SysEx Librarian replacement

SysEx Librarian replacement
« on: March 18, 2026, 06:16:06 AM »
SysEx librarian is not working anymore on Tahoe for me. So I sought alternatives that work on MacOS. There is KnobKraft which looks like a cross platform app, and has a lot of features. But is there a simpler alternative that anyone knows about that looks like a Mac App and does a simple job of sending and receiving sysex files?

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Re: SysEx Librarian replacement
« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2026, 08:51:17 AM »
Have you tried Bitfocus companion?  Here is a detailed post I did of Stream Deck for a program librarian (Sysex sent via MIDI plugin in the Stream Deck).  Bitfocus Companion has an emulator of the Stream Deck.  Software that runs a node.js and operates from a browser across the network interfaces.

https://forum.sequential.com/index.php/topic,8828.msg73017.html#msg73017

That KnobKraft looks pretty useful actually.  That's not simple?  So much simpler than using my Stream Deck has been though less tactile and mouses are inferior to spongy streamdeck keys that can be kept as an external device.  Though the software, computer and MIDI routing programs are a requisite to use it I think since it has no MIDI output of its own, it still is simple to use and works flawlessly with an ongoing Stream Deck profile (the largest stumbling block to using this as a librarian as it requires input of every syx file via copy and paste), DAW template and midi routings.
« Last Edit: March 24, 2026, 09:35:50 AM by 558 »
Prophet still sounds good.  With my setup I only need to play like once a month.  First take perfect albums with detailed video of the creation.  Anywhere from 20 minutes to 2 hours or longer.