Seeking help toward a unified library for Korg Gadget 2

"Instead, I'm manually typing all the preset-names (which I read from looking at the plug-in GUI) into a text file, one file per "bank" or "cartridge" of presets"

I don't know if it's worth the effort or even possible, but maybe you could use OCR with AHK to extrapolate the preset-names from the GUI.  I did that with over a thousand Synthmaster patches a couple years ago when we were first automating the process.  It was a little challenging and didn't work perfectly - I had to fix a few.  Synthmaster patch names were in some kind of binary looking database which was impossible to extract and it wouldn't prompt the name when you went "Save As".  I think JeremyH used OCR also and probably improved the process. 

Have you tried both ways to get the patch names? 

1. I'm guessing you can't get them from the GUI where you go Save As and copying the name. 

2. In some cases you can get them from a file directory if that's how they're stored - you can use AHK "Loop, Files" and get the names.  

This was the AHK code I used.  I downloaded the free capture2text program from "https://capture2text.sourceforge.net/#download" which runs from a command line.  You set the coordinates of what to extract.  You wind up with a text file of the preset names.

Source_file=C:\Users\craigr\Utilities\AUTOHOTKEY\UnifySynthmasterSynthLead.txt
Loop,335
{
RunWait, C:\ProgramFilesMine\Capture2Text\Capture2Text_CLI.exe --clipboard --screen-rect "565 60 765 75",,hide
sleep 200
fileappend, %Clipboard%, %Source_file%
counter++
; Tooltip, %counter%, 675,570
MouseClick, left, 780, 72 ;clicks right arrow icon for next patch at top of Synthmaster
sleep 200
}
return

In the AHK script you can do this:

Glasgow, Marseille: click save as, copy name and paste in UNIFY

Milpitas: click write, click save as, copy name(trim spaces), paste in UNIFY

Darwin:  Unfortunately can't find a way to find/get/copy names. Maybee @craigr68 suggstions using OCR might work. I've tried it earlier but with no good result.

@thsve

Excellent suggestions, thank you. For Darwin, I will simply continue the manual typing approach. It doesn't take that long, and works very well.

@craigr68

Thank you for the Capture2Text link and code sample. I will give this a try.

@getdunne 

I couldn’t resist, so I wrote a script for Milpitas that is running right now. Will be done shortly. If you want a specific setup for the patches, just send a template patch and I can rerun it.

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@getdunne 

I couldn’t resist, so I wrote a script for Milpitas that is running right now. Will be done shortly. If you want a specific setup for the patches, just send a template patch and I can rerun it.

That's terrific, thank you. Just make the patches however you can; I can reform them later. Each patch will be about 101 KB, so the total package will be quite large, and you may not be able to attach the zip to a comment here in the Forum. I will email you directly to discuss alternatives.

@getdunne 

I will send you a dropbox link

If you try OCR, probably the best contrast you can get works best.  With Synthmaster, I switched skins.  If you have that luxury, probably something like black on white works best.  I don't have any of these Korg VSTs, so I'm not much help otherwise.  Maybe I'll check them out sometime. 

I was curious if you figured out how the presets are stored on hard drive.

@thsve

I forgot to mention one thing: Please name your Milpitas patches using the format Milpitas-<cartridge name> - <preset name>, e.g.

Milpitas-RAM 1 - Ski Jam

There's no way to determine the cartridge name otherwise, and sometimes two or more cartridges contain similarly-named presets (which may or may not be identical), so including the cartridge name ensures they remain distinct.

Provided you include both cartridge-name and preset-name, it will be OK even if you use a slightly different format, as I can adjust automatically later.

@getdunne 

Almost done, naming as name (cartridge) for example: ”Sicilian Theme (ROM7)” Library name ”Unified - KORG Gadgets - Milpitas. Do you wan’t me to redo it😇?

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Almost done, naming as name (cartridge) for example: ”Sicilian Theme (ROM7)” Library name ”Unified - KORG Gadgets - Milpitas. Do you want me to redo it😇?

No, that's OK, thank you. I can rework these names automatically using some C++ code I have here. I haven't decided on a final naming scheme yet anyway.

@getdunne 

Link sent to you in mail.

@thsve

Wonderful, thank you.

EVERYONE: Thomas (thsve) has offered to help unify Glasgow and Marseille, and I intend to finish Darwin myself, so we can call this matter closed.