also did things like the alesis quadraverb/midiverbIII, roland jv (different
modes, checksum etc.), sy85...forget what else. but it makes those
machines a lot easier to get around. realtime control is a possibility
as well, but you have to be sparse with sysex, or use rpn/nrpn.
to be fair, doing randomize with the atari editor for a couple of days
pretty much showed me all the way round the vz, lol - resulted in me
flogging a very nice cz101 with cart :( boohoo - but you can always find
a new side of a machine if youhave easy access to parameters; less
likely when you have to spend all morning setting up a few patches you
may never use. *and* you can get at the machine without kneeling in front
of a rack pushing buttons or whatever.. :)