Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

hi guys,

I bought myself a midi controller and I'd like to edit patches in my SD1-32 with it... VFXs interface may not be the worst in the world, but I just don't feel confortable with sub-menus and only a data entry slider...

problem is: the manual I got with my SD has not a sysex chart! ost of the
I did read something like 'if you want the full midi implementation send us a letter (etc.)' in one of the last pages, and this is not helpful at all!

does anyone have a document with the sysex chart?

then, if it had sysex command strings in hex for all the parameters, that would be REALLY appreciated and helpful!

I know someone ou there is using a midi controller with the VFX/SD, so it would be awesome to have a document that could save a lot of time and frustration when programming a midi controller for the VFX/SD...

greetings

Fabio

>
> hi guys,
> 
> I bought myself a midi controller and I'd like to edit patches in my SD1-32 with it... VFXs interface may not be the worst in the world, but I just don't feel confortable with sub-menus and only a data entry slider...
> 
> problem is: the manual I got with my SD has not a sysex chart! 
> I did read something like 'if you want the full midi implementation send us a letter (etc.)' in one of the last pages, and this is not helpful at all!
> 
> does anyone have a document with the sysex chart? 
> 
> then, if it had sysex command strings in hex for all the parameters, that would be REALLY appreciated and helpful! 
> 
> I know someone ou there is using a midi controller with the VFX/SD, so it would be awesome to have a document that could save a lot of time and frustration when programming a midi controller for the VFX/SD...
> 
> 
> greetings
> 
> Fabio
>

>
> The VFX SD Musicians Manual Version 1.4 has an Appendix A with the VFX 
> SD Midi Implementation Specification Version 2.00. This should be what 
> you're looking for. I used this (and Gary Gieblers
> VFX file specs) to program my VFX tools. Most of the relevant parameters 
> are likely to be
> valid for the SD-32, too.
> 
> Hans
> 
> somethingkillingyou wrote:
> >  
> >
> > hi guys,
> >
> > I bought myself a midi controller and I'd like to edit patches in my 
> > SD1-32 with it... VFXs interface may not be the worst in the world, 
> > but I just don't feel confortable with sub-menus and only a data entry 
> > slider...
> >
> > problem is: the manual I got with my SD has not a sysex chart! ost of the
> > I did read something like 'if you want the full midi implementation 
> > send us a letter (etc.)' in one of the last pages, and this is not 
> > helpful at all!
> >
> > does anyone have a document with the sysex chart?
> >
> > then, if it had sysex command strings in hex for all the parameters, 
> > that would be REALLY appreciated and helpful!
> >
> > I know someone ou there is using a midi controller with the VFX/SD, so 
> > it would be awesome to have a document that could save a lot of time 
> > and frustration when programming a midi controller for the VFX/SD...
> >
> > greetings
> >
> > Fabio
> >
> > 
> 
> -- 
> Hans Artmann
> Flüggenstr. 10
> 80639 München
> Tel +49 89 17095720
> Fax +49 89 17095722
> Mob +49 151 17413090
>

On 17 Feb 2010, at 00:33, somethingkillingyou wrote:

> with "Gary Gieblers VFX file specs" do you mean this:
> http://www.deepsonic.ch/deep/manuals/ensoniq_floppy_diskette_formats.pdf    
> ??
> 
> --- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, Hans Artmann <hans.artmann@...> wrote:
>> 
>> The VFX SD Musicians Manual Version 1.4 has an Appendix A with the VFX 
>> SD Midi Implementation Specification Version 2.00. This should be what 
>> you're looking for. I used this (and Gary Gieblers
>> VFX file specs) to program my VFX tools. Most of the relevant parameters 
>> are likely to be
>> valid for the SD-32, too.
>> 
>> Hans
>> 
>> somethingkillingyou wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> hi guys,
>>> 
>>> I bought myself a midi controller and I'd like to edit patches in my 
>>> SD1-32 with it... VFXs interface may not be the worst in the world, 
>>> but I just don't feel confortable with sub-menus and only a data entry 
>>> slider...
>>> 
>>> problem is: the manual I got with my SD has not a sysex chart! ost of the
>>> I did read something like 'if you want the full midi implementation 
>>> send us a letter (etc.)' in one of the last pages, and this is not 
>>> helpful at all!
>>> 
>>> does anyone have a document with the sysex chart?
>>> 
>>> then, if it had sysex command strings in hex for all the parameters, 
>>> that would be REALLY appreciated and helpful!
>>> 
>>> I know someone ou there is using a midi controller with the VFX/SD, so 
>>> it would be awesome to have a document that could save a lot of time 
>>> and frustration when programming a midi controller for the VFX/SD...
>>> 
>>> greetings
>>> 
>>> Fabio
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Hans Artmann
>> Flüggenstr. 10
>> 80639 München
>> Tel +49 89 17095720
>> Fax +49 89 17095722
>> Mob +49 151 17413090
>> 
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>
> does anyone have a document with the sysex chart? 
> 
> then, if it had sysex command strings in hex for all the parameters, that would be REALLY appreciated and helpful! 
> 
> I know someone ou there is using a midi controller with the VFX/SD, so it would be awesome to have a document that could save a lot of time and frustration when programming a midi controller for the VFX/SD...
> 
> 
> greetings
> 
> Fabio
>

>
> On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 11:50 PM, Christian Brunschen <cb@...> wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > On a side note, that article about the disk formats mentions, at the end, a
> > follow-up article that would describe the format used by the VFX-SD's
> > sequencer. Does anyone here have that article or know where I could find it?
> >
> Yes. I want this badly. Need to convert my sequence files from VFX sysex to
> SMFs for security. I know it was published in the Transoniq Hacker but I've
> lost my copies ...
>