Bc2000 (for the BCF2000 & BCR2000)

--- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, Robert Krueger <robert.krueger@...> wrote:
> It's in the User Manual,  here's a link to the PDF
> http://www.retrosynth.com/docs/mks50/mks50_user.pdf

Thanks!

I hadn't realized that the MKS-50 is THAT old: 1986! Related to its
old age, its sysex format is indeed completely unlike the standard
Roland sysex format they've used since around 1988 for probably all
their equipment.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but from my quick scan I've gathered that the
relevant individual parameter format the MKS accepts is:

F0 = Exclusive
41 = Roland
36 = IPR (individual parameter)
0n = Device (Unit #/basic channel)
23 = Model: MKS-50
20 or 30 = Tone or Patch
01 = Group
pp vv [...] = sequence of Parameter + Value
F7 = End of exclusive

The later standard Roland format (and the one used by BC Manager
concerning its SyxEx model definition files) is:

F0 = Exclusive
41 = Roland
nn = Device
nn [...] = Model
12 = DT1 (Data Set 1)
nn [..] = Parameter
nn [..] = Value
nn = Checksum
F7 = EOX

So it's similar, but not identical.

I don't think it would be worthwhile having BC Manager's SysEx model
definition file format support the MKS-50. The number of parameters on
the MKS isn't that big, and the MKS format luckily doesn't even
include a checksum!

Mark.