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

Hello. My name is Brian and I programmed a patch editor in the spring
of 2004 for my XK-6 and the other keyboards. It would be pretty easy
to change it to work for the Xl7 or the racks. They essentially share
the same core patch structure, just some minor differences.

I haven't done any work on the editor since then because of schedule
concerns, and I had a couple of people ask me if I could give them the
source code so they could work on it. At the time I had thought I lost
the source code, but it turns out I found all of it on an old backup
disk. So it's an open invitation for anybody who wants to do some work
on it. I would help out with questions and maybe do some small coding,
etc. We could do an open source license or something to that effect.
(Delve will always be free)

From what I remember the editor is basically finished and does work.
(i used it extensively with my xk-6) It needs a little polishing and
code optimizing/cleanup. It uses the Java sound libraries, and back
then the java sound midi funtions were a little buggy. They have
probably improved since then. The patch dump coding was ineffecient.
It would transfer a dump successfully, but then the editor would go
into a kind of slow motion afterwards until restart.

I still have a color coded printout of the xk-6 patch dump bytes and
their corresponding position and sound parameter in the dump.

Here's an old screenshot of Delve:
http://www.ikhor.com/ikhor/images/delve_screencap.gif

If anyone is interested just shoot me an email at brian@...

I've offered my help! 
how about anyone else?



--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "ikhor79" <brian@...> wrote:
>
> Hello. My name is Brian and I programmed a patch editor in the 
spring
> of 2004 for my XK-6 and the other keyboards. It would be pretty easy
> to change it to work for the Xl7 or the racks. They essentially 
share
> the same core patch structure, just some minor differences.
> 
> I haven't done any work on the editor since then because of schedule
> concerns, and I had a couple of people ask me if I could give them 
the
> source code so they could work on it. At the time I had thought I 
lost
> the source code, but it turns out I found all of it on an old backup
> disk. So it's an open invitation for anybody who wants to do some 
work
> on it. I would help out with questions and maybe do some small 
coding,

> etc. We could do an open source license or something to that effect.
> (Delve will always be free)
> 
> From what I remember the editor is basically finished and does work.
> (i used it extensively with my xk-6) It needs a little polishing and
> code optimizing/cleanup. It uses the Java sound libraries, and back
> then the java sound midi funtions were a little buggy. They have
> probably improved since then. The patch dump coding was ineffecient.
> It would transfer a dump successfully, but then the editor would go
> into a kind of slow motion afterwards until restart.
> 
> I still have a color coded printout of the xk-6 patch dump bytes and
> their corresponding position and sound parameter in the dump.
> 
> Here's an old screenshot of Delve:
> http://www.ikhor.com/ikhor/images/delve_screencap.gif
> 
> If anyone is interested just shoot me an email at brian@...
>

I don't really have the time to help with the programming, but I'll be
around to answer any tough questions!  Besides, if I had extra time,
you'd want me to be writing 3.0 anyway...

-Aaron

PS. it looks really nice!

--- malik <malik_martin@...> wrote:

> I've offered my help! 
> how about anyone else?
> 
> 
> 
> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "ikhor79" <brian@...> wrote:
> >
> > Hello. My name is Brian and I programmed a patch editor in the 
> spring
> > of 2004 for my XK-6 and the other keyboards. It would be pretty
> easy
> > to change it to work for the Xl7 or the racks. They essentially 
> share
> > the same core patch structure, just some minor differences.
> > 
> > I haven't done any work on the editor since then because of
> schedule
> > concerns, and I had a couple of people ask me if I could give them 
> the
> > source code so they could work on it. At the time I had thought I 
> lost
> > the source code, but it turns out I found all of it on an old
> backup
> > disk. So it's an open invitation for anybody who wants to do some 
> work
> > on it. I would help out with questions and maybe do some small 
> coding,
> > etc. We could do an open source license or something to that
> effect.
> > (Delve will always be free)
> > 
> > From what I remember the editor is basically finished and does
> work.
> > (i used it extensively with my xk-6) It needs a little polishing
> and
> > code optimizing/cleanup. It uses the Java sound libraries, and back
> > then the java sound midi funtions were a little buggy. They have
> > probably improved since then. The patch dump coding was
> ineffecient.
> > It would transfer a dump successfully, but then the editor would go
> > into a kind of slow motion afterwards until restart.
> > 
> > I still have a color coded printout of the xk-6 patch dump bytes
> and
> > their corresponding position and sound parameter in the dump.
> > 
> > Here's an old screenshot of Delve:
> > http://www.ikhor.com/ikhor/images/delve_screencap.gif
> > 
> > If anyone is interested just shoot me an email at brian@...


