Doepfer

Hey hey,

Very nice that you are diving in this deeply so quick Zo�!
Please don't forget the OS X users :D
Go for it!

As a Max/MSP user I am still intrigued by the thought of the patch that
could do this.... oh well.


Grtz

Ernst.


On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 5:51 PM, Zo� Blade <zoe@bytenoise.co.uk> wrote:

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> OK, to clarify a bit more about S6...
>
> It looks like a really neat tool that can copy across .wav and .aif files
> over sysex, using the MIDI sample dump standard protocol, which is MIDI,
> and on top of that it's a type of sysex format agreed upon by several
> different manufacturers.
>
> The thing is, not all samplers use this format. Some use their own custom,
> proprietary, idiosyncratic format over sysex. So both use MIDI, and both
> use sysex in particular, but there's another layer of abstraction above
> that one which is incompatible. It sounds like a pretty safe bet that the
> A-112 is amongst these samplers using a non-standard method, as it's got
> the interesting wavetable thing going on that most samplers don't, allowing
> you to dump a single 305 byte cycle as well as a whole 74,909 byte full
> waveform.
>
> Nevertheless, this software does let you send raw sysex information --
> .syx files -- regardless of what that data happens to be (like copying a
> file even if you don't have an application that understands it), so all I
> need to do is write a simple script that converts .wav files into Doepfer
> A-112 compatible .syx files, then you can use S6 or any other sysex
> transmitting software to copy it across.
>
> Which is easier said than done, but worth a shot if there are a good few
> people who would benefit from it.
>
> Incidentally, although I have 6 to 9U's worth of wonderful Doepfer
> modules, the A-112 isn't among them... so if anyone would like to volunteer
> to try out some .syx files once I create them (which may well be weeks or
> months away), send me an e-mail off-list. I could do with some beta
> testers. :)
>
> All the best,
> Zo�.
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