That would be great if its possible. The module is the Roland sc-88 pro, and did start to try that, and got to the point where the bcr2000 was mutiny the whole channel. If the was a code to mute individual notes that would be great. Also though, I sometimes use an akai z4 as the sound module. Also, I have been thinking of even purchasing kontakt and using that for the drum sounds. Do you know if the bcr2000 can selectively mute zones in kontakt since that too would basically achieve a similar thing. I guess I just really like the patterns in the dr88p. Thanks for your reply. Dan. --- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, "twobeelandscape" <bill@...> wrote: > > Hi, I started to write a reply suggesting that you find a way to control the DR880 kit instrument levels via MIDI (p103 of the DR880 manual). As far as I know, there is no way to use the BCR as a MIDI message filter. But what you really need is to control the volume of individual voices in your hardware sound module - so the MIDI note messages still get through, they just don't sound. What is the hardware expander unit? > > Bill > > --- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, "dgreenvalda" <dgreenvalda@> wrote: > > > > To explain this question: for example, I have a hardware drum machine (Boss DR-880) which has great drum patterns and sequences built in, but I don't much like the inbuilt sounds, so I use a separate hardware sound module, connected via midi for the actual drum sounds. This gives a fairly unique sound which I'm very happy with. This works very well if I program full drum song performances into the DR-880, but it doesn't really lend itself very well real-time performance, since the DR-880 generally doesn't allow you to edit patterns while in play mode. I can switch drums patterns in real-time which is great, but I would love to be able to select a drum pattern on the DR-880 and just let it run, then have the ability to mute any choice of drum `notes' in real-time somehow, eg. while the drum pattern is playing I'd like to mute several drum sounds such as the snare(note # 38), and open high-hat(note # 46), and later while still in real-time play mode, un-mute them one after the other in any order, and do the same for any notes within the midi stream. > > > > Of course there are other drum machines, sequencers, devices, software, and ways to make electronic music to get around this issue - and I do some of those things at times but I really want to know if this particular setup can do what I have described above with the bcr2000 used as the device in between the DR-880 drum machine and the sound module to filter out midi notes. > > > > Following experimentation, I tend to think it isn't possible with the bcr2000, since in modes `S-1' to `S-3' the unit merges incoming midi notes with any performance data created in the bcr2000 so it could only work if there is a way to add a message into the midi stream to `mute note x' until another `un-mute note x' message appears even though `note x' midi messages are still coming in from the drum machine. I couldn't find any GM midi messages to do this. In mode `S-4' the bcr2000 generally sends only performance data created in the bcr2000 so it could only work if there is a way to allow some of the midi transmission to pass from the midi IN on the bcr2000 to the midi out, i.e. the notes I want played I couldn't get this to work either. > > > > I'm fairly new to all of this so might have missed something. Anyway, so does anyone know if there is anything else I should try to get this to work with the bcr2000, or even is there a way to custom program the bcr2000 I have a programming background so could do that myself? > > >
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Re: Can the bcr2000 filter out specific midi notes from a hardware midi tranmission?
2012-05-15 by dgreenvalda
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