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I am the developer of PCG Tools, which is a free application for managing PCG files. More info can be found at http://pcgtools.mkspace.nl.

Currently I support a variety of workstations/synths, like Kronos, Oasys, M3, M50, Kross, Krome, Triton, Karma, Trinity etc.

However, to add support for arrangers, I need a so called MIDI Exclusive document. If you read so far and you know more about this, can you give some more information about this?

(I noticed for the old i/iS/iX series, such documents are available, but I cannot find anything for Pa50, 60, 80, 500, 600, PA1X, PA2X and PA3X).

Hello Michel,

There will probably be many interested people out there for such a tool for PA. So thanks a lot for paying attention to this need.

There are very few details about the PA Midi SysEx implementation.

Do you need basic sysex question/answer strings, like identification or specific ones, that we don't even know if they exist ?

Just for better understanding, beyond the MIDI exclusive, why don't you consider directly the PCG files ? They are (a bit) cyphered but some people managed to use them as far as I know. You probably already faced this issue on other Korg keyboards, don't you ?

Sorry for not being able to help more.

MamieNova wrote:Hello Michel,

There will probably be many interested people out there for such a tool for PA. So thanks a lot for paying attention to this need.

There are very few details about the PA Midi SysEx implementation.

Do you need basic sysex question/answer strings, like identification or specific ones, that we don't even know if they exist ?

Just for better understanding, beyond the MIDI exclusive, why don't you consider directly the PCG files ? They are (a bit) cyphered but some people managed to use them as far as I know. You probably already faced this issue on other Korg keyboards, don't you ?

Sorry for not being able to help more.

Thanks for the big reply.

Actually I only need to know several (not even that many) parameters of the PCG file. However, those files are proprietary and I don't want to ask Korg too many detailed questions. Therefore, I mostly make use of MIDI system exclusive documents, which are a big help (and fragments are 1-1 equal to the PCG file).

I'm not intending to add real MIDI connection into PCG Tools (btw, that would be great, but very time consuming).

And yes, I have this problem with almost all PCG files. Most recent PCG files have a very clear structure, the older one a bit less good, but MIDI sysex documents are mostly easier to find (and less difficult because of the simpler structure).

But for PA series/arrangers, neither sysex documents NOR PCG information is available.

Hello Michael

This is terrific news that you are getting ready to include support for PA600.

Sorry I have not been able contribute much to your project so far as I have made little progress inferring the structure of PCG files using Hex Editors.

Br Sri

Hello Michael

This is terrific news that you are getting ready to include support for PA600.

Sorry I have not been able contribute much to your project so far, as I have made little progress inferring the structure of PA600 files using Hex Editors.
[QTP files were quite easy - and posted a note on that].

Br Sri

sridharar wrote:Hello Michael

This is terrific news that you are getting ready to include support for PA600.

Sorry I have not been able contribute much to your project so far, as I have made little progress inferring the structure of PA600 files using Hex Editors.
[QTP files were quite easy - and posted a note on that].

Br Sri

I will try at least ... depending how difficult it will be to extract information from the PCG (or relevant) files for a PA600.

I made a poll at
http://www.korgforums.com/forum/phpBB2/ ... 472#593472 ... please leave a message (or respond to this email) if you want PCG Tools support for your synth!

PCG Tools is a free librarian / list generator, see more info at http://pcgtools.mkspace.nl