

Roland MC-505 Editor v 2.0


* Installation
* What's new in V 2.0?
* About Graphical Editor
* About Shake Function
* Help support development of this program
* Contact writer
* Disclaimer
* History


Installation

- copy all the files into one directory and run mc505ed.exe
- setup your MIDI output on the setup page
- read hints for help. (disable hint on the setup page  when you don't need them anymore)
- join the MC-505 mailing list at http://www.groovesource.net/mc505/maillist/
- write me at norsez@yahoo.com for bugs report, ideas, or even just saying hello
- my MIDI software site: http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Strasse/3731/mysoftwares.html
- MC-505 editor is freeware (donation ware, see note about donation ware below). It is totally harmless, but use it at your own risk because I am not responsible for any loss or damage related to this freeware
- Please write for my permission, if you are going to include this freeware in your CD collections
- Please send me an email if you like this program so I know if there are enough users for me to keep on improving this freeware.

What's new in V. 2.0 ? 
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- Tweakers' mouse movement improved + Longer list of combobox
- Checksum calculation (no more checksum error warnings)
- Open 8 part now reads both 9054 (Mc-505 editor) and 9807 (MC-505 dump) format
- Autosave every 1 minute of 8 part data
- Get Patch or 8 part data right from the connected MC-505 through MIDI Input
- Send and Get general sysex files
- Drumnote selector will also adjust to the key you are playing 
- Graphical Interface for patch editor (press F9) ******* see notes about this
- Drum mixer can send data for many drum notes at a time
- MC-505 editor now is a donation ware. please see note below on what and how you can donate


Notes on the new Graphical Interface (F9)
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- It works on Part 1 to 7 only. It doesn't work for the Drum part
- It only supports commonly used parameters. For other parameters,
  press F9 again to go back to the old editor
- You still can use hot key to call the menu on the old editor while
  you are at the graphical interface (try press ctrl+C for tone copy)
  The Graphical editor will disappear, but you can always press F9 again to bring it back up
- Tone Select and Show Tone works the same as on the old editor.
  On systems slower than Pentium 166MMX, you might exeperience slow knobs update when you 
  shift click the Tone Select

Words on the graphical editor's knobs and switches
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You may find that the knobs and switches behave a bit goofy at first. Please keep 
the following things in mind. It will help

- knobs and switches are in fact another version of the tweakers on the old
  editor. So they behave exactly the same
- Hold Mouse and drag left or right o change value of knobs and switches
- Shift hold to move the knobs faster. This will not move a knob at all if the range of the knob value is less than 10 (e.g. gain knob)
- Double click to get back to the default position (indicated by the red dot on each knob)
- For those who like to see numbers while moving knobs, sorry, you can't. But I guarantee that patches you make will sound 
  more organic when you don't see numbers. 
- However, sometimes you need to be precise (e.g. with the semi knob), click the value box at the bottom right of the editor
  and then place your mouse cursor on the knob you wish to edit. Type the value you want by keyboard and press Enter

Words on Patch Shake
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Patch Shake is my answer to the request for intelligent patch random function. (Thanks everyone who helped brainstorming) .
Now Patch Shake may not be really a patch random function but its results are quite desirable. There are 2 types of Patch Shake,
namely, Linear and, of course, Non-linear. Although you can set shake amount of both types independently, I recommend 
that they are set to be low so that the results will be more predictable (in a random way) and just so you have some idea what you are doing with the patch.

Linear Patch Shake is different from Non-linear (when both's amount set to low)  in that it hardly preserves the original patch's character once shaken.
So Linear Patch Shake maybe better used for getting started and then use Non-liear to shape the patch (in a random way). (But, certainly, this is not a rule, you can be as creative as you want.)

When you press Ctrl+R, only the selected tone will be shaken. All the selected tone, once shaken, will have the same parameter values. 

Try using more than one tone but shake them seperately. The results will be more subtle. 

Oftentimes, shaken patch will have no sound. Try adjusting Tone level, Filter cut off, and other bi-polar parameters.

The result will be wildest when you enable shake for modulation and LFO parameters (if not overdoing it)



***MC-505 editor is now a donation ware***
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Donation ware is basically freeware with the writer whinning, begging for a little support. :)
If you like this freeware, please support me (no obligation) in further development of this 
program by sending me one of the following items 

1. Money (for my software and textbook fund or even a nice dinner :-). in US dollars only please)
2. T-shirt
  
   a T-shirt that I would love should be
   - non brandname
   - organization, memorial, club, cult, synth, software, association, festival or school related
   - political and social comedy

   Please don't send T-shirts that are 
   - political
   - comical
   - tourism related
   - sex and profanity related

Please send money or T-shirt to

Norsez O. 
816 E. Grandview Blvd
Erie, PA 16504 USA

Now Enjoy!

norsez orankijanan
8/3/99


History

What's new in V. 1.5?
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- swap sysex Patch files between MC-505 (650 bytes) and Super JV/XP series (643 bytes)
- copy tone (part independent), copy drum note with tone and drum note little info (just double click the tone/drum note)
- extract drum note from another '8 part sys-ex file' on note by note basis
- shake patch with selectable amount and parameters to be affected (for part 1-7 only) 
- drum mixer (MC-505 style)
- random patchname by double clicking. Edit your word list in wordlist.txt
- auto trigger
- tone parameter quick look in the additional statusbar
- show notes played with velocities
- CC look up (for tone currently shown. good for writing midi message into your soft sequencer to initialize knobs of your patch)
- small changes and automations in the interface (hope nobody got used to anything yet)
- a lot of bugs fixed (Thanks everyone who reported bugs. you know who u are!)
- main menu rearranged



