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1. Batch Convert DX7 Patches Ctrl C Master Patch List Opens the Master Patch List dialog This option is only enabled if your copy of sy factory is registered Library Information Opens the Library Statistics dialog This option is only enabled if your copy of sy factory is registered Batch Import to Library Opens the Batch Import To Library dialog This option is only enabled if your copy of sy factory is registered Batch Convert DX7 Patches Opens the Batch Convert DX7 Patches Wizard This option is only enabled if your copy of sy factory is registered The sy factory Window 15 The Window Menu The Window menu provides the following options Tile Horizontal Etrit Alt H Tile Vertical Ctrl Alt Maximise Windows Ctrl M Restore Windows Ctrl R Minimise Windows Ctrl Ll View SY Synthesizer Data 1 View SY Library 7 NEWWAGE TO4 FACTORY TO1 In the example given above you ll see that after the predefined menu options there are menu options that allow you to select the windows currently open within sy factory 77NEWAGE T04 and FACTORY TO1 in our example menu Tile Horizontal Arranges all non minimised Child Windows along the horizontal axis Tile Vertical Arranges all non minimised Child Windows along the vertical axis Maximise Windows Maximises all Child Windows so they all occupy the size defined by the desktop Restore Windows Restores all maximised minimised Child Wind
2. nice 1 01 401 One World is referenced by Multi 04 404 Not Of This World Part 01 Multi 05 405 Fminor Part 05 Multi 05 405 Fminor Part 07 Multi 05 405 Fminor Part 08 Multi 05 405 Fminor Part 09 Multi 05 A05 Fminor Part 10 Multi 05 405 Fminor Part 11 Multi 05 405 Fminor Part 12 The Object being referenced is shown at the top of the Dialog followed by the Objects referencing it Sort Objects The Sort by Name command is found upon the Context Sensitive Menu in both the Tree View and the Table View In the Tree View the sort options are accessed via the Context Sensitive Menu for the Collection that you wish to sort e g the Voice Collection to sort Voices In the Table View the sort options are accessed via the Context Sensitive Menu for any Object The sort can also be initiated by clicking in the Name column header Program Features 45 Synth Editing Features sy factory supports the following editing operations upon the Synth Object within the Tree View of a Child Window Move Copy e Initialise e Import from SY Memory e Export to SY Memory only available if sy factory is registered and MIDI support is enabled e Add To Library e Cut to Clipboard e Copy to Clipboard e Paste from Clipboard To access these features other than Move and Copy which you do via Drag and Drop right click over the Synth Object to activate the Synth Objec
3. Sy factory Version 3 5 00 User Manual C Derek Cook 2008 2012 www xfactory librarians co uk Welcome to sy factory V3 5 00 Table of Contents ac DR Ar A VI 1 nigesies DM MOORE IPSI HTEHCEm Porno TmrPODITPTMCUOPR 1 SRESER T e a NAE PEE AT EEEE EE E TEET EE AEE A EAEE TT AR EREE PETE 1 What s New in sy factory d oni t E 3 Bd chic Sb ee aa ne ee Rene ere See Te Ee teen ee ee rey 3 Er Ur e ocn 3 E TED TES 3 VERUM O 137281 AA EEN ANT ASEE ARE AINE PEE OENE EA EERE RTE AE AA SEN EUN Sod MIS 3 R E 2 EAAS EAA IAEE E E AE e A N 3 N A 3 C a Pg EEE E 3 i a EEE E ONEA 3 WIE T DEPO 3 Men UE EEES EE IAE AAE A A I AAEE A AO EP E T A 3 LABORI CIEGO URN 3 Installation and Configuration of sy factory 1111 nes eee rene sere nn ESE ske e SS SE ee rene sere sana aan snas annuas 4 ne Edensions for WIR sans 4 E cont 318 risu m EE 4 PO nemon COMUNE DIL areas 4 LEX LEUR ouciserieiqiudiei rani E E ipud A EN E Mte PUE PET DR MEE PETET EE 5 e Raps a PDT E 6 aiia BOL SiC Ue 2 9 TTA 7 MIS emper 7 e CENERE NTE ONE E ETEF ESCEA E PAE AE TER EE E E TERN 7 Command uir TCR RENCONTRE e 7 To EINEN d TM 8 Jp Ven UNIEENE 9 Main Menu Headings ssssseessssssseessseeee ee rea nene e sere eee eee ee kene e eee eee eee eee ee ede ee re e ssa e eee eee 9 Et Ee cu e
4. 7 I 14 414 7 l 15 415 7 18 18 e H7 B01 51H18 B05 e cJ l 19 ioa e c3 l 20 B04 e CJ l 22 B06 e 7 I 23 B07 e 7 I 24 B08 Dyno E Pna o 04 A04 Alto Sax BrasChoral Falk 1 Gtr Triton FrenchHorn MY ZTackPro cJ F10 410 Wood Bass Chamberstr Jazz Organ Masty Saw Metamanics Itapia Wild Sing Dyna Grand My Grand 8ba Piano Rock Piano 9 I 21 B05 Chorus Pna BigChardEP Ice Piana Dark E Prin 9v All Data File Location Mame Type EJ User Voices JLo A01 GrandPiano 1 AFM amp 1 Avv P H07 A07 Triton 8ba Piano F20 B04 Rock Piano 22 B06 BigChardEP 28 B12 Harpsichrd 1 AFM amp 1 Avi Poly ana eo Ae TE ne The Iree and Table views support drag move and drag copy operations and the views will automatically scroll whilst drag operations are in progress sy factory also provides two special Child Windows e he SY Synthesizer Window e The SY Library Window This Window is only available if you have registered sy factory The sy factory Window 20 Tree View The Tree View shows the SY data as a hierarchical tree and can show more information than the Table View The following example shows a split Child Window with two Tree Views FACTORY TO1 J I 60 D12 FullString EI l 61 013 WideString Voice Type
5. Pena which is issued under the MIT License which requires the following statement to be included in the release THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT TORT OR OTHERWISE ARISING FROM OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE sy factory License 90
6. CJ Preset Synth Data QA Preset Voices o 7 Preset Waves 7 Preset Micro Tunings o 7 Preset Pans Cd User Synth Data LA User Voices 7 User Multis CJ User Master Control Setups o CJ User Pan Data 7 User Microtuning Data 7 User Songs System Settings 3036 This Child Window is a special View that shows the following SY Preset and User Data Collections e Preset Voices e Preset Waves e Preset Microtunings e Preset Pans e User Voices e User Multis e User Master Control Setups SY99 only e User Pan data e User Microtuning Data e User Sequencer data SY77 SY99 only e System Settings The purpose of showing these User Data Collections is to allow drag and drop transfers of User data such as Voices and Multis between sy factory and the SY via the MIDI Interface The Preset data can be drag copied onto user data if required For example you can drag a Preset Voice onto a Multi part The sy factory Window 23 SY Library Window Note This Window can only be opened if you have registered sy factory The SY Library Data Window is made visible by ensuring that the View SY Library option in the Window Menu is checked m a De E m i ARM PAD 1 AF M cm Sl ER T BT CUN ees pampo STI a nays Une BEANDATE DEFEAT 2AFM amp 2AWMPoly BYT vririr icir Unknown IBARYONTOS DINOSAUR 2AFMPoy ever Akik presen BARTONTOS Enable F
7. N N Voice Controllers o Y yY y N Multi Collection o Y JY YT Multi meca O a e O M E CONI RN NN Multi Par N NN Y EN NN JN N N Multi Effects Collection Y Y Y N N N NN N Multi Chorus Effect Unt2 Y Y Y N nN N JN N IN Multi Reverb Effect Uniti Y yY Y Nn nN N N N IN Multi Reverb Effect Unit2 NY Y Y N N N N Master Control Setup Collection Y Y Y Nn IN N N Y Master Control Setup Pan Data Collection Y yY Y JN N N Y Y j PanData 1 0 wy v yvy Y Jv v NN Y 69g Microtuning Data Collection Y Y Y Nn Nn N N Y MirounngDaa o Y Y v Jv jv v v N j Sequencer Pattern Chain Collection Y Y Y N N N N j or ee E Sequencer Time Signature Collection Y Y Y O J N ON N JN N IN Sequencer Time Signature Y lY Y Nn Y Y JN N IN System Parameters O Y yY yY ON nN N PN N N y Program Features 42 Copy Move Object sy factory makes extensive use of drag and drop for copying and moving Objects You can drag copy or move Objects within a file or between files and you can drag single items or multiple items The default drag operation is to move an Object and there are two types of move operations e Moving an Object within its Parent Collection e g moving a Voice from location 1 to location 4 e Moving an Object to a new Parent Collection e g moving a Voice from one file to an
8. Name Type DJ User Voices jl GrandPiano 1 AFM amp 1 AvvM Poly CJ 01 A01 GrandPiano As a pu a A E ac Dyno E Pno L Voice Type 1 AFM amp 1 AWM Poly 04 A04 Alto Sax 1 AFM amp 1 AWM Poly 5 voice MicraTuning POT Equal Temperament j 05 1205 BrasChoral 1 AFM amp 1 Ah Poly 7 Elements 1 06 406 Folk1 Gtr 1 AFM amp 1 AM Poly 9 CI Effects HOF 407 Triton 2 AWM Poly Li nonus Enea meaig BOE EE E Al 5 Chorus Effect 2 Through oo Wood Bass 1 AFM amp 1 AWM Poly Reverb Effect 1 Reverb Stage I 511 ChamberStr 1 AFM amp 1 AWM Poly Reverb Effect 2 Early Reflection L12 A12 Jazz Organ 2 AWM Poly D Controllers 24 i 13 813 Nasty Saw JI AFR amp 1 Avv Poly e e gt 311 02 A02 Arianne l 14 gt 4 Meramonics 1 AMST Aah Poly TTNEWAGE TOA TARKUS TOA og bd E os 7 I 02 402 SynPnoEns Location Name Typ gt 5 03 A03 MultiSweep 19 B03 P HAMMD AV 1 AFM amp 1 IM Poly Boe fo osa e Spare ao oy ja d uni FUS A05 Stare azar 22 BOE ESP GTRIAV 1 AFM amp 1 AWM Poly c 1 06 e Re 1 23 607 128GUIT AV TAFM amp 1 AWM Poly L Voice Type 2 AFM Poly I 24 B08 80125GTRAV 1 AFM amp 1 AM Poly D Voice MicroTuning 101 GRMHARPIAV 1 AFM amp 1 Avid Poly CJ Elements E Effects The Window Menu provides menu options to e Tile either vertically or horizontally all Child Windows that are not iconised e Minimise all Chi
9. Poly 16 AI E Wild Sing AFM amp 1 Avi Poly 17 B01 Dyna Grand AFM amp 1 Ai Poly 18 B02 hiv Grand AFM amp 1 Avi Poly 19 BD ba Piano AFM amp 1 Avi Poly 20 B04 Rock Piano ANM Poly 21 B05 horus Pna AFM amp 1 AM Poly 22 BOB igChordER AFM amp 1 Asim Poly 23 BOF e Piana AFM amp 1 Av Poly 24 BOR ark E Pna AFM amp 1 Ati Poly 25 BOG et Clavi AFM amp 1 Avi Poly 26 B10 ighti lavi AFM amp 1 Asim Poly 27 B11 elesta AFM amp 1 Asim Poly 28 B12 arpsichrd AFM amp 1 AM Poly ull Organ 1 AFM amp 1 Av Poly ce EF a ce The Table View can only show one Collection of Objects at a time You can select what a Table View shows by right clicking within the table to access the context sensitive menu upon which can be found menu options to select the different data types available in a file Each row within the table shows one Object The Table View s context sensitive popup menus support editing operations The cells in a Row that contain the Object s Name can be directly edited by clicking in them The sy factory Window 22 SY Synthesizer Window The SY Synthesizer Data Window is made visible by ensuring the View SY Synthesizer Data option in the Window Menu is checked The Title of the Window indicates whether or not the connected synthesizer as defined in the Device Type tab of the Preferences Dialog is an SY77 TG77 or SY99 SY99 Synthesizer Synthesiser
10. a Child Window e Copy Move e Initialise e Sort by Name e Import Data from SY e Export Data to SY only available if sy factory is registered e Add To Library e Cut to Clipboard e Copy to Clipboard e Paste from Clipboard The Multi Collection Object in a file is only shown within a Tree View and is called User Multis To access all features other than Move and Copy which you do via Drag and Drop right click over the Multi Collection to activate the Multi Collection s Context Sensitive Menu sy factory supports the following editing operations upon the Multi Objects within the Tree View or Table View of a Child Window e Copy Move e nitialise e Hename e Insert e Delete e Import from SY Memory e Export to SY Memory only if available sy factory is registered e Export to SY Edit Buffer only if available sy factory is registered e Add To Library e Cut to Clipboard e Copy to Clipboard e Paste from Clipboard To access all features other than Move and Copy which you do via Drag and Drop right click over a Multi or selection of Multi to activate the Multi s Context Sensitive Menu Within the Tree View of a Child Window you can also directly edit the following Objects that make up a Multi e Multi Parts e Multi Effects Import from SY Memory Imports Multis from the SY Memory locations into the currently selected Child Window You can export e A Single Multi e A Selection of Multis e All Multi
11. as on the desktop To make an alias you can choose any one of the following methods e Click the sy factory item you have just identified and hold down the mouse button Then while holding down the Command and Option keys simultaneously drag the item to where you want the alias to appear then let go of the mouse button and finally release the two keys This will create an alias at your desired location While dragging the ghosted item will display a shortcut arrow which will remain on the aliased icon when it has been created e Hold down the Ctrl key and then click the sy factory item as identified previously The context menu will be displayed and one of the choices will be Make Alias Click that option and then release the key The sy factory alias will appear next to the original item and can be dragged to your location of choice e Select the sy factory item you identified previously by clicking it once then press Command l lowercase L The sy factory alias will appear next to the original item and can be dragged to your location of choice e Click the sy factory item once to select it and then from the File menu select Make Alias The sy factory alias will appear next to the original item and can be dragged to your location of choice Note that if your alias does not have a small arrow in the lower left corner then you have not correctly created an alias and have probably just dragged the application launcher to a new location If s
12. by the Multi Part Preset Voices from the SY Synthesizer Window can be dragged onto Multi Parts as well Please note the drag operation for this is COPY only You cannot MOVE a Voice onto a Multi Part Program Features 52 Multi Effects Editing Features sy factory supports the following editing operations upon the Multi Effects Units Collection shown within the Tree View of a Child Window e Copy Move e Initialise e Cut to Clipboard e Copy to Clipboard e Paste from Clipboard To access all features other than Move and Copy which you do via Drag and Drop right click over the Multi Effects Units Collection to activate the Multi Effects Units Collection s Context Sensitive Menu sy factory supports the following editing operations upon the individual Multi Effects Objects Chorus and Reverb effects units within the Tree View of a Child Window e Copy Move e Initialise e Cut to Clipboard e Copy to Clipboard e Paste from Clipboard To access all features other than Move and Copy which you do via Drag and Drop right click over a Multi Effect or selection of Multi Effects to activate the Multi Effects s Context Sensitive Menu Program Features 53 Master Control Setup Editing Features sy factory supports the following editing operations upon the Master Control Setup Collection shown within the Tree View of a Child Window e Copy Move e Initialise e Sort by Name e Import Data from SY e Export Data to
13. columns sy factory Configure Filters Rating Comment Author Source File 2 Match When Equal Regular Expression C Regular Expression Regular Expression Match when Greater Than Or Equal To Match Value Match Value 3 Match Value e Rating allows you to select whether or not an exact match is required or if the filter is to allow ratings greater than or equal to the one shown e Comment allows you to select if a PERL Regular Expression can be entered or if choices are restricted to the choices provided in the drop down dialog e Author allows you to select if a PERL Regular Expression can be entered or if choices are restricted to the choices provided in the drop down dialog e Source File allows you to select if a PERL Regular Expression can be entered or if choices are restricted to the choices provided in the drop down dialog The default state of the filters can be configured on the Library Preferences tab in the Preferences Dialog The sy factory Window 25 Status Bar The Status Bar provides the following pieces of information from left to right for the Child Window which is currently selected e The name of the file currently open if any If no file has been selected then this field is blank e The type of the file e Whether or not the file has been modified e f the left top split pane is a table this indicator identifies what the table is showing e g Voices or Multis e f the right b
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15. from the currently selected Child Window to the SY Memory locations Note if you have more than one Master selected then this operation is not available Pan Editing Features sy factory supports the following editing operations upon the Pan Collection shown within the Tree View of a Child Window e Copy Move e Initialise e Sort by Name e Import Data From SY e Export Data to SY only available if sy factory is registered e Add To Library e Cut to Clipboard e Copy to Clipboard e Paste from Clipboard Program Features 54 The Pan Collection Object in a file is only shown within a Tree View and is called User Pan Data To access all features other than Move and Copy which you do via Drag and Drop right click over the Pan Collection to activate the Pan Collection s Context Sensitive Menu sy factory supports the following editing operations upon the Pan Data Objects within the Tree View or Table View of a Child Window e Copy Move e Initialise e Rename e Insert e Delete e List References e Import from SY Memory e Export to SY Memory only if available sy factory is registered e Add To Library e Cut to Clipboard e Copy to Clipboard e Paste from Clipboard To access all features other than Move and Copy which you do via Drag and Drop right click over a Pan or selection of Pans to activate the Pan s Context Sensitive Menu Import from SY Memory Imports Pans from the SY Memory locations into the cu
16. is registered e Export to SY Edit Buffer only if available sy factory is registered e Add To Library e Cut to Clipboard e Copy to Clipboard e Paste from Clipboard To access all features other than Move and Copy which you do via Drag and Drop right click over a Voice or selection of Voices to activate the Voice s Context Sensitive Menu Within the Tree View of a Child Window you can also directly edit the following Objects that make up a Voice e Voice Microtuning e Voice Elements e Voice Effects e Voice Controllers New Allows you to create a new Voice at the selected location from one of the following SY voice types e 1 AFM Mono e 2 AFM Mono e 4 AFM Mono e 1 AFM Poly e 2 AFM Poly e 1 AWM Poly e 2 AWM Poly e 4 AWM Poly e 1 AFM and 1 AWM Poly e 2 AFM and 2 AWM Poly e Drum This is different to initialising a voice which always creates a default AWM voice Note that the options for 4 AFM Mono 4 AWM Poly and 2 AFM and 2 AWM Poly voices are only available if the selected voices are in voice Bank D as the SY only allows these voices to saved in Bank D Import from SY Memory Imports Voices from the SY Memory locations into the currently selected Child Window You can import Program Features 47 e A Single Voice e A Selection of Voices e All Voices by selecting the Voice Collection Export to SY Memory Exports Voices from the currently selected Child Window to the SY Memory locations You can expor
