Re: [MoAccess] Sharing Motif stuff
- From: Bryan Smart <bryansmart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "MoAccess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <MoAccess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 07:25:01 -0400
Yes; works with any Motif.
You must write the commands by hand in hexidecimal SysEx format. The command
codes are in the data list portion of the Motif manual, as part of the Motif
MIDI specification. It is highly technical. It is the type of data that is used
by people that write computer-based editors.
If you want to learn how to use SysEx, though, you need to start with some
tutorial or something on the web that explains SysEx in general. The Motif MIDI
specification just lists the format for Motifs, and the command types and
formats that the Motif recognizes. It doesn't explain SysEx, though.
Bryan
-----Original Message-----
From: moaccess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:moaccess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Charles Marston
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 6:58 AM
To: MoAccess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [MoAccess] Sharing Motif stuff
Brian:
That sounds very interesting. Can that be done with the XS?
Where can I find info on how to use sysex commands? Is this in the Motif, or
in the Sonar manual?
Thanks for sharing this info.
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From: "Bryan Smart" <bryansmart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 10:48 AM
To: <MoAccess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [MoAccess] Sharing Motif stuff
> I've already said on here that I have an XF. Of course, I'm already doing
> interesting things with it.
>
> I've written SysEx commands that can switch it in to song mode, initialize
> the song's mix, dump in an initialized mix with no reverb, tell the XF to
> transmit its current mix settings to Sonar, etc. I make these and then
> place them in to the SysEx view of my Sonar projects, particularly my
> templates. Why is this useful? When I open up my template for sequencing
> with the Motif, Sonar is able to put the XF in to song mode automatically,
> and setup the mix. That saves button pushing.
>
> For that matter, I have Sonar templates built up for working with the
> Motif. If you have an audio interface with a spdif input port, you can
> connect the Motif to that, and, when you use the template, you'll get a
> stereo mix from the Motif, via the digital spdif connection, that appears
> on a bus. Why does this matter? You don't need to do any of that crappy
> process of tracking in your Motif MIDI parts, at least to get a basic
> mix-down of your song. As long as you do a real-time export, the digital
> output of the Motif's mix, together with any existing audio tracks and
> softsynths, will just be mixed together in to the output file. It's
> organized, too. When you start the template, you can just start adding
> MIDI tracks and playing, without thinking about where to route what. The
> templates have the SysEx setup commands that I made already loaded.
>
> Anyway, I have other stuff. I've worked out the supported CCs and SysEx
> commands from the XF data list, and made some other notes.
>
> I don't mind sharing this stuff at all. I make this stuff for me, anyway,
> so if someone else can use it, that's great. However, I don't want to
> maintain a site, and I'd rather not send stuff one-off.
>
> There are some smart people on this list. How can we share in such a way
> that doesn't require a lot of work? I thought that we could put up a Wiki,
> and let everyone upload to, and edit on that, but many people will never
> bother taking the time to learn how to write and edit on a Wiki. Maybe
> something dumb simple like a shared DropBox folder is the way to go. If we
> have notes or recordings, or files to help, we just throw it up there. No
> web site maintenance, no security and hackers, no long editing of sites
> and such. If someone new joins the group, we just add them to the DropBox
> folder.
>
> There might be a better way. If anyone has any ideas, then speak up. It
> just has got to be simple. If it takes lots of time to coordinate or
> maintain, then it's useless.
>
> Bryan
>
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