Emu XL-7 & MP-7 User's Group

Jane,

 

I recently had the chance to catch up on your Prodatum editor, which I was
tracking distantly with the XL7 group. Your concept of having it
multiplatform and the reasons behind is definitely filling a need. 

 

The program is nicely laid out, and immediately picked up on my Proteus 2500
with all 4 ROMS identified. Compared to SoundDiver which took forever to
load and bogged down or timed out with more than one ROM, it was a pleasant
surprise. I went downstairs thinking it would be similar load time and was
pleased to come back and see the quick load of all ROMS, programs, riff etc.
I am exploring the other windows and am very impressed. 

 

I thought I had read in your various postings that mouse wheel control was
in place for some of the parameters. For me rotary dial control for cutoff
etc. would be enhanced with the addition of mouse wheel control. I tested
this briefly but did not see that control present. I never have cared for
turning the rotary dial with the mouse. I don't believe it is a clean motion
for that control. The incremental movement of the mouse wheel would be
finer.

 

One quick question, did I miss a Prodatum functionality that identifies the
MIDI sequences stored on a Proteus workstation like the 2500?

 

Thanks for your hard work on such a great program for the Proteus.

 

By the way, what language are you programming Prodatum in?

 

Bruce

 

From: xl7@yahoogroups.com [mailto:xl7@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jane
Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 4:06 PM
To: prodatum-users list
Cc: xl7; p2k
Subject: [xl7] prodatum v0.39

 

  

greetings,

i have just uploaded v0.39. it supports config file selection from the 
command line which is useful for people with multiple modules as you 
can now have one config for each device, completely with MIDI setup, 
color scheme and all those preferences; see the hints page for 
examples on how to use that new switch. this version also tries to 
hide stuff that i assumed to be there but is not (eg some ROMs don't 
come with arpeggios or riffs and we don't want them to show up in the 
rom selectors/browsers). please let me know of any problems you might 
encounter, my ROMs all have riffs and arpeggios. please also let me 
know about anything that still looks odd (like lots of 'ff' or '(not 
installed)' or similar entries in the browsers.

changelog for v0.39:

* further cleanups (removed dump test routines, no longer needed, yay)
* new cli option '-c' allows to load a different config file (useful 
for using prodatum with multiple devices)
* stop riff loading when we receive an 'ff' riff name
* some ROMs don't have arpeggios; we don't want those to show up in 
the ROM selectors (needs testing, please report problems)
* "force controls to selected channels" enabled by default
* "Confirm Exit" defaults to off
* changed default color scheme
* Mac version compiled on Snow Leopard (v0.38 was SL compatible 
already, Tiger/Leopard and PPC platforms still supported)

cheers,
Jan