17. look for to quickly find any errors DX7 Conversion Notes Like any conversion where the Voice Architectures are different perfect conversion results cannot be guaranteed had a further challenge because sold my DX7II a number of years ago as the SY77 and my FS1R made it redundant So haven t had a reference DX7 to compare the results against However did convert all of my DX7 files to FS1R format using fs factory before selling the DX7II and so the FS1H has been used as the reference to check for gross conversion errors Of course the DX7II to FS1R format was probably also not perfect However tend to go by my ears and the Voice Name to judge whether or not the conversion is giving me usable results bearing in mind that no conversion can be perfect And think have achieved that Of course haven t checked all the thousands of DX7 files that have wrote a scanning program to find 10 examples of each DX7 algorithm and that gave me a list of files to focus testing on to ensure that all algorithms were covered Once was happy with the converter then did some random sampling of files to check the results While the SY77 is very obviously based on the DX7 6FM Operator implementation it is quite different in a number of areas the key ones being e There are 45 algorithms on the SY77 and a mapping between DX7 and SY77 algorithms has to be made This is more complicated than it sounds as instead of setting a single a
18. right of the line this will bring up a file r dial Scan Subdirectories If a control is checked then the Batch Converter will also include any subdirectories that it finds within the source directory when looking for files to convert If this control is not checked then any subdirectories in the source directory will be ignored Ignore File CRC Errors If this control is not checked then any errors detected during file loading will halt the conversion process If this control is checked then these errors are ignored but are logged if logging is enabled It s recommended that this option is set as there are many DX7 files on the Internet with checksum errors Select Destination Directory Page The Select Destination Directory Page is shown below Program Features 63 Steps Select Destination Directory CASYTT Voice 5 Create Log File You can type the name of the destination directory in this control 3 if you click the button to the right of the line this will bring up a file dial Using the Batch Converter The converter is a simple Wizard and you can step through the choice pages using the Prev and Next buttons or exit the Wizard using the Cancel Button Select the source and destination directory options and once that is done click on the Finish button to start the Batch Convert Wizard The Wizard will not allow you to select a directory that doesn t exist and the source and destination directories
19. windows and the size and positions within the main sy factory window When you select this option a dialog opens which allows you to select an sy factory workspace file EXW Save Workspace This option allows you to save the current size and position of the main sy factory window and the arrangement of the open windows within sy factory to a Workspace file This option is only enabled if your copy of sy factory is registered Export to This option brings up the following sub menu The sy factory Window 10 HTML XML Cubase Patch Script SpreadSheetML These options allow you to Export the data in the currently selected file to a variety of different formats This option is only enabled if your copy of sy factory is registered Exit Exits the sy factory application If any files have been modified and have not been saved you will be given the option of saving them The sy factory Window 11 The Edit Menu The Edit menu provides the following options Undo Undos the previous edit stored in the Undo Buffer Redo Redos the next edit stored in the Undo Buffer Clear Undo Buffer Clears the Undo Buffer Cut Places a copy of the selected Object s onto the Clipboard and deletes the selected Object s from the file Copy Places a copy of the selected Object s onto the Clipboard Paste Copies the Object s on the Clipboard into the highlighted location within the current file F
20. 2 AFM amp 2 AYWM Poly D Voice MicraTuning P 1 Equal Temperament 7 Elements EI 1 AFM Element t lgorithm 40 Pan P38 R L narrow 5 Operator 1 1487 5 Operator 2 650 4 Operator 3 748 4 Operator 4 513 DY Operator 5 512 DY Operator 6 753 7 2 AFM Element Algorithm 42 Pan P18 Reo 5 3 AM Element Preset Wave 026 Strings Pan P34 Le R narrow D 4 Ah Element Preset Wave 026 Strings Pan P15 Lam 7 Effects D Chorus Effect 1 Symphonie 3 Chorus Effect 2 Symphonic Reverb Effect 1 Reverb Hall i Reverb Effect 2 Reverb Hall DY Controllers 1743 QA k r 014 Comvostrgs 19 EI User Multis e 01 ADT POP e 02 02 ROCK 1 7 Parts 5 01 Voice P2 08 A08 Pick Bass 02 Voice P1 03 voice P1 04 Voice P1 05 Voice P1 06 Voice P1 OF Voice P1 08 voice P1 08 voice P1 10 Voice P1 1 11 voice P1 1 12 Voice P1 1 13 voice P1 1 14 Voice P1 15 Voice P1 12 AT 2 Jazz Organ 56 D08 MWzFeedbck 01 401 GrandPiano 01 A013 GrandPiano 01 A013 GrandPiano 01 A013 GrandPiano 01 401 GrandPiano 01 401 GrandPiano 01 A013 GrandPiano 01 A013 GrandPiano 01 401 GrandPiano 01 401 GrandPiano 01 A013 GrandPiano 01 A013 GrandPiano D 16 Voice P2 B4 O16 Drum 2 QA Effects e 03 03 JAZZ 1 o 21 63 D15 Oh Choir z Qij 04 04 JAZZ 2 o 0J B4 016 Orchestra CJ 05 405 BAROQUE Basi
21. AE ra er R 68 b iod Li 2E iE eo cuisine an han ee ee lan ren Tee anne nee nenne 69 E er EEE i VERHBAUEHEBACHN 70 Check e m ITINERE 71 Bari E TT US mnm 72 MIDI Cet iii ne aa na ee nee ee 73 Edidi EREE AE EE EE E EE T E E E 75 i E aa eee ee ee eee en S 76 Sea ET E ET LU ee KETE TN TT i E NRI NET cT 78 IR e D pu TTD mt rmm m 79 e e ee eee 79 Un ND mn ETT 79 CUBES see T r ERR E 79 A EUIS LIII E E IRA 79 I nae I TRITT 79 deem Erie ditio TERNI Hr ccm 79 TO oec s C 79 kcikit n MMC e ah i kari r oo 80 You can only DRAG COPY Certain ODJECIS ev 80 Copying Moving Objects to a Different File jaka pes Crib a De E DIR RUF ERA ERE EUR UR ut itg ttti bus 80 cg TITIO oareE TERR 80 EISE a LLL LEA PE E eme hd M D M E EE 80 Welcome to sy factory V3 5 00 Table of Contents Tips and Tricks Selling Paletni Chain ECCE EO TD T ODE eee et nae ee et eee ee eee 80 DORUM i e 80 Moving Voices within a Pilo aaaana aaa ake n eee e nene e eee eres ee pen ner eee eee ee eee ee tee eee pene eren nnn ee pene 80 SS asset E E Epl qu a DEN A M XP E Vin Pp pM dcr Ra seb pU pti pH Vien ip PUES 80 Lopung Voice and Muli Effecis US md 80 epora Cubase FTONI Pat n LES nern euere 80 T NUNE PIE AN O ee R rete eee eC eee 81 Exporting Files I enen Tee 81 aaea a Ros ici mont BLU RE E EEI i 81 e TU Urt 82 see RENNER ee 83 AG N vem 84 Keyboa
22. Drop right click over the Voice Element Collection to activate the Voice Element Collection s Context Sensitive Menu sy factory supports the following editing operations upon the Voice Element Objects within the Tree View of a Child Window e Copy Move e Set Wave e Initialise e Insert e Delete e Cut to Clipboard e Copy to Clipboard e Paste from Clipboard To access all features other than Move Copy and Set which you do via Drag and Drop right click over a Voice Element or selection of Voices Elements to activate the Voice Element s Context Sensitive Menu Set Wave The Wave for an AWM Element can be set by drag copying a Preset Wave onto the Element Please note the drag operation for this is COPY only E g you cannot MOVE a Preset Wave onto an Element AFM Element Operator Editing Features sy factory supports the following editing operations upon the Voice AFM Element Operator Objects within the Tree View of a Child Window e Copy Move e nitialise e Insert e Delete e Cut to Clipboard e Copy to Clipboard e Paste from Clipboard To access all features other than Move and Copy which you do via Drag and Drop right click over a Voice AFM Element Operator or selection of Voice AFM Element Operators to activate the Voice AFM Element Operator s Context Sensitive Menu Voice Effects Editing Features sy factory supports the following editing operations upon the Voice Effects Units Coll
23. Edit Menu and on the Toolbar Please note that the undo buffer is global across all open files and is cleared when any file is closed This may be improved in later releases The undo buffer can be cleared by the selecting the Clear Undo Buffer option on the Edit Menu The intention of this feature is to help cope with low memory situations as it will free up the memory used by stored edits Program Features 34 Clipboard Support The sy factory clipboard works just like the clipboard in other applications It allows you to place an Object or a copy of an Object upon the clipboard and then paste that Object elsewhere within a file or another file You can Cut Copy either a single Object or a Collection of Objects onto the clipboard You can only paste from the clipboard to the current location in a file if it makes sense to do so For example e You cannot paste a Voice onto a Multi e You cannot paste ten Voices at the end of a Voice Collection if the selection is at Voice 56 or higher The sy factory clipboard is local to the application and only sy factory Objects can be placed upon it sy factory does not support the system clipboard so it is not possible to cut and paste between sy factory and other applications don t think this is a major drawback because cannot think of any circumstances where you would wish to do this Program Features 35 MIDI Support To use sy factory MIDI Export support your copy of sy factor
24. In Windows Explorer select Folder Options from the Tools menu and click the View tab 2 Look down the Advanced Settings list and find the Hidden Files and Folders option 3 Select the Show Hidden Files and Folders sub option 4 Select OK to close the dialog Cubase only looks for and reads patch scripts when it starts up so if you re in Cubase after generating the patch script then exit Cubase and start it up again Program Features 59 Configuring Cubase to Use the Master Patch List The patch scripts generated by sy factory should be compatible with Cubase VST SX SL SE The instructions given below are for Cubase SX which is the version use Consult your Cubase documentation for how to install patch scripts if you have a different version Within Cubase 1 Select MIDI Device Manager from the Devices Menu 2 Click on the Install Device button 3 Click on the SY Master Patch List option this is the sy factory generated file At the bottom of this dialog select your output MIDI port that the SY is connected to You can now close this dialog If you cannot see the SY Master Patch List then you have not placed it in the right folder This installs the patch list within Cubase and allows you to use it elsewhere within the application In the main Cubase screen select or create a MIDI track that you wish to be used with the SY In the Inspector window the panel to the left of the main window click on the out control and you s
25. MEE NENNEN 6 8 Export to MIDI Edit Buffer F Keyboard Short Cuts 87 Keyboard Shortcuts for the Preferences Dialog Action Keystroke Navigates through tabs Moves from tab to its associated Ctrl down content pane arrow Moves from content pane to its Ctrl up arrow associated tab Keystroke Moves insertion point one character Right arrow to the right Moves insertion point one character Moves insertion point to beginning of Ctrl right arrow d Moves insertion point to beginning of Ctrl left arrow previous word Moves insertion point to beginning of ield Moves insertion point to end of field End Submits text entry Enter Return Extends selection to beginning of Shift Home line Extends selection one character to Shift left arrow f Extends selection one character to Shift right arrow Extends selection to next word Shift Ctrl right arrow Extends selection to previous word Shift Ctrl left arrow Extends selection to end of line Shift End Keyboard Short Cuts Credits Thanks go to Jim Atfield for general debugging duties including OSX compatibility and for also checking out the behaviour of the installer on MAC OSX and then for loaning me his iMac so that could sort out some more pervasive issues Of course fell in love with the iMac so ended up getting my own Thanks to Clyde Atkinson for digging into his archives and providing hand worked examples of some of the DX7 voices that he
26. N MpEe HARI RCM NU 38 E A TTE 38 Adding Obiecte to The UDIAN nn ie eRe Timm PREDA 38 I sig ee RTI 38 Deleting Objects From The LIDA Vaun aaa aaana nana neae nane ee enen e rene ese nene see ese eee eee eee nese reres e eee eee even eee rene sie 38 Exporting 38 E Gd FeS DT BEI een ae 38 Boda AN pir eo kn s ES 38 koi I AMEN rem 39 Ecce cio NR PCT 39 Find and Goto Facilities eise tend reAue cEyERTRES FA FAO EE d r ru EF YR ER DX ARE EXPE A T Ka ERA r Vl ra d 40 XENON 40 EANES E PET P ENTRO URN 40 ejm I TTE TITRE 41 Eicucdlxeliaddm i et ND 42 Oe gt GERNE 43 EEE S on RNC INTRO 43 ACRES COMER HE 43 e 44 BOCICLE e NE inte teaiaieieniateranieteeiniesseines 44 Be ee Osee 44 SASI MMC since a ae aad esos aia eee eee 45 E I Ov iva ca IIO mem 46 BEE DOES MOMON cesta tenn cet ios te bae aint ea aided eee S ieee 46 Welcome to sy factory V3 5 00 Table of Contents Program Features E PISIS serium eridendie fomes tein hie uis teile oe icc a coda i ELS 46 del ame dx E NODI TT EET TUE 47 B MEER 47 Woar rom SY AR eiere a E E E AE ESES 47 OT NT 48 E QUEUE 48 voite Microiuning Unit Se ile lel FEaillreB neu 48 Voice Element Editing Features 2 u002240020000n0nno nenne nenne anne anne anne nnnnnnnnnnennnnennnnennnnenenne 49 Er L ee Re REEL 49 vol Gontralar FERNE ELIT S gene 50 Jerem RETI 51 AS aa 51 EK SUE PIGH oes serine hib ee ee ee in utei tue i 51 Ti SO DEDE EN eae
27. SY only available if sy factory is registered e Add To Library e Cut to Clipboard e Copy to Clipboard e Paste from Clipboard The User Master Control Setup Collection Object in a file is only shown within a Tree View and is called User Master Control Setups In the following guide they will be called Masters for brevity To access all features other than Move and Copy which you do via Drag and Drop right click over the Master Collection to activate the Master Collection s Context Sensitive Menu sy factory supports the following editing operations upon the Master Objects within the Tree View or Table View of a Child Window e Copy Move e nitialise e Hename e Insert e Delete e Add To Library e Cut to Clipboard e Copy to Clipboard e Paste from Clipboard To access all features other than Move and Copy and Set which you do via Drag and Drop right click over a Master or selection of Master to activate the Master s Context Sensitive Menu Note that the SY99 does not allow individual masters to be transmitted and received via MIDI Within the Tree View of a Child Window you can also directly edit the following Objects that make up a Master e Master Zones Import from SY Memory Imports Masters from the SY Memory locations into the currently selected Child Window You can export e A Single Masters e A Selection of Masters e All Masters by selecting the Master Collection Export to SY Memory Exports Masters
28. Tree View To rename Objects in the Table View simply double click in the Name Cell of the required Object to edit the name Insert Object Inserts an Object into a Collection at the current location The Insert command is found upon the Context Sensitive Menu in both the Tree View and the Table View You can insert more than one Object at a time by selecting multiple Objects prior to executing the Insert command For example if you wish to insert three Multis at location 10 select Multis 10 11 and 12 and then execute the Insert command Note that when you insert one or more Objects then the commensurate number of Objects at the end of the Parent Collection are removed if required This is necessary to maintain the correct number of Objects in a Collection For example an SY Voice Collection can only contain 64 Voices so if two Voices are inserted into the Collection then two Voices must be removed from the end of the Collection to maintain the correct size sy factory will maintain the Multi Part references to Voices when inserting Voices For example if you insert a Voice into a file at Location 10 then any Multi Parts which are referencing Voices at Locations 10 and above will be updated to ensure they still reference the same Voices after the insert operation as they were before the insert operation Delete Object Deletes an Object at the current location The Delete command is found upon the Context Sensitive Menu in both the T
29. Window e Copy Move e nitialise e Cut to Clipboard e Copy to Clipboard e Paste from Clipboard The System Settings Object is only shown within a Tree View and is called System Settings To access all features other than Move and Copy which you do via Drag and Drop right click over the System Settings Object to activate its Context Sensitive Menu Program Features 58 Master Patch List The Master Patch List Dialog is found on the Tools menu This feature is only available if your copy of sy factory is registered The Master Patch List Dialog provides a means for you to generate a single patch list from a list of files Currently only Cubase Patch Scripts can be generated but future versions may support other sequencers The Master Patch List dialog is shown below sy factory Master Patch List File List File CADevelopmentiev r Yvnicaesir NEWAGE TOUA c Developments Y 7 PWolcesiCOREAT 701 CDevelopmentoy raices ACTORT TUT File List Operations Hew Script Generation Options Cubase This dialog has the following options The list of files to incorporate into a single patch list If you click on one of the lines then you can edit the file either by typing or by using the button to the right of the line to bring up a file selector dialog ns if E ae N a line and you are finished you N S 9 the RETURN key for the ch b New nn a new line i in the file list Delete Deletes the e
