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Turtle Beach’s "Pinnacle Patch Editor
(PPE beta 8)"
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AVM Technology’s "Apex Patch Editor"
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Everest
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| Cached ROM image |
no |
no |
Yes! |
| Upload Time: (5MB Drum Kit) |
3 minutes |
-does not load banks- |
20 seconds! |
| Keymap editing |
pretty but hard to use |
no |
easy to use |
| Modulator editing |
confusing |
confusing |
hierarchical tree structure |
| Feel |
slow response |
responds on mouse up |
responds continuously |
| Stability |
ok |
poor, crashes easily |
ok |
| Layout |
one layer at a time, small windows |
one layer at a time, takes up full screen |
all layers visible, medium sized windows |
| Available |
Yes |
Not released |
Yes! |
| Platforms |
Pinnacle Only |
Pinnacle and Apex |
Pinnacle and
Apex |
| Bank Editor |
yes |
no |
Yes! |
| Drum Kit Wizard |
no |
no |
Yes! |
| Tonal Program Wizard |
no |
no |
Yes! |
| Microtuning |
no |
no |
Yes! |
| Loads ACM (including ADPCM) .wav files |
? |
no |
Yes! |
| Auto-merging of wave data |
no |
no |
Yes! |
| KRZ import |
no |
no |
yes (beta)! |
| SoundFont2 Compatible |
no |
no |
yes (beta)! |
| Resizable windows |
no |
no |
Yes! |
| Export bank as SYSEX |
no |
no |
YES! |
| Stereo layers, keymaps |
no |
no |
YES! |
| Automatic Loss-less Wave Data Compression |
no |
no |
YES!
(EMB format) |