2020. 4. 10. 13:37ㆍ카테고리 없음
Being rather new at Digital Performer (and Mac for that matter) things have actually been going fairly smooth but I've run into a snag, there's always got to be something weird involved I guess. In what appears to be somewhat akin to Cakewalk INS files for instrument definitions I need to 'define' my Korg TR88 somehow in order to be able to access all the patches the way I'd like. This was a transparent no-brainer operation for my Roland Fantom XR and XP-30 units whose default bank/patch lists magically appeared in DP shortly after having listed these synths in a bundle associated with my Midi Timepiece AV-USB, however, sad to say the same didn't happen for the Korg TR88 which is directly connected through USB. Now I find myself lost in a world of; you need to find the midnam file and/or the middev file and put them in /library/audio/midi devices/etc. And then there's Cherry Picker?? Any advice on this sticky situation would be appreciated! I went through the same hell setting up my MIDI devices for ProTools, which has even less of a default device library than Performer, and which is much more picky about the formatting of the files.
I hate to tell you this, but I ended up having to learn way more than I wanted to about it all and basically had to code my own files to make it happen, down to troubleshooting formatting errors that were peculiar to ProTools as opposed to Performer, like 'does that space belong there' and 'should that be a comma or a semicolon.' It was really that bad- you can probably find my rant about it on the DUC if you search under my user name there (Philthy.) Now this was a couple of years ago, and I vowed to forget it as soon as I finished it, but I'll tell you what I vaguely remember. First of all, at that time there were a couple of web sites that had collections of the files you might need. However, I did a quick Google search for you just now and had no success. You may have the motivation to do a better search than I did. Second, I believe you need both files. The midnam file contains the patch list with all the different sounds, and it's that list that pops in in DP when you go to pick a patch.
The middev file contains info on the layout of the device (channels, and also all the info on how the device receives patch info- how the banks are organized, and what midi data numbers choose which banks.) You may be able to create a middev file by cloning an available file from a device that is arranged and controlled similarly. I think I ended up having to do that in one case, and it get complicated because the files refer to each other and you need to get all the formatting exactly correct. It.ing sucked. I'm feeling bad telling you about it. I hope someone will just chime in now with the files you need and tell you the directory to drop them in.
Good luck if they don't. One thing you have going for you is that DP is more forgiving about the formatting of the files than ProTools. ProTools implementation sucked, just like most things beyond the most basic MIDI in ProTools. You and I are a dying breed my friend.
This document was my starting point when I faced your problem. You might be able to find something more angled for DP as this is for ProTools, although the file formats are SUPPOSED to be the same. Skip the beginning, down to this part: Creating Custom MIDI Patch Name Files If you have an external MIDI device for which there is no factory MIDI patch names file, you can create your own. The easiest way to do this is to start with an existing file for a similar device (if there is one). The following example starts with the factory MIDI patch name file for the Waldorf MicroWave and edits it for a Waldorf MicroWave XT.
Yes, it's already become a sad story. I did find a midnam file for the TR which appears to have the correct patches and dropped it into the proper directory. Cherry Picker appeared to be real friendly and right away offered to update the existing Korg middev file. Things appeared to be sailing along but after a few attempts (name change, reboot, unplug/re-plug) I just couldn't get the midnam/middev files to associate with the TR88 in DP.
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It occurred to me to try hooking the TR88 in via midi cables. I associated it with my midi timepiece AV bundle (like my Roland synths are) in DP. This initially looked good as the banks/patches then appeared for selecting, however, no matter what bank/patch combination I selected the TR88 would only load patches in the General MIDI bank. Meanwhile I was quickly reminded of why I'd 'un-MIDIed' the TR88 to begin with; the unit never seems to 'shut up'. The unit seems to be constantly sending and/or receiving midi data on any/all midi channels for no apparent reason. The whole situation seems to be a lose-lose. Yes, it's already become a sad story.
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I did find a midnam file for the TR which appears to have the correct patches and dropped it into the proper directory. Cherry Picker appeared to be real friendly and right away offered to update the existing Korg middev file. Things appeared to be sailing along but after a few attempts (name change, reboot, unplug/re-plug) I just couldn't get the midnam/middev files to associate with the TR88 in DP. It occurred to me to try hooking the TR88 in via midi cables. I associated it with my midi timepiece AV bundle (like my Roland synths are) in DP.
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This initially looked good as the banks/patches then appeared for selecting, however, no matter what bank/patch combination I selected the TR88 would only load patches in the General MIDI bank. Meanwhile I was quickly reminded of why I'd 'un-MIDIed' the TR88 to begin with; the unit never seems to 'shut up'. The unit seems to be constantly sending and/or receiving midi data on any/all midi channels for no apparent reason.
The whole situation seems to be a lose-lose. Well this situation has improved significantly since yesterday. A Korg forumite suggested that I switch the unit's sync to external which halted the crazy midi activity. Meanwhile I dug through the manuals enough to discover that I needed to set Global Bank Select to Korg rather than General MIDI and now the unit will switch to the different banks as well as patches from the default patch list in Digital Performer. I know my Roland synths pretty well but this is only my second Korg keyboard. Anyway I'm still disappointed that I can't use the patch lists while being connected through USB but I can now live with using MIDI.