Elektron Musical Instruments

--- In elektron-users@egroups.com, Inform3r <inform3r@o...> wrote:
>     Someone mentioned a SID console for Digital Performer. Where
can 
I find
> one?
> 
>                                         Thanks,
>                                         Inform3r
> -----------
> http://www.inform3r.co

i was the one that mentioned making a console.  i can post it to the 
files section, i had thought of doing so but wasn't really sure if 
anyone was interested or not. it's set up to use the 100 or so cc's 
the sid responds to.  i'd REALLY like to add some of the Sys-Ex 
messages to it, but i can't quite get them to work.  i really only 
need an example of what a string for a particular parameter looks 
like.*this next part is directed towards anyone who would care to 
give some insight:)*  from the manaul this is what i gather it ought 
to look like.  on the bottom right of page 41 there starts a new 
paragraph which says *SYSEX Direct Program Message:  All direct 
program messages start with the general sidstation direct program 
sequence: F0 00 20 3c 01 00 04* <this i gather as being what every 
message ought to start out looking as with the appropriate parameter 
sequence added after it and ending with F7, right?>  The next part i 
am a little fuzzy about.  *The x/y-characters refers to data as 
specified in the function row.*  <at the end of every program
sequence 
there are these.. %0000yyyyy with a different amount of zero's and
y's 
for every program sequence.  i assume this is the function row?  or 
maybe the function row is what your seeing on the sidstation's actual 
display for that particular parameter, sort of like a reference to 
where this menu and parameter is located in the os?>  the next and 
last part of this paragraph just mentions using only the specified 
program sequences, if other bytes are used or added then this might 
make the sid get confused and wipe it's memory. <this makes perfect 
sense>  so in my crash course of sidstation Sys-Ex stringing, this is 
my example of what a message ought to look like for changing the 
resonance.  *F0 00 20 3c 01 00 04*(Direct Program Sequence)+ *00 18
0f 
04 F7*.  ok, i currently can't test this at the moment cause i've
sort 
of packed away my sidstation in lieu of me killing it, but i have 
tried this numerous times in the past with no success.  now in my 
sequencer, motu performer, it has a Sys-Ex editor incorporated into 
the console building menu which you can assign to any graphical 
object.  i'll give you an idea of it's layout.  the top and main 
portion of it contains a window where you enter your string(s).  on 
the right of this it has some boxes you can check for 
Checksumming options(which i'm not wholely understanding of).  these 
boxes you can click are as follows; Use Checksum, Straight Sum 
(CS=Databytes), and Sum to Zero (data bytes + CS=0.  Does the 
sidstation use any sort of checksumming?  if so, i guess i'll be
doing 
some research.  Underneath the Main Window is a pull down menu which  
houses the Byte Formats to use, these are; Midi(7bit), Nibble(4bit), 
ASCII, BCD 00-79 in one byte, and BCD one digit per byte.  i've only 
ever used the midi byte format with any of the consoles i've made,
and 
i assume this is what the sidstation uses, right?  to the right of 
this are some radio buttons; LSB->MSB, and MSB->LSB.  most
significant 
byte and least significant byte, that is about my understanding level 
of these.  it's either or so i can't go to wrong there.  now for the 
last part of this editor, it lists value(which i know is where you 
enter in what bytes in the string are used as the status bytes)i 
don't know how to tell for the sidstation, i can guess though 
reasonably well. underneath this is the box where you can type in the 
checksum if used.  i'm sorry if i bore anyone with this, but i asked 
this once before and didn't get any response.  so i figured i'd plug 
again with a more thorough question.  please anyone feel free to 
anwser!  i do read my manuals and the manual, for motu goes into
vague 
detail about it's Sys-Ex editor, it's assuming you know about midi
and 
it's various protocals.  which i have just kind of winged so far.  
thanks

---

christian


btw: the console i'm uploading was made with motu performer 6.03 but 
should i think work with earlier versions of performer and digital 
performer.  you ought to be able to open up the project file itself, 
or import the console with the load command.