Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

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

--- 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