30. actory Window The File Menu The File menu provides the following options 3 New Ctrl N Open Cti n Save Ct fh Save As Ctrl A Save All Ctrl Open Work Space Ctr Alt Save Work Space Ctrit AltS 1 CDevelopments 7fiVoices FACTORY 101 2 C Developnment sr 7 Voices 702BMID MID 3 CDevelopment s t 7 7 Voices TARKUS T04 4 C Development amp r 7 7 Voices EQUINOX 1 T06 CIS voices Sy i pads amp textures SYSEX sSyx 6 C Developments 7 7 Voices r HEVVAGE T UA C0Development st 77 Voices AROTHEWO TO1 8 CiDevelopmeniisy 7 Z Voicesiz AWORKDY TO1 9 Development st Voices COREA 1 T05 New Shows the Create New File Dialog which allows you to create a new file Open Shows the Open File Dialog which allows you to open a specified file Save Saves a file using its current name If the file in question is a newly created file then the Save File Dialog is brought up to allow a name to be entered This option is only enabled if your copy of sy factory is registered Save As Saves the selected file after a name has been entered in the Save File Dialog This option is only enabled if your copy of sy factory is registered Save All Saves all open files that have been modified using their current names This option is only enabled if your copy of sy factory is registered Open Workspace This option allows you to select a previously saved Workspace which is a Collection of open
31. at is being dragged For example a Multi Part Multi Part Branch Multi or Multi Branch can be dragged and the necessary Objects will be copied Preferences 67 Device Type Preferen ces The Device Type Preferences tab is shown below sy factory Preferences Check Preferences Default View Preferences Device Type Preferences MIDI Preferences Library Preferences Misc Preferences Voice Preferences Multi Preferences coo OO o o oooO This tab has the following options Device Type Preferences Allows you to select the type of Device that you have from the following options e SY77 e TGJ7 e SY99 This parameter is used by sy factory to determine what MIDI messages to send to the connected device When a TG77 is selected then no sequence data is sent or requested from the device 68 Voice Preferences The Voice Preferences tab is shown below sy factory Preferences Default View Preferences SY77 MIDI Preferences P SY99 MIDI Preferences S Library Preferences Misc Preferences Device Type Preferences WoicePreferences Multi Preferences Check Preferences Update Voices After Microtuning Move Update Voices After Panning Move Copy User Microtuning With Voice Copy User Pannings With Voice _ Add Reverb and Delay to Converted DXT Voice os Jem This tab has the follovving options Update Voices After If you move a Microtuning vvithin a file then the Voices are updated to Micr
32. available for Files shown in the Library Tree View List File Usage If you right click over an object in the Library and select the List File Usage menu option a dialog will be displayed which shows all the files in the Library that make use of that object Program Features 38 Several files may refer to a single object based on the setting on the Library import preferences if they are set not to add identical objects If this is set only a single copy is stored and all files that contained the identical object only refer to that single object within the Library New Author If you set the Library Table View to show Authors you can right click in the Table and select the New Author menu option which displays a dialog that allows you to create a new Author This option is also available in the Library Tree View by right clicking over the Author branch Library Information Opens the Library Statistics dialog Program Features 39 Find and Goto Facilities Find Dialog sy factory supports the ability to find Objects by name Searches start from the currently selected Object Selecting the Find option on the Edit Menu brings up the Find dialog that allows you to specify the string to search for In addition there are several options that can be selected to help refine the search Find What _ Match Case _ Match Whole Name _ Use Wildcards OK Cancel Find What The text string to search for If t
33. cally information is shown as a set of hierarchical Objects Objects may have children attached to them and they themselves may have further child Objects e g a Voice Object has a child Object for its Elements and this Object groups all the Elements of the Voice The basic tree structure is a Root Object at the top of the tree under which are various Object Collections which themselves contain further data Objects are displayed in one of two colours e Black if the Object is not referenced by another Object e Blue if an Object is referenced by another Object e g a Voice being used within a Multi The Tree View allows multiple Objects to be selected which is useful for performing operations only upon certain Objects You can only perform operations upon Objects of the same type If you wish to perform an operation upon all Objects in a Collection simply select the Collection containing the Objects The sy factory Window 21 Table View The Table View provides a more high level overview of the data than the Tree View and the representation of the data is more compact The following example shows a Child Window with a single Table View providing information on a file s Voices FACTORY TU4 Location Marne Type Wood Bass 1 AFM amp 1 Avv Poly 11 1411 harmberstr AFM amp 1 Avv Poly 12 A12 arr Organ AwWh Poly 13 813 asty Saw AFM amp 1 Av Poly 14 A14 etamanics AFM amp 1 Avi Poly 15 415 opia AVA
34. cted and converted in BASELINE JO Program Features 30 Save Open Files When you save a file to disk using the Save As command from the File Menu or when a file created using the New command from the File Menu is saved for the first time the following dialog appears to allow you to select a name for the file S mm Select th file to save to cents Be lB 3assoRTMN TOG BANK3 T03 BATMAN V T05 BEST2 T08 C ATMOSPHR TO1 L BARYON TO6 4 BATMAN TO4 BEST_OF T01 5 AVTARKUS T07 BASELINE TO2 BATMAN TOS BIELING TO1 1 BANK1 T01 BassBras 107 BEATLES TO2 PJ BIELING2 T01 F BANK2 T02 BASSES T05 BELS TOG 4 Bigfat to4 N BANK2 G T02 Bassestt01 BEST1 T07 BLAESER TO9 File Name FACTORY TUT Files of Type SY All Files Ton You can save a file to a different type by selecting Files of Type to be the new file type Program Features 31 Workspaces sy factory allows you to save the current size and position of the main sy factory window and the arrangement of the open Child Windows within sy factory to a file known as a Workspace This allows you to save a Workspace you are using for future recall at a later date The following for each Child Window remembered e Window size position and status normal maximised or minimised e Horizontal Vertical Splits including split position e Pane type s e g Tree Voice Table or Performance Table e Tree node expansion statu
35. do these exports So you may wish to turn the Automatically Update SY after Synth Window Edit option off during intensive editing sessions Once you ve made all your changes you then select the Export MIDI option on the MIDI Menu or the amp button on the Tool Bar Export option to manually export the changes If you quit sy factory with changes still present in the SY Synthesizer Window that have not been exported then you will be asked if you wish to export the data or not MIDI Keyboard Routing sy factory has a facility to allow MIDI data from an additional MIDI input port defined in the MIDI Preferences options dialog to be routed to the port you have selected for sy factory to output MIDI data on This allows for example you to use a master keyboard which may be closer to your computer to be used when auditioning SY sounds that you ve sent from sy factory to the SY edit buffer You access this feature by selecting the SY77 MIDI Router option in the MIDI Menu or by pressing the F12 function key whenever you need it which activates the following dialog sy factory MIDI Router SYT Routing Midi data from E DSP MIDI Port ACOO through to Express 128 Port 2 using Channel 1 Click Close Channel when finished Close Channel The name of the menu option will change depending on the selected device A MIDI router option also exists for the secondary device if enabled The router uses the MIDI channel defined in th
36. e MIDI Preferences dialog This can either be the channel transmitted by the source device or the specified channel The routing is active until you close the dialog by selecting the Close Channel button or by pressing the ESC key Program Features 37 Library Support To use the sy factory Library your copy of sy factory needs to be registered Configuring the Library To configure the Library go to the Library Preferences tab in the Preferences Dialog and set up the preferences for the Library Adding Objects to The Library The following Objects can be added to the Library e Synthesizer e Voices e Multis e Master Control Setups SY99 e Pans e Microtunings e Sequences You can add Objects to the Library using the following methods e Use the Add To Library function that can be found in an Object s context menu e Drag Copy an Object or Selection of Objects over the SY Library Window e Using the copy and paste functions of the Clipboard Please note that you can only Drag Copy Objects to the SY Library Window you cannot Drag Move them Referenced objects are also copied to the Library if they are not already present in the Library For example if you copy a Performance and it references Voices then they are also copied if required If an object is copied to the Library and it is already present in the library either a complete match or just a match in name then the actions you have configured in the Library Preferences tab i
37. e selected line in the file list If no line is selected this control is disabled Move Up Moves the currently selected line in the file list up one line If no line is selected or the selected line is the first in the list then this control is disabled Move Down Moves the currently selected line in the file list down one line If no line is nn ed or the selected line i IS T last i in the list then this control is disabled Cubase cem the files identified in the file list to a Cubase format patch script file which is compatible with Cubase VST SX SL SE OK Closes the dialog Generating The Cubase Master Patch List When you generate a Cubase Patch Script it is written to the directory specified by the Cubase Patch Script Directory field in the Misc Preferences Tab of the Preferences Dialog You can set this field up to export the master patch list directly to the directory read by Cubase upon startup This directory on my system is C Documents and Settings Derek Application Data Steinberg Cubase SX 3 Scripts Patchnames inactive yamaha where C is the root drive that Cubase is installed on Derek is my Windows user name and Cubase SX 3 is my version of Cubase You will need to vary these according to your system drive and of course your own user name and version of Cubase By default the Application Data folder is hidden in Windows Explorer so you may not see this folder first of all If you cannot see the folder 1
38. ection shown within the Tree View of a Child Window e Copy Move e nitialise e Cut to Clipboard e Copy to Clipboard e Paste from Clipboard To access all features other than Move and Copy which you do via Drag and Drop right click over the Voice Effects Units Collection to activate the Voice Effects Units Collection s Context Sensitive Menu sy factory supports the following editing operations upon the individual Voice Effects Objects Chorus and Reverb effects units within the Tree View of a Child Window e Copy Move e Initialise e Cut to Clipboard e Copy to Clipboard e Paste from Clipboard Program Features 49 To access all features other than Move and Copy which you do via Drag and Drop right click over a Voice Effect or selection of Voice Effects to activate the Voice Effects s Context Sensitive Menu Voice Controller Editing Features sy factory supports the following editing operations upon the Voice Controllers object shown within the Tree View of a Child Window e Copy Move e Initialise e Cut to Clipboard e Copy to Clipboard e Paste from Clipboard To access all features other than Move and Copy which you do via Drag and Drop right click over the Voice Controllers object to activate the Voice Controllers Context Sensitive Menu Program Features 50 Multi Editing Features sy factory supports the following editing operations upon the Multi Collection shown within the Tree View of
39. eferences SY77 MIDI Preferences P TG77 MIDI Preferences 5 Library Preferences I Misc Preferences Device Type Preferences Voice Preferences Multi Preferences Check Preferences Keyboard Input MIDI Port C Automatically Update SY77 after Synth Window Edit Keyboard Input MIDI Channel _ Read SY77 MIDI Data On sy factory Startup Input MIDI Port Automatically Turn Off SY77 Bulk Memory Protection Output MIDI Port Include Voices in Bulk Transfer and new MIDISY SEX Files SY SEX Device Number ir Include Multis in Bulk Transfer and new MIDUSY SEX Files Timeout Delay 3 000 include Masters in Bulk Transfer and new MIDIS Timeout Delay for Sequencer 30 000 Include Pan Settings in Bulk Transfer and new MIDI SY SEX Files Transmit Buffer size 255 Include MicroTunings in Bulk Transfer and new MIDI SY SEX Files Transmit Delay Between Buffers 200r _ Include Sequencer in Bulk Transfer and new MIDI SY SEX Files Transmit Delay Between Objects 300 Test 5Y77 MIDI Settings _ Include System Settings in Bulk Transfer and new MIDI SY SEX Files os Jem This tab has the follovving options Keyboard Input MIDI Port Sets the port used for accepting MIDI data from a keyboard and routing it to the output MIDI port using the MIDI Router Dialog Keyboard Input MIDI Channel Sets the channel to be used for transmitting MIDI data using the MIDI Houter Dialog The first option Use Source Channel in the drop down list means that the MIDI channel
40. eferences e Gheck Preferences e Default View Preferences e MIDI Preferences e Library Preferences e Miscellaneous Preferences To view and modify a set of parameters click on the relevant tab Note The options to copy referenced Objects with parent Objects e g moving Voices with Multis work by e Checking the destination file to see if the referenced Object exists e f it does then the parent Object is updated after being moved to point to the existing Object in the destination file e f not then sy factory checks to see if a blank or empty child Object is present in the destination file e g in the case of moving a Voice a blank INIT VOICE is looked for e f a blank Object is found then the child Object is moved or copied and the parent Object is updated after being moved to point to the new Object in the destination file e f no blank Object is found then sy factory gives up Note this may result in a Partial edit e g it may have only been possible to copy a subset of Objects due to the amount of free Objects in the destination file e The child Objects are only ever copied irrespective of whether the parent Object is being moved or copied This is to avoid the problem that would occur when a child Object is moved say a Voice with Multi where the source child Object which would have been initialised after the move is also referenced by other Parent Objects e g another Multi All the above options are sensitive to wh
41. elay Between Objects values should not require adjustment sy factory sends data to the SY by dividing the data into packets the size of which are specified by the Transmit Buffer Size value When sy factory sends a packet it waits for the time period specified by Transmit Delay Between Buffers before sending the next packet and it waits for the time period specified by Transmit Delay Between Objects after the last packet is sent The delay parameters are specified in milliseconds You may need to adjust these values smaller buffers longer delays if communications is not reliable and you may if you wish adjust these values larger buffers smaller delays to maximise data transfer performance If you adjust these values please ensure that you test the transfer to ensure it is reliable otherwise you may risk losing data Note Some MIDI interfaces do not like large packet sizes recently upgraded to a MOTU interface and ran into problems with MIDI export until altered sy factory to send messages in small chunks defined by the above parameters Copying Moving Data In operation using MIDI is quite straightforward You can get all the MIDI data into any Child Window including the SY Synthesizer Window by selecting the Import from MIDI option on the MIDI Menu orthe button on the Tool Bar This imports all the data that you have set in the MIDI Preferences options to be included in bulk transfers Similarily you can also export all data using
42. eld defaults to Unknown when objects are added to the Library You can setup sy factory to prompt you for an Author name when a new file is being added to the database The name of the source file that an Object was copied from when it was added to the Library Table Sorting Synthesizer Source You can sort a table by a column by clicking on a column heading in the table header for example to sort voices by name then click on the Name column heading The sorting will cycle through the following states each time you click a column header e Unsorted e Sort Ascending e Sort Descending The sy factory Window 24 Table Filtering The database table provides a very comprehensive filtering capability which allows you to filter on any column or combination of columns For example you can filter on voices with a name that contains the phrase Fred combined with a category filter for pads combined with a type filter for AWM voices and finally filter for those which have a three star rating You can enter a filter for each column using the filter header that is above the table column names Table filtering works in conjunction with table sorting A filter with a grey background is restricted to filtering by items that you can select from the drop down list For example a rating value can only be unrated or rated between 1 and 5 stars A filter with a yellow background allows you to enter a PERL Regular Expression string that ac
