Some kinda Excel2syx or somehow?

[pay_c]

I really DO KNOW that this is a stupid question, as I am not a programmer at all...but its just some idea:

Would it make sense to make a Excel2syx converter?

What I mean by that is: Instead of typing the values for every single pot (and button) and switch to the next, why not make some kinda table -or what you call that- where you can write in all that stuff directly?

Advantage: You can use all that features of Excel: Copy&Paste, automatic up&down counting, even formulas...

The only thing you would need is a  ready table where you can write your stuff in and which is then converted to a .syx file.

As far as I know the Excel format is quite simple, so what do you say?

Btw: Are there more presets available somewhere? If hont, I'll make some the next months (REBIRTH!!! veeeery important... )

Greets :)

[serge]

Hi pay_c,

what you could make quite easily is a Excel2ini converter.

With TK's mk_syx.pl, you can convert this INI file to sysex. Using vmidibox, you can save to INI file.

You can of course also load and save sysex  in vmidibox.

This means you can convert freely between sysex and INI format using both vmidibox and mk_syx.pl .

The INI format looks like this (extract):

...

[POTS]

   # Pot Row 1

   1   =  B0 5B [00-7F] "Reverb # 1" DEC|

   2   =  B1 5B [00-7F] "Reverb # 2" DEC|

   3   =  B2 5B [00-7F] "Reverb # 3" DEC|

...

I think you could import/export this in excel  in some way.

On the other hand a good text editor on the INI file could avoid using excel ?

If you make such excel file with import and export macros, let us know  :D!

Good luck,

Ser

[pay_c]

Ahh, the INI-File! Dammit, I didnt think of that!

Yeah, I'll try that out and let you know if it works as soon as possible.

Greets