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@Node Main "Chroma Polaris SYSEX dump to MIDI cc (in OctaMED MMDx)"

   SysexToCC_gui.rexx

  @{" Author            " link author}

  @{" Requirements      " link requirements}

  @{" Usage             " link usage}

  @{" Version / History " link version}

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@node author "The Guilty Party..."

   SysexToCC_gui.rexx

   Written by David T. Krupicz
   Nov 22 1997

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@node requirements "Requirements"

   Echo_MS.rexx

   Required:
      An Amiga computer
      A Chroma Polaris analogue keyboard ;) *
      A MIDI interface
      Kickstart version 37.175
      Workbench version 38.36
      OctaMED SoundStudio version 1.03c
      Syx v1.1 (sysex capture program)
      rexxsupport.library
      rexxarplib.library
      Assigned directory "sysex:"

* This might be the hard one to get on the list...
   ..but it's well worth it ;)

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@node version "Version / History"

   SysexToCC_gui.rexx

   Version ?.??

   History
   v?.?? (Nov 22 1997)  - Who knows what version this is...
                          I've changed it more times than
                          I can count!

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@node usage "Usage"

   SysexToCC_gui.rexx

   Usage

   Hook the midi OUT of the Chroma Polaris keyboard into
   the midi in of the AMIGA.

   Run Syx 1.1 (or other compatible SYSEX dump program)

   Select 'REC' in Syx 1.1

   Press 'lower function' , 'casette' , '12' on the chroma
   polaris

   Save the 121 byte sysex file into the assigned dir
   "sysex:"

   In OctaMed Soundstudio, create a new block and run the
   arexx script SysexToCC_gui.rexx.  Follow the on-screen
   prompts for file selection.

   For 121 byte sysex dumps, select "ZERO" in the offset
   requester.

   This version allows multiple sysex dumps to be placed
   in a single file.  The requester selection "CURSOR"
   will set the appropriate 121 byte file offset based
   upon the number of the current line that the tracker
   editor cursor is on.

   This creates a track of midi continuous controller
   data which can be sent to the chroma polaris which
   will replicate all the slider and button settings of
   the patch which was captured through SYSEX.  These
   CC commands must be sent at the beginning of a
   song by placing a note for any of the 16 midi channels
   at the start of the block, and playing the block.

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