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hyperstationjr
Joined: Jun 12, 2005 Posts: 111 Location: New Jersey/New York
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 7:57 am Post subject:
Opening "Mac" .ptc2/.prf2 files on a PC? Subject description: I don't seem to get it... |
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I have a few thousand patches between Clavia, E-M and my own patches. Thing is, they are all loaded from my main DAW, a G4 Mac.
I've been using a laptop a LOT more lately, and liked the idea of doing whole performances with just a laptop and G2, so I loaded the editor software and the USB driver and I was able to create some cool stuff.
The problem started when I tried to load all of my Mac patches into the PC. NONE of them open. I tried adding extensions (.pch2 and .prf2) but nada. It says "there is not enough memory" or "file is corrupt".
What's the deal? The patches I created on the PC don't have any extensions, and the PC recognizes them as "Nord G2 patches".
Is this an FAQ I'm missing? I'm at work killing time, so I apologize if it is... _________________ Studio:
Blokas MidiHub, Clavia Nord Modular G2 Engine, Elektron Analog Four Mk2, Elektron Digitone, Elektron Machinedrum UW+ Mk2, Elektron Octatrack Mk2
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elektro80
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Joined: Mar 25, 2003 Posts: 21959 Location: Norway
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 11:03 am Post subject:
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How did you move the files?
Is the mac running OS X or OS9 _________________ A Charity Pantomime in aid of Paranoid Schizophrenics descended into chaos yesterday when someone shouted, "He's behind you!"
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hyperstationjr
Joined: Jun 12, 2005 Posts: 111 Location: New Jersey/New York
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 12:36 pm Post subject:
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My Mac is running OSX 10.2.8.
My Laptop is running Windows XP Home Edition sp1.
I transferred them using a Sony Memory Stick, using my Printer connected to my Mac, then used the build in reader on my Laptop.
I don't see how I could have corrupt the files in that way, but I'm open to suggestions.
As I said, I thought it was a simple extension problem (which ususally seems to be the issue when going between one app on both platforms) but no dice. _________________ Studio:
Blokas MidiHub, Clavia Nord Modular G2 Engine, Elektron Analog Four Mk2, Elektron Digitone, Elektron Machinedrum UW+ Mk2, Elektron Octatrack Mk2
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Alesis Microverb 4, Make Noise 0-Coast, Monome Norns Fates clone, Panasonic RQ-705 Reel-to-reel, Roland Alpha Juno1, Yamaha TG55 |
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elektro80
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 12:42 pm Post subject:
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Try this first:
Try zipping the folder with the files.. then move the zipped file to the pc and unzip the lot. Try using the built in "archive" function in OS X. _________________ A Charity Pantomime in aid of Paranoid Schizophrenics descended into chaos yesterday when someone shouted, "He's behind you!"
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elektro80
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 12:45 pm Post subject:
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The archive thingie ( control + mouse click on object(s) ( folder or files ) will launch the bom_archive helper ( which is the OS X zipping engine ). _________________ A Charity Pantomime in aid of Paranoid Schizophrenics descended into chaos yesterday when someone shouted, "He's behind you!"
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sheridan
Joined: Jun 05, 2005 Posts: 473 Location: London, England
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 1:19 pm Post subject:
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Macs use two files for each... well, file. One is for the OS and shows up in Windows with a 0kb I think. It's the other file that you need to add the .pch2 and .prf2 suffixes... at least that's how it works for audio files. _________________ Sheridan
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elektro80
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 1:21 pm Post subject:
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Kinda true, but that applies only to forked files.. with a resource fork and a data fork. _________________ A Charity Pantomime in aid of Paranoid Schizophrenics descended into chaos yesterday when someone shouted, "He's behind you!"
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sheridan
Joined: Jun 05, 2005 Posts: 473 Location: London, England
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 1:30 pm Post subject:
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elektro80 wrote: | Kinda true, but that applies only to forked files.. with a resource fork and a data fork. |
If Hyper had tried using the resource file, that could explain the problem. _________________ Sheridan
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hyperstationjr
Joined: Jun 12, 2005 Posts: 111 Location: New Jersey/New York
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 6:41 pm Post subject:
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Yeah, I know what you're talking about, but no I used the actual files.
Those other files usually turn up as "_.patchname.ptc2" or something to that effect, with that "_" before the file name, and they are about 8kb or something in that range.
No I didn't use those.
The thing I don't get is, if Windows recognizes it's a G2 patch file, without regard for an extension, what is the problem? _________________ Studio:
Blokas MidiHub, Clavia Nord Modular G2 Engine, Elektron Analog Four Mk2, Elektron Digitone, Elektron Machinedrum UW+ Mk2, Elektron Octatrack Mk2
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sheridan
Joined: Jun 05, 2005 Posts: 473 Location: London, England
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Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 4:26 am Post subject:
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I know it's a pain, but is there any way you can load the patches into the G2 and then save them to a PC? _________________ Sheridan
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elektro80
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Joined: Mar 25, 2003 Posts: 21959 Location: Norway
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Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 4:32 am Post subject:
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Stuff is known to go wrong with certain memorsticks and solidstate memory.
Did you try to zip the folder and then move the zipped file to the PC?
Alternatives would be turning on samba on the mac, using ftp or http. Zip files before you use the http transfer option _________________ A Charity Pantomime in aid of Paranoid Schizophrenics descended into chaos yesterday when someone shouted, "He's behind you!"
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