Wow, thanks for the great responses, I'll keep you guys updated if I can get it to work, thanks again! --- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, "Royce" <rpcfender@...> wrote: > > Hi , > I have just been writing a BCR2000 preset for the K3 so when it is completely working I'll put it in the files section and it might be a good start for you BCN preset. > > All the best > Royce > > --- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, "markwinvdb" <markwinvdb@> wrote: > > > > --- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, "justino30" <justin-macri@> wrote: > > > I was overjoyed when I found a bcn44 editor > > > from Mountain Utilities on this group, however I'm confused with how > > > to use it. > > > The program came with no manual, and > > > I'm confused about how to use it, if anyone has any tips, please let > > > me know! Thanks! > > > > Sorry about there being no manual, but writing a good manual is always a lot of work. > > Since Behringer states that the BCN44 is "Discontinued" on their web site (http://www.behringer.com/EN/Products/BCN44.aspx), BCN44 Manager (let alone writing a manual for it) isn't very high on my long wish list. > > I can only repeat what I wrote on my web site: for information on BCN44 Manager's general setup, please refer to the manual for BC Manager, since much is the same. > > > > > It says on thier website "contains support for 'custom' > > > MIDI messages (up to 11 bytes), in particular System Exclusive > > > messages" so I'm hoping I can use it to control filter and lfo > > > parameters on my K3 synthesizer. > > > some users from the k3 group decoded the sysex messages > > > > I've looked a bit at the K3 manual (http://www.kawaius-tsd.com/OM/K_SYNTH/K3.PDF): > > It should indeed be possible for those messages that consist of 11 bytes or less. > > > > > I don't know how to input them into the editor... > > > > In an Encoders window, click on the "E" button: this opens the Encoder dialog box. > > > > There you do the following: > > > > - Set Type to Custom > > > > - In the Bytes editbox you type the SysEx message's bytes in bare hexadecimal format, separated by spaces. > > So in your case this should look like: > > F0 40 ... F7 > > > > - The tricky part: set "Index of button/encoder value" to the position of the byte in the message that corresponds with the value of the button/encoder. (So in fact this byte becomes variable.) > > > > Note that the OK button is disabled when "Index ..." isn't pointing to a data byte (00-7F), i.e. to a status byte (F0 or F7 for SysEx messages) or to a position beyond the current message length. > > > > In fact, there is a slight (but annoying) bug in the dialog box concerning this: > > Once the OK button has become disabled, it stays that way if you clear the Bytes editbox or select a different Type than Custom, whereas in both cases it should actually get re-enabled. > > I'll release a version of BCN44 Manager that fixes this as soon as possible, hopefully this weekend. > > > > Mark van den Berg. > > >
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Re: Using a BCN44 with a Kawai K3
2010-03-06 by justino30
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