43. enabled Startup are read from the SY during the sy factory startup phase Automatically Turn off SY Bulk When this option is checked sy factory will turn off the SY bulk Memory Protection orotection setting before sending data via MIDI Include Voices In Bulk Transfer When this option is checked the Voices are included in bulk transfers and New MIDI SYSEX Files and a Voices collection will be included in new MIDI SYSEX files that ou create Preferences 73 Include Multis In Bulk Transfer and When this option is checked the Multis are included in bulk transfers New MIDI SYSEX Files and a Multis collection will be included in new MIDI SYSEX files that due create You may wish to uncheck this option if you don t use ultis Include Masters In Bulk Transfer When this option is checked the Master Control Setups are included and New MIDI SYSEX Files in bulk transfers and a Master Control Setup collection will be included in new MIDI SYSEX files that you create SY99 files only You may wish to uncheck this option if you don t use Master Control Setups Include Pan Settings In Bulk When this option is checked the Pan Settings are included in bulk Transfer and New MIDI SYSEX transfers and a Pan Settings collection will be included in new Files MIDI SYSEX files that you create You may wish to uncheck this option if you don t use custom Pan Settings Include Microtunings In Bulk When this option is checked the Microtunings are included
44. erences Check Preferences Default View Preferences MIDI Preferences Library Preferences Misc Preferences Device Type Preferences Voice Preferences Multi Preferences Startup Directory cap evelopmentia v Tivoices mum Cubase Patch Script Directory CXDocuments and SettingsiDerek am _ Load Last File On Startup This tab has the following options Startup Directory Allows the startup directory to be specified Note no validation is performed on this pathname so please ensure it is valid may add validation later The button to the right of n ids Enos up a dialog that allows you to di f Specifies the directory where rem eem scripts are written Note no validation is performed on this pathname so please ensure it is valid may add validation later Cubase Patch Script Directory The button to the right of the E d up a dialog that allows you to select the directory instead of typinc Load Last File On Startup Controls if the last file opened in the e session is automatically loaded when dx factory is next invoked Preferences 76 Online Help sy factory provides a full online version of the sy factory manual If you select Help from the Help Menu or the IH button on the Tool Bar the Help Window is opened sy laciory Help Welcome to sy factory V3 0 N Installing and Configuring sy factory Cy Registering syfactory D Running sy factor Gj Program Features Gj Preference Settings D O
45. ferenced voices is created with a JO2 extension A dialog will be displayed to let you know that a JO2 file has been created when you open a single DXT71I file The Batch Converter will write a line to the log file to indicate that a JO2 file has been created for a file being imported Program Features 65 sy factory DATI Performances detected and converted in BASELINE JO Voices in the J01 file are Single Element AFM Poly Voices Voices in the J02 file are Dual Element AFM Poly Voices created to match the type of DX7II Performance Single Dual Split including settings like key range layer balance layer detuning etc Multis are not used on the SY because there are only 16 of them and you can only play a single channel from the keyboard at the same time and you can t enter a lot of the DX7II Performance info into them So a Multi cannot really be used for a DX7II Performance and a Dual Element AFM Voice approach was more appropriate However wanted to access both Performances and individual voices from a DX7II file and creating two files one for the Voice bank and one for the Performance bank seemed the best solution Program Features 66 Preferences The sy factory preferences are accessed via the View menu Preferences option or the E button on the Toolbar Selecting this option opens a Tabbed dialog with the following tabs which group related parameters e Device Type Preferences e Voice Preferences e Multi Pr
46. from the source device is not altered Input MIDI Port Sets the port used for MIDI input from the available ports Output MIDI Port Sets the port used for MIDI output from the available ports SYSEX Device Number Sets the SYSEX device number used for SYSEX transfers This must match the Device No value set in the SY s MIDI pages If the SY Device No is set to all then it will receive all SY SYSEX messages irrespective of the device number in the message Timeout Delay Sets the time that sy factory waits for a response from the SY before timing out and reporting an error The value is specified in milliseconds Transmit Buffer Size Sets the size of the transmit buffer used for sending data to the SY Some MIDI interfaces don t like data coming in big chunks and you may need to set this to get a reliable transfer of data The value is specified in milliseconds Transmit Delay Between Buffers This sets the delay that sy factory waits for between sending buffer ized data packets The value is specified in milliseconds Transmit Delay Between Objects This sets the delay that sy factory waits for after sending a complete object The value is specified in milliseconds values Automatically Update SY after When this option is checked ifthe SY Synthesizer Window is edited Synth Window Edit then the edited data will be automatically sent to the SY Read SY MIDI Data On sy factory When this option is checked the Voices and Performances if
47. g Plumstone on Mac OSX to enable access to external MIDI devices e Adjusting the JRE Memory Configuration if you run out of memory with large libraries Installing MIDI Extensions for MacOS X If you wish to use the MIDI support provided by an factory on Mac OSX then you will need to install the MMJ MIDI extension The extensions provide MacOS X Java programs access to all CoreMIDI devices using standard Java classes You can download MMJ from the mmj Midi for java on Mac OS X website Then simply run the downloaded file to install the software JRE Memory Configuration One disadvantage of the current Java implementations is that they do not support virtual memory and by default the maximum amount of memory allowed for User Data is either 32MB or 64MB depending on the version of the JRE The application launchers for PC and OSX have been setup so that more memory than the default is allocated These settings should be fine for most users of sy factory However if you create a very large library then it s possibly that you may run out of memory If you see an error dialog popping up saying sy factory has ran out of memory you can configure the memory allocation settings of Java used when the application is run If you wish to adjust these settings the instructions below tell you how to do so by modifying an OS specific configuration file It s advisable that you take a copy of the file in question first before attempting to edi
48. gain access to the File Save MIDI Export and Librarian features If you have been issued with a license key you are not allowed to distribute a license key to other users Please respect this and the amount effort have put into making this application You are permitted to install sy factory on one computer for which the license is valid If you wish to install sy factory on more than one computer then an additional license can be purchased at 5096 of the cost of the main license The Author retains the copyright on the program and all of its originally developed features Disclaimer Like all software products this software is provided AS IS and without any warranties expressed or implied But hey remember you re getting it for a very low cost have worked hard to ensure this software works correctly as certainly don t want it trashing my data However I cannot be held liable for any problems arising as a consequence of you using this software on your computer and your data You use this product at your risk Like all new products please proceed and evaluate with care and ensure that all your important data files are backed up before installation and evaluation Having gotten that out of the way if you do encounter any problems please submit a bug report to sy xfactory librarians co uk and will endeavour to provide a fix for any reported problems Table Filter License sy factory makes use of TableFilter by Luis M
49. hain Repeat When you select the End Pattern Chain Menu option and hold down the ALT key at the same time a dialog appears that allows you to select the number of repeats Workspaces sy factory allows you to save a Window arrangement as a Workspace which you can then recall at a later date Moving Voices within a File When you move a Voice within a file then any Multis that reference the Voice being moved can be updated to ensure they all still reterence the correct Voices after the move think you ll agree this is a cool feature This feature can be off if required within the Preferences Dialog The SY Synthesizer Window sy factory has a special window called the SY Synthesizer Window This is a special window that represents the SY synthesizer itself By setting up the MIDI preferences settings you can e Automatically import data from the SY synth into this SY Synthesizer Window when sy factory starts up e Automatically export data from the SY Synthesizer Window to the SY Synth when the data in the SY Synthesizer Window is edited Copying Voice and Multi Effects Units Within sy factory you can copy Voice Effects Units Reverb and Chorus to Multi Effects units and vice versa Exporting Cubase Protools Patch Lists You can export Patch lists from SYSEX files for use within either Cubase VST Protools or Sonar You can also export file information to HTML XML or SpreadSheetML formats Tips and Tricks 80 The relevant opt
50. he correct references to User Voices are maintained Copy User Voices With Multi f you move or copy a Multi from an SYSEX file to another SYSEX file then any User Voices referenced by the Multi and its Parts are also copied to the destination file if the Voices are not already present in the destination file Preferences 70 Check Preferences The Check Preferences tab is shown below sy factory Preferences Check Preferences Default View Preferences MIDI Preferences Library Preferences Misc Preferences Device Type Preferences Voice Preferences Multi Preferences Check For Duplicates When Moving or Copying Objects Warn if Destination Object is Referenced When Moving or Copying Objects This tab has the following options Check For Duplicates When f you move or copy an Object to a destination file and the Object already Moving or Copying Objects _ exists then a warning is presented giving you the option to continue or cancel the operation Warn if Destination Object is lf you move or copy an Object and it is overwriting an Object that is being Referenced When Moving or referenced or you are deleting a referenced Object then a warning is Copying Objects oresented givi ou the option to continue or cancel the operation Preferences 71 Default View Preferences The Default View Preferences tab is shown below sy factory Preferences Check Preferences Default View Preferences MIDI Preferences Librar
51. his option is checked then the search is case sensitive If this option is not checked then iti If this option is checked then the search string must match the entire name of an Object E g pan would match a Voice called pan but not a Voice called pandora If this option is not checked then the search can match a sub string within a name E g dor would match a If checked sy factory will treat the Find What text as a regular expression to allow you more control over the search such as matching text at the start of a name or the end of a name words with numbers in etc The regular expression language used for sy factory wild card support is the Perl Regular Expression Syntax Rather than try and write up this powerful syntax myself into the sy factory documents I ll direct you to the Perl Regular Expression Syntax page for a description of how to use this powerful feature Goto Dialog Selecting this option on the on the Edit Menu brings up the Goto Dialog Item Type Voice Item Number 1H Ok Cancel The type of Object to go to e The types of Objects that can be selected depends upon the type of file e f a Table View is selected then you can only go to the type of objects shown by the Table The number of the Object to go to Note that Goto is not support in the SY Library Window Program Features 40 Editing Features sy factory supports the following editing features e General Editing Feature
52. hould now be able to see and select the SY Master Patch List option in amongst the MIDI ports Also ensure the MIDI channel number for the track matches the SY channel number Now when you click in the Programs control just below the out control you ll see a drop down list containing all of the SY Voices names generated by sy factory You can now scroll through the lists to find a Voice an you can also type in filter text to quickly look for a Voice Library Statistics The Library Statistics menu option is found on the Tools menu This feature is only available if your copy of sy factory is registered The Library Statistics Dialog provides a means for you to see a summary of the contents of the Library Library Statistics Statistics for the SY Library Files 508 oices 15465 Multis 752 Masters 0 Pans 293 Microtunings 51 Sequences 172 Batch Import To Library The Batch Import To Library Wizard is found on the Tools menu This feature is only available if your copy of sy factory is registered The Batch Import To Library Wizard provides a means for you to import several SY files to the library in one go The Batch Import To Library Wizard has two pages to navigate through e The Select Source Directory Page e The Select Destination Directory Page Select Source Directory Page The Select Source Directory Page is shown below Program Features 60 Es Batch Import SY Files to Library S
53. ile data paths on non English locales were not being found e Updated license code to allow sy factory to unpack a license zip if it is found in the license folder which simplifies installation particularly for Mac OSX users where the standard zip extractors were causing problems with the license file sy factory can also now detect a license lic file if this has been inadvertantly extracted V2 0 23 11 2009 e Library support has been added which allows you to keep all of your favourite items Voices Multis etc in one Library database and then sort and filter them to find the patch that you want This feature is only available for registered users V1 0 23 03 2008 e First release of sy factory What s New in sy factory 3 5 00 3 Installation and Configuration of sy factory sy factory is downloaded as a self installing file so installation is automatic and for most users little else if anything needs to be done to get up and running A native installer for Windows is also available IMPORTANT NOTE If the application is failing to launch on a PC with a 32 bit Operating system then please read the Section on adjusting the JRE Memory Configuration as the failure is more than likely to be due to an out of memory condition This section is only relevant to installing additional items not included as part of the sy factory installer and for configuring the Java run time memory configuration This section covers e Installin
54. ilter Configure Filter igure Filter Reset Filter Filter Showing 15465 out of 15465 Voices amp Y Library Library Voices This Child Window is a special View that shows the contents of the SY Library Like the standard Table View you can select the view of type of objects that you wish to view e g Voices Performances etc which includes Files and Authors that are stored in the Database The window can be configured to be either a Tree or a Table view The Table view is recommended because filtering capabilities are available which are described below SY Library Table View Columns The following columns can be found in the Library table Not all columns are available in a table view depending on the type of data being viewed For example only Voices have the Type Column The Category of an Object Not all Objects have a defined Categor The Name of an Object Note that this name can be up to 50 characters long so you can provide a more meaningful name for an object within the Library the original name is preserved he obj The type of the object e g the t De oi voice Not all Objects have a defined Tvpe Each e can have a comment associated with it of up to 100 characters For example you could use this field to contain keywords that you use to describe a sound s character in more detail This could help you to define a filter to search for a sound You can define the Author for each Object This fi
55. in bulk Transfer and New MIDI SYSEX transfers and a Microtuning collection will be included in new Files MIDI SYSEX files that you create You may wish to uncheck this option if you don t use custom Microtunings Include Sequencer In Bulk Transfer When this option is checked the Sequencer data is included in bulk and New MIDI SYSEX Files transfers and a Sequencer will be included in new MIDI SYSEX files that you create SY77 SY99 files only You may wish to uncheck this option if you don t use the Sequencer Include System Settings In Bulk When this option is checked the System Settings are included in bulk Transfer and New MIDI SYSEX transfers and a System Settings Object will be included in new Files MIDI SYSEX files that you create The Transmit Buffer Size Transmit Delay Between Buffers and Transmit Delay Between Objects values should not require adjustment sy factory sends data to the SY by dividing the data into packets the size of which are specified by the Transmit Buffer Size value When sy factory sends a packet it waits for the time period specified by Transmit Delay Between Buffers before sending the next packet and it waits for the time period specified by Transmit Delay Between Objects after the last packet is sent The delay parameters are specified in milliseconds You may need to adjust these values smaller buffers longer delays if communications is not reliable and you may if you wish adjust these values larger buffer
56. ind sy factory supports the ability to find Objects either by name or by category Searches start from the currently selected Object Selecting the Find option brings up the Find dialog that allows you to specify the string to search for along with options that can be used to refine the search Find Next If you have defined the Find criteria within the Find dialog then this option will repeat the search using the same criteria Goto Selecting this option brings up the Goto Dialog which allows you to quickly navigate to a numbered Object The sy factory Window 12 The View Menu The View menu provides the following options FI Tool Bar FI Tool Bar H Tool Bar IT Status Bar IM Status Bar IT Status Bar No Split 1 No Split 1 No Split 1 Horizontal Split Horizontal Split 2 Horizontal Split D Vertical Split D Vertical Split Vertical Split Tree Left Pane d Top Pane d Right Pane Bottom Pane d Note how some of the options change depending on whether or not the Child Window is split When the Child Window is split the Left Top Pane and Right Bottom Pane menu options have the following sub menu J Table Tool Bar When checked the sy factory Tool Bar is visible Status Bar When checked the sy factory Status Bar is visible No Split When checked the current Child Window is not split Horizontal Split When checked the current Child Window is split horizontally Vertical Split When checked the c
