----- Original Message -----From: James UlibarriSent: Monday, September 24, 2012 9:42 PMSubject: Re: [prophet2000] UPDATE -> Re: Prophet 2000 / 2002 editor availableWhat are your thoughts with using your software and a midi fader hardware controller such as the Doepfer Regelwerk or Kenton Control Freq with your software simultaneously?
Does anyone have a sysex chart for the Prophet 2002?
Do you think your software would ever become a VST?
By the way. Thanks for building this awesome software.
On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 12:03 AM, burtland12 <burt@...> wrote:
Hi,
a massive overhaul of the GUI has been implemented, and the name has changed to Prophet2012. Please pass your feedback, suggestions and SOUNDS.
Enjoy
Burt
--- In prophet2000@yahoogroups.com, "Curly" <76wusel@...> wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
>
>
>
> I would like to tell you about an editor and dumper called Prophet2000Dumper
> I have just finished. There were a lot of people searching for such a tool
> in the past.
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> And the good part: it is freeware
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> Features:
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> - Dump complete samples, presets and parameters from a Prophet 2000 / 2002
> to a PC
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> - Dump complete samples, presets and parameters from a PC to a Prophet 2000
> / 2002
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> - Save and load dump files on a PC (Build up your Prophet library on your PC
> and share it with others)
>
> - Import and export samples as WAV files
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> - Sample rate conversion when importing WAV files to Prophet supported
> sample rates
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> - Save and load of a single sound (incl. sample)
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> - Save and load of a single map
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> - Save and load of a single preset
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> - Configuration of all parameters
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> - Graphical display and edit of sample maps
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> - You could still use your Prophet with a broken disk drive (if you already
> have got some dump files to transfer.)
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> - It is free!
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> - An ugly GUI
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> Requirements:
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> - a Windows XP / Vista / Windows 7 based PC (I could only test the software
> on XP yet)
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> - A few MB free ram
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> - A SCI Prophet 2000/2002 would be great but not necessary
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> - A MIDI interface with input and output connected to the Prophet MIDI ports
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> You could download it from my homepage:
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>; http://synth.curlsystems.de
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> Any feedback is very welcome.
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> C ya
>
Message
Re: [prophet2000] UPDATE -> Re: Prophet 2000 / 2002 editor available
2012-09-25 by Curly
Hi,
thanks for your feedback. I am trying to answer
your questions.
The Prophet does not react directly to any
controller information. Anyhow it might be possible to 'translate' the incoming
CC messages to SysEx messages. The only
problem is the amount of data which needs to be
updated. Normaly a control change message consists of 3 bytes. A sound parameter
message of the Prophet consists of 157 bytes of data. Due to the fact the
Prophet has got 16 sounds for one incoming CC value change 2512 bytes must be
transfered! That's not impossible but the transfer time will be approx. 643ms at
MIDI transfer speed. For example performing a smooth filter cutoff sweep this
will be far too slow. So I am going to put it on the future feature list if
someone would like to just update the parameters by MIDI.
The SysEx specification is part of the User Manual
of the Prophet 2000/2002 (the last pages of it). But it is no good idea to just
send the sound/prest/map SysEx messages without setting the current active
values of the Prophet. This will result in a corrupted memory and the data will
be lost. Have a closer look to the SysEx message content and you will understand
what I mean.
VST support will be a lot of work to implement. I
think the software will not be VST compliant in the future, I am afraid. Anyway
there might be an option to build a
custom specific hardware with a microcontroller,
which will be connected by RS232 or USB to the PC to handle the Prophet2012
communication (benefit will be to use
the high speed transfer modes offered by the
Prophet. These are not supported with standard PC MIDI interfaces. My Prophet is
working with transfer speeds up to 266%, but
regarding the User Manual there might be some units
around which are working up to 300% and more. I am going to describe this method
in one of the next releases
of the User Manual. Unfortunately I am not able to
offer kits of the HW for everyone.
Best regards,
Curly