       
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would it be worth putting up somewhere like sourceforge or on googlecode?

admitadly, then anyone can grab the source and fork it, but it might
be one of those 'well, better its there than not' cases

I'd like to be able to say i'd be able to contribute, but really, at
the moment, it would be on a huge pile of things to do.

Though i _do_ like java coding :)

[zar]

On 04/08/07, Aaron Eppolito <synthesis77@...> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
> I don't really have the time to help with the programming, but I'll be
>  around to answer any tough questions! Besides, if I had extra time,
>  you'd want me to be writing 3.0 anyway...
>
>  -Aaron
>
>  PS. it looks really nice!
>
>
>  --- malik <malik_martin@...> wrote:
>
>  > I've offered my help!
>  > how about anyone else?
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "ikhor79" <brian@...> wrote:
>  > >
>  > > Hello. My name is Brian and I programmed a patch editor in the
>  > spring
>  > > of 2004 for my XK-6 and the other keyboards. It would be pretty
>  > easy
>  > > to change it to work for the Xl7 or the racks. They essentially
>  > share
>  > > the same core patch structure, just some minor differences.
>  > >
>  > > I haven't done any work on the editor since then because of
>  > schedule
>  > > concerns, and I had a couple of people ask me if I could give them
>  > the
>  > > source code so they could work on it. At the time I had thought I
>  > lost
>  > > the source code, but it turns out I found all of it on an old
>  > backup
>  > > disk. So it's an open invitation for anybody who wants to do some
>  > work
>  > > on it. I would help out with questions and maybe do some small
>  > coding,
>  > > etc. We could do an open source license or something to that
>  > effect.
>  > > (Delve will always be free)
>  > >
>  > > From what I remember the editor is basically finished and does
>  > work.
>  > > (i used it extensively with my xk-6) It needs a little polishing
>  > and
>  > > code optimizing/cleanup. It uses the Java sound libraries, and back
>  > > then the java sound midi funtions were a little buggy. They have
>  > > probably improved since then. The patch dump coding was
>  > ineffecient.
>  > > It would transfer a dump successfully, but then the editor would go
>  > > into a kind of slow motion afterwards until restart.
>  > >
>  > > I still have a color coded printout of the xk-6 patch dump bytes
>  > and
>  > > their corresponding position and sound parameter in the dump.
>  > >
>  > > Here's an old screenshot of Delve:
>  > > http://www.ikhor.com/ikhor/images/delve_screencap.gif
>  > >
>  > > If anyone is interested just shoot me an email at brian@...
>
>  __________________________________________________________
>  Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows.
> Yahoo! Answers - Check it out.
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>
>
>

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, Alwyn <zardac@...> wrote:
>
> would it be worth putting up somewhere like sourceforge or on 
googlecode?

I think he's submited it to sourceforge already, and is awaiting 
approval.

> On 04/08/07, Aaron Eppolito <synthesis77@...> wrote:
> > I don't really have the time to help with the programming, but I'll 
be
> >  around to answer any tough questions! Besides, if I had extra time,
> >  you'd want me to be writing 3.0 anyway...

Yeah i'd want 3.0 :)