System Exclusive messages are nothing more than what it says--a string of data interpreted by some synths that's garbage to others, so you have to make sure that when you send it, you're sending the correct format message on the correct channel to the synth that will respond to it. Depending on how robust the programming was for a particular synth, a system exclusive message not formatted and constructed for that synth could be ignored or misinterpreted, in which case, you'll be opening up that proverbial box o' chocolates, never knowing what you're going to get! LOL! On the whole, sysex is well behaved. You just have to go manual-diving to find the right string of gobble-dee-gook to send to make your axe do what you want it to, when you want it to.
HTH On Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:16:48 -0400, you wrote: >Ah, that does make sense. Now that you mention it, GS does have a few sysex >messages in it. Since I'm bot at all familiar with sysex, I might as well >leave it alone. I'll still look at it at some poit and have a definite idea of >if it's too hard or not for me to mess with. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Arthur Pirika > To: QWS list > Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2011 6:03 AM > Subject: Re: QWS List how do they do this? > > > You are correct, in that sysex usually only apply to one synth or one line > of synths. Most typically, we see gs, or xg sysex. however, especially in the > case of gs sysex, they can be picked up by a range of synths, including, for > example, the yamaha software synths. So, my thinking is your listening to gs > final fantasy music... and of course, the sysex would be recognised by both > the vsc and xg synths. > > hth, > Arfy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Raymond Grote > To: QWS list > Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2011 4:11 PM > Subject: Re: QWS List how do they do this? > > > Sorry for double-posting, but I just found out that it is indeed system > exclusive, after playing with it a bit more. I deleted the system exclusive > stuff and the effect no longer made itself known. Now, the question is, where > would this information be found out? I thought system exclusive was only for > one line of devices or one specific device. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Raymond Grote > To: QWS list > Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2011 2:02 AM > Subject: QWS List how do they do this? > > > Hi guys, > I was just listening to some Final Fantasy 7 and Final Fantasy 8 midis, > and in some of them, they somehow managed to change the decay time of the > reverb, and in some rare cases I have heard them adjust other attributes of > the reverb as well, like the damping, but I can't be sure. It works over a > few different synths I have, like xM play and Yamaha synths, and the Roland > VSC software synth, so this has got to be something that is supported in more > than one line of synth, especially if XM Play supports it. So, controller 91 > adjusts the amount of reverb, what about the other stuff? Is it system > exclusive or just a weird combination of controllers? I have some sample > midis if needed. > Does anyone know anything about this or do we need samples of this rare > phenomenon lol. To unsubscribe or change list options, see http://lists.andrelouis.com for archived list posts, see http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
