Bulk Dump?
2011-07-23 by adhmzaiusz
Hey anyone know if it is possible to do a bulk dump of all patches through midi on the polaris? I know you can send individual programs but cant seem to find info on a bulk. Thank ya G
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Bulk Dump?
Re: [chromapolaris] Bulk Dump?
2011-07-23 by David Clarke
> ... Hey anyone know if it is possible to do a > bulk dump of all patches through midi on the' > polaris? I know you can send individual programs > but cant seem to find info on a bulk. There's no command to request the Polaris to generate a bulk dump of patches; however, it can receive a single .syx that will program all of the patches for you. .syx files of dumps are available here: http://www.rhodeschroma.com/?id=polarispatches Details on the dump files are here: http://www.rhodeschroma.com/?id=polarissysex
Re: [chromapolaris] Bulk Dump?
2011-07-23 by Fojammi
If you have an Atari 1040 or 520, GenEdit had a
template that loads and saves Polaris bulk dumps with one click. It doesn't have
an editor, but it's great for saving and recalling. I don't know who to contact
about getting a copy of GenEdit these days. If someone wants to offer ideas on
how to post the program file and the template, ( some kind of binary file??),
I'm open to trying it, as long as we don't screw the creators. I'm guessing the
number of people with both working Ataris and working Polarises is vanishingly
small.
fojammi
Re: [chromapolaris] Bulk Dump?
2011-07-23 by Chris Ryan
Try here (see also the GenEdit ST Chroma Editor).
On 23/07/2011, at 9:14 AM, Fojammi wrote:
If you have an Atari 1040 or 520, GenEdit had a template that loads and saves Polaris bulk dumps with one click. It doesn't have an editor, but it's great for saving and recalling. I don't know who to contact about getting a copy of GenEdit these days. If someone wants to offer ideas on how to post the program file and the template, ( some kind of binary file??), I'm open to trying it, as long as we don't screw the creators. I'm guessing the number of people with both working Ataris and working Polarises is vanishingly small.fojammi
RE: [chromapolaris] Bulk Dump?
2011-07-23 by Gregory Cox
Thanks for all the responses, I think I understand this...tell me if I'm wrong here: is the sysex file on the site sent from your sequencer to tell the polaris to open each sound into the workspace and then transmit, in order? If this is the case does simultaneously sending .syx from a computer and receiving on the same computer a different .syx (from the polaris) actually work?
Thanks,
Greg
Thanks,
Greg
To: chromapolaris@yahoogroups.com
From: ac151@...
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2011 11:16:03 -0400
Subject: Re: [chromapolaris] Bulk Dump?
From: ac151@...
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2011 11:16:03 -0400
Subject: Re: [chromapolaris] Bulk Dump?
> ... Hey anyone know if it is possible to do a
> bulk dump of all patches through midi on the'
> polaris? I know you can send individual programs
> but cant seem to find info on a bulk.
There's no command to request the Polaris to generate a bulk dump of
patches; however, it can receive a single .syx that will program all of
the patches for you.
.syx files of dumps are available here:
http://www.rhodeschroma.com/?id=polarispatches
Details on the dump files are here:
http://www.rhodeschroma.com/?id=polarissysex
> bulk dump of all patches through midi on the'
> polaris? I know you can send individual programs
> but cant seem to find info on a bulk.
There's no command to request the Polaris to generate a bulk dump of
patches; however, it can receive a single .syx that will program all of
the patches for you.
.syx files of dumps are available here:
http://www.rhodeschroma.com/?id=polarispatches
Details on the dump files are here:
http://www.rhodeschroma.com/?id=polarissysex
Re: [chromapolaris] Bulk Dump?
2011-07-23 by David Clarke
> ... is the sysex file on the site sent from your > sequencer to tell the polaris to open each sound > into the workspace and then transmit, in order?... The .syx files that on the site are just intended for the Computer -> Polaris direction. E.g., if sent from the Computer, a full block of 132 programs will go into the Polaris. That said, if you did want to request the dump from the Computer - then you'd need to use SYSEX to do that. You can have the computer (via SYSEX) ask the Polaris to get patch data. The computer will need to receive the SYSEX response from the Polaris, and save it. It would need to do this 132 times, for the 132 patches. The commands available are outlined in the MIDI Manual (http://www.rhodeschroma.com/content/polaris/midimanual.pdf) As has been noted by others - in some cases it may be just as easy to use existing interfaces that will do this for you. Another low-tech approach is to dump all the patches via the tape interface. You can record this as a .wav on the computer.