Bc2000 (for the BCF2000 & BCR2000)

Is it possible to tweak this for the DW-8000?

----- Original Message -----
From: "tomcc59" <tomcc@...>
To: bc2000@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 10:10:52 PM
Subject: [bc2000] Re: Integrating the BCR2000 with the Korg DW6000







Thanks for a great program. Tried it today after watching the video and it worked within 1 minute of turning on the BCR and me not knowing what I was doing. 
This has taken the synth to a new level. I now have immediate control like my other knobby synths. I don't have to think what I am doing now. Just turn any knob for a random unknown effect. 
Thanks heaps Royce. 
--- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com , "Royce" <rpcfender@...> wrote: 
> 
> After previous discussion about the BCR controlling a Crumar Bit01 synth 
> I decided that I would write a program that I have been thinking about 
> for a while. 
> 
> The BC2k gear can do most things, but there are three areas that it 
> misses out on. 
> 
> 1) You can't use negative numbers. 
> Well this is partially solved for smaller ranges (eg -7 to 7 is OK), 
> but it is complicated and using 14 bit or greater is not possible (a lot 
> of Emu stuff uses these large ranges). 
> 
> 2) You can't access other control values. 
> Some older synths have packed data. For instance the oscillator might 
> have the waveform selection in the lower 4 bits (val03) and the octave 
> only needs 2 bits. 
> So roll the 2 bits 4 places to the left and add the waveform value to 
> make up the single byte to save memory. 
> The Korg Dw6000 does this. 
> 
> 3) You can't use a sysex value to set the value of a control. 
> So the BC can't be synced to the synth. 
> So if you change a patch on the synth, one, you can't see the new value 
> in the LED rings and two, moving a control usually makes the value jump. 
> Not too good for live filter sweeps. 
> 
> With the Korg negative numbers are not a problem but byte packing and 
> BCR syncing are. 
> So the PC program is a bridge between the BCR and the DW6k. 
> It converts CC messages from the BCR and outputs sysex parameters to the 
> Korg. 
> It requests patch data and sends a full set of CC messages to the BCR to 
> keep it in sync. 
> It all worked so well that it has given the old Korg a new lease of 
> life. I even added a random patch generator. 
> 
> If you are interested 
> www.bwalk.com.au < http://www.bwalk.com.au > 
> 
> Let me know what you think. 
> 
> All the best 
> Royce 
>