Korg POLYSIX M Owner's Manual page 14

4) FileFormats:
The PolySix editor program supports several different file formats:
- raw sysex dump file format (includes sysex header; *.SYX)
- extended PolySix editor file format (incl. patch names; *.P6)
- PolySix Patch Chart file format (ASCII text; *.TXT)
- Patch Names File (ASCII test; *.NAM)
For a detailed description of these formats see below. When executing <sF9> or <sF10> you get a menu from
where you can choose different options. When pressing <x> or <ENTER> you leave the menu and nothing
happens. When entering a string of more than one character this is interpreted as file name for Load/Save
operation. Note that the file name extension (.SYX, .P6, .TXT, .NAM) is added automatically when the entered string
contains no dot ('.'). The default file format after starting PolySixM editor is raw SysEx dump. It is further possible to
select a specific group of patches (group 1..4), 32 patches each (A1..D8) to load/save from/to disk. This makes it
possible to combine legacy (32 patch) tape dumps to full 128 patch sets. There are also functions provided for
viewing directory contents or even a complete temporary DOS session.
A) Raw SysEx file format (default extension .SYX):
- sysex header:
F0 Start of Exclusive
42 Manufacturer ID Korg
0n n .. MIDI channel number
0g g .. patch group: (0 .. all groups)
- patch data:
16 bytes patch data * 32 (one group only); each byte saved as two bytes with high nibble 0
or:
16 bytes patch data * 128 (no group selected); each byte saved as two bytes with high nibble 0
- checksum:
cc checksum byte (0 .. 7F)
- sysex trailer:
F7 End of Exclusive
The resulting file size is:
4 + 16 * 32 * 2 + 1 + 1 = 1030 bytes (single patch group)
4 + 16 * 128 * 2 + 1 + 1 = 4102 bytes (all groups)
B) Extended PolySix Editor file format (default extension .P6):
16 bytes patch name
16 bytes patch data (as described above)
This is repeated 32 times for 32 patches (one group) or 128 times (all groups). The resulting file size is
32 * 32 bytes = 1024 bytes (one group)
128 * 32 bytes = 4096 bytes (all groups)
C) PolySix Patch Chart file format (default extension .TXT):
This is a plain text file which reproduces the setting charts in ASCII text. The format is the same as displayed
within the editor. Example:
Patch name: Brass
+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
| | 16'
| | OCT WAVE PW/M
|TUNE|
+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
| VCO| o
| |
|BEND|
+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
When you print this file you get pages with 4 patch charts each.
D) Patch names file format (default extension .NAM):
This is a plain text file, too. You find there the names of your PolySix patches.
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SAW 10 0 OFF|
SPD SUB| CUT
V C O
6 2 2 VCO|
FREQ DEL LVL MODE| ATT
M G
4 2 +1.2
RES INT KBD|MODE
| V C F
4 5 7 10 | OFF
DEC SUS REL|MODE
| E G
Patch #: A1
7 | GAT 0 |
ATT|
| V C A |
0 |
SPD|
| E F F |