Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!ron From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie) Newsgroups: net.music.synth Subject: Re: trading patches Message-ID: <8922@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Mon, 4-Mar-85 17:32:51 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.8922 Posted: Mon Mar 4 17:32:51 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 9-Mar-85 09:05:38 EST References: <431@bonnie.UUCP> Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 26 > Hello again > Is anyone out there interested in trading patches for > their various axes? I have a DX7 and have accumulated a > number of interesting sounds. I've seen patches advertised > for $20 to $200 - but I think we can beat that. > Isn't that what a good users group is for? > Well that's what I think we need. > Trading patches is easy, however, trading other peoples patches does not sound easy. Patches are copyright just like other computer programs, I don't think we should be discussing pirating them here. If we want to trade our own, we can do that, but lets stay legal. In generall, the availabel patches are very reasonable. Yamaha puts out a whole ton with the DX PRO software, unfortunately the guy who wrote the software bugged out before they did it for any thing other than the Passport/Apple MIDI combination. The thing that causes unreasonable prices is the transfer medium. The ones available on RAM cartridges are way overpriced compared with what you can get for the various midi interfaces. Really, who wants to sit there with a bunch of cartridges, 32 voices at a time, looking for what you want. > I have a nice B3 patch and beautiful high strings. > Never thought you could get one - didja? > So lets trade our own. I'd be glad to have that one.