I was wondering if someone could tell me the best way to import patch lists for my midi gear? I am using Pro 6 and i have a bunch of modules. Thanks in advance! Anthony

> I was wondering if someone could tell me the best way to import patch lists > for my midi gear? I am using Pro 6 and i have a bunch of modules. Thanks in > advance! > > Anthony SoundDiver makes it easy. Doing it by hand typing, one patch at a time is another way. No easy way within Logic that I know of. James

--- In logic-users@yahoogroups.com, "adv0213" <adv0213@y...> wrote: > > > I was wondering if someone could tell me the best way to import patch lists for > my midi gear? I am using Pro 6 and i have a bunch of modules. Thanks in > advance! > > Anthony Greetings Anthony Which modules do you have? Sounddiver does cover this function for a lot of gear, some require a little time entering names. It can all depend on how your modules respond to bank select & the types of patch names eg GM synth vs Analog synth. I have 9 hardware synths with patch names loaded for all. A6 Andromeda, Triton Rack, Super Jupiter, MicroKorg, Kawai k5000s, Nord Micromodular, Yamaha An200 & Dx200, Waldorf MicroQ. Some were easy, some were a bit of labour. Look forward to your list. Am using 5.5 on PC by the way. Regards Richard

> I was wondering if someone could tell me the best way to import patch lists for > my midi gear? I am using Pro 6 and i have a bunch of modules. Thanks in > advance! Take a look at this site: http://www.swiftkick.com/lugec.html There are a lot of Environments for many different synths/sound modules that you can download. Kamm

"Kamm Schreiner" <kamm@s...> wrote: > > > I was wondering if someone could tell me the best way to import patch lists for > > my midi gear? I am using Pro 6 and i have a bunch of modules. Thanks in advance! > > > Take a look at this site: http://www.swiftkick.com/lugec.html > > There are a lot of Environments for many different synths/sound modules that > you can download. > > Kamm Hey Kamm! Thanks for the reply. I came across that site the other night and was wondering what enviorment toolkit did. Can I use that to import? Thanks again, ANthony

> Greetings Anthony > > Which modules do you have? Sounddiver does cover this function for > a lot of gear, some require a little time entering names. > > It can all depend on how your modules respond to bank select & the > types of patch names eg GM synth vs Analog synth. > > I have 9 hardware synths with patch names loaded for all. > > A6 Andromeda, Triton Rack, Super Jupiter, MicroKorg, Kawai k5000s, > Nord Micromodular, Yamaha An200 & Dx200, Waldorf MicroQ. > > Some were easy, some were a bit of labour. > > Look forward to your list. Am using 5.5 on PC by the way. Thanks for the reply Richard. I was hoping it would be as easy as Digital Performer with Free Midi but I guess not. Here is my list: CS1x CS2X Juno106 JV1080 w/4 cards House,Techno,Vintage and 60's&70's Orbit 3 Proteus 2000 Audity 2000 Planet Phatt Carnaval Procussion Super Bass Station Korg Ms2000B

adv0213 wrote: >>Take a look at this site: http://www.swiftkick.com/lugec.html >> >>There are a lot of Environments for many different synths/sound modules that >>you can download. >> >>Kamm > > > Hey Kamm! Thanks for the reply. I came across that site the other > night and was wondering what enviorment toolkit did. Can I use that > to import? > > Thanks again, > ANthony > Downloading an Environment is not going to help at all importing patch names. You cant 'import' patch names into Logic. If youre running OS X you have 2 choices. 1. Double-click each synths Instrument Object in the Environment, you can then type them all in by hand. or, 2. If you have Sound Diver installed, just open up your synth in SD, select each bank and copy all of the names, then paste them in the Environment object inside Logic. If I missed another method let me know, but so far this is the only way to get your patch names into Logic. If youre still stuck in OS 9 and have Sound Diver, well you can still use the Autolink feature and keep SD open alongside Logic and it will do it all for you. -- Chris http://www.descentrecords.com

Hi Anthony, You wrote: > Hey Kamm! Thanks for the reply. I came across that site the > other night and was wondering what environment toolkit did. > Can I use that to import? I was actually referring to the environments that many users have submitted. Where they have already setup the environment - patches; effects controls; etc.. I downloaded one for the Yamaha MU80 that seems rather complete. I'm not familiar with toolkit. Maybe it will help you create your own environments for each synth. What I've done is create a multi instrument and then for each channel you can call up an editor (don't remember the name off hand, but I think it is from the View menu) and from there you select a bank (up to 15 banks), once you've selected a bank you can paste your patch names into that bank if you have copied them to the clipboard from a text editor. Just include one patch name on a line with up to 128 lines. Insert blank lines for any patch that does not contain an actual voice. You may have to edit the controller messages that are sent out for each bank. There is a different editor for that. It isn't easy, but it isn't exactly hard either. If I think about it while I'm using Logic, I'll find out the name of the editor and give more details in a future posting. Have fun! Kamm

Hi Chris, You asked: > If I missed another method let me know, but so far this is > the only way to get your patch names into Logic. Yes, it can be done without SoundDiver. Although it is probably a lot more work. Please see my posting to Anthony. Kamm

On Dec 1, 2004, at 8:22 AM, adv0213 wrote: > > > > I was wondering if someone could tell me the best way to import patch > lists for > my midi gear? I am using Pro 6 and i have a bunch of modules. Thanks in > advance! > > Anthony Hi I read a few of the responses to your question. All good things to explore. You can usually find multi instruments that already have all the patches loaded into them. Another thing you can do is to type all the patch names into a word processor in a list form starting with the number 0. When you have all the patches in this form, copy to the clipboard. Then go to the environment in Logic. Create your new Multi instrument, doubleclick on the top of the icon, the patch list window opens. Look on the right side where it says options. Choose paste from the drop menu. Good to go! Stefan

Stephens explanation was better than mine. The only thing to add is that if you have a synth that has more than 15 banks worth of patches, you will need to have several multi instruments and you'll almost certainly have to use the "Define Custom Bank Messages" editor to make them address your synth's banks correctly. That editor is found under the View menu. Kamm

On Dec 1, 2004, at 8:35 PM, Kamm Schreiner wrote: > > > Stephens explanation was better than mine. The only thing to add is that if > you have a synth that has more than 15 banks worth of patches, you will need > to have several multi instruments and you'll almost certainly have to use > the "Define Custom Bank Messages" editor to make them address your synth's > banks correctly. That editor is found under the View menu. > > Kamm It appears that Logic 7 has addressed this issue (at last!) -- 63 custom bank messages are alleged to be possible. Bill

> It appears that Logic 7 has addressed this issue (at last!) > -- 63 custom bank messages are alleged to be possible. Bill, This is a very delayed reply, but where did you see that? I thought it was only 15. I'll be very happy if it is 63. Kamm