Re: [Jsynthlib-devel] test refactor branch

[Martin T. <m.t...@zo...>]

On Thu, 29 Dec 2011, Frankie Fisher wrote:

> However I don't have any of the other synths so its not really
> possible for me to do this for any of the other devices as its
> impossible for me to test it. Whereas if there was a universal driver,
> the remote control stuff that I had done for TX81z might transfer over
> to other synths for free (depending how the menus are set up). Plus, if
> someone reports a bug on e.g. the WT11, then maybe the bug is also
> reproducible on the TX81z which would mean it could be fixed on the
> TX81z as well.

VMEM sysex bulk dump compatibility was the easy part when I developed the 
Atari program "YSEDITOR PLUS" in the 1990's. Supporting the 100-patch 
bankformat (actually via MIDI 128=4x32 patches) was already a bit more 
complicated. But supporting all these different voice editbuffer formats 
and different remote control messages in one program was a real nightmare. 
(at the end of it YSEDITOR did a pretty good job). It is true, many of the 
problems I had could only be solved because several people and the local 
music shop were willing to let me do some testing with some of these 
Yamaha synths at home. I have owned a YS200 and V50, I was able to do some 
testing with a TX81Z, DS55, WT11, and got help and feedback from people 
using some of the other synths, and I had all the SysEx specs. On paper - 
it was the time before everyone could download all manuals as PDF from the 
internet :-)

I don't have much time and never learned to code in Java, but the know-how 
I aqcuired when creating YSEDITOR (I still have the GFA basic source code) 
could be helpful when developing a universal 4-op FM JSL driver.

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MT