Zoom Patch File - Revision history

Admin at 20:54, 27 September 2021

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	{\| class="wikitable"		{\| class="wikitable"
	\|+ZPTC header		\|+ZPTC header
	!Offset!!Size(bytes)!!Field!!Purpose		!Offset!!Size<br />(bytes)!!Field!!Purpose
	\|-		\|-
	\|0x00\|\|4\|\|id\|\|"PTCF" (50, 54, 43, 46) in ASCII; these four bytes constitute the magic number.		\|0x00\|\|4\|\|id\|\|"PTCF" (50, 54, 43, 46) in ASCII; these four bytes constitute the magic number.
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	{\| class="wikitable"		{\| class="wikitable"
	\|+Patch comments (Japanese)		\|+Patch comments (Japanese)
	! Offset!!Size(bytes)!!Field!!Purpose		! Offset!!Size<br />(bytes)!!Field!!Purpose
	\|-		\|-
	\|0x00\|\|4\|\|sectionId\|\|"TXJ1" ( 54, 58, 4A, 31) in ASCII; these four bytes constitute the section magic number		\|0x00\|\|4\|\|sectionId\|\|"TXJ1" ( 54, 58, 4A, 31) in ASCII; these four bytes constitute the section magic number
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	{\| class="wikitable"		{\| class="wikitable"
	\|+Patch comments (English)		\|+Patch comments (English)
	!Offset!!Size (bytes)!!Field!!Purpose		!Offset!!Size<br />(bytes)!!Field!!Purpose
	\|-		\|-
	\|0x00\|\|4\|\|sectionId\|\|"TXE1" ( 54, 58, 45, 31) in ASCII; these four bytes constitute the section magic number		\|0x00\|\|4\|\|sectionId\|\|"TXE1" ( 54, 58, 45, 31) in ASCII; these four bytes constitute the section magic number

Admin at 20:50, 27 September 2021

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	Effects Database (EDTB) header		{\| class="wikitable"
			\|+Effects Database (EDTB) header
	\|-		\|-
	! Offset !! Size !! Field !! Purpose		! Offset !! Size !! Field !! Purpose

Admin at 20:48, 27 September 2021

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	{\| class="wikitable"		{\| class="wikitable"
	\|+ZPTC header Offset		\|+ZPTC header
	!Size(bytes)!!Field!!Purpose		!Offset!!Size(bytes)!!Field!!Purpose
	\|-		\|-
	\|0x00\|\|4\|\|id\|\|"PTCF" (50, 54, 43, 46) in ASCII; these four bytes constitute the magic number.		\|0x00\|\|4\|\|id\|\|"PTCF" (50, 54, 43, 46) in ASCII; these four bytes constitute the magic number.

Admin at 20:48, 27 September 2021

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	{\| class="wikitable"		{\| class="wikitable"
	\|+ZPTC header Offset		\|+ZPTC header Offset
	!Size		!Size(bytes)!!Field!!Purpose

	(bytes)!!Field!!Purpose
	\|-		\|-
	\|0x00\|\|4\|\|id\|\|"PTCF" (50, 54, 43, 46) in ASCII; these four bytes constitute the magic number.		\|0x00\|\|4\|\|id\|\|"PTCF" (50, 54, 43, 46) in ASCII; these four bytes constitute the magic number.
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	In order to lookup zoom effect store id probably best course is to test all possibilities and rely on local FS existence test.		In order to lookup zoom effect store id probably best course is to test all possibilities and rely on local FS existence test.
	0x28 4 effectId1 contains numeric id of effect 1		\|-
	0x2c 4 effectId2 contains numeric id of effect 2		\|0x28\|\|4\|\|effectId1\|\|contains numeric id of effect 1
	... ... ... ...		\|-
	[0x44] [4] [effectId8] [contains numeric id of effect 8]		\|0x2c\|\|4\|\|effectId2\|\|contains numeric id of effect 2
			\|-
			\|...\|\|...\|\|...\|\|...
			\|-
			\|[0x44]\|\|[4]\|\|[effectId8]\|\|[contains numeric id of effect 8]
	\|}		\|}

Admin at 20:45, 27 September 2021

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	It varies in size according to comments len and number of parameters but typically it's 736 bytes long.		It varies in size according to comments len and number of parameters but typically it's 736 bytes long.
	~~ZPTC header Offset Size~~

