Bc2000 (for the BCF2000 & BCR2000)

Hello Mark, unfortunately the ob matrix 1000 only works with sysex :( i will try this for the mks50, thanks again for your help

J,

--- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, "Mark v.d. Berg" <markwinvdb@...> wrote:
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> --- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, "peterobrian@" <peterobrian@> wrote:
> > is there a way if you have a hardware synth connected to the bcr, the synth send the value of a parameter and the led in the bcr goes to the position of that value? (e.g attack in the synth patch is set to 64, so the bcr encoder that is set to attack, goes to the middle automatically when you select that patch)
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> First of all, of course the synth must be able to send its parameter values: either the whole bunch when you select a synth patch, or an individual parameter when you turn its knob on the synth.
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> Secondly, the encoder/button on the BCR must be defined via the "standard output" protocol (as it's called in BC Manager).
> A BCR encoder/button does not respond to incoming messages that address its "custom output" definition; this rules out SysEx (System Exclusive) messages (F0 ... F7).
> So effectively the synth must send its parameter values as MIDI Channel messages (typically Control Change or NRPN).
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> So if your synth only uses SysEx messages, parameter feedback from the synth to the BCR is impossible, and the only way to synchronize the synth and the BCR is to work from the BCR:
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> You could put different synth patches into different BCR presets, each with different "Default" values for all the parameters.
> There are two tricks you can then use:
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> 1. Enable "Request" in each preset (see the "Settings" tab in BC Manager's "Preset" dialog box) and include the correct Program Change message in the preset's "LEARN output".
> Thus, the synth will select the corresponding patch whenever you select the preset on the BCR.
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> 2. Enable "Snapshot" in each preset (see the "Settings" tab in BC Manager's "Preset" dialog box).
> Thus, the synth will receive all the current preset's parameters, i.e. all your manual, temporary alterations to the patch defaults.
> (This works because the BCR remembers the current values of each of its 32 presets even when you switch to another preset.)
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> Hope this helps,
> Mark.
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