Packed data format – Dave Smith Instruments EVOLVER User Manual
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Shift Button On
Status
Description
1111 0000
System Exclusive (SysEx)
0000 0001
DSI ID
0010 0000
Evolver ID
0000 0001
File Version
0001 0011
Shift Button On
1111 0111
End of Exclusive (EOX)
Shift Button Off
Status
Description
1111 0000
System Exclusive (SysEx)
0000 0001
DSI ID
0010 0000
Evolver ID
0000 0001
File Version
0001 0100
Shift Button Off
1111 0111
End of Exclusive (EOX)
Packed Data Format
Data is packed in 8 byte “packets”, with the MS bit stripped from 7 parameter bytes, and
packed into an eighth byte, which is sent at the start of the 8 byte packet.
Example:
Input Data
Packed MIDI data
1 A7 A6 A5 A4 A3 A2 A1 A0
1 00 G7 F7 E7 D7 C7 B7 A7
2 B7 B6 B5 B4 B3 B2 B1 B0
2 00 A6 A5 A4 A3 A2 A1 A0
3 C7 C6 C5 C4 C3 C2 C1 C0
3 00 B6 B5 B4 B3 B2 B1 B0
4 D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1 D0
4 00 C6 C5 C4 C3 C2 C1 C0
5 E7 E6 E5 E4 E3 E2 E1 E0
5 00 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1 D0
6 F7 E6 E5 E4 E3 E2 E1 E0
6 00 E6 E5 E4 E3 E2 E1 E0
7 G7 G6 G5 G4 G3 G2 G1 G0
7 00 F6 F5 F4 F3 F2 F1 F0
8 00 G6 G5 G4 G3 G2 G1 G0
This is why it takes 220 MIDI bytes to transmit 192 Program/Sequence data bytes, and 293
bytes to send 256 Waveshape bytes.
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