	(bytes)		{\| class="wikitable"
	Field Purpose		\|+ZPTC header Offset
	0x00 4 id "PTCF" (50, 54, 43, 46) in ASCII; these four bytes constitute the magic number.		!Size
	0x04 4 patchDataSize contains the size of the patch data in bytes (rest of the patch file is 0 padded)
	0x08 4 gen possible zptc header file version (at this time it's 1)		(bytes)!!Field!!Purpose
	0x0c 4 efSize contains the current number of available (and usable) effects boxes (see effectIdX fields below) in current patch. this number can be increased by adding or removing new effects (up to 9 maximum effects), this number is not affected if setting the effect box to unused (or empty) on the zoom unit.		\|-
	0x10 8 supportRegion for now value it's 1 - possibly something related to Zoom internals		\|0x00\|\|4\|\|id\|\|"PTCF" (50, 54, 43, 46) in ASCII; these four bytes constitute the magic number.
	0x18 2 reserved reserved for future use		\|-
	0x1a 10 patchName contains the patch name (maximum 10 chars)		\|0x04\|\|4\|\|patchDataSize\|\|contains the size of the patch data in bytes (rest of the patch file is 0 padded)
	0x24 4 effectId0 contains numeric id of effect 0		\|-
			\|0x08\|\|4\|\|gen\|\|possible zptc header file version (at this time it's 1)
			\|-
			\|0x0c\|\|4\|\|efSize\|\|contains the current number of available (and usable) effects boxes (see effectIdX fields below) in current patch. this number can be increased by adding or removing new effects (up to 9 maximum effects), this number is not affected if setting the effect box to unused (or empty) on the zoom unit.
			\|-
			\|0x10\|\|8\|\|supportRegion\|\|for now value it's 1 - possibly something related to Zoom internals
			\|-
			\|0x18\|\|2\|\|reserved\|\|reserved for future use
			\|-
			\|0x1a\|\|10\|\|patchName\|\|contains the patch name (maximum 10 chars)
			\|-
			\|0x24\|\|4\|\|effectId0\|\|contains numeric id of effect 0

	Some examples are:		Some examples are:
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	[0x44] [4] [effectId8] [contains numeric id of effect 8]		[0x44] [4] [effectId8] [contains numeric id of effect 8]
			\|}

	{\| class="wikitable"		{\| class="wikitable"

Admin at 20:42, 27 September 2021

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	[0x44] [4] [effectId8] [contains numeric id of effect 8]		[0x44] [4] [effectId8] [contains numeric id of effect 8]
	~~Patch comments (Japanese) Offset Size~~

	(bytes)		{\| class="wikitable"
	Field Purpose		\|+Patch comments (Japanese)
	0x00 4 sectionId "TXJ1" ( 54, 58, 4A, 31) in ASCII; these four bytes constitute the section magic number		! Offset!!Size(bytes)!!Field!!Purpose
	0x04 4 commentSize size of comment string		\|-
	0x08 commentSize comment comment text in Japanese		\|0x00\|\|4\|\|sectionId\|\|"TXJ1" ( 54, 58, 4A, 31) in ASCII; these four bytes constitute the section magic number
			\|-
			\|0x04\|\|4\|\|commentSize\|\|size of comment string
			\|-
			\|0x08\|\|commentSize\|\|comment\|\|comment text in Japanese
			\|}

	{\| class="wikitable"		{\| class="wikitable"
	\|+Patch comments (English)		\|+Patch comments (English)
	!Offset!!Size		!Offset!!Size (bytes)!!Field!!Purpose

	(bytes)!!Field!!Purpose
	\|-		\|-
	\|0x00 4 sectionId "TXE1" ( 54, 58, 45, 31) in ASCII; these four bytes constitute the section magic number		\|0x00\|\|4\|\|sectionId\|\|"TXE1" ( 54, 58, 45, 31) in ASCII; these four bytes constitute the section magic number
	\|-		\|-
	\|0x04 4 commentSize size of comment string		\|0x04\|\|4\|\|commentSize\|\|size of comment string
	\|-		\|-
	\|0x08 commentSize comment comment text in English		\|0x08\|\|commentSize\|\|comment\|\|comment text in English
	\|}		\|}

Admin at 20:35, 27 September 2021

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	0x04 4 commentSize size of comment string		0x04 4 commentSize size of comment string
	0x08 commentSize comment comment text in Japanese		0x08 commentSize comment comment text in Japanese
	~~Patch comments (English) Offset Size~~

	~~(bytes)~~		{\| class="wikitable"
	~~Field Purpose~~		\|+Patch comments (English)
	~~0x00 4 sectionId~~ "~~TXE1~~" ( ~~54, 58, 45, 31~~) ~~in ASCII; these four bytes constitute the section magic number~~		!Offset!!Size
	~~0x04 4 commentSize size of comment string~~
	~~0x08 commentSize comment comment text in English~~

	{\| ~~class=~~"~~wikitable~~"		(bytes)!!Field!!Purpose
	\|+ Effects Database (EDTB) header		\|-
			\|0x00 4 sectionId "TXE1" ( 54, 58, 45, 31) in ASCII; these four bytes constitute the section magic number
			\|-
			\|0x04 4 commentSize size of comment string
			\|-
			\|0x08 commentSize comment comment text in English
			\|}

			Effects Database (EDTB) header
	\|-		\|-
	! Offset !! Size !! Field !! Purpose		! Offset !! Size !! Field !! Purpose

Admin at 20:23, 27 September 2021

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Admin at 20:23, 27 September 2021

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	\|p3 + p4 \|\| p4 \|\| 00 \|\| 00		\|p3 + p4 \|\| p4 \|\| 00 \|\| 00
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Admin at 20:22, 27 September 2021

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