the most important files to grab are: script script2 substr EFFECT___.VS2 script will run substr repeatedly to extract fx processore patches from the EFFECT.VS2 file. Then run script2 to diff various patches from the reference patch (U04). the output is in files called spaz and spaz2. results so far: -------------VCO Section------------ Trigger in 0=Off 1=On 0x63 Velocity 0-127 0x65 Note Number 0=C-1 1=C#-1 0x67 Portamento 0=Off 1=On 0x69 Portamento Time 0-127 0x6b -------------LFO Section------------ Fade Time 0x6d Rate 0x6f and 0xfb Waveform 0=TRI 1=SQU 0x71 Tempo Sync 0=Off 1=1/16+3 0x73