters and finally assembles them

into

> a .wav again which you can feed back to a P6. Right now it is in
> a 'proof-of-concept' stage with no bells nor whistles but even as
> that it serves two purposes:
>
> First, educational. The precision of the patch charts is weak, to

be

> polite. Operating the knobs is not suited for fine-tuning a
> parameter, and sometimes a slight change in a parameter value

affects

> the sound a lot. It is not that easy to recreate exactly the same
> sound on another machine. Internally a parameter value can vary

from

> 0 to 255, so scaling it down to 0..10 on the front panel creates a
> problem. The editor lets you see the real values, tweak and fine-

tune

> them and experiment with minor changes.
>
> Second, practical. The program enables you to copy/paste a patch
> inside a bank and between banks. You can even move a patch around
> between different dumps (.wavs) as well, or create a library of

dumps

> (eg. in Excel). One dump (32 patches) is actually very small - just
> 512 bytes. So you can create the different soundsets you need

without

> recreating them by hand on the panel.
>
> If this sounds interesting let me know here (or drop me an email)

and

> I'll make it available for download somehow.
>
> Regards (and sorry for the long posting),
> Margus