Using Opcode Studio 4 without Mac -Help!

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I hope someone can help in some way; I recently bought a 2nd-user Opcode Studio 4 MIDI patcher, hoping to use it in my setup. The thing is I don't have an Apple computer; my sequencing is done on a completely different platform, called RISC OS (nothing to do with Windows or Linux either) so, I cannot run the OMS software.

What I was hoping was to use MIDI CCs, Program Change or SYSEX to set the Studio4's routing from my sequencer software. If someone could point me in the right direction of such info, or impart any themselves I'd be very grateful, and would put an end to much head-scratching!
-I downloaded the manual in pdf form but this has no such data.

Thanx, Mike Bailey :confused:
 
I found this:

"The Studio 4 can actually do some simple onboard routing and filtering, without a computer or OMS. In addition, it has all the usual SMPTE facilities. Like the MTP, it is a two-port interface. One thing it lacks, compared to the MTP, is the ability to specify routing of incoming MIDI data to the computer ports on a cable-by-cable basis. In fact, I have no idea how MIDI applications reliably capture data intended for them, although it seems to work.

Also like the MTP, the Studio 4 (even with the latest firmware revision) is unreliable when used as a two-port device. Attempts to use one port will often render the other port unusable, with misrouted or lost data. The lack of cable-to-port filtering means that no work-round is possible. In fact, in single-port operation the Studio 4 also has problems if a lot of routing is present, although things seem more reliable than with either type of MTP.

As a single-port, multi-cable interface, the Studio 4 is easy to use, and the OMS integration and patching functionality is superb. I don't know whether there is any workable solution for multi-port applications. Welcome to the computer business."

Here: http://www.cassiel.com/gearhead/studio4.html

It says that what you are trying to do can be done, but stops there since this guy is apparently using the Macintosh OS for seqencing.

Just out of curiousity, what is RISC OS?
 
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SSS: Thanx 4 that mate, I also found the same quote a few weeks back!

The thing I need is the specific data on which CC's or SysEXs the beast uses, and on which channel it listens out for these control codes; -and then, how to alter the MIDI channels it listens/transmits on. -(sigh), fun...

As to the RISC OS question; well, the OS is from the Acorn computers of the early '90s (a British computer company, don't know if many were used in the US). -Acorn went under in around '97, but the OS (RISC OS) was bought by a new company which was set up to continue development of the OS, & took the OS name as their company name. Other companies started to produce their own 'next-generation' RISC OS computers, such as the RiscStation which is what I use, -Castle, who throughout Acorn's history were primarily a reseller of Acorn kit/software, then set up a workstations division and produced their own, the Iyonix (I want one) and also started developing a different version of the OS than that of RISC OS Ltd's (still with me?!!). Also there's Microdigital who made a few budget RISC OS-based computers after Acorn's demise, and have recently (eventually) produced their competitor to Castle's Iyonix, called the Omega.
The OS was bought by Pace right after Acorn pissed off, then was bought by the aforementioned RISC OS Ltd. and it's been through a tempestuous few years since, but things seem to be settling now, and it's still a brilliant & rewarding OS to use.
Anyway I need to get on with some work really, instead of harping-on about Acorns!

Mike B :D
 
Mike Bailey said:
The thing I need is the specific data on which CC's or SysEXs the beast uses, and on which channel it listens out for these control codes; -and then, how to alter the MIDI channels it listens/transmits on. -(sigh), fun...Mike B :D
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I understand what you're looking for, and it looks to me like Opcode are still in business --- you might have some luck trying to find a source within the company who could help.
 
I recently acquired this same unit but without a manual. I couldn't locate a PDF and wondered if you still had yours and wouldn't mind sharing it with me. Thanks!
 
Not to pee in your cornflakes or anything, but you do realize the last post in this thread was made 7 years ago..
 
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