Properties Page (Settings Dialog)

This page is only displayed when the Settings dialog is opened from a SysEx window (Set, Bank Editor, Parameter Editor, or Collection). While these properties are available for all types of SysEx, the properties names are generally used to categorize the SysEx.

The page contains a series of text descriptors for the SysEx. While these descriptors have each been given a name, in reality, each descriptor could be used for any purpose you see fit. This information in no way effects the actual SysEx stored by Midi Quest.

Author: enter the name of the person who created the Patch (this is the generic term "Patch" as in reality this can be any type of SysEx)

Copyright: the copyright owner of the SysEx

Song: the name of the Song that the Patch was created for

Musician: if the patch was created in the style of a particular musician, their name can be entered here

Band: the name of the band whose Song the Patch was created for

Long Name: there can be cases where the name you would like to assign to the Patch is actually longer than can be stored within the MIDI Device's SysEx structure. In this case, enter the full name of the Patch here and store a compressed version of the name in the SysEx.

Tags: Up to 8 tags can be used to describe the SysEx. These tags are currently used in the Library's Query Dialog so that Patches meeting a given set of criteria can be selected for auditioning or editing. If all of your Patches are properly tagged, it is easy to find all of the bass Patches, bass Patches that are synthesized or just the pizzicato violins from all of the violins. While it may take some time to initially set up this information, it will save you a substantial amount of time in the long run since you will be able to find certain types of Patches very easily.

In the above example, "Strings" and "Ensemble" are tags that have been assigned to the patch "Ensemble Strings".

To assign a tag, click the left mouse button while the mouse in one of the eight boxes in the keys area. A pop-up menu will appear displaying all available tags similar to this:

Select the tag you wish to assign. If there is already an assigned key, it will be overwritten.

There are two additional options at the bottom of the pop-up menu.:

Clear removes the currently listed key.

Tag and Category is an option setting. When not checked, the tag function works as described above. When this option is selected, it becomes checked the next time the pop-up menu is displayed. When checked, making a menu selection adds two tags. The first entry is the category from which the tag selection was made. The next entry is the actual selected tag. For example, selecting "Hammond" from the "Keyboard" category after clicking on "Tag 4" has the following result. Tag 4 is set to "Keyboard" and Tag 5 is set to "Hammond". This functionality does not work when clicking on Tag 8.

Remember that while tags can be assigned from any SysEx window and can be used as a reminder as to the qualities of a Patch, these assignments are most useful in the Library Window

For information on adding new tags to Midi Quest.

The Import Category To button is only displayed when the SysEx being managed contains some type of category information. Examples of instruments (not a complete list) which have category or patch type information stored would be: Access Virus TI series, Korg Kronos, Korg Nautilus, Korg Triton series, Novation Summit, Yamaha Motif ES series. Pressing the button performs two functions. It adds the instrument's category names to the list of available tags so the entries can be selected in Midi Quest and, it extracts the assigned category from SysEx and assigns it to the the selected tag number.

The Tag number pop-up is only displayed when the SysEx being managed contains some type of category information. It is used to select which tag location is used to store the category tag when it is extracted from the SysEx when pressing the Import Category To button. The tag number is also used by

Properties Page (Bank)

The Properties page displayed when the selected SysEx is a Bank is a little different. In this case, a list of all of the bank elements is included. To assign properties to a particular element in the bank, first select that element. When finished making changes, press the Apply button. If a different bank element is selected before the Apply button is pressed, all changes previously made in the Properties page will be lost.

When the Settings dialog is open for a bank, the behavior of the of Import Category varies depending on the selection state of the bank. If no entries in the bank are selected then pressing the Import Category button will assign a tag for every entry in the bank. If one or more entries in the bank are selected then tags are only applied for the selected entries.

For instruments which have multiple editors for the same type of SysEx (eg both the Kronos and Nautilus have two type of Programs, HD-1 and EXi), there are usually additional requirements to successfully transfer instrument Category information into Midi Quest's Tag system. These requirements can be found in the instrument's Fast Tips information.

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