Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "evening_soundgate" <evening@...>
wrote:
>
> 
> One of the the features I love is that program changes rec'd when the
> shift key is held wait until the end of the playing  sequence before
> taking effect.
> I'd be thrilled to be able to do this on the fly via midi.
> I've read all the docs and can't find anything. 
> Have i missed something or should I put in a feature request w/ DSI?
> 
> peace, 
> 
> jmw
>


Hi jmw

I guess this has been answered somewhere but i couldnt find it on the
the forum.
But after a little fiddling about I found out how to do it.

...there is a system exclusive message that you can send to turn the
shift key on and another to turn it off.

So what you need to do is:
1) Send a system exclusive message to turn shift key on 
   F0 01 20 01 13 F7
2) Send your program change message on the appropriate midi channel
3) Send a system exclusive message to turn shift key off 
   F0 01 20 01 14 F7
I left a small gap between each message..

I have this working on my MPC1000 connected to a desktop evolver.

Everything now stays nicely in sync with the Ev sequence changing at
the end of the bar :-).. cool

cheers

m00f