what it does:

extremely basic backup for your patches. offload them from your synth to text files on your computer, and put them back another time.

dependencies:

• mido (pip install mido)

how to use it:

• clone this git repository: git clone https://github.com/r-b-g-b/SH201Librarian.git
• cd SH201Librarian

backup all patches

dumps all of your user patches to .syx files

• python librarian.py --backup_directory DIRECTORY --backup_prefix PREFIX --ioport_name MIDIIOPORTNAME
  • DIRECTORY is the path to the directory you want to save to
  • PREFIX (optional) a filename prefix to keep things organized

restore a patch

• python librarian.py --patch_path PATCHPATH --program_number PROGRAMNUMBER
  • PATCHPATH is the path to the .syx file you previously saved
  • PROGRAMNUMBER is the slot on your keyboard you want the patch to go to. this can be expressed as a number from 0-31 or the letter/number combo, i.e. A4, D2, etc.

python librarian.py -h will print mostly this info