Re: reaktor, MSP, etc

["sserendipity" <ssrndpty@hotmail.com>]

> >I'm interested - could you give examples? There are emulators for
> >practically everything these days, and I wasn't aware that anything that
> >used to be made had functionalities that we don't have any more.
> >
> well, for example, I have a few hundred custom DX-7 patches I
> programmed in Opcode's Galaxy back in the late 80's. Opcode died, and
> the Galaxy file format died with them. AFAIK, none of the modern DX
> emulators, like FM-7, etc, will import Galaxy patches. I suppose I
> could dig an old mac out of the closet, hook it up to my DX, export
> the patches a bank at a time into the DX, export them as sysex back
> to the computer., load them into DX, yeah, I'll do that the next time
> I have a free week...
>

Sure, that would take some time, but arguably, they aren't really gone - 
you
uninstalled galaxy. In fact, there are probably quite  few people still
using it. It's not like the hardware died, and there's no replacement. It's
a pity you didn't save them as sysex messages when you stopped using that
mac, though.

 I keep hearing rumours Opcode's revival, but I'm not holding my breath...

bIz

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Trenkel" <improv@peak.org>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 2:23 PM
Subject: Re: reaktor, MSP, etc


> >  > or incompatible, that's another worry. There are many people who
composed
> >>  music based on computers and software available in the 80's who 
>cannot
> >play
> >>  that music anymore today. It's kind of sad really.
> >>
> >
> >I'm interested - could you give examples? There are emulators for
> >practically everything these days, and I wasn't aware that anything that
> >used to be made had functionalities that we don't have any more.
> >
> well, for example, I have a few hundred custom DX-7 patches I
> programmed in Opcode's Galaxy back in the late 80's. Opcode died, and
> the Galaxy file format died with them. AFAIK, none of the modern DX
> emulators, like FM-7, etc, will import Galaxy patches. I suppose I
> could dig an old mac out of the closet, hook it up to my DX, export
> the patches a bank at a time into the DX, export them as sysex back
> to the computer., load them into DX, yeah, I'll do that the next time
> I have a free week...
>
>