RD-700NX Librarian with Basic Edit
Posted: 18:24, 11 May 2015
Inspired by the librarian created by MarcoPolo on these forums, I have created an RD-700NX librarian of my own which can be found here: http://retroclonez.co.uk/Z9aY0bX8cW1dV7 ... rarian.zip.
In addition to being able to copy, swap, insert, delete and rename Live Sets, the program also offers basic editing of the parameters normally editable via the RD-700NX display (VOL, PAN etc. as well as PEDAL and CONTROL SLIDE settings). Layers can also be switched ON/OFF, and the program is keyboard-range FULL aware.
Before anyone gets too excited -Tones cannot be selected/changed. As far as I can determine, a shed-load of data is copied into the Live Set every time a Tone is changed - and the only way to do that with an external editor would be to have a database of all 964 tones. Although this is technically feasible, it would need changing every time Roland updated anything via a firmware update - besides which, I have yet to work out exactly where the Tone data resides within each Live Set. One day...
I have developed/tested this on a vanilla RD-700NX with firmware v01.001 - so have no idea whether it will work with newer versions. There is an "Upgrade" function - which simply adds another 100 Live Sets to a v01 file and sets the firmware ID to v02.000 - whether this will actually load into a v02 keyboard I have no idea! Use of this software is therefore at the user's own risk, and no liability will be accepted for any damage caused etc.
There are no instructions supplied - but hopefully use of the program is fairly self-explanatory. It is portable, so does not require an installer. RDS files saved from the RD-700NX should be copied to the LiveSets folder (although this is not obligatory) for editing. "Export" simply creates a text file of all Live Sets and their parameter settings (I found this useful when trying to replicate NX sounds on a GX). "Copy To..." and "Swap With..." functions are cancelled by right-clicking the mouse.
I plan to add other functionality as and when time allows - but until then I hope this is of use to someone.
In addition to being able to copy, swap, insert, delete and rename Live Sets, the program also offers basic editing of the parameters normally editable via the RD-700NX display (VOL, PAN etc. as well as PEDAL and CONTROL SLIDE settings). Layers can also be switched ON/OFF, and the program is keyboard-range FULL aware.
Before anyone gets too excited -Tones cannot be selected/changed. As far as I can determine, a shed-load of data is copied into the Live Set every time a Tone is changed - and the only way to do that with an external editor would be to have a database of all 964 tones. Although this is technically feasible, it would need changing every time Roland updated anything via a firmware update - besides which, I have yet to work out exactly where the Tone data resides within each Live Set. One day...
I have developed/tested this on a vanilla RD-700NX with firmware v01.001 - so have no idea whether it will work with newer versions. There is an "Upgrade" function - which simply adds another 100 Live Sets to a v01 file and sets the firmware ID to v02.000 - whether this will actually load into a v02 keyboard I have no idea! Use of this software is therefore at the user's own risk, and no liability will be accepted for any damage caused etc.
There are no instructions supplied - but hopefully use of the program is fairly self-explanatory. It is portable, so does not require an installer. RDS files saved from the RD-700NX should be copied to the LiveSets folder (although this is not obligatory) for editing. "Export" simply creates a text file of all Live Sets and their parameter settings (I found this useful when trying to replicate NX sounds on a GX). "Copy To..." and "Swap With..." functions are cancelled by right-clicking the mouse.
I plan to add other functionality as and when time allows - but until then I hope this is of use to someone.