Instruments • Falcon Programmer - batch configuration application for UVI Falcon

I am pleased to announce the release of Falcon Programmer, a new open source batch configuration application for the UVI Falcon software synthesizer.  Multiple types of configuration change can be implemented in thousands of Falcon programs with a single batch run, taking seconds to minutes.

There is currently an installer only for Windows.  However, the source code should run on macOS; and a macOS installer will be provided as soon as a collaborator can be found to create the installer and test the application on macOS.

The following configuration tasks are available:

• Restore the program to an original version, ready for the configuration changes to be made.
• Initialise the program's Info page layout with many options, including converting a script-based layout to the standard layout.
• Assign MIDI CC numbers to macros and, provided the program uses the standard Info page layout, optionally append each macro's MIDI CC number to its display name.
• Bypass (disable) all known delay effects and then, provided the program uses the standard Info page layout, remove any macro that no longer modulates any enabled effects.
• If a Release macro is not part of a set of four ADSR macros and the macro is not modulated by the mod wheel, set its initial value to zero.
• Set the values of known reverb macros, with some exceptions, to zero.
• Move release and reverb macros that have zero values to the end of the standard Info page layout.
• Where feasible, replace all modulations by the modulation wheel with modulations by a new 'Wheel' macro on the standard Info page layout.
• If the modulation wheel's modulations have been reassigned to a Wheel macro (the previous task), reuse MIDI CC 1 (the mod wheel) for a subsequent macro, where feasible.
• Prepend a line indicating the program's path (sound bank\category\program name) to the program's description, which is viewable in Falcon when the Info page's i button is clicked.

Of these configuration tasks, assigning MIDI CC numbers to macros will be of use to many Falcon players.  And restoring the program to an original version is just a safety feature to facilitate subsequent transformation.  The remainder are merely what the developer has found useful as a Falcon player.  Many more configuration tasks are surely possible.  Users of the application are welcome to suggest some!

The Windows installer can be downloaded from GitHub.  For further information, please refer to the manual.  Potential collaborators may refer to Contributing to Falcon Programmer development.
 

Statistics: Posted by SimonORorke — Wed Jul 10, 2024 9:01 pm — Replies 0 — Views 77

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