I don’t think Olivier would like to implement this into the official firmware, so a pull request wouldn’t make much sense. I hope I understand the git terminology right, don’t have much experience with it ;)

Ok, so I had a look at this. I don’t have a programmer, so I had to ground or move to +5V the CV1 pin to emulate parameter changes and it was quite random.

I have found a bug: after having edited a parameter with the programmer, clicking on the encoder to manually edit a parameter on the main UI side causes the display to show “programmer”, not the parameter that was clicked. That’s because last_external_input_ needs to be reset to 0xff not only when a knob is turned, but also when the encoder is clicked.

Three other comments:

• There was a lot of duplication in DisplayEditDetailsPage in your change. It can be made shorter by just changing the part that draws the first line on the LCD.
• When it’s only a few chars, filling the buffer letter by letter is more compact (yuck). For longer strings, and without dealing with my dodgy resources system, strcpy_P works better.
• Spacing and indentation :)

Besides that, very good approach, and it makes WAY MORE SENSE to have this special “programmer” display than switching pages.

My take on flip’s code is here.

I have attached the .syx

@flip, can you verify my code and the .syx? If so, and if other people validate the change, I don’t see any reason why this wouldn’t be part of the main branch given that it’s only a few 200 more bytes.

Ahh, yep we missed the encoder click parameter editing. Thanks for your explanations and optimizations! And thanks for including it in the main branch :) I did not think you would want to include it, because it breaks snap mode if you are in programmer mode.

Yes, fine job Flip! Thank you very much. This makes using the programmer a lot more fun!

I’m testing this now… paying specific attention to the encoder.

The encoder fix works as expected.

It all looks really good to me.

Actually, it looks GREAT to me. Brilliant solution and it makes the programmer much easier to use!

Thank you again both of you!

Yes

Hi,
Is it possible to indicate, on the first line of the LCD, the recorded value of the parameter being edited?

Is there something odd about the syx file that Olivier attached above? I finally got stubborn enough with it to convince myself that there’s nothing wrong with my setup. When I try to update using this file or the 0.97 beta, the 4 LEDs go dark as the transfer starts and never come back on again. The 0.96 update works fine for me- the problem is only with these two more recent firmwares..

I’m on a Mac running 10.6.8 and tried dumping with both Elektron’s C6 [using 16 ticks delay] and Snoize’s SysEx Librarian [using 275ms delay]. MIDI Interfaces used were Elektron’s TM-1 and Emagic MT-4.

Did anybody else get these sysex files to work?

Excellent- it works great now! Thanks for fixing the file so quickly!!

Also, thanks to flip for coming up with the idea for this programmer display feature- I really like it..

I just got my XT to work as well and now I see this ! Awesome, especially when it comes to non-linear parameters such as waveforms or mix op. :)

Is there a planned date for the official release of 0.97 ?

I accidently stumpled upon the programmer mode while twiddling around – needless to say that I do not own the programmer. For me it works like the most spaced out value randomiser, constantly changing and giving extremly intersting results sonically. Don’t know what’s going on under the hood but it SOUNDS great. Instant space effect weirdness.

It’s reading a random value in place of each of the parameters since no potentiometers are connected and the input is left floating. You can influence the values by rubbing your finger on the IN1> pad.

hmmm more and more interesting stuff i’ve missed popping up!
YAY to you guys! now it’s definitely time to upgrade all firmwares :D

Something to add to the programmer, a randomise button in each section (osc, filter, lfo) of the synth.

Would it be possible to have the value of a parameter displayed in the same way when updated by an incoming MIDI CC ?

On an average track by me it would be pretty Disco….

Just like this – im more into Ambient today . . .