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Wave synth: honor patch name in sysex data

On the Wave (synth), the sysex data includes 16 characters for patch name. Currently, it looks like the synth ignores those 16 characters and always replaces them with “1111111111111111”. That is, currently:

  • When patch sysex is sent to the synth, any characters in that 16-char section for patch name appear to be lost

  • If a patch sysex is sent to the synth with a patch name of eg “Hello”, then when the synth sends that patch sysex back out later, the 16 chars for patch name in the sysex data are sent out as “1111111111111111” rather than “Hello”

  • This makes it difficult to implement useful Librarian functionality on a computer, as any patch name stored by the Librarian into the sysex data is lost, reset to 1’s when the bank or a patch is viewed by the Librarian

It would be really super if, instead:

  • When patch sysex is sent to the synth, the synth would store those 16 characters in memory with the rest of the patch data

  • And then, when the patch sysex is later sent back out from the synth, the patch name as received is included in the patch sysex, so that the patch name in the outgoing sysex matches the patch name from the incoming sysex

  • So that, ie, the patch name is preserved, stored, and persists

I’m aware that the synth itself doesn’t display patch names. But since the sysex does actually include a spot for 16 chars of patch name, it would be really helpful if the synth kept/stored those 16 chars of patch name and sent them back out with the rest of the patch data, so that patches could be renamed by external Librarian software, and those patch names would persist (instead of always being reset to “1111111111111111”).

Thanks.

Also — it looks like posting an idea here requires also selecting an “Idea Board”, but it looks like there’s no Idea Board for things like synths, etc. Can one be created? For this post, I’m going to pick … I dunno, the board “X32 Series”, I guess; since that seems to be where UB-Xa things have been posted.