Another newbie question...
The program names in T5 and T7 that are available for the Waldorf MicroQ do not agree with the factory presets. I have the program names that match the programs in my MicroQ in a .rtf file but Tracktion does not appear to be able to upload it.
Is there a way to upload custom bank/program names using a file instead of having to type them in one at a time?
Upload custom bank For program names external midi
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 94 posts since 3 Sep, 2011
I was able to solve this but it wasn't easy. I wrote Tracktion support when I posted this on Sunday and never received a response. I'm using T5 at the moment to evaluate upgrading to T7...so maybe they don't support T5 because it's free.
Anyway
Imported/Exported bank/program just to see an example of the file format.
Took some doing in Excel to concatenate the entries and paste them into Tracktion's Text/Edit format with the xml header. It's more than a little fussy for the non-coders in the house.
While I could get smaller imports to succeed eventually (Bank A, 3 test program names, Bank B 3...etc.') ,imports kept failing at random.
I tried different spacing,indentations and verifying every little syntax element was correct. etc.
The final key was editing any patch names containing some special characters like asteriks and ampersands. In the end, it looks something like this...
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ProgramSet name="FactorySet" zeroBased="0">
<bank name="Bank A" low="0" high="32">
<program number="0" name="LosAngeles2019 T FX"/>
<program number="1" name="Rain Pad"/>
<program number="2" name="Chor 2.0 Pad"/>
<program number="3" name="Zeitlos Pad"/>
<program number="4" name="Expensive Arp"/>
<program number="5" name="OBX Purple5 Lead"/>
etc....
<program number="98" name="Basssser Arp"/>
<program number="99" name="Moogish 2 Arp"/>
<program number="100" name="Empty"/>
</bank>
<bank name="Bank B" low="1" high="32">
<program number="0" name="Jazz Percssn Keys"/>
<program number="1" name="Wurlitzer104b Keys"/>
etc.
Hope this helps someone...
Anyway
Imported/Exported bank/program just to see an example of the file format.
Took some doing in Excel to concatenate the entries and paste them into Tracktion's Text/Edit format with the xml header. It's more than a little fussy for the non-coders in the house.
While I could get smaller imports to succeed eventually (Bank A, 3 test program names, Bank B 3...etc.') ,imports kept failing at random.
I tried different spacing,indentations and verifying every little syntax element was correct. etc.
The final key was editing any patch names containing some special characters like asteriks and ampersands. In the end, it looks something like this...
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ProgramSet name="FactorySet" zeroBased="0">
<bank name="Bank A" low="0" high="32">
<program number="0" name="LosAngeles2019 T FX"/>
<program number="1" name="Rain Pad"/>
<program number="2" name="Chor 2.0 Pad"/>
<program number="3" name="Zeitlos Pad"/>
<program number="4" name="Expensive Arp"/>
<program number="5" name="OBX Purple5 Lead"/>
etc....
<program number="98" name="Basssser Arp"/>
<program number="99" name="Moogish 2 Arp"/>
<program number="100" name="Empty"/>
</bank>
<bank name="Bank B" low="1" high="32">
<program number="0" name="Jazz Percssn Keys"/>
<program number="1" name="Wurlitzer104b Keys"/>
etc.
Hope this helps someone...
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 94 posts since 3 Sep, 2011
Update: the Tracktion support team did get back to me to ask if I had been able to upload the program names and then pivoted to help me with an additional issue. That's remarkable given that the program is free.