CompuServe Messages

Miguel, You need a universal librarian. Actually, that's a misnomer because they are not really universal unless you have a driver for your device. Three commercial products for the Amiga are: The PatchMeister by Blue Ribbon SoundWorks (404) 377-1514; MIDI Quest by Music Quest; and X-OR by Dr. T's. They all come with drivers for different MIDI devices. If a driver is not included for your device, you can theoretically try to create your own. However, if you are a MIDI novice, that will probably not be feasible. So, you can buy a program that has a SPD8 driver or try to bug the company to create one. However, there is an alternative. If your SPD8 allows you to initiate a bulk dump from it, you can backup all your data in SysEx format, and later retrieve it. I use The PatchMeister which costs much less than the other two programs, since it's just a librarian and the other two are also universal editors. The PM allows you to do a bulk dump. It's not as flexible as having a driver and your device must allow you to do a bulk dump, but it does work. For instance, with a driver you might be able to save and load individual sounds. With Sysex you could only save and load all 112 sounds at once, but you could do it, if the SPD8 allows bulk dumps. Good luck. Dom Fontana