From dave@voceinc.com Sun Dec 11 11:22:01 2005
Subject:Re: Digest Number 2442

Don't look at us... we were first and have a coherent system.

/Dave
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It's ironic that each manufacturer seems to go to great lengths to be
compatible with other "siblings," but not with other manufacturers' gear:

Clavia, Korg, NI, Voce -- nine CC's per manual, which can be converted from
one manufacturer to another -- albeit with occasional wrinkles. Each
manufacturer's products work across generations (V3 with V5, CX-3 with BX-3,
etc.)

Hammond-Suzuki -- one CC per manual. The format has been in place since the
introduction of the XB-2 and XB-3, maybe even earlier.

Roland -- SysEx with checksum. This same method works on the VK-7 and
others, although the specific SysEx is slightly different for each
generation of product.

Regards,

-BW