57. ingle list here they are Library Support sy factory provides a Library facility that allows you to store all your data in one place and use filtering and sorting facilities to locate the data that you want NOTE Library features are available only to registered users MIDI Support sy factory supports the transfer of Voices Multis and other data types between sy factory and the SY via MIDI NOTE The MIDI export features are available only to registered users Context Sensitive Help If you press the Help Key F1 on a PC then you can get context sensitive help including within Dialogs Keyboard Shortcuts sy factory supports numerous keyboard shortcuts as an alternative to using the mouse Take a look in the online help or the sy factory manual for details of the supported keyboard shortcuts Object Colouring If a Voice is coloured blue then it is being referenced by a Multi If you right click over a blue Voice you ll find a List References context menu item which will show you the Multis that reference this Voice An Object in the sequencer data is coloured green if it has data stored it An Object in the sequencer data is coloured red if it has no data in it Table Sorting You can sort Voice and Multi Tables by name by clicking in the Table Name Column header and they can be sorted by category by clicking in the Table Category column header Tips and Tricks 79 New Voice You can create a new voice u
58. ions can be found on the File Menu under the Export option The Number After An Operator In the Tree View you may notice that an operator has a number included after it in brackets This number is the checksum value associated with the operator and is included as a signature and as a simple way of distinguishing between operators Exporting Files to MIDI You can export a file directly to MIDI once it is opened If you do this then the data being exported is also copied to the SY Synthesizer Window Importing Files from MIDI You can import directly from MIDI into a file If you do this then the data being imported is also copied to the SY Synthesizer Window Tips and Tricks 81 About sy factory The about dialog is shown when the About option from the Help Menu or the button on the Tool Bar is selected About sy factory sy factory the Yamaha SY Librarian Build 3 0 00 C 2008 2011 Derek Cook Written by Derek Cook www xfactory librarians co uk Graphics by Torus and Ski This application is SHAREWARE This application is freely distributable but license files may not be distributed Serial Number 1489260031 Registered to UNREGISTERED Registered features None The dialog shows some basic information about the program including the version number and the registration status of sy factory It s also a chance to take a close look at the excellent Splash Graphic provided by Torus About sy factory 82 Glos
59. ld Windows e Maximise all Child Windows e Restore all Child Windows e Select a specific Child Window e Open the SY Synthesizer Window e Open the SY Library Window When a file is opened a Child Window is added to the Desktop Area The sy factory Window 19 Child Window The Child Window provides the View upon the data within the file it is associated with The Child Window is maximised by default when it is opened and can be minimised restored or closed by the buttons to the right of the Child Window s title bar The menu options on the View menu can be used to change the View to a Table view which can show either a Voice Table or a Performance table It s also possible to have either a horizontally or a vertically split View which can show any of the following combinations e A Tree and a Table e A Table anda Iree e Two rees e Two Tables The default Child Window View applied when a file is opened is set in the Default View Tab of the Preferences Dialog The following example shows a Child Window that is split and showing both a Tree View and a Table View on the same data FACTORY TO4 55 og 4 oly 02 A02 Arianne AFM amp 1 AWM Poly cos 403 Dyno E Pno 1 AFM amp 1 AWM Poly 7 I 01 A01 GrandPiano o 1 02 A02 Arianne amp 7 03 403 e 7 05 405 e 7 I 06 ADE cJ I 07 A07 e I 08 408 e 7 r8 409 e 7 l 11 411 e 7 l 12 812 e 7 I 13 413 e
60. led Please refer to the x factory Librarian Registration Page for details on how to register sy factory Registering sy factory Running sy factory Starting up sy factory is as simple as starting any application simple double click on the icon and you re away If you have registered sy factory then the Library will be created if it doesn t already exist and opened During start up a Splash Screen is shown This stays visible until a few seconds after the program has loaded and is ready for use but can be dismissed at any time by clicking on the Splash Screen sy factory remembers the size and position of the main window between sessions so the main window will be sized and positioned as you left it the last time PC Simply double click on the program icon for the program either in an Explorer shell or from the desktop if you let the installer placed a shortcut there You can also select the program from the Start Menu By default sy factory can be found under the x factory Librarians Program Group IMPORTANT NOTE If the application is failing to launch on a PC with a 32 bit version of Windows then please read the Section on adjusting the JRE Memory Configuration as the failure is more than likely to be due to an out of memory condition MAC OS X Navigate to the Applications folder in Finder and double click the sy factory application You can also create Aliases of the application and place them anywhere you wish such
61. lgorithm value like on the DX7 there are parameters in the operators that need to be carefully setup that define how they work within the algorithm as the SY77 has a more complex FM implementation e g multiple and programmable feedback paths e A lot of parameters have either a more limited or greater range on the SY77 so DX7 values need to be scaled to match the SY77 range e The big difference between the DX7 and SY77 is operator level scaling On the DX7 you program a single breakpoint key value and then a depth and curve type exponential or linear either side of the breakpoint On the SY77 you have four breakpoints and a level for each one So this is where the biggest difference in sound occurs as the scaling can only be approximated This may result in voices being brighter or duller in tone for scaling on a modulating operator or volume for scaling on a carrier operator than the source DX7 Voice e The envelopes on the SY77 have more segments There is a preference setting in the Voice Preferences Tab in the Preferences Dialog which if checked will add a little reverb delay and chorus to the converted voices to make them a little less dry If this option is not checked then the SY77 Voice Effects section is disabled DX7II Conversion Notes If a SYSEX file contains DX7II information 64 Voices 32 Performances a file containing the voices is created with a JO1 extension and a file containing the performances based on the re
62. lls down one view PageDown Down Moves focus and view to first cell in Home the current row Moves focus and view to last cell in the current row Moves focus and view to first cell in Ctrl Home the current column Moves focus and view to last cell in Ctrl End the current column Allows editing in a Category cell F2 en Arow 000 Allows editing in a Name cell Resets cell to the state it was in e before it was edited Selects entire table Ctrl A EMEN Extends selection up one row Shift up arrow Extends selection down one row Shift down arrow Extends selection to beginning of Ctrl Shift Home NEN table Extends selection to end of table Ctrl Shift End Extends selection up one view Shift PgUp Extends selection down one view Shift PgDn Keyboard Short Cuts 86 Keyboard Editing Short Cuts for both Tree and Table Views Action Keysroke Notes Undo Cth NEE Beso 1 jJowY Cu 1 Cth x Copy J Pate trey S O Find te 0000000 FindNext B d Goo jJoWG 5 Insert Object INS Not allowed on Collections Delete Object D Not allowed on Collections Hename Object F4 Single Named Object Only List References F Single Named Object Only Single Voice or Performance Only Export to MIDI Memory Shift F8 Voices or Performances Only Import from MIDI Edit Buffer F9 Single Voice or Performance Only Import from MIDI Memory Shift F9 Voices or Performances Only EL nitialise Object
63. longer supported and doesn t work on OS X Lion and above e he MIDI Router is now available on the MIDI Menu V3 2 00 19 01 2012 e Updated Java Launcher to work on OSX Snow Leopard and OSX Lion V3 1 02 07 11 2012 e Updated Windows Installer to detect 32 or 64 Java Runtime Environments JREs and to configure the application launcher to make use of a 64 bit JRE if available e Fixed bug that was preventing the selection of Table Views if the application was not registered V3 1 01 29 10 2011 e Fixed a bug that was not allowing Files in the Library to have the Author parameter set V3 1 00 11 08 2011 e Added a new feature to recreate files from the library note this will only work with Libraries created in V2 2 onwards e Added File and Author views to the Database e Added an context menu option to the Database views to allow you to see what files are using an object e File Save As now allows you to change the file type when saving the file V3 0 00 07 05 2011 e SY99 support added See notes on what is currently supported e 1G77 support added e The Save As option can now allows you to select the type of file being saved e Support for MIDI file types added allowing sy factory to read embedded SY SYSEX data e Batch importer for importing SY77 SY99 and TG77 files into the Library e Library Statistics dialog added allowing you to see how big the Library is V2 0 01 16 12 2009 e Corrected problem where f
64. manually converted to SY77 format Thanks also go to Dennis AKA SynthJoe Dimitar Barbutov and Malte Krug for their help in providing SY99 and TG77 data files for me to work up upon for for performing initial beta testing on Release 3 0 The following open source projects are used either within or to build and install sy factory e The Table filtering capabilities in the Library Window is based on TableFilter by Luis M Pena e he sy factory PDF documentation file is created from the JavaHelp HTML files using lt HTML gt DOC This is a great tool that allows me to maintain just one set of documentation files and create both online help and PDF manual formats of the documentation e The sy factory JAVA installer is provided by IZPACK e The PC EXE installer is provided by JSmooth e The PC Native Launcher is provided by Janel e Mac OSX integration is provided by Eirik Bjersnes s Macity library Credits 89 Sy factory License The unregistered version of sy factory allows you to evaluate the features of the program which are fully functional except the File Save MIDI Export and Librarian features However sy factory cannot be included as part of a commercial distribution or on other web sites without the express permission of the Author am happy for you to provide links to www xfactory librarians co uk to maximise public access to sy factory sy factory license files are issued to users who have registered sy factory to
65. must be different to prevent you from accidentally overwriting the source DX7 files Once the Wizard starts the progress of converting files is shown in the information pane Select Destination Directory casvr Voices mm Create Log File There is a progress bar that shows the progress for all the files that the converter has detected The Wizard also shows how many file CRC errors have been encountered assuming you have set the options to ignore File errors You can cancel the conversion at any time by pressing the Cancel button but you may need to wait for sy factory to finish the current conversion before the batch conversion is cancelled Once completed a summary results page is shown that summarises the conversion Program Features 64 f Batch Convert DX7 File Steps Summary 1 Select Source Directory 2 Select Destination Directory 3 Summary Source Directory CADXT Destination Directory CASYTT Voices Scan Subdirectories Yes Ignore File Errors Yes Create Log File Yes Files Imported 1657 out of 1761 File Errors 11 The Wizard can be dismissed by clicking the Close button You can check the results of the conversion by opening the Log File txt file assuming you left logging enabled The log file is a simple text file that lists each source file and whether any errors were detected All errors are preceded by two stars so you can use your text editors find search facilities to
66. n the Preferences Dialog are taken You can also Batch Import files to the library Copying Objects From The Library You can copy Objects from the Library to a file using the following methods e Drag Copy an Object or Selection of Objects from the the SY Library Window to a file e Using the copy and paste functions of the Clipboard to copy an object from the SY Library Window and paste it to a destination file Referenced objects are also copied from the Library if they are not already present in the destination file and if the destination file supports them For example if you copy a Performance and it references Voices then they are also copied if required Deleting Objects From The Library To delete an object from the library right click over the Object or selection of Objects and select the Delete option from the context menu Exporting Voices From The Library to the SY You can send Voices from the Library to the SY edit buffer by right clicking over a selected object and selecting the Export to SY Edit Buffer option from the context menu You can also Drag Copy a Voice or Selection of Voices from the the SY Library Window to the SY Synth Window Extracting Files from the Library If you set the Library Table View to show Files you can right click over a file and select the Extract File menu option which will recreate the original file from all the source data held in the database The file can then be saved This option is also
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68. nline Help Tips And Tricks DY About Dialog D Glossary af Terms D Keyboard Shortcuts 4 Credits 3 License Agreement Introduction sy factory is a cross platform Librarian for the Yamaha SY 77 TG77 and SY99 family of synthesizers that allows you to organise your SY data from the comfort of your computer The Help Window works just like a web browser window so its operation should be quite familiar to you The left pane of the Help Window shows a tabbed navigation pane to allow you to quickly navigate to a topic whilst the right hand pane shows the help topic The navigation pane can show three different views depending on which tab you select e B Displays the Table of Contents Navigation Pane providing a structured list of sy factory topics LY Displays the Index Navigation Pane providing an indexed list of sy factory topics e amp Displays the Search Navigation Pane allowing you to search the help topics for keywords The Help Window has the following Tool Bar buttons et Navigates backwards to the last page in the access sequence If you press and hold the mouse button over this button you will get a list of accessed pages e Navigates forwards to the next page in the access sequence If you press and hold the mouse button over this button you will get a list of accessed pages ei Selects the home page e Refreshes the current page e amp Prints the current page e amp Displays the print setting
69. nly used commands ree View A View which displays data in a file arranged in a hierarchical tree structure View The means by which the data in a file is viewed A Child Window provides the view upon an SY File that you have opened The view can be either a Tree View or a Table View You can have several views open upon the same data for example when you have split a Child Window An arrangement of the main sy factory Window and Child Windows which can be saved for subsequent recall 3 AB o N 0 O m O D Glossary 83 Keyboard Short Cuts sy factory provides many keyboard shortcuts for navigation and performing editing operations In general navigating between components uses these keys e Tab Moves keyboard focus to the next component or to the first member of the next group of components e Ctrl Tab Moves keyboard focus to the next component or to the first member of a group of components when the current component accepts a tab as in text fields tables and tabbed panes e Shift Tab Moves keyboard focus to the previous component or to the first component in the previous group of components e Arrow keys Move keyboard focus within the individual components of a group of components for example within menu items in a menu or within tabs in a tabbed pane The shortcuts are divided into the following categories e Keyboard shortcuts for the Desktop and Child Windows e Keyboard shortcuts for Tree Views e Keyboa
70. o drag it back to the sy factory folder and start again Command Line You can also startup sy factory from a command shell e g MSDOS Simply change directory to where sy factory is located and type the following java jar syfactory jar Running sy factory The sy factory Window The main sy factory window looks like this sy factory Yamaha SY Visual Librarian File Edit View MIDI Tools Window Help The sy factory user interface is a Multiple Document Interface MDI which allows you to have more than one file open at a time The interface is divided into the now familiar layout of from top to bottom e The Title Bar e he Menu Bar e The Tool Bar e he Desktop e he Status Bar The sy factory Window Menu Bar The sy factory menu bar provides a means of selecting common operations typically those that affect a complete file or those that don t fit naturally upon a context sensitive popup menu Keyboard Shortcuts are provided for common operations sy factory also provides context sensitive popup menus which are accessible by right clicking over data shown in a Child Window Naturally the contents of the popup menus varies according to the type of data over which the menu was popped up Main Menu Headings The following menu headings are available File Edit View MIDI Tools Window Help e File Menu e Edit Menu e View Menu e MIDI Menu e Tools Menu e Window Menu e Help Menu The sy f
