Anyone with Sysex message knowledge?

[EricBic]

I've been considering building a mobile version of AX8-Edit, i have a fairly good idea of how to achieve it technically but need help deciphering the Sysex messages Fractal uses. Anyone that knows how they work and wants to help out?

 

[smfelton]

I know some and have made a couple of arduino midi controllers, there is a good reference here
Axe fx 2 - http://wiki.fractalaudio.com/axefx2/index.php?title=MIDI_SysEx
Axe fx 1 - http://www.gmarts.org/html/axefx_ultra_sysex_1005.html

Happy to help if I can.

 

[EricBic]

Hej Shane!

Thats great, I plan to start coding in July and I'll definitely get in touch with you then to try to make sense of some of these messages.

 

[smfelton]

Great stuff, I will look forward to it !!

 

[jjozwia]

If I recall, for AxeFx you can just run midi-ox / midiloop to grab the communication to see what part of sysex message is changed as you use Axe-Edit. Sure it's the same for AX8

Anyhow, been awhile since tinkered it but pm guifarm, he picked up support for lemur template and he may be willing to provide a quick run down.

Cheers

 

[smfelton]

guifarm, he picked up support for lemur template

And a very good job he's doing too, really excellent work !!

 

[EricBic]

Great, I'll get in touch with him as well. Yes, Ive been capturing the stream of sysex messages using Midi Monitor on Osx.

 

[zenaxe]

Good luck with this, it will be a royal pain in the a** to keep up to date with the breakneck pace FW updates touch the parameters in the blocks; without direct support from the manufacturer. AE lags FW and it is maintained internally with detailed knowledge of internals.

I have modified the Lemur template that is floating around for my own use and also did a simple Ultra controller in an iOS app called MIDI Controller Pro. I have also written two stand alone midi preset editors for much simpler hardware in the past by reverse engineering their sysex format. So I have general knowledge of this task type as well as Axe specific knowledge.

AlGrenadine's Fractool is probably the most impressive user created Fractal Sysex related tool I have seen to date. He might be a good contact as well as the Lemur guy.

The pages smfelton cites were absolutely critical for making any progress in understanding the Lemur stuff or the MCP config. Highly recommended.

 

[EricBic]

Yeah I don't expect it to be simple but can hopefully figure out an architecture that will allow easy updates as well as supporting multiple firmware version. I just really want to be able to make changes with just a tablet or phone