Korg Karma – Studio Connections GTRC template

Here is a Yamaha Studio Connections Recall template for the Korg Karma. Again, there’s no extensive documentation on how to get this up and running. Assuming you have Studio Connections installed though, you should unrar this download into “C:Program FilesYAMAHASM2GTRCDevices” and then use the GTRC Manager to enable it.

This template supports dumping of the Current Program or Current Combi. I didn’t implement any other settings as that’s all I ever need. It means I can recall whichever Program or Combi I was using in a particular Cubase song. Great! When you send back the dump, the current Program or Combi will be replaced, but not written to memory.

Any problems leave me a comment here and I’ll get back to you.

Download the Korg Karma Recall Module.

Eventide Eclipse – Studio Connections GTRC template

OK, first up is the Yamaha Studio Connections Recall template for the Eventide Eclipse. I am NOT going to write extensive documentation on how to install this and get it running. You should be able to figure that out for yourself. Assuming you have Studio Connections installed though, you should unrar this download into “C:Program FilesYAMAHASM2GTRCDevices” and then use the GTRC Manager to enable it.

This Eventide Eclipse template only supports dumping of the current edit buffer. That means that when you send back the dump, the current program will be replaced, but not written to memory. For my purposes that is fine, but you may want to write the program to a user memory location if it’s important to you. The Eclipse’s Setup parameters are not touched.

Any problems leave me a comment here and I’ll get back to you.

Download the Eventide Eclipse Recall Module.

Yamaha Studio Connections

For some reason, I’ve totally overlooked Yamaha’s Studio Connections until now. Being a fairly heavy weight Cubase user, you’d think I would have come across it before, perhaps discussed at cubase.net or nuendo.com. Or perhaps mensioned on other forums. But it seems that Studio Connections is a dark secret. Very few people even seem to know what it does.

I’ve been exploring the “Recall” side of things, which is essentially a sysex librarian. It’s easy to see why nobody understands this because Yamaha’s website doesn’t even mension the word sysex.

What happens is, the Studio Manager (pictured above) allows you to request sysex dumps from your external gear, and stores it until you next want to send that back. This is integrated into Cubase, so you can store sysex dumps within a Cubase song file. There is a standalone version for non-Cubendo users too. The great news is that it genuinely seems to work and it’s a more elegant solution than recording sysex dumps at the beginning of your song.

It’s pretty easy, if you know a little about sysex, to come up with working templates (they’re called GTRC templates – Generic Total Recall Component!). In a week or so I’ve written templates for the Evolver, Korg Karma and Eventide Eclipse. Plus I’m using the excellent Kurzweil K2600 template made by Jason. I’ll put these online soon.