calling the nm editor from the prompt.

Kassen

Does anybody know wether there is any documented syntax for calling the NM editor from the prompt? I tried extentions like "/?" and "--help" but that doesn't work. What I'd like to do is call it from another program and have it load files in known slots (and so known midi channels) without needing manual interference.

Jan? You must have some way of loading files for your noodle radio?

blue hell · Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 11:53 am Post subject:

Ok, you want the long answer that maybe is not an answer, I hope :-)

This was possible with the 2.1 editor (and before), not with 3.0x IIRC ... it was something like "editorrname /a filename" for slot a etc. It was not hard to guess as the editor install installed "send to" shortcuts for the right mouse popup menus for pch files. The 303 editor didn't do that anymore and it didn't work either.

For the noodle show I did in London once which was on the NM classic 3.03 I had to pre-store the files and then select them through MIDI, that was pretty disappointing, hmm not so pretty actually.

For the G2 it is possible to send patches over MIDI, but not for the Classic ... however ... that is ... the NM open project has some pointers on how to do this over the PC port (it can't be done over the normal/user MIDI port: that was supposed to be a feature for 4.x, you know the dead born baby).

When you're up to some exercises with the gnu C compiler (and when it must run under windows with cygwin as well) and maybe customize the code a bit... For Linux there are MIDI drivers availble, for PC maybe (but there is a "should be working kludge" "for sure" using "a certain TCP/IP to MIDI convertor").

Anyway .. NM Open or yet another reason to downgrade.

cappy2112

Kassen · Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 4:36 pm Post subject:

Thanks, guys.

I'm on XP sp1 here.

Paths aren't realy a issue, I can hard-link or I could simply include some dirs in the path. Executing arbitrary commands that could be typed on the prompt isn't a issue either. Right now I don't have a Nord or a midi port around (not at home) but I'm getting the impression the comand line syntax of the 303 nm editor is very simple (to avoid the word "primitive"), what I'd like to have is patches opening in speciffic slots without needing manual involvement but I'm starting to suspect this means pre-stored patches only.

gcc and cygwin aren't that scary to me but not something I want to deal with right now because this project is already quite involved and I certainly don't need any extra questions in the order of magnitude of modifying yet unfinished programs. A downgrade might actually be the most realistic option, there is little to lose in simply trying.