Bