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Re: Customized Mackie emulation ?

2009-01-15 by lorcan_music

--- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, "Mark van den Berg" <markwinvdb@...> wrote:
>
> --- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, "lorcan_music" <lorcan.mcdonagh@> wrote:
> > Thanks for your tips !
> > But I guess Behringer have a programmed more stuff in MCU mode,
> > because Cubase does send updates to the controller everytime you
> > change a value directly on screen with the mouse in the software.
> > For example, the led rings are updated to reflect pan settings.
> > I just thought it might have been possible to do the same with
> > BCManager and BC mode but I haven't found a solution (yet ?)
> 
> By coincidence, I have been investigating the BCF's emulation mode
> MIDI protocols in detail recently: however, as yet I haven't come
> across what you're calling "more stuff", i.e. a specific protocol for
> controlling the LEDs, but I'll look out for this.
> 
> Can you figure out which MIDI messages Cubase sends exactly in MCU mode?
> I don't have Cubase myself, so I can't help you in this respect.
> (There are several setups in which you can intercept these messages.
> E.g. via MIDI Yoke + MIDI-OX, or even a simple MIDI splitter box or
> patch bay.)
> 
> Once you know Cubase's messages, it will be immediately clear whether
> it's possible to emulate this in standard B-Control mode.
> 
> Mark.
>
Mark,
yes i'll log the communications between Cubase4 and the BCF with the
Yoke. I didn't know it was possible to 'teach' the BCF how to
interpret incoming messages, I thought you could only program the output.
I'll let you know as soon as I find the time to do this.

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