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Re: Integrating the BCR2000 with the Korg DW6000

2012-12-19 by tomcc59

That would be great as they are pretty much the same and if it can talk to the BCR in similar way to the Korg that would be fantastic.
 I am in the same country but differant state (QLD). Which is a pity as your skills with the BCR are phenomenal.
--- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, "Royce" <rpcfender@...> wrote:
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> It has just occurred to me that I have a TG33 tucked away in a cupboard.
> The TG33 is a desktop version of the SY22.
> So who knows, perhaps this is the next unit for treatment.
> 
> Royce
> 
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>  --- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, "tomcc59"  wrote:
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>   Hey Royce do you think the TQ5 would have similar SYs Exs to the SY22? I have one and if you could do the same as the DW6000 that would be BRILLIANT. 
>   
>   --- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, "Royce"  wrote:
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>    It is, but I don't have one to test it on.
>    
>    I have just taken out a Yamaha TQ5 from the cupboard and thought O might try that.
>    This should work for most of the 4 op FM synths.
>    
>    All the best
>    Royce
>    
>    --- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, j k  wrote:
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>     Is it possible to tweak this for the DW-8000?
>     
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: "tomcc59" 
>     To: bc2000@yahoogroups.com
>     Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 10:10:52 PM
>     Subject: [bc2000] Re: Integrating the BCR2000 with the Korg DW6000
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>     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"  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  
>      
>      Let me know what you think. 
>      
>      All the best 
>      Royce
>

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