Bc2000 (for the BCF2000 & BCR2000)

Hi Albert,
sorry about the late reply. I've been away working for a few days.

To the rest of the group... is this too specific a problem and should I
just send help with an email to Al??

Royce


>       I have ordered the BCR2000 and it should arrive here on Tuesday.
I plan on controlling all aspects required for both the Yamaha VL70M and
the Roland XV-2020 tone generators (synths), to make quick changes
needed for live performance. I will use both the Yamaha WX-5 (90% of the
time_my most comfortable instrument) wind controller and the AKAI
EWI4000s wind synthesizer (10 % of the time_which I have had for only a
few months and am still learning). The WX-5 has breath control and midi
outputs and I will only be using the breath control (WX in on the
VL70M). This still allows midi control of the VL70M from the BCR2000 via
the VL70M's midi in jack real time. The EWI4000s will be a bit more
complicated in that it has an internal built in synth as well as the
capability to midi control my two synths. Hardware configuration wise
there are many different ways to connect all this gear and I would like
to bounce some questions out there to determine which way is best to
approach this. Then I have some general requirements that will influence
the programming of the BCR2000.
>
>      Should the midi inputs to both synths be separate? i.e. BCR2000
midi out A into the VL70M and BCR2000 midi out B into the XV-2020 or
should I daisy chain them (midi in --> midi thru or out--> midi in).
> I have noticed that when I use the VL70M's WX IN on the front it does
not send midi data to the XV-2020 unless I connect the midi to midi out
(not thru) on the VL70M to midi in on the XV-2020. Here are the
possibilities:
>
> WX-5 -->VL70M WX-IN, BCR2000 midi out A --> VL70M midi in --> VL70M
midi out --> XV-2020 midi in
> connect the EWI4000s to the BCS2000 midi in
>
> (or reverse which synth gets the midi first)
>
>
> OR
>
> WX-5 --> VL70M WX IN, BCR2000 midi out A to VL70M midi in and BCR2000
midi out B to XV-2020 midi in
> connect the EWI4000s to the BCS2000 midi in
>
>     Here are some other functions of programming that I am interested
in:
> in order of importance...
> 1 encoder to select the proper key for both VL70M  XV-2020 synths
simultaneously.
> 1 encoder to select any patch in the VL70M
> 1 encoder to select any patch in the XV-2020
> 1 encoder to select volume in the VL70M
> 1 encoder to select volume in the XV-2020
> 1 encoder to select patches in the EWI4000s
> 1 encoder to select volume in the EWI4000s
> 1 encoder to select the proper key for EWI4000s (possibly add this to
first encoder on the list if the string in not too long)
> 1 encoder to select octave in the VL70M
> 1 encoder to select octave in the XV-2020
> 1 on/off switch for "hold" button on EWI4000s
> 1 on/off switch for "octave" button on EWI4000s
> 1 increment switch for "hold" on EWI4000s when used as + inc.
> 1 decrement switch for "octave" on EWI4000s when used for - dec.
>
> I will think of more later but these are the important ones.
>
> I appreciate what you have done and continue to do for all the BCR2000
users out there and especially the great help you are giving me on my
quest to provide a great live performance. You and Mark deserve some $$
and after the dust settles on this project I will be sending you some. I
would say to all out there in BC land to help these guys out if they
help you.... send some money to Mark on his site. They couldn't be more
helpful to us. Thanks again.  Best.....
>
> Albert King
> Wind Synthesizer player
> Smooth Jazz, Fusion Jazz,Blues, R&B
> www.aljazzmanking.com
> Ocala, Fla.
>