From: hjv@phil.ruu.nl (Hendrik Jan Veenstra)
Subject: Re: Robert Plant's bad luck and Fripp's too...
Organization: Department of Philosophy, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 20:55:26 GMT

"OUT,               OUT - YOU'LL NOT FEEL THE FALL-OUT..." <OLIVOTTO@ITNCISCA.BITNET> writes:

>        This guy Hendrik Jan is a very good friend of mine, and (I have just
>discovered) a great programmer!
>        If anyone of you has a Korg M1 and an Atari ST (and two functional
>MIDI cables, too), he/she should immediately contact him and ask about his
>PD librarian for the M1. It's by far the best librarian I've ever seen, both
>in the PD and the commercial world, and one of the best music programs for
>the ST. This comes from the heart, Hendrik Jan!

Always so embarrassing, this guy. Must be the Italian temperament... ;) Well,
OK, the program ain't bad, but it's not *that* good. IMO. Ha! Just in case
someone's interested.. :

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I just uploaded the archive M1_BANKS.ARC to atari.archive.umich.edu.
It's now in the New directory and will probably be moved to the appropriate
dir in a few days.

The package contains a librarian for the KORG M1 synthesizer (the M1 Bank
Manager), a dump-accessory (the M1 Desk Assistant) and some 600 Program
patches. The programs run on an Atari ST and probably also on an STe.


*** Some of the features of the librarian ***

- Uses its own desktop with icons etc. for fast operation
- Nearly all functions can also be accessed thru the keyboard
- Handles both Programs and Combinations
- Handles raw Sys-Ex dumps
- Libraries of up to 100 Progs/Combis, corresponding to the 100 M1 slots
- Extended clipboard use (e.g. selective Paste, selective clipboard-clear)
- M1-positions are saved with the library for very easy retrieval of M1
  setups
- 'Find' function for searching specific sounds on disk, including wildcard
  search
- Sort sounds in a library
- Lots of user-configurable parameters and flags, which can be saved in a
  separate settings-file
- Extensive data-integrity checking
- Online help
- etcetera

Technicalities:
- The librarian currently runs only in high-rez. The dump-acc also runs in
  medium-rez.
- Both programs should run on large (e.g. A3) monitors, although I haven't
  been able to test this.
- The dump-accessory can also run as a stand-alone application my renaming
  M1_ASS.ACC to M1_ASS.PRG
- Only the M1's '100 programs/small sequencer' mode is supported (who needs
  the '50 Prog/large seq' mode if you already have a computer?).

The accessory incorporates the basic-functions of the librarian and
has some 'dump-acc' specific extras (like generic MIDI message handling, 
fast-dump routine, etc.). It's main intent is to enable you to dump 
complete M1 setups to the M1 from within e.g. a sequencer. You may e.g. 
maintain separate setups (i.e. Progs and Combis) for every song, so you
no longer have to think about 'which Prog should be where...' etc.

The package comes with extensive, pop-up menu driven documentation.
The entire package is Public Domain. So no demo-stuff, disabled functions
or whatever... :-)
Sources are (c) by me :) and are neither PD nor available.
Suggestions, criticism and bug-reports always welcome.

Enjoy it,
Hendrik Jan


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Hendrik Jan Veenstra    hjv@phil.ruu.nl  *  How can I save my dreams
Dept. of Philosophy                      *  in the nightmare, in the flood
University of Utrecht                    *  But I try.
The Netherlands                          *
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