Re: AW: AW: [Jsynthlib-devel] Okay... so why can't I edit a patch with this?

[Brian <br...@ov...>]

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>"*Most* synths have a single F0 .. F7 pair in their sysex."
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>Is this true?  I thought only old synth (or for compatibility with old
>synth) uses a single sysex MIDI message even for a large data transfer.
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In my experience yes, all but one driver I've written use only one  F0 
.. F7 pair, while three or four used
variable length sysex. Still, I own mostly older devices so if there is 
information to contradict this,
no problem. Lets say that most devices have a constant number of F0 .. 
F7 pairs in their sysex
and / or a constant byte size. Using these two methods we should be able 
to tell when a patch is complete
in 99% of devices.

Brian