[S37E] Parameter export file output?

This may be a feature request, but how can I export settings by preset into some standard text format for comparison between presets? Something like a comma deleminated file.

Otherwise, how do I compare between two presets?

Thanks

Take a screen shot of the editor window of each preset.
Put the two screen shots next to each other (vert or horiz).

Differences are obvious and easy to relate to as they’re in the same graphic form as the real thing.
(Unlike a page-long list of parameter names and values separated by comas.)
S37 Comparison.jpg

Thanks for the practical idea. Well, that’s one approach. However, at least for my eyes, a visual comparison isn’t optimal. A data comparison would assure all differences are observed. I’d think a file write procedure would be fairly easy to implement. Anyway, that’s my thought.

I’d love to see this also - one parameter per line, plain text. There’s many applications out there to compare two text files and show you the differences.

It might be even more valuable to get a text representation of the Mapping panel, as a way of documenting your setup. Lots of parameters there to remember and/or write down by hand. Isn’t that what computers are for? :wink:

This is an interesting idea. A programmer with access to the sysex preset structure and encoding could write a decoder and parse the values into a text file, for any preset in sysex format. I’ll make sure the sysex documentation is published (although this may take some time). In the meanwhile I’ll certainly file this as a useful requested future update for the editor. Thanks!

Amos

Any way to write out parameter files yet?

I’ve got some half-baked programs that can sort-of dump a syx file. Nothing real yet, and it would never be “official” anyway. I’m mostly guessing at the sysex messages, too, since nothing has come out of Moog (which is understandable - they’ve got umpteen other things to work on).

I do think the screenshot is merely a workaround, it is very confusing to trace each parameter either vertically or horizontally without having to count each row or column every time. It might be easier if the knobs have a color code after you take the screenshot :unamused:

I’d love to see a way to compare them in a table in some sort of tool. If there is an alpha or beta version to test, count me in!

I think the text file export is a nice idea!

What I do is not to put the screenshots side by side, but stack the windows above each other so that each pixel exactly matches. Now, if you flick between the two windows, the eye catches immediately the changing areas. It’s a technique I use for quite some time, and even used to compare text files if there was no proper Diff tool available.

Hey Moog, any movement on this request?

A parameter export function so we can load all settings into a table and compare presets. Shouldn’t be that difficult to do in the Sub 37 Editor.

Thanks

Hi,

We’re focusing on the minitaur Editor these days,
as Amos noted it’s been added as a feature request for future reference.