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- Date: 27 Dec 86 19:39:59 GMT
- From: ucsfcgl!pett@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Eric Pettersen%CGL)
- Organization: UCSF Computer Graphics Lab
- Subject: Patch Librarians/Generators
-
- Due to the response to my query about interest in ST voice librarians/generators
- for the Yamaha DX100 and Casio CZ-101 (more than 40 responses), I have decided
- to post to the net. The three postings which follow contain ARCed versions of
- the executables for each program (one archive = CZ-101, one archive = DX100)
- as well as the combined souce (third archive). There was a lot of interest in
- the source because many people wanted to attempt conversions to various other
- synthesizers (conversion to other DX series synths should be very easy [thank
- you Yamaha!] while CZ conversions will be a bit [read - a lot] tougher. These
- programs should work without conversion (although I haven't *tested* them) on
- the DX27 and CZ-1000 and CZ-5000 because their patch formats are identical to
- one of the above synths.
-
- If anyone converts these programs to other synths, or otherwise enhances them,
- please post! Also, if you come up with any great patches, let the net know!
- With these programs available generally around the net, it suddenly becomes
- extremely easy to distribute patches. Just write the patches of interest to
- disk, upload and uuencode them and post. Everyone with the program can then
- just grab the article, transform it back to file form, load it into the program
- and then into the synth (no laborous patch entry!). Patch files are relatively
- short as well. As a starting point, all the patches my friends and I have come
- up with are included in the appropiate archive. Check them out and use them
- if you like them.
-
- What these programs do:
-
- --> Store patches so that the ST can send them back and forth to your
- synth and you can therefore have a large library of patches
- easily available.
-
- --> Allow you to give long descriptive names to your patches.
-
- --> Generate new patches in a semi-random fashion that you can try out
- easily and keep or discard as appropiate. The parameters that
- control the generation of voices are external to the program
- (in an ASCII control file) and can therefore be altered or
- fine-tuned as you see fit.
-
- --> Allow you to rearrange the voices in your library into the order
- you desire.
-
- --> Work in any resolution.
-
- What these programs don't do:
-
- --> Edit the voice *using the ST*, the (I know, painful) editing
- facilities of the synth must be used.
-
- --> Store the voices in a hierarchical manner. This would be good
- in that it would allow a voices of similar function to be
- grouped or accessed together.
-
- --> Use GEM (although they are easy to use and *are* menu driven,
- you'll see -:)).
-
- -----
- The archives contain:
-
- Archive 1 (PATCHSRC.ARC)
- ------------------------
-
- PATCH.C Source to both CZPATCH.PRG and DXPATCH.PRG (by using
- #ifdefs)
-
- CONVERT.DOC Pointers for converting the code for use by other
- synths, as well as some explanations of the functioning
- of various parts of the source code.
-
- CURSES.C Don't get your hopes up. This is the sources to the
- routines that I use commonly throughout all my programs.
- Includes a routine to do screen addressing functions
- [scr_func()] and one to get a character string from
- the user, allowing common editing functions [get_str()]
- as well as a few other goodies.
-
- CURSES.H My handy-dandy do-all include file. Used particularly
- in conjunction with the above.
-
- COMPILE.DOC Describes what is necessary for compilation (this is
- Alcyon C code, by the way).
-
- CONVERT.PRG Utility that converts binary files to ASCII hex and
- vice versa. Was invaluable when creating the data
- files that CZPATCH.PRG needed due to details of the
- CZ101 MIDI system exclusive implementation.
-
-
- Archive 2 (DXPATCH.ARC)
- -----------------------
-
- DXPATCH.PRG Executable patch program for the DX100 (which will also
- presumably work with the DX27).
-
- PATCH.DOC File detailing the operation of the program, as well as
- the contents of the files below.
-
- DX100.DTA ASCII file containing the parameters controlling random
- voice generation.
-
- DXVOICES.DTA File containing the actual patches (starts out with the
- ones that I'm distributing).
-
- KEYTAB.DTA Data file used internally by DXPATCH.PRG .
-
-
- Archive 3 (CZPATCH.ARC)
- -----------------------
-
- CZPATCH.PRG Executable program. Should work with CZ-1000 and 5000
- as well as CZ-101.
-
- PATCH.DOC Same as PATCH.DOC above. Can be discarded if you are
- keeping both archives.
-
- CZ101.DTA Similar to DX100.DTA .
-
- CZ101.DOC File detailing parameters being set by CZ101.DTA.
-
- CZVOICES.DTA Similar to DXVOICES.DTA .
-
- CZMIDI.DTA Contains tables (in binary) for converting parameter
- settings to the hex code necessary to transmit to the
- synth [why are these so strange, Casio?].
-
- KEYTAB.DTA As in archive 2. One can be discarded if keeping both
- archives.
-
- I recommend that you transfer the archives to your ST and then uudecode and
- de-ARC. This seems to be the most reliable method of avoiding errors.
-
- If for some reason you need the source code in clear form (not ARCed, not
- uuencoded) E-mail me and I will send you a copy (ucbvax!pett@socrates.ucsf.edu).
-
- I will also be trying to upload these onto several bulletin boards [Ataribase,
- MIDIworld network (in LA), STrategic Command (in SF), and The Club II (in
- Detroit)].
-
- Eric Pettersen
- UCSF Computer Graphics Lab
-