71. o full Wave Sample support may rewrite this SY99 TNN switch to allow the import of voices that do not use custom Waves Samples You can of course override the switch and import SY99 TNN files and delete re import them later once full support is added The SY99 supports multiple songs in its sequencer Currently do not know how to request a specific song Indeed looking at the SY99 MIDI documentation do not think it is possible as there is nothing in the message structures to select one As such when working with an SY99 would recommend that Sequences are excluded from the bulk transfer options in sy factory s MIDI setup and you work with the sequencer data only via TNN files Welcome to sy factory V3 5 00 2 What s New in sy factory 3 5 00 e Updated the application to allow the conversion of Voices and Performances in DX7 and DX7II SYSEX files to SY77 Voice format Single files can be opened or you can batch convert files Previous Versions V3 4 00 27 08 2012 e Updated the application to provide access to two MIDI devices For example have an SY77 and a TG77 and need access to both e Updated MIDI Router to allow the MIDI Channel to be either the channel sent by the source device or to be the channel specified in the MIDI Options Dialog V3 3 00 23 08 2012 e Updated application to work with MMJ on OS X to provide access to external MIDI devices The move to MMJ is required because the Mandolane MIDI SPI is no
72. og will appear allowing a file to be selected 5 ASSORTMN TOG AVTARKUS TD7 5 ATMOSPHR JO1 5 BANK1 TO1 5 ATMOSPHR KO1 5 BANK2 TO2 5 ATMOSPHR TO1 5 BANK2 G TO2 5 AV VIDEO K02 5 BANK3 T03 5 AVTARKUS KO1 5 BARYON TOG File Name Files of Type All SY File Types Tnn Jnn Kon STX MID v sy factory can open the following file types e TNN SY All e JNN SY Synth All e KNN SY Sequencer All e SYX format files containing SY77 bulk dump or voice edit buffer data e g a file created by MIDIOX e MID sequence format files containing SY77 SYSEX data SY factory will automatically detect if a TNN JNN or KNN file is an SY77 or SY99 format file SY factory will automatically detect if SYSEX or MIDI files contain SY77 SY99 or TG77 data including whether or not the file is a bulk memory dump or an edit buffer file Note that TG77 voice only dumps will be interpreted as SY77 dumps as the voice structure and SYSEX messages are identical If a file selected for opening is already open sy factory will ask if you want to replace the file that is in memory You can also open DX7 DX7lI SYSEX files if sy factory is registered Please read the DX7 Notes Section for information on the conversion process If DXZII performances are detected when you open a DX7 SYSEX file a JO2 file is created and a dialog will be displayed to let you know that a JO2 file has been created i DXTII Performances dete
73. or the JRE that can set is 38 1 52GB with the launch failing with 39 of memory allocated for the JRE 1 56GB Installation and Configuration of sy factory 4 The 64 Bit Java runtime environment does not have this restriction OSX Memory Configuration The default maximum memory size that sy factory will use is 256MB which is a sensible start point suitable for most machines Within Finder click on Applications in Places Control click over sy factory and select the Show Package Contents menu option Open the Contents folder and double click on the Info plist file Locate the VMOptions key Under this key there are two options e Xms specifies the minimum memory size The default is 256M Megabytes e Xmx specifies the maximum memory size The default is 256M Megabytes There is no reason to adjust the Xms option Adjust the Xmx option to the amount of memory that you require e g Xmx512M for 512 Megabytes Xmx2048M for 2 Gigabytes etc and save the file Do not set the Xmx option to more than about 70 of your available physical memory Setting it too high can cause unpredictable results Do not disturb the layout of the file or change any of the other lines or the application may fail to start Installation and Configuration of sy factory Registering sy factory You need to register sy factory to allow MIDI data to be exported to the SY for data to be saved to your computer and for Library Support to be enab
74. other file When you move an Object to a new Parent Collection then the original Object is removed and replaced with an initialised Object of the same type To copy an Object using drag and drop you must have the DRAG MODIFIER key held down during the operation The DRAG MODIFIER key is platform dependent On the PC platform it is the CTRL key You can tell that a copy operation is in progress as the drag image icon has a sign visible When you drag multiple items they must be of the same type For example you can drag several Voices but not Voices and Performances together sy factory provides the following drag drop feedback to assist in determining the effects of a drag drop operation e Cursor Indicates if the move is either a copy or a move or if the drop is invalid e g trying to drag a Voice onto an Element e Drag image A simple pictorial representation of what is being dragged e Drop Point sy factory shows the drop point as either a cue line drawn between Objects if an Object is being moved within its parent e g an Operator within a Voice or a cue rectangle drawn around the drop location for all other moves and copy operations which are valid When a Child Window is split Objects can be dragged and dropped between either side of the split point This is handy for example for dragging Objects between the start of a Collection and the end of a Collection The Iree and Table views will auto scroll in drag and drop opera
75. ottom split pane is a table this indicator identifies what the table is showing e g Voices or Multis The Status Bar can be hidden unhidden by the Status Bar menu option on the View menu The sy factory Window 26 Program Features sy factory provides the following features e File Operations e Undo Redo Support e Clipboard Support e MIDI Support e Library Support e Find and Goto Support e Editing Features Program Features 27 File Operations sy factory supports the following file operations e Create New Files e Open Existing Files e Save Files e Open and Save Workspaces e Export Data Program Features 28 Create New File When the New File option from the File Menu or the amp button on the Toolbar is selected the following dialog is shown sy factory Create Mew File File Types New SY77 TNN SY All File CO New SY77 JNN SY Synth All File 2 New SYTT KNN SY Sequencer All File CO New SYTT Bulk Dump SYX SY SYSEX File C New SYTT Edit Buffer SYX SY SYSEX File C New SY77 Bulk Dump MID SY MIDI File gt New SYTT Edit Buffer MID SY MIDI File CO New TG77 Bulk Dump SYX TG SYSEX File C New TG77 Edit Buffer SYX TG SYSEX File C New TG77 Bulk Dump MID TG MIDI File 2 New TG77 Edit Buffer MID TG MIDI File O New SY99 TNN SY All File New SY99 JNN SY Synth All File 2 New SY99 KNN SY Sequencer All File 2 New SY99 Bulk Dump SYX SY SYSEX File 2 New SY99 Edi
76. otuning Move ensure that the correct references to User Microtunings are maintained Update Voices After Panning lf you move a User Panning within a file then the Voice Elements are Move updated to ensure that the correct references to User Voices are maintained Copy User Microtunings With If you move or copy a Voice from a file to another file then any User Voice Microtuning referenced by the Voice is also copied to the destination file if the Microtuning is not already present in the destination file Copy User Pannings With If you move or copy a Voice from a file to another file then any User Voice Pannings referenced by the Voice are also copied to the destination file if the User Pannings are not already present in the destination file Add Reverb and Delay to If this option is checked then a DX7 voice converted to SY77 format will Converted DX7 Voice have default reverb and delay applied so that the voice is not dry Preferences 69 Multi Preferences The Multi Preferences tab is shown below sy factory Preferences Check Preferences Default View Preferences MIDI Preferences Library Preferences Misc Preferences Device Type Preferences Voice Preferences Multi Preferences Update Multis After Voice Move Copy User Voices With Multi This tab has the following options Update Multis Parts After If you move a Voice within an SYSEX file then the Multis and their Parts are Voice Move updated to ensure that t
77. ows to their normal state Minimise Windows Reduces all Child Windows to their iconised state View SY Synthesizer Data Opens or closes the SY Synthesizer Window which provides a view on preset and user SY synth data View SY Library Note This menu option is only visible if you have registered sy factory Opens or closes the SY Library Window which provides a view on the SY Library The sy factory Window 16 The Help Menu The Help menu provides the following options Help Tips and Tricks P About Register Help Displays the sy factory Online Help system Tips and Tricks Displays the sy factory Tips and Tricks Dialog About Displays the sy factory About Dialog which provides some basic information about the program such as the version number Register Displays the sy factory registration Dialog See the Registration Section for details of how to register sy factory The sy factory Window Tool Bar The Tool Bar contains buttons for common operations such as opening and saving files S i Eu E Bed Seo C5 ce C5 3x Ca 5B DS Dh M E Creates a new file Displays the Open File Dialog to allow you to select a file to open Saves the currently selected file Displays the Save As Dialog to allow you to select a different name for the currently selected file Saves all the open files to disk Cuts the selected Objects and places them on the Clipboard Copies the selec
78. pboard e Paste from Clipboard To access all features other than Move and Copy which you do via Drag and Drop right click over the Collection to activate the Collection s Context Sensitive Menu sy factory supports the following editing operations upon the Sequencer Track Pattern Pattern Chain and Time Signature Objects within the Tree View of a Child Window e Copy Move e nitialise e Insert e Delete e Cut to Clipboard e Copy to Clipboard e Paste from Clipboard To access all features other than Move and Copy which you do via Drag and Drop right click over an Object to activate the Object s Context Sensitive Menu Pattern Chain Objects also have the following extra commands on the context menu e Start Repeat e End Repeat e End Pattern Chain If you hold down the ALT key whilst selecting the End Repeat menu option the following dialog will be shown which allows you to set the repeat count for the Pattern Chain Repeat I Pattern Chain Repeat Count Number of Repeats qa Ok Cancel Import from SY Memory Imports Sequencer data from the SY Memory locations into the currently selected Child Window Export to SY Memory Exports Sequencer data from the currently selected Child Window to the SY Memory locations Program Features 57 System Settings Editing Features sy factory supports the following editing operations upon the System Settings Object shown within the Tree View of a Child
79. pee apatites 51 Multi Part Editing FEAtu ro Sn nana nana nanen ene eren sirene e rene eee ete eee eres e tree teren ee eee ee eee nnnm nnne nnn nnns 51 PUN M 53 Master Control Setup Editing P RUT Gun 54 ili AM ES ESEA A essen see E A E E EEA E E 54 E E RN 54 Pan Editing Features lssssssssssssssseseseseee eee nennen e eren eee ene idene eee ipen e eee eee eee eee eee 54 e re Rd ii IET ORI e pe 55 FSB IE Sy Mit TM t 55 e eet rs Pn rs i e t ps ERS 56 es N e HERE ECSAECHERRENN 56 mbi PERI Ee RAI t 56 U E RTT TTL i 57 Import from SY IVIGITIOTV essei seo iks besa ttt ee 5 i RALIS SER gr DECrc em 57 eV Seti e CAE FOSIUPBI arena A UM iua p sini 58 Mesa rend E E A AT ETE E S A ATENA AE A TEF ETE EE 59 Generating The Cubase Master Patch TER une 59 Configuring Cubase to Use the Master Patch LIS ua aaaaa nana aaaneaa ee nane eeeee e eee krena teke ve mee ee eeenas 60 ee na se oh aa ATELIER 60 e NT t met 60 SE ae Br e mem 60 Select Destination Directory POR penne 61 DEERE I a UR NONU 62 Batch Convert DX7 DXTII Files esee nnnm nnnm nnnm ee eee nnnm nnne nnns 63 Select Source Directory Pag sine 63 neo Ch Direc PAGG sisri sh oh o 63 Usina he Barni COn oE ee E eee eins 64 GJAS ariari ridit idie diarii iiaii 65 Bl Conversion co mE 65 L ELET S e SAREI IAEE EOE MA PEO EEAO N ENE WTI AEE EEE E E E E O A A E A EEA N E E A E EAA 67 Device Type EE I
80. rd Shortcuts for the Desktop and Child Windows 2200222222000000nnnnonnnnnnnennnnnnnennnnnneenn 84 Kevboard Shorcuts ftor Tres VISUS nennen 85 Kevboard Shortcuts for Table VIEWS ics 86 Keyboard Editing Short Cuts for both Tree and Table Views eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeene 87 Keyboard Shortcuts for the Preferences Dialoog 000222000200000000n0onnnnnnnnnnnn nenne eee eee nnn 88 ss e TE TT 88 Oo EER 89 i 90 i e ta 90 Table Filter LIG GE as enca mtenh suar oe i in re 90 Welcome to sy factory V3 5 00 Introduction sy factory is a cross platform Librarian for the Yamaha SY77 TG77 and SY99 family of synthesizers that allows you to organise your SY data from the comfort of your computer If you plan to use sy factory with an SY99 please read the note on SY99 Support and some current limitations sy factory has been written by me Derek Cook and is available exclusively as a free download from www xfactory librarians co uk The free version is fully functional apart from the save and export features including MIDI export and Librarian support are disabled This allows you to evaluate the features of sy factory to see if you like it before buying it If you wish to use sy factory and enable the save and export functions you will need to register sy factory and pay a shareware registration fee sy factory was written as have never been able to find a librarian for the SY77 tha
81. rd shortcuts for Table Views e Keyboard shortcuts for Editing within Tree and Table Views e Keyboard shortcuts for the Preferences Dialog e Keyboard shortcuts for Text Editing Fields Keyboard Shortcuts for the Desktop and Child Windows Keystroke New File Open File Save File ave File As Save All Files Open Workspace Save Workspace Tile Horizontally Tile Vertically Maximise Windows Restore Windows Minimise Windows Closes Child Window Moves Child Window Resizes Child Window Minimizes Child Window Switch to next Child Window on the Ctrl F6 Desktop Keyboard Short Cuts 84 Keyboard Shortcuts for Tree Views Action Keystoke focus to Parent Object Moves focus to first Object in Tree Home View Moves focus to last Object in Tree End View Notes e oS Ld Movesuponeview Pageup Moves down one view PageDown Selects all Object in Tree View Ctri A cr Deselects all Object in Tree View fera MEN NENNEN Extends selection down Shift down arrow Extends selection up Shift up arrow Extends selection to beginning of Shift Home Tree View Extends selection to end of Tree Shift End View Extends selection up one view Shift PgUp Extends selection down one view Shift PgDn Keyboard Short Cuts 85 Keyboard Shortcuts for Table Views Action Keystoe Moves up one row Up arrow Shift Return Moves down one row Down arrow Heturn Scrolls up one view R Up Scro
82. ready an identical Object in the library The choices are e Add to Library with a new name e Do not add to Library e Overwrite Object in the Library e Ask What To Do When an Object being added Provides the action to do if an Object is added to the Library and there is already has the same name as already an Object in the library with the same name The choices are an Object in the Library e Add to Library with a new name e Do not add to Library e Overwrite Object in the Library e Ask What To Do Copy Referenced Objects to If this Option is checked then any Objects being referenced by an Object Librar being added to the Library are also added to the Library Prompt for Author of File If this Option is checked then sy factory will ask for the Author of the file if When Adding a File one has not already been entered Default Filter for Rating Sets the default filter type for the Rating column The choices are e Regular Expression can contain Perl Regular Expressions Default Filter for the Author Sets the default filter type for the Author column The choices are Column e Regular Expression can contain Perl Regular Expressions pm Filter for the Source Sets the default filter type for the Source column The choices are olumn e Regular Expression can contain Perl Regular Expressions Preferences 79 Miscellaneous Preferences The Miscellaneous Preferences tab is shown below sy factory Pref
83. ree View and the Table View You can delete more than one Object at a time by selecting multiple Objects prior to executing the Delete command For example if you wish to delete three Multis at location 10 select Multis 10 11 and 12 and then execute the Delete command Note that when you delete one or more Objects then a commensurate number of Objects at the end of the Parent Collection are added if required This is necessary to maintain the correct number of Objects in a Collection For example an SY Voice Collection must contain 64 Voices so if two Voices are deleted from the Collection then two Voices must be added to the end of the Collection to maintain the correct size sy factory will maintain Multi Part references to Voices in a Collection when deleting Voices For example if you delete a Voice from a file at Location 10 then any Multi Parts which are referencing Voices at Locations 10 and above will be updated to ensure they still reference the same Voices after the delete operation as they were before the delete operation List Object References The List References command is found upon the Context Sensitive Menu in both the Tree View and the Table View The List References command is only available if e Only one Object is selected e The Object selected is referenced by another Object which is indicated by the Object being coloured blue The references are shown as follows Program Features 44 ist References
