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RE: [xl7] Re: Need some tips on patch cords.
2014-02-19 by <smw-mail@...>
It looks like the most recent version is here:
http://www.e-univercity.com/SynthGearDocs/E-Mu/Programs/Syxer/
It is the start of a program I did in Pascal many years ago which I have occasionally updated. The original idea was for it to be a tool to analyze and manipulate sysex dumps. I started with E-Mu P2K based gear because that's the gear I was using at the time. At present, the functionality is very limited. It does a very simple file size check to determine which E-Mu presets a bank/file is for. It does a sysex block-by-block hex display of patches. It will display the names of presets in a bank. I have used it for identifying the ROMs the presets use. The most advanced preset manipulation function in there (in fact, its the only one I implemented so far) is the changing of the ROM ID in a bank of 128 presets. One extension of this would be a feature that could take presets designed for one ROM and switch the ROM Instruments based on a table so that new presets could be generated for a different ROM. (This is moving in the direction of what I have called the Parametizer.)
I have had many thoughts about adding features and ultimately building it into my Parametizer program. It is that program which I envisioned having routines to construct, revise, manipulate and generate sysex preset file banks. The idea was to have a user file of preferences that could be used to construct sets of presets. Patchcord preferences could be selected and applied to the generation of a bank of presets.
I thought I had a version of Syxer posted here, but I don't see it. Maybe its in the P2K Group. I know I used it a few years ago to switch ROM IDs on request.
Anyhow, I no longer have the time and energy to devote to the developing software, but I keep mentioning it in case people here wanted to help work on it. There is a lot of analysis and sorting that would have to be done before additional functionality could be added. Having mined the 16-controller and 12-controller bulk data dump formats (and the Audity format), I know it would take quite a bit of effort. (Nor do I have the time to learn Java or other languages that might take it beyond an MS-DOS program compiled to run in a Win32 window.)
Steve