

INS Maker is distributed in a compressed. As a result, installing INS Maker will not overwrite any operating system or third party DLL’s (dynamic libraries). INS Maker is compiled as a standalone executable using static libraries. If you encounter any problems, please check that you are using the latest version of the program. I have tested INS Maker on Win 95, Win ME and Win 2000 users have also reported success with Win 98 and Win XP. INS Maker works with Windows 95 and later versions of Windows. The file can be imported into Cakewalk, Sonar or any other program that uses a Cakewalk-style. The resulting instrument definition file is a text file that can be viewed and/or edited with any text editor such as Notepad. If the patch is identified as a drum patch, INS Maker creates a drum key map so that Cakewalk/Sonar will display the correct patch names for each drum key in the piano roll view. INS Maker identifies each patch as a Program (Sound), Drum, or Performance (Combi) patch. INS Maker creates the following sections of an instrument definition file:

INS Maker does not generate instrument definitions for softsynths (software synthesizers). However, I have released the INS Maker source code under GPL, so other programmers may be able to adapt the source code. Novation Nova, Nova Laptop, Nova II, Supernova, Supernova IIĪs each manufacturer and instrument uses different sysex (system exclusive) message formats, I do not support any other instruments.Korg TRITON, pro, proX, Rack, Studio and KARMA.Ensoniq MR-Rack, MR-61, MR-76 and ZR-76.INS Maker currently is designed to support the following instruments: INS Maker queries MIDI instruments and creates custom Cakewalk/Sonar. I decided to write INS Maker because I was dissatisfied with the coverage of Cakewalk and Sonar instrument definition files for several of my MIDI instruments.