84. rial form between synthesizers and computers MJ A MacOS X specific library that provides the means by which external MIDI devices can be accessed with the Java MIDI framework Object A piece of SY data such as a Voice or Multi The means by which the SY associates an Object such as a Voice with another Object such as a Multi Part The reference provides the link between the two and in the case of the SY the link is simply the number of the referenced Object A system by which certain character sequences are interpreted not as plain text but as commands that can provide a tailored search for occurrences of text The area of the sy factory Window that is used to display status information upon the currently selected Child Window A special instance of a Child Window that doesn t display data in a file but which displays ni Oma JI z ZS zr lt BOS 8 z e D gi hg D y Wen e SS 0 lt 0 lt e 2 D u N D A gt D S D v Qo e D 2 Q D o k RV C gt gt Q O e 2 D p Q O D o 2 Window the data stored in the SY Library em o D O D lt Q eo r D 5 RV D o c pj Oo gt e D je D lt o Window User data imported from the SY via MIDI able View A View which displays data in a file arranged in tabulated rows of data ool Bar The area of the sy factory Window that contains a set of buttons to provide easy access to commo
85. rrently selected Child Window You can import e A Single Pan e A Selection of Pans e All Pans by selecting the Pan Collection Export to SY Memory Exports Pans from the currently selected Child Window to the SY Memory locations You can export e A Single Pan e A Selection of Pans e All Pans by selecting the Pan Collection Program Features 55 Microtuning Editing Features sy factory supports the following editing operations upon the Microtuning Collection shown within the Tree View of a Child Window e Copy Move e Initialise e Sort by Name e Import Data From SY e Export Data to SY only available if sy factory is registered e Add To Library e Cut to Clipboard e Copy to Clipboard e Paste from Clipboard The Microtuning Collection Object in a file is only shown within a Tree View and is called User Microtuning Data To access all features other than Move and Copy which you do via Drag and Drop right click over the Microtuning Collection to activate the Microtuning Collection s Context Sensitive Menu sy factory supports the following editing operations upon the Microtuning Data Objects within the Tree View or Table View of a Child Window e Copy Move e nitialise e Hename e Insert e Delete e List References e Import from SY Memory e Export to SY Memory only if available sy factory is registered e Add To Library e Cut to Clipboard e Copy to Clipboard e Paste from Clipboard To access all fea
86. s e Synth Editing Features e Voice Editing Features e Multi Editing Features e Master Control Setup Editing Features e Pan Data Editing Features e Microtuning Data Editing Features e Sequencer Editing Features e System Settings Editing Features Program Features 41 General Editing Features sy factory supports many editing features some of which are classed as general features that are applicable to all or most Objects The general features are described here in one place for convenience e Copy Move Object e nitialise Object e Rename Object e Insert Object e Delete Object e List Object References e Sort Objects e Add Objects to Library The following table shows whether or not a general edit operation can be applied to a particular type of Object Object Type Mowe Copy Initialise Rename Insert Delete List Sort Add To Library Synth Objet o Y Y Y MN N N N Y Voice Collection O Y lY Y Nn N NN Vie J Yv v v Jv lj v Y N j voie irous Y X K o K N N Soano o Voiced Element Collection Y Y Y ON N N N N ieee 230 920 eI Voice AFM Element Operator Y Y Y N y y Nna Ny Jj Voice Effects Collection O Y lY Y N N N NN Voice Chorus Effect Unit OY yY Y N N N N N j Voice Chorus Effect Unit2 Y Y Y N N N NN N 9o gy Voice Reverb Effect Unit Y yY v N N N N N Voice Reverb Effect Unt2 Y yY Y Nn N N
87. s e Table column widths e Scroll position of the pane s e Selection state of the tree nodes or table rows Program Features 32 Export Data sy factory allows you to export the data in the currently selected file to a variety of different formats HIML e HTML e XML e Gubase VST Patch List e SpreadSheetML HTML This option allows you to export a listing of the data in HTML format XML This option allows you to export a listing of the data in XML format This export option is intended to provide a means of importing SY data into other programmes e g a database Cubase VST Patch Script This option allows you to export a listing of the Voice Performance data in Cubase VST patch script format This allows you to create patch scripts for use within Cubase to ease the selection of patches within the Cubase environment Consult your sequencer documentation for details on how to install the patch scripts within your sequencer SpreadSheetML This option allows you to export a listing of the data in Microsoft SpreadSheetML format This export option is intended to provide a means of importing SY data into either Microsoft Word or Excel which is a great way to start documenting your patch collections Program Features 33 Undo Buffer sy factory supports a multi level Undo Redo Buffer facility on all edits The number of edits which are stored is 100 The Undo Redo commands can be found both within the
88. s smaller delays to maximise data transfer performance If you adjust these values please ensure that you test the transfer to ensure it is reliable otherwise you may risk losing data Note Some MIDI interfaces do not like large packet sizes recently upgraded to a MOTU interface and ran into problems with MIDI export until altered sy factory to send messages in small chunks defined by the above parameters Preferences 74 Library Preferences The Library Preferences tab is shown below sy factory Preferences Check Preferences Default View Preferences MIDI Preferences Library Preferences Misc Preferences 3 Device Type Preferences Voice Preferences Multi Preferences When an object being added is already in the Library po not add to Library v When an object being added has the same name as an object already inthe Library Add to Library i Copy Referenced Objects to Library Prompt for Author of File When Adding a File Default Filter for Rating Column i Match When Equal 2 Match when Greater Than Or Equal To Default Filter for Comment Column Regular Expression 3 Match Value Default Filter for Author Column Regular Expression 3 Match Value Default Filter for Source Column 2 Regular Expression i Match Value This tab has the following options When an Object being added Provides the action to do if an Object is added to the Library and there is is already in the Library al
89. s by selecting the Multi Collection Export to SY Memory Exports Multis from the currently selected Child Window to the SY Memory locations Note if you have more than one Multi selected then this operation is not available Export to SY Edit Buffer Exports the Multi currently selected within the active Child Window to the SY Edit Buffer Note if you have more than one Multi selected then this operation is not available Multi Part Editing Features sy factory supports the following editing operations upon the Multi Part Collection shown within the Tree View of a Child Window e Copy Move e nitialise e Cut to Clipboard e Copy to Clipboard Program Features 51 e Paste from Clipboard To access all features other than Move and Copy which you do via Drag and Drop right click over theMulti Part Collection to activate the Multi Part Collection s Context Sensitive Menu sy factory supports the following editing operations upon the Multi Part Objects within the Tree View of a Child Window e Copy Move e nitialise e Insert e Delete e Set Voice e nitialise e Cut to Clipboard e Copy to Clipboard e Paste from Clipboard To access all features other than Copy Move and Set Voice which you do via Drag and Drop right click over a Multi Part or selection of Multi Parts to activate the Multi Part s Context Sensitive Menu Set Voice A User Voice from the same file can be dragged onto a Multi Part to set the Voice used
90. s dialog Online Help 77 Context Sensitive Help You can access context sensitive help by e pressing the your Computer Platform s Help Key F1 on the PC platform which will load the help page associated with the Component within the sy factory Window that currently has Focus is responding to the keyboard and mouse e pressing the 2 button on the Tool Bar and the clicking over the item of interest You can press the Help Key in any sy factory Dialog to access the relevant help page for the Dialog Online Help 78 Tips and Tricks The sy factory tips and tricks dialog is shown below Sy Factory Tips and Tricks Ohject Colouring If a Voice is coloured blue then itis being referenced by a Multi If you right click over a blue Voice you ll find a List References context menu item which will show you the Multis that reference this Voice An Object in the sequencer data is coloured green if it has data stored it An Object in the sequencer data is coloured red if it has no data in it Hext Tip _ Show Tips at Startup This dialog has the following controls Close Closes the Tips and Tricks Dialog Selects the next tipin sequence Next Tip Selects the next tip in seguence Show Tips at f checked then when sy factory starts up the Tips and Tricks Dialog is automatically Startup opened List of Tips and Tricks Just in case you want the tips and tricks shown by the dialog as one s
91. sary erm A window associated with an SY data file that you have opened that is used to display the contents of the file Several Child Windows can be open within the sy factory Desktop A temporary storage area used for transferring data within a Child Window or between Child Windows i A group of similar and related Objects For example a Voice Collection stores the 64 Voice Objects that a file can contain Context The ability of the help system to tailor the help being displayed according to where the user iti oressed the Help key iti of commands specific to the currently selected Object esktop and dropping it at a new location DRAG The keyboard key that is held down to turn a Drag and Drop move operation into a copy operation dp O O O r7 D O I 5 5 O Ze gg 8 lt w D oj 3 5 Q 2 I Q D O CD D o lt D D amp zog OD O N g Q T TI Q JJ O o TD JJ m Java Run time Environment This provides the Java environment which sy factory needs in order to run Sun Microsystems provides the JRE for PC systems and Apple provide their own JRE for S X ibrar A repository where you can store all of your data Multiple Document Interface The type of user interface used by sy factory which allows ob s l licati aoa thin the main application win Menu Bar Musical Instrument Digital Interface The primary means by which digital data is exchanged in a se
92. sing the New popup menu item in the tree view and the table view You can only DRAG COPY Certain Objects If you are trying to perform a drag operation of a Voice onto a Multi Part and are wondering why sy factory is not allowing you to perform the drag you must be holding down the CTRL key during the drag Holding down the CTRL key turns the operation from a Drag Move operation to a Drag Copy operation Sometimes during a drag operation the only sensible operation that can be undertaken is a copy operation Copying Moving Objects to a Different File When you copy an Object to a different file then any Objects it references can also be copied at the same time For example of you move a Multi to a new File then the referenced Multis are also copied This feature can be off if required within the Preferences Dialog MIDI Router Press the F12 key and you get a MIDI Router popping up which whilst active will route MIDI data form the Keyboard MIDI Port through to the Motif Output MIDI Port This allows you to have the USB connection selected on the Motif whilst allow you to play data coming from a standard MIDI interface Master Patch List The Master Patch List dialog under the Tools menu allows you to define a list of files that are exported along with preset voice definitions as a master patch list for use in supported sequencers to select patches Currently only Cubase VST SX SE SL patch lists are supported Setting a Pattern C
93. t e A Single Voice e A Selection of Voices e All Voices by selecting the Voice Collection Export to SY Edit Buffer Exports the Voice currently selected within the active Child Window to the SY Voice Edit Buffer Note if you have more than one Voice selected then this operation is not available Voice Microtuning Unit Editing Features sy factory supports the following editing operations upon the Voice Microtuning Unit Object shown within the Tree View of a Child Window e Copy Move e Set Microtuning e Initialise e Cut to Clipboard e Copy to Clipboard e Paste from Clipboard To access all features other than Move Copy and Set which you do via Drag and Drop right click over the Voice Microtuning Unit to activate the Voice Microtuning Unit s Context Sensitive Menu Set Microtuning Preset Microtunings from the SY Synthesizer Window can be dragged onto a Voice s Microtuning Unit Please note the drag operation for this is COPY only You cannot MOVE a Microtuning onto an Microtuning Unit You can also drag User Microtunings from the same file onto the Microtuning Unit Program Features 48 Voice Element Editing Features sy factory supports the following editing operations upon the Voice Element Collection shown within the Tree View of a Child Window e Copy Move e Initialise e Cut to Clipboard e Copy to Clipboard e Paste from Clipboard To access all features other than Move and Copy which you do via Drag and
94. t Buffer SYX SY SYSEX File O New SY99 Bulk Dump MID SY MIDI File 2 New SY99 Edit Buffer MID SY MIDI File This dialog allows you to select the type of file to create from the following e SY77 TNN SY77 All e SY77 JNN SY77 Synth All e SY77 KNN SY77 Sequencer All e SY77 SYX Memory Bulk Dump SY77 SYSEX format e SY77 SYX Voice Edit Buffer SY77 SYSEX format e SY77 MIDI Memory Bulk Dump SY77 SYSEX embedded in MIDI file format e G77 MIDI Voice Edit Buffer TG77 SYSEX embedded in MIDI file format e G77 SYX Memory Bulk Dump TG77 SYSEX format e 1G77 SYX Voice Edit Buffer TG77 SYSEX format e G77 MIDI Memory Bulk Dump TG77 SYSEX embedded in MIDI file format e G77 MIDI Voice Edit Buffer TG77 SYSEX embedded in MIDI file format e SY99 TNN SY99 All e SY99 JNN SY99 Synth All e SY99 KNN SY99 Sequencer All e SY99 SYX Memory Bulk Dump SY99 SYSEX format e SY99 SYX Voice Edit Buffer SY99 SYSEX format e SY99 MIDI Memory Bulk Dump SY99 SYSEX embedded in MIDI file format e SY99 MIDI Voice Edit Buffer SY99 SYSEX embedded in MIDI file format The new data file is given a name in the form of syFactory n where n is a number that increments every time a file is created Note this is different from initialising data in a file as a totally new file is created Program Features 29 Open Existing File When the Open option from the File menu or the button on the Toolbar is selected the following dial
95. t it so that you can restore it if you make a mistake PC Memory Configuration The application launcher used for sy factory is set so that it can use half of your available computer memory If you need to change this you can use a simple text editor like Windows Notepad to open the syFactory lap file which can be found in the folder where you installed sy factory IMPORTANT NOTE On Windows 7 Vista find that cannot edit and save the syFactory lap file in the installation location have to make a copy of the syFactory lap file e g on the desktop edit save it and then copy the file back to the installation location Find the line in the file that says janel memory max total percentz50 and adjust the maximum percentage of total system memory from 50 to the value that you wish ex factory to have access to Note the maximum amount of memory on Windows that is supported by 32 bit Java is about 1 5GB So if you have a system with more than 3GB installed then with the default memory allocation configuration you may get an error message when launching the application which states Error in Java Launcher Error whilst Launching Program with JVM This happens because if the total memory allocation request for the JRE is over 1 5GB then it will fail If this happens you will need to edit the total memory to lower it down to be below this limit For example have a Windows 7 system with 4GB of memory and the largest percentage of memory f
96. t of 631 File Errors 1 The Wizard can be dismissed by clicking the Close button You can check the results of the import by opening the Log File txt file assuming you left logging enabled Program Features 62 The log file is a simple text file that lists each source file and whether any errors were detected All errors are preceded by two stars so you can use your text editor s find search facilities to look for to quickly find any errors Batch Convert DX7 DX7II Files The Batch Convert DX7 DX7II Files Wizard is found on the Tools menu This feature is only available if your copy of sy factory is registered The Batch Convert DX7 DX7II Files Wizard provides a means for you to convert several DX7 DX71ll SYSEX files and convert them to SY77 JNN format files Please read the DX7 Notes Section for information on the conversion process The Batch Convert DX7 DX7II Files Wizard has two pages to navigate through e The Select Source Directory Page e The Select Destination Directory Page Select Source Directory Page The Select Source Directory Page is shown below Batch Convert DX7 File Steps d Select Source Directory 1 Select Source Directory CDM met 2 Select Destination Directory B EEE can Subdirectories Ignore File CRC Errors Finish Cancel This page has the following options Source Directory You can type the name of the source directory in this control I if Me click the button to the
97. t s Context Sensitive Menu The Synth Object is only shown within a Tree View and is the first Object in the Tree View Its name identifies the type of file For example a Synth Object representing an SY77 Bulk Dump SYSEX file is labelled SY77 Internal Memory SYSEX File Import from SY Memory Imports data from the SY Memory locations into the currently selected Child Window Export to SY Memory Exports data from the currently selected Child Window to the SY Memory locations Program Features 46 Voice Editing Features sy factory supports the following editing operations upon the Voice Collection shown within the Tree View of a Child Window e Copy Move e Initialise e Sort by Name e Import Data From SY e Export Data to SY only available if sy factory is registered e Add To Library e Cut to Clipboard e Copy to Clipboard e Paste from Clipboard The Voice Collection Object in a file is only shown within a Tree View and is called User Voices To access all features other than Move and Copy which you do via Drag and Drop right click over the Voice Collection to activate the Voice Collection s Context Sensitive Menu sy factory supports the following editing operations upon the Voice Objects within the Tree View or Table View of a Child Window e Copy Move e Initialise e Rename e Insert e Delete e Nevv e List References e Import from SY Memory e Export to SY Memory only if available sy factory
