[A6] Soundbanks etc.

[scd]

on 30-09-2003 21:42, Leary, John at leary at msfi.com wrote:

> I've never programmed on a Mac before, and I'm looking for something to
> force me to start!  OS X ships with some great developer tools (which can do
> Carbon for OS 9 compatibility), and I imagine it'll be "challenging" --
> neither "a breeze" nor "impossible".
> 
> Of course, if you're in a hurry and have Virtual PC...  ;)

No, no hurry. :-) And I really really dislike VPC. It is soooooooo
sllllllooooowwwwwww :-)))
> 
> Regarding the "which bytes are what" issue, I'd ask you to send me two files
> which are nearly identical, and I'd identify the "insignificant bytes"
> myself.

OK, I'll do that.
> 
>> What *could* be VERY usefull though would be a utility that makes
>> single sysex files out of bank! Is that possible?
>> So when having a sysexfile with 128 sounds the ulity makes 128 single
>> soundfiles, having the slotnumber and soundname in the filename.
> 
> I imagine that should be quite possible.  I can't seem to find the A6 SysEx
> format anywhere online.  Any help?
> 
> Alternatively, you could send me a full bank dump, along with dumps of the
> first two or three individual programs in the same bank.  I'm pretty good at
> reverse engineering.

I will do that too.

Thanks for offering this help!

Boele