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- GLIB(1) LOCAL
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- NAME
- glib - patch editor and librarian for synthesizers
-
- SYNOPSIS
- glib
-
- DESCRIPTION
- Glib (one syllable) is a text-screen-oriented librarian and patch
- editor for electronic synthesizers. It is structured in an attempt
- to make it easy to add support for new synthesizers. Glib presents
- three types of menu screens: synthesizer selection, patch
- librarian, and patch editor. However, depending on choices made
- when glib was compiled, there may be no synthesizer selection menu,
- or it may be used to select different sub-parts of a single synth,
- rather than among different synths. From the outermost selection
- menu you descend to the librarian. If there is no synth selection
- menu, you see the librarian screen immediately after invoking glib.
-
- The librarian part of the program manipulates 1 synth bank of
- voices (which can be uploaded to or downloaded from the synth), and
- 3 banks of library voices (which can be read/written to disk).
- When you exit the librarian and select a different synth, the
- contents of the library banks and other settings (e.g. midi
- channel) for each are retained.
-
- From the librarian screen you can descend to the patch editor
- screen to change or create an individual patch for a given
- synthesizer. Details about using the librarian and the patch
- editor are given below.
-
- The glib distribution includes support files for various PCs --
- IBM, Atari ST, Macintosh, Amiga. And you can run glib on Unix (it
- uses curses), although obviously most Unix machines don't have midi
- I/O. Trying it out on Unix will give you a feel for what the
- program does, so you can decide whether or not it's worth the
- trouble to port it to your midi-capable PC. Or your could edit
- patch files on a Unix system and download them to a PC.
-
- The current version of glib, version 1.6, supports the
- synthesizers: DX100, TX81, DEP5, DW8000, Roland D-10, Kawaii K1
- K5, DX7, and Casio CZ1.
-
- Using glib - Moving around
- Both the librarian and editor parts of glib make use of arrow keys,
- <CTRL/B> <CTRL/N> <CTRL/P> <CTRL/F> or h j k l to move the cursor
- around. (The arrow keys may not work on non-Unix versions,
- though.) <CTRL/L> redraws the screen. These keys are #defined in
- glib.h, so you can change them if you want. To quit from any mode,
- use q. In the librarian screen, ? gives a command summary. Esc or
- grave accent key sends an all-notes-off (though the support for
- arrow keys may interfere with this use of esc ).
-
-
- Using glib - The librarian
- The screen shows the synth bank on the left, and the current (1 of
- 3) library bank on the right. A * identifies the `current' voice,
- and you use the arrow keys to move it around. As soon as you move
- to a different voice, it is sent to the `edit buffer' of the synth,
- so it is very easy to roam around and see what each voice sounds
- like. Commands:
-
- b - Cycle through the (3) library banks, displayed on the right
- side of the screen.
-
- c - Set the midi channel for sending/receiving voices.
-
- d - Download from the (real) synthesizer, replacing the current
- contents of the synth bank.
-
- D - Download from a file, replacing the current contents of the
- synth bank. Same as above, except input comes from file
- instead of the synth. (Implemented only for Unix version.)
-
- e - Edit the current voice (see editor description below).
-
- f - List the files on the disk.
-
- p - Put the yank buffer, replacing the contents of the current
- voice.
-
- q - Quit, going back to `choose a synth'.
-
- r - Read a bank of voices from a file, replacing entirely the
- current library bank.
-
- R - Read a bank of voices from a text file (created with the W
- command).
-
- s - Swap the current voice with the yank buffer. 2 swaps is a
- no-op.
-
- t - Transfer all voices, either from the current library bank to
- the synth bank, or vice versa.
-
- u - Upload the current contents of the synth bank to the synth.
- You are given a choice of sending the entire bank or just the
- current voice.
-
- U - Upload the current contents of the synth bank to a file. Same
- as above, except output goes to file instead of the synth.
- (Implemented only for Unix version.)
-
- w - Write the current library bank to a file.
-
- W - Write the current library bank to an editable text file. This
- is slow, and is meant for use in some special circumstance -
- for instance if you changed the binary format of files, you
- might want to convert your old patches.
-
- y - Yank the current voice into the yank buffer, shown in the
- middle of the screen.
-
-
- Using glib - The editor
- In the editor part, arrow keys move the cursor among the parameter
- values. The cursor will only land on parameter values. Once on a
- parameter value, the following keys will affect it:
-
- K - increase value by 1
-
- J - decrease value by 1
-
- I - increase value by 4
-
- M - decrease value by 4
-
- < - decrease value to its minimum
-
- > - increase value to its maximum
-
- S - assign same value as last assigned
-
- These keys are defined in glib.h, and should be changed to suit
- your own tastes. I'm not thrilled with these choices, myself, but
- I had to use something, and at least the hand may stay in one
- place.
-
- To change the name of a voice, use `N'.
-
- The `auto-note' is played whenever you press the space bar. This
- is a convenient way of playing a note as soon as you make a change
- (ie. you can do everything from the computer keyboard). You can
- change the auto-note parameters (pitch, duration, volume, channel)
- the same way as all the other parameters.
-
- Synthesizers
- Here is a list of the sample patch files for each synthesizer in
- the 1.6 release of glib, together with occasional notes on the
- current implementation.
-
- DX100
- Sample patches: fact1.dx1
-
- TX81 Sample patches: fact1.t8p fact1.tx8
-
- DEP5 Sample patches: fact1.dp5
-
- DW8000
- Sample patches: fact1.dw8
-
- Roland D-10
- Sample patches: d10fact.pat d10fact.rsu d10fact.tim
- d10fact.ton d10fact.tra d10fact.urp
-
- Kawaii K1
- Sample patches: k1fact.mlt k1fact.sgl
-
- Voices are not sent to the K1's edit buffer.
- For Kawai K1 multi patches, names of single patches referred
- to are displayed when they can be found in the synth voice
- bank of the single patches module. The names are updated
- whenever a new bank of voices is transferred into this bank.
-
- Kawaii K5
- Sample patches: card1.k5m card1.k5s
- Editing of voices is not implemented.
-
- DX7 Sample patches: n001.dx7 rom1.d7s
-
- Some of the parameters on the DX7s editing screen are
- `multiplexed'. Move the cursor to the `Modulation Wheel'
- legend, then `increment' and `decrement' this field: the
- fields below it will cycle through the `Modulation Wheel',
- `Aftertouch', `Breath Control', `Foot Control', and `MIDI
- Control' parameters.
-
- Casio CZ1
- Sample patches: bank1.cz1
-
- The performance parameters given on the lower part of the
- editing screen, Glib, Portamento, etc., are just there pro
- forma. In the current version, setting them doesn't
- accomplish anything.
-
- AUTHORS
-
- original version for dx100, tx81z, dep5: Tim Thompson,
- ...twitch!glimmer!tjt
-
- Macintosh and dw1000 support: Steve Falco.
-
- d10 support: Michael Kesti, mrk@gvgspd.GVG.TEK.COM
-
- Amiga and k5 support: Alan Bland, mab@druwy.ATT.COM
- or att!druwy!mab
-
- K1 support and menu mods: Greg Lee, lee@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu
-
- DX7 support: Scott Snyder, ssnyder@citjulie.bitnet,
- ssnyder@juliet.caltech.edu (addresses valid until mid-June)
-
- CZ1 support: Mark R. Rinfret, mrr@amanpt1.Newport.RI.US,
- ...!rayssd!galaxia!amanpt1!mrr
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- arp file requester, Amiga version: Dave Weiler
-
- Some of the code was originally written by Steve Frysinger
- (moss!spf), John Helton, and James Gosling.
-