Term | Definition |
ASPI | Adaptec SCSI Programming Interface. A software layer that allows programs such as ex.factory to communicate with SCSI hardware adaptors. |
Child Window |
A window associated with an EX data file that you have opened that is used to display the contents of the file. Several Child Windows can be open within the ex.factory Desktop. |
Clipboard | A temporary storage area used for transferring data within a Child Window or between Child Windows. |
Collection |
A group of similar and related Objects. For example a Voice Collection stores the 256 Voice Objects that an S1A, S1Y or S1V file can contain |
Context Sensitive Help | The ability of the help system to tailor the help being displayed according to where the user pressed the Help key. |
Context Sensitive Menu | The popup menu that is displayed in either the Tree View or Table View that provides a set of commands specific to the currently selected Object |
Desktop | The area within the ex.factory window where Child Windows can be opened |
Drag and Drop | The name for the mechanism that allows a use to move data by dragging it with a mouse and dropping it at a new location. |
DRAG MODIFIER |
The keyboard key that is held down to turn a Drag and Drop move operation into a copy operation. On the PC platform, the DRAG MODIFIER key is the CTRL (control) key |
EX Library Window |
A special instance of a Child Window that doesn't display data in a file, but which displays the data stored in the EX Library. |
EX Synthesizer Window |
A special instance of a Child Window that doesn't display data in a file, but which displays:
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JRE |
Java Run-time Environment. This provides the Java environment which ex.factory needs in order to run. Sun Microsystems provides the JRE for PC systems, and Apple provide their own JRE for MacOS X |
Library |
A repository where you can store all of your data. |
MDI | Multiple Document Inteface. The type of user interface used by ex.factory which allows several Windows to be open within the main application window. |
Menu Bar | The area of the ex.factory Window that contains the set of menus used for accessing the main functions provided by the application. |
MIDI | Musical Instrument Digital Interface. The primary means by which digital data is exchanged in a serial form between synthesizers and computers. |
MMJ | A MacOS X specific library that provides the means by which external MIDI devices can be accessed with the Java MIDI framework. |
Native SMDI Interface | A piece of software required on each supported platform that provides the SMDI interface between ex.factory and the SCSI hardware of the platform. |
Object | A piece of EX data such as a Voice or Performance. |
Preset Synth Data | The lists of data within the EX Synthesizer Window that lists the preset data available within the EX. |
Reference | The means by which the EX associates an Object (such as a Voice) with another Object (such as a Performance Part). The reference provides the link between the two, and in the case of the EX, the link is simply the number of the referenced Object. |
Regular Expression | A system by which certain character sequences are interpreted not as plain text but as commands that can provide a tailored search for occurences of text |
Simulated Store | The sequence of operations that ex.factory excutes to store a Voice into an EX memory location. The MIDI commands to write Voices to EX Memory do not work correctly, and the Simulated Store mechanism is a workaround that allows Voices to be stored into EX memory |
SCSI | Small Computer System Interface: A high speed parallel interface used to interface devices (such as mass storage devices and the EX) to a computer. |
Status Bar | The area of the ex.factory Window that is used to display status information upon the currently selected Child Window. |
Table View | A View which displays data in a file arranged in tablulated rows of data |
Tool Bar | The area of the ex.factory Window that contains a set of buttons to provide easy access to commonly used commands |
Tree View | A View which displays data in a file arranged in a hierarchical tree structure. |
Tritonus | A library of Sample processing tools that fits within the Java Sound system and provides facilities not provided by default, such as sample rate conversion. |
View |
The means by which the data in a file is viewed. A Child Window provides the view upon an EX File that you have opened. The view can be either a Tree View or a Table View. You can have several views open upno the same data, for example when you have split a Child Window. |
Workspace | An arrange of the main ex.factory Window and Child Windows which can be saved for subsequent recall. |