DSI Tetra (with Sys-Ex receive)by the-elf

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MIDI Target Manufacturer(s): Sequential (was DSI)

This is not a passive editor. By hooking up both MIDI in and out to/from the Tetra you can use the 'Retrieve Program' button in the Layout, and the Tetra will send the currently buffered Program (by Sys-Ex dump) to MD. This Layout will then reflect the received Program data for analysis and editing. You can also initiate a Program dump from the Tetra's own menu.

This Layout contains buttons for Oscillator 1 and 2 'Wave Reset'. These parameters are not mentioned in the Tetra manual.

There is a 'Basic Patch' button that recalls the DSI equivalent from MD's Preset 10 location.

I have included a couple of note on/off trigger buttons for the sequencer.

I embraced the two-page format for this Layout. I have chosen what I consider to be useful combinations for L/R pages.

* Early versions of this Layout required 'Supercontrols Send Own Values' to be switched on in MD's Config - Options. If this was not done then the oscillator shape buttons would not function. This requirement was removed from Version 5 onwards.

There are limitations:

• I have not implemented edit access for all of the 'Global' parameters. Some of them are problematical (switching off NPRN reception would disable this Layout, for instance!). Retrieving Global data will display current Global parameter values, however.
• I have not addressed Layers or Combos. I don't use these myself, so the considerable amount of work to expand the Layout is not justified.
• Programs must be saved using the Program Write procedure on the Tetra itself.
• Although it should be possible to edit the Assignable Parameters 1-4 from MD, I found that any message received by the Tetra reset these Parameters to zero. I have made the MD controls read-only, so they will have to be edited on the Tetra itself.

Downloads: 106
DSI Tetra (with Sys-Ex receive) V1 - First release.
Downloads: 27

DSI Tetra (with Sys-Ex receive) V2 - Bug fixes. Fix to Program/Combo mode value display - the DSI manual is wrong! Improved Waveshape/PWM controls. Sys-Ex parsing expanded to include feedback gain and volume.
Downloads: 24

DSI Tetra (with Sys-Ex receive) V3 - Added 'Wave Reset' buttons. Changed Layout of 'Retrieve' page.
Downloads: 20

DSI Tetra (with Sys-Ex receive) V4 - Changed StreamByter code to take advantage of the newly-implemented sub-routines. The code is now more concise and more easily maintainable for the future.
Downloads: 20

DSI Tetra (with Sys-Ex receive) V5 - Supercontrol requirement removed - Removed requirement for 'Supercontrols Send Own Values' to be switched on.
Downloads: 14

Images

DSI Tetra 1

DSI Tetra 2

DSI Tetra 3

DSI Tetra 4

DSI Tetra 5

DSI Tetra 6

Comments

Wow! I missed all of these February layouts from you, congrats this one is great! I'd love to get a blurb on this. What is it? What use cases does it hit? Etc. Thanks!

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Not sure what to tell you, really. It's pretty much all covered above. It's a Layout for the DSI Tetra synth module. I've covered all of the single patch parameters, including a couple of undocumented parameters.