98. t supports the synth in the way that want am greatly interested in user feedback for shaping future versions of sy factory Comments and bug reports on the current features of sy factory and requests for future features can be sent to sy xfactory librarians co uk sy factory is programmed in Java so it is capable of running on any platform that supports Java version 5 0 and above The application has been developed and tested in JRE 6 running on PCs with Windows 7 32 bit and 64 bit with both 32 and 64 bit JREs operating systems and on Mac OS X with testing currently conducted on OSX 10 8 Mountain Lion The application should also work on previous versions of of Windows and OS X but am no longer testing on these versions as at some point it s always time to move on Having said that so long as there are no JRE bugs affecting the application it should work on any OS capable of supporting JRE 6 The screen shots you see in this manual have been taken with sy factory running upon JRE 5 0 The look and feel of the application will vary depending upon your target JRE and computer platform so don t worry if sy factory looks slightly different upon your system SY99 Support I have implemented SY99 support for sy factory to support the entire SY family although only have an SY77 myself So I ve implemented SY99 support without access to one to perform any testing In the early days of programming had some help from beta tes
99. ted Objects and places them on the Clipboard Pastes the contents of the Clipboard to the current selection Undos the previous edit Redos the previous edit Displays the Find Dialog to allow you to define the search criteria and then search for the first occurrence Searches for the next occurrence of the search criteria defined in the Find Dialog Imports Voices Performances from the SY via the MIDI interface Exports Voices Performances to the SY via the MIDI interface Displays the Preferences dialog where you can configure sy factory Displays the sy factory Online Help index page Enables Context Sensitive Help Displays the Tips and Tricks Dialog Displays the About Dialog The Save and MIDI export buttons are only enabled if sy factory is Registered The Tool Bar can be dragged and made a floating toolbar by clicking and dragging the handle to the left of the Tool Bar The Tool Bar can also be dragged to a different window border other than the top border The Tool Bar can be hidden unhidden by the Tool Bar menu option on the View menu The Tool Bar whilst floating can be docked once more by closing it The sy factory Window 18 Desktop The Desktop portion of the window is where the SY data is portrayed Several files may be opened and shown within Child Windows upon the Desktop portion of the window The following example shows three Child Windows open on the Desktop F FACTORY TO4 um T SY All Data File Location
100. teps Select Source Directory Kaia BANE preesory CADevelopmentioy rivoices mcum 2 Select Impart options i Scan Subdirectories Ignore File Errors This page has the following options Source Directory You can type the name of the source directory in this control Or if you click the button to the right of the line this will bring up a file selector dialog Scan Subdirectories If this control is checked then the Batch Converter will also include any subdirectories that it finds within the source directory when looking for files to convert If this control is not checked then any subdirectories in the source directory d If this control is not checked then any errors detected during file loading will halt the conversion process If this control is checked then these errors are ignored but are logged if Select Destination Directory Page The Select Destination Directory Page is shown below Batch Import SY Files to Library Steps Select Import Options 1 Select Source Directory When an object being added is already in the Library 2 Select Import Options g dy ry Do not add to Library When an object being added has the same name as an object already in the Library Add to Library Create Log File Do Not Add SY99 TNN Files This page has the following options When an Object being added Provides the action to do if an Object is added to the Library and there is is already in the Library alread
101. ters who had SY99s however we have all been very busy with life so SY99 MIDI support is not as fully tested as would like mean no criticism of the beta testers as the help that they could provide has been invaluable However have taken the decision to release sy factory now If you do find any problems with SY99 MIDI support then please get in touch with details of the problems SY99 file support has been tested in the same automated way that do all of my file testing so have a high degree of confidence in that The one area of SY99 that is not implemented in this release is custom waves and samples in TNN files as have found it extremely difficult to reverse engineer how this data is stored Welcome to sy factory V3 5 00 1 In the current release of sy factory Wave Sample data is preserved in TNN files so no data is lost but it cannot be viewed and manipulated in sy factory hope to implement full support in the next release Whilst Wave Samples are not fully supported do not recommend adding SY99 TNN files to the library as the Waves Samples will not be added The library batch importer has an option that is checked by default to not add these files The reason for this is until Wave Sample support is implemented it is not possible to link voices that use waves samples so when such voices are exported from the library then they have no referenced Wave Sample data to extract Depending on the demand and prior t
102. the Export MIDI option on the MIDI Menu orthe amp button on the Tool Bar Note if you import or export MIDI data to from a Child Window which is opened from a data file then the SY Synthesizer Window is also updated with the data being imported exported You can also import export individual Objects or a selection of Objects by selecting the Import Export memory options upon the Object s Context Sensitive Menu You can also use the keyboard shortcuts for doing this And you can also move copy Objects between the SY Synthesizer Window and Child Window using drag and drop You can also import export a Object to from the SY Edit Buffer by selecting a single Object and selecting the import export to from SY Edit Buffer options from the Object s Context Sensitive Menu You can also use the keyboard shortcuts for doing this Exporting Objects from sy factory to the SY Edit Buffer is really handy for example when trying to find a particular Object in a file and you don t wish to load the file into the SY Finally you can also perform all the operations on Objects in the SY Synthesizer Window that you can upon Objects in a normal Child Window Program Features 36 If you have the Automatically Update SY after Synth Window Edit option active when you change data the SY Synthesizer Window then the changes are automatically exported to the SY If you are making a lot of changes you may find yourself waiting quite a lot during the time it takes to
103. tions when you move the cursor to either the top or the bottom of the pane and hold it there If you drag an Object onto a Tree View and over a valid parent Object e g an Operator over a Voice and the parent Object is collapsed within the Tree and you hold the cursor over the Parent Object for a few seconds it will automatically expand sy factory will maintain the references to Voices in Performance Parts when moving Voices within a file For example if you move a Voice from Location 2 to Location 10 then any Multi Parts which are referencing Voices at Locations 2 and above will be updated to ensure they still reference the same Voices after the move operation as they were before the move operation The ability to update Object references following a move or to copy referenced Objects during a move to a new file can be selectively turned on or off within the Preferences Dialog Initialise Object Initialises the selected Object to its default state Multiple Objects of the same type can be selected for initialisation The Initialise command is found upon the Context Sensitive Menu in both the Tree View and the Table View Rename Object Renames the selected Object using the following dialog which can also be used to change the object category Rename Voice und Arianne Cancel Only one Object can be selected for renaming Program Features 43 The Rename command is found upon the Context Sensitive Menu in the
104. tory options and once that is done click on the Finish button to start the Batch Import Wizard The Wizard will not allow you to select a directory that doesn t exist Once the Wizard starts the progress of importing files is shown in the information pane Steps Select Import Options 1 Select Source Directory When an object being added is already in the Library 2 Select Import Options g dy ry Do not add to Library When an object being added has the same name as an object already in the Library Add to Library D Create Log File BELS TOG 61 of 631 Do Not Add 99 TNN Files 9 S YN MARIM There is a progress bar that shows the progress for all the files that the importer has detected and a progress bar for the objects in the file currently being imported The Wizard also shows how many file errors have been encountered assuming you have set the options to ignore File errors You can cancel the import at any time by pressing the Cancel button but you may need to wait for sy factory to finish the current file import before the batch conversion is cancelled Once completed a summary results page is shown that summarises the import ES Batch Import SY Files to Library x Steps Summary 00000 1 Select Source Directory 2 Select Impart Options 3 Summary Source Directory CiDevelopmentisYi Voices Scan Subdirectories ves Ignore File Errors Yes Create Log File Yes Files Imported 518 ou
105. ts as a filter Consider the following PERL examples for filtering by name e drum will match all names containing the phrase drum anywhere in the name e At will match all names beginning with the letter T anchors the search to the start of the name e 0 9 will match all names ending with a number character between 0 and 9 anchors the search to the end of the name e M 0 9 will match all names starting with letter M followed by a numeric character That is just an overview of how you can use regular expressions for filtering More details for how you can form regular expression pattons can be found on the PERL Regular Expression Page The drop down list for a Perl Regular Expression filter provides a history of the search terms entered during the session Table Filter Controls At the bottom of the table is a toolbar with the following controls Enable Filter Turns the filter on or off Configure Brings up the Configure Filter dialog box allowing you to control the default behaviour of how Filter the Rating Comment Author and Source File columns are filtered Resets the filter 72 Reset Filter Resets the filter The Filter control also shows you how many Objects out of the total available are being shown by the filter Table Filter Configuration When the Configure Filter Dialog button is selected the following dialog appears that allows you to control the behaviour of the filter for specific
106. tures other than Move and Copy which you do via Drag and Drop right click over a Microtuning or selection of Microtunings to activate the Microtuning s Context Sensitive Menu Import from SY Memory Imports Microtunings from the SY Memory locations into the currently selected Child Window You can import e A Single Microtuning e A Selection of Microtunings e All Microtunings by selecting the Microtuning Collection Export to SY Memory Exports Microtunings from the currently selected Child Window to the SY Memory locations You can export e A Single Microtuning e A Selection of Microtunings e All Microtunings by selecting the Microtuning Collection Program Features 56 Sequencer Editing Features sy factory supports the following editing operations upon the Sequencer Object shown within the Tree View of a Child Window e Copy Move e Initialise e Rename e Import Data From SY e Export Data to SY only available if sy factory is registered e Add To Library e Cut to Clipboard e Copy to Clipboard e Paste from Clipboard To access all features other than Move and Copy which you do via Drag and Drop right click over the Sequencer to activate the Sequencer s Context Sensitive Menu sy factory supports the following editing operations upon the Sequencer Track Pattern Pattern Chain and Time Signature Collections within the Tree View of a Child Window e Copy Move e nitialise e Cut to Clipboard e Copy to Cli
107. urrent Child Window is split vertically Tree When checked the main left top pane in a Child Window displays data in a Tree View Table When checked the main right bottom pane in a Child Window displays data in a Table View Refresh Refreshes all open Child Windows This command is provided in case the screen is not properly updated following an edit operation There are a couple of odd bugs cannot track down on screen updates So if you come across them as well then this command will force a redraw of the windows Preferences Opens the sy factory Preferences Dialog The sy factory Window 13 The MIDI Menu The MIDI menu provides the following options E Import SY77 Synthesizer Data from MIDI dh Export SY77 Synthesizer Data to MIDI SYTT MIDI Router MIDI Preferences Import From MIDI Imports Voices and Performances from the SY via MIDI to the currently selected Window Export to MIDI Exports Voices and Performances to the SY via MIDI from the currently selected Window Note The Export To MIDI option is only enabled if you have registered sy factory MIDI Router Opens the MIDI Router Dialog which allows you to use another keyboard to audition SY Data MIDI Preferences Opens the Preferences Dialog with the MIDI Preferences Tab active The sy factory Window The Tools Menu The Tools menu provides the following options Master Patch List Library Information Batch Import to Library
108. y Preferences Misc Preferences Device Type Preferences Voice Preferences Multi Preferences Default View Pane Tree View Default Library View Library Pane Table View View Tool Bar View Status Bar View Backdrop In Child Window Default View Defines the type of view that is applied to a Child Window when it is first opened The following options are available e No Split e Horizontal Split e Vertical Split Pane Left Pane Top Pane Defines the type of view shown in the single pane of an unsplit view the left pane of a horizontally split view or the top pane of a vertically split view The following options are available e ree View e Table View Right Pane Bottom Pane This control is only visible if the Default View option is set to either Horizontal Split or Vertical Split Defines the type of view shown in the right pane of a horizontally split view or the bottom pane of a vertically split view The following options are available e ree View e Table View View Tool Bar Controls if the toolbar is visible at startup View Status Bar Controls if the status bar is visible at startup View Backdrop In Child This option controls if the image backdrop is displayed in Child Windows Window You may wish to turn off this option if you find the scrolling of the Child Window is slow on your machine Preferences 72 MIDI Preferences The MIDI Preferences tab is shown below sy factory eruere Default View Pr
109. y an identical Object in the library The choices are e Add to Library with a new name e Do not add to Library e Overwrite Object in the Librar When an Object being added Provides the action to do if an Object is added to the Library and there is already has the same name as already an Object in the library with the same name The choices are an Object in the Library e Add to Library with a new name e Do not add to Library Create Log File If this control is checked then a log file is created in the destination directory Program Features 61 Do Not Add SY99 TNN Files f this control is checked then SY99 TNN files are not added to the Library by the Batch Importer This is temporary option and is present because until SY99 fully supports SY99 Waves and Samples it is recommended that data from files with Waves and Samples is not added to the library Using the Batch Importer Using the importer is quite simple Importing an SY file takes about 20 seconds so if you have a lot of files to import be prepared to leave the importer running for a while The import of a file will be slower if you have a large library as sy factory needs to check to duplicate data so the larger the library the more data the batch importer has to search The importer is a simple Wizard and you can step through the choice pages using the Prev and Next buttons or exit the Wizard using the Cancel Button Select the source and destination direc
110. y needs to be registered Configuring MIDI Support To configure MIDI support go to the MIDI Preferences tab in the Preferences Dialog and set up the following e Input MIDI Port and Output MIDI Port should be set to the MIDI port s to which the SY is connected e SYSEX Device Number should match the SY Device Number setting If the Device Number on the SY is set to ALL then it will accept data for any SYSEX Device You can check that these settings work by pressing the Test SY MIDI Settings button When you press this button a test message is sent to the SY and the subsequent Dialog will tell you if communication was successful or if there was a problem The above steps set up the basic communication mechanism for MIDI support and you then can set up the remaining options according to your preferences e f you never work with Multis then you can exclude them from the bulk transfers by clearing the Include Multis in Bulk Transfer checkbox e f you wish for sy factory to always read the SY data on startup then check the Read SY MIDI Data on Startup checkbox e f you wish for changes made to the SY Synthesizer Window to be automatically written to the SY then check the Automatically Update SY after Synth Window Edit checkbox e You can adjust how long that sy factory will wait for a response from the SY by adjusting the Timeout Delay value which is given in milliseconds The Transmit Buffer Size Transmit Delay Between Buffers and Transmit D

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