Re: Using 3rd Party MIDI Patch Name files in Pro T
I am amazed that this is still an issue. There are resources on the DUC that have links to sites where the user has already converted many items into Pro Tools friendly formats, but it still amazes me that in this day and age we do not have a simple utility that can read and convert from various files into a pro tools friendly format without having to actually dig in and write the tags ourselves.
Many Pro Tools updates flush your hard earned adjustments so you better make a back up now!
In an ideal world there would be a simple Patch Reader perferably built into Pro Tools that would go out and read the patch name and location on your device and transmit that info to you host. This could be perhaps triggered as an update by the user so if you are over changing patches on your device, you could then hit an update button on your track in Pro Tools and update the patch list. It does not need all the bells and whistles of the old Universal Patch Librarians but it should allow updating the patch name.
It behooves the manufacturers to standardize the way they transmit this info so it is easy to program the reader from within the host.
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