From eagle!ukc!mcvax!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!decwrl!labrea!rutgers!att!ihnp4!twitch!glimmer!tjt Mon Aug  1 23:31:16 BST 1988
Article 3824 of rec.music.synth:
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>From: tjt@glimmer.UUCP (Tim Thompson)
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
Subject: glib - a pseudo-generic patch librarian/editor - part 1 of 3
Keywords: table-driven, tx81z, dx100, dw8000
Message-ID: <144@glimmer.UUCP>
Date: 30 Jul 88 16:47:58 GMT
Organization: a UNIX PC in Howell, NJ
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Recent articles (e.g. <201@checkers.UUCP>) have mentioned the desirability
of a table-driven patch librarian/editor.  Enclosed is part 1 of 3 of my
approach.  glib (one syllable) is not generic in the sense of some of the
commercial generic patch librarians, in terms of being driven entirely from
a data file.  However, note that glib is both a librarian and editor.  The
program is structured to use a single front-end display (curses-based) for
the librarian, and a table-driven mechanism for the design of the screen
that allows editing of patch parameters.  To support a new synth, 'all
you do' is define a few tables and write code that talks to the synth.
The effort to do this, for a reasonable C programmer, might be described
as straightforward but tedious, and writing code which talks to a synth
can be anything from trivial to maddening, depending on the synth, and
glib does nothing to help there.

The program being posted supports the tx81z (patches and performance),
the dx100, and the dw8000 (thanks to Steve Falco).  For testing and
development, it can run on a UNIX machine, which is the best way of
trying it out to see whether you want to invest any effort moving it
to a MIDI-capable computer.  (If your UNIX machine supports MIDI, let's
talk.  Send mail to twitch!glimmer!tjt).  Support is provided for the
Atari ST (tested) and MS-DOS (untested).  Support for the Macintosh
exists, and may be posted later.  Support also exists for the Roland
DEP-5 effects box (why? you may ask :-).

See the README for more info.     ...Tim Thompson...twitch!glimmer!tjt...