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Proper data structure for Solaris Presets

Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 12:37 pm
by John Bowen
Here is an important reminder, to make sure that any user Presets are properly ordered.

The Solaris requires the following structure:

Presets/BankN/Patch/p0.pre, p01.pre, etc.

(Where N following Bank is the next available bank number in your Preset folder).

So, a typical folder setup would be: Presets/Bank7/Patch/p0.pre, etc.


thanks,
john b.

Re: Proper data structure for Solaris Presets

Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 10:39 pm
by valis
I converted the recent library that had all caps and made it bank 7, want me to share?

Re: Proper data structure for Solaris Presets

Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 10:43 pm
by John Bowen
Ah, I should have corrected this....last time I had a chance to ask Julian about this, he said it doesn't matter! He changed to all caps in the new OS v1.2...so, I guess it was an unnecessary effort....sorry about that!

Re: Proper data structure for Solaris Presets

Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2014 3:46 am
by koenig
John Bowen wrote:(Where N following Bank is the next available bank number in your Preset folder).
Is there a limit to the number of banks? Patches are limited to 128, I do believe, but I have no recollection of seeing a bank limit. Sorry if this is a trivial question.

K

Re: Proper data structure for Solaris Presets

Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2014 8:13 am
by John Bowen
We did decide to limit it currently to 128 Banks, since that's the MIDI spec. Originally we had no limit, but it seemed unnecessary - 128 banks seemed to be enough.

Re: Proper data structure for Solaris Presets

Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2014 1:48 pm
by koenig
John Bowen wrote:We did decide to limit it currently to 128 Banks, since that's the MIDI spec. Originally we had no limit, but it seemed unnecessary - 128 banks seemed to be enough.
Yikes! That is a lot! Thanks.