Re: Filing of User Presets - files vs. builtin
Re: Filing of User Presets - files vs. builtin
- Subject: Re: Filing of User Presets - files vs. builtin
- From: Art Gillespie <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 15:27:22 -0400
What's the confusion? I'm not saying what I'm proposing is the perfect
solution but
one where the pros outweigh the cons. I'm not going to say that Option
3 is without
cons which is why I can be sympathetic.
Oh... sorry. I didn't understand 'sympathy' in this context.
I agree with the need for banks which was one of the neat things about
the preferences
file, it's kind of a built in bank.
Yes.. but that's *not* the same as saying the user can create a bank
anywhere he likes.
A few hundred MB sysex dump of a single preset? Or is that a bank + a
ton of samples?
Well, archives from years and years of programming synths... I was
trying to illustrate that for many people, patches are just as
important as any Word document in terms of the effort that goes into
creating them... I certainly don't think of them as Word macros or Mail
rules, that's all.
Hell, I just looked... I still have hundreds of old 'patch sheets' from
old analogs. They 'really' look like documents, being on paper and
all... oh and here are session folders with every setting of every
effect, eq, etc. painstakingly written down... they're not written on
Post-it notes, so I'm guessing they're documents. Dunno, though.
Maybe they're shopping lists?
If everyone is happy having preset/bank management foisted upon them
by the standard, then I guess the argument is moot.
Well I think you're proposing a standard bank scheme which would call
for some
standard bank management wouldn't it? Like adding/removing presets in
a bank?
Well, I'm all for having a standardized file format. We already have
that (banks are simply a matter of agreeing on another key, no?). I'm
opposed to:
a) hiding presets/banks from the user in an opaque Preferences file
b) enforcing a location for presets/banks
In any case, it's certainly a matter of opinion, and I'm just trying to
express mine (though I'm right in this case)... I thought my point of
view was horribly underrepresented in your overview. :) Thanks for
listening.
I wouldn't know. I don't even have a .mac e-mail address.
Whatever.
Heh... Guess my sense of humor isn't for everyone... what I was trying
to say is that I'm definitely not an expert on all things Mac, sorry if
you took it the wrong way, I certainly didn't mean any offense.
Best,
Art
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