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reface cs : offline solution to manage patches

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 Lo
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Hello, I'm a happy new owner of a reface cs which I find is a great little synth and a very inspiring instrument.
I wonder if there's anyway to manage the patches without being connected on the web. An offline version of Soundmondo ? A dedicated hardware to send sysex messages ? I would prefer to avoid smartphones or laptop based solution.
It's for live use, so it need to be quite reliable.
Any tips from your experiences or any ideas ?

Thks in advance.
Lo

 
Posted : 26/04/2021 12:20 pm
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It would be a laptop based solution, but https://ctrlr.org/69236/ combined with http://soundmondo.martintarenskeen.nl/ would be one option.

I've never used those panels personally, so I can't attest to how reliable they are.

 
Posted : 26/04/2021 4:07 pm
 Lo
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Thanks a lot for the links. Interesting. I'm also exploring a way with a midi controller which could send midi sysex. It could be a quite simple one. I only need it to change from one patch to another.

 
Posted : 26/04/2021 6:58 pm
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I'm also exploring a way with a midi controller which could send midi sysex. It could be a quite simple one. I only need it to change from one patch to another.

I don't think it's simple because, IIRC, there are no patches in a CS, no patch memory. So the way you change a patch in a CS is to change every parameter. Which means it wouldn't be a single command, it's a whole bunch of commands... every filter setting, every envelope setting, etc.

 
Posted : 26/04/2021 7:03 pm
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Please see the following article, in particular the paragraph entitled: “Capturing the reface CP/CS/DX/YC Settings”

This steps you through sending a Bulk Request command to the reface, it will return the current settings in a bulk dump (sysex) which you can capture in your sequencer. If you setup up to send the bulk and capture via *overdub record* you can document your reface CS’s settings.

Link — Sequencing with reface CP/CS/DX/YC

F0 43 20 7F 1C 03 0E 0F 00 F7 is the message that will cause the reface CS to bulk dump its current setting...

 
Posted : 26/04/2021 8:59 pm
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