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PRODUCT: SMART-ED DX7 (FREELY DISTRIBUTABLE DEMO)
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William Adjei 1992
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Synth editors for the Amiga seem to be in short supply, but it
doesn't have to be this way...
During 1991, I bought a Yamaha TX7 FM expander, and soon got bored
of the 32 sounds which were stored on board. The extra 16 sounds
on my music-x disk kept me occupied for about 15 minutes, and I
soon realised that if I was going to get anything decent out of my
TX, I was going to have to create my own sounds. However, as
anyone with a TX7 would know, you cannot edit sounds on a TX7 -
you can only do this over midi. The only editor I had was the
generic hexadecimal editor on music-x which drove me MAAAD! and so
I set about writing Smart-ED DX7, an easy to use screen editor for
the Yamaha DX7 series synthesizers.
Smart-ED is compatible with all Yamaha 6 operator 32 algorithm
synthesizers, and may be used as a powerful librarian/editor and
voice management tool with any DX7, DX7-II, DX5, DX1, TX7, TX816,
TX216 etc.
The full version of Smart-ED allows you to receive and store 16
single voices as a library, each of which may be edited or
printed. You can also receive and store up to 4x32 performance and
4x32 voice memory dumps (i.e. snapshot the memory of 4 DX7 type
synths). A function editor allows you to adjust pitch bend range,
portamento etc.
This crippled demo has some of these features removed, since it is
only designed to give you a 'taste' of what you can do with the
full version.
In particular, "Load", "Save", "Suspend" and "Receive Voice" have
been disabled; when you start up, the DX7 "INIT VOICE" is
automatically loaded to give you something to play with...
Unlike many demos, I have not employed a Timeout since with the
four items missing, it is not possible to make reasonable use of
the librarian/editor.
Instruction Summary
You will find that most of the features in the librarian/editor are
immediately obvious, but it will help to scan through the
following at least once.
Before You Run The Editor...
Smart-ED uses the Tool Types of its icon to set certain defaults.
You may change these by choosing "Info" from the workbench menu.
The tool types section contains a list of instructions of the
form:
PARAMETER=VALUE
See your workbench manual for more information on Tool-Types
The tool types used by Smart-ED DX7 are outlined below
BULK1=channel number for bulk memory 1
BULK2=channel number for bulk memory 2
BULK3=channel number for bulk memory 3
BULK4=channel number for bulk memory 4
channel number is a number from 1 to 16, which
selects the device number for each memory in the
bulk manager
CHANNEL=default transfer channel number for the librarian
DEVICE=name of the serial.device
Normally you should not set this
LIBRTOOL=default tool to be used for saved projects
In the demo, this is meaningless since you can't
save libraries...
PRINTTOOL=default tool for saved voice printouts
set this to your more or equivalent
UNIT=serial device unit number
Normally you don't set this.
ECHO=ON/OFF
sets whether midi data echo is on or off by default.
You can change this once the program is running by
using a menu
PRINT=ALL/SINGLE
sets whether the print option prints all voices in
the library, or the current voice only.
AUTO=ON/OFF
sets whether auto-send in the editors is on or off
by default. (Default is on)
Librarian screen:
This is the first screen you enter. In the crippled demo, this
contains the "Demonstration Library" with one voice (INIT VOICE)
loaded. You can perform all operations on the voice, but you
cannot save your work, or load a new library.
The project menu contains
New resets the librarian
Load (disabled)
Save (disabled)
Print print to disk or printer according to the
sub-menu note: If your printer does not support
extended typefaces, you should select print to
disk, and make the filename PRT: (this is the
default filename) to avoid the name line in the
printout being misaligned
About brings up my contact address
Quit exits the demo
The Entry Move menu contains
Un-Delete Un-deletes a deleted entry
Copy -> X copies the current entry to one of the two copy
buffers
Paste X -> copies one of the two copy buffers to the
current entry
Delete deletes the current entry
The Control menu contains
Midi-Echo switches the data echo on or off. When on, all
data at the midi in port is duplicated at the
midi out port
Suspend (disabled)
Keyboard shortcuts:
Cursor up/down previous/next current entry
F1 display the two copy buffer contents
F5 un-delete all entries
F6/F7 decrease/ increase transmit channel
F8/F9/F10 decrease/ increase/ reset receive program
number (of no use in the demo)
S send current voice
B invoke the bulk manager
F invoke the function manager
E invoke the editor
Editor Screen:
The Options menu contains
Old Voice resets the editor parameters to their
original values
Exit Editor return to the librarian screen
The Current Operator menu
Copy Operator copies the operator to the operator buffer
Paste pastes the buffer to the current operator
Swap with >> swap the current operator with operator 1-6
Editor Control Buttons:
Send send the current editor contents. Do this if
you change the voice on the synth.
Receive (disabled)
Compare resets all the parameters to their original
values for comparison. Pressing this button
again returns the editor contents.
Note: this is not the same as "Old Voice"
from the Options menu
Function invokes the function adjuster
Exit leave the editor and return to the librarian
1 - 6 select the current operator
Editor Keyboard Shortcuts
S send all parameters
F invoke the function adjuster
A AutoSend toggle
1,2,3,4,5,6 select current operator
Editor use:
The upper half of the screen has the algorithm, feedback, pitch
envelope generator and LFO parameters.
The lower half of the screen contains the parameters for the
current operator, which you select from the 6.
A status strip is provided which displays the decoded frequency
(ratio or fixed(Hz)), the actual keyboard scale breakpoint key,
and the transpose value (in terms of the note played by C3).
Acquiring The Full Version
You can obtain the full version of the editor by sending me a
cheque or postal order for £40 (or equivalent) at the address
below.
In return, you will receive the full version of Smart-ED DX7, with
full instructions (including an FM tutorial), several banks (over
30) of demonstration libraries, technical support and user
registration.
You will be informed of any upgrades and will also have the option
of being informed when I complete an editor for another
synthesizer.
Conditions of Use and Distribution
The Smart-ED DX7 Demo is a freeware product, meaning that you are free
to can copy it without an obligation to pay me any fee.
You are allowed to distriblute the program so long as you keep this
.readme file with it (you are not allowed to alter this file); you
are not permitted to make a profit form the distribution of this demo,
but you may charge a nominal fee to cover the cost of disks, and
postage etc.
PLEASE NOTE: Unlike this demo, the full version of Smart-ED DX7 is
NOT a shareware product
~~~
What are you waiting for ? You know it makes sense!
William Adjei
26 Steeplestone Close
Edmonton London
U.K.
N18 1JH