claudeu Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 To keep an overview of my 125 HX Stomp presets, I am looking for a way to export my presets as a list and display them in a table. Here I could then enter my notes for each sound. Is there a possibility to export a preset list? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverhead Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 No, but sometimes users go to the effort of manually creating such a listing (or a program to generate such a listing from the raw .hlx file which is in JSON format I believe) and sharing it here in some common format such as Excel. I believe an .hlx file reader and interpreter program has been created and posted by a user but I can't find it at the moment and I don't know if it works for HX Stomp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverhead Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 I found what I remember seeing before. It is not exactly what I thought but is useful for anyone who wants to inspect a Helix file without their Helix device connected (rendering HX Edit inoperable). Many thanks to user dbagchee. https://dbagchee.github.io/helix-preset-viewer/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claudeu Posted December 16, 2020 Author Share Posted December 16, 2020 It's not what I'm looking for, but still interesting! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverhead Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Yes, I know. I don't think what you're looking for exists. Hope someone proves me wrong! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou-kash Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 9 hours ago, claudeu said: Is there a possibility to export a preset list? You can use something like https://convertcsv.com/json-to-csv.htm but it just converts the raw data to a flat table. Not necessarily very useful. You would need to program for example an XSLT stylesheet to transform the data into something more meaningful. Some time ago I've managed to set up a very rudimentary XSLT to convert CSV files to the ICS calendar format (aka iCal) by modifying an existing stylesheet without exactly knowing what I'm doing. It works, but that's about it, haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmick Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 I built https://www.helixlib.com to document and organize my Helix presets, I think it will work for the HX stomp. It limits you to 10 presets, but try it and if you like it, I'll up the preset count for you. Let me know how it works out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claudeu Posted December 17, 2020 Author Share Posted December 17, 2020 I am Mac user and not experienced with programming. But thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou-kash Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 2 hours ago, claudeu said: I am Mac user and not experienced with programming. I am Mac user, too, and nonetheless, in past 30+ years on Mac I have accumulated some basic programming skills. That can happen when you know what you want and you simply can't get it elsewhere. But of course: a Linux nerd could likely programm such an app while they sleep, haha… (Hm… thinking of it, I actually had quite a few good programming ideas for my FileMaker databases while lying half awake in bed. Never underestimate the power of the "work-while-you're-in-bed" concept! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmick Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 At https://www.helixlib.com, you can upload your presets (after creating an account that keeps your presets separate from others) and then print a listing. You have to export them from HXEdit first, and as you upload them you can add tags help you organize them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claudeu Posted December 18, 2020 Author Share Posted December 18, 2020 Thanks for the tip! That is a very interesting platform! For me, however, it would be more manageable if I could make a simple Excel table for my individual entries for each preset. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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