[Jsynthlib-devel] Waldorf Pulse - Importing patches

[stephen c. <sc...@ho...>]

Hello All,

I have recently downloaded JSynthLib and attempted to load patches for my 
Waldorf Pulse from the Waldorf ftp site:

http://waldorf.electro-music.com/pulse/sounds/

These are a mixture of single sounds and collections of sounds, mostly in 
.mid format.

I have had great success importing one file with a collection of sounds 
(rob_papen/pulse_rp.mid) by using File -> import and changing the file type 
to 'All files'. This gives me each sound in the set, listed individually in 
the currently open Library. Each of these patches can be opened successfully 
in the Edit window. I also get a couple of entries like: 
"Device/Sysex/Probably a Waldorf Electronics Patch, Size: 12", but I am 
ignoring these as all the individual patches have loaded and that's what I 
care about.

I have also had success Importing some individual patches:
/markus_monnerjahn/da_bass.mid, rotor.mid and marilsaw.mid.

Most of the other patches on the ftp site however have given me problems:
- Attempting to load /spike/drums.mid, I get the following entry in my 
Library view:
Synth=Device
Type=Sysex
Patchname=-
Comment=Probably a Matsushita Communication Industrial Patch, Size: 836

If I then try Reassign on this entry, I get: "Oops, no driver was found 
which supports this patch! Nothing will happen"

- Attempting to load /paul_nagle/pulsepn1.mid, absolutely nothing happens 
(including in my DOS window)

I am using the files in JSynthLib-0.19-pre1.zip, as this release contains 
the driver files for the Waldord Pulse. I found that these files were not in 
the other version I downloaded: JSynthLibversion018.zip

I would imagine that these .mid files (being hosted as they were for many 
years on the official Waldorf site) are error-free so find it strange that I 
should get inconsistent behaviour between them.

Any help that anyone could give me on this would be very greatly 
appreciated.

Congratulations on what looks to be a pretty cool little app, btw.

Thanks,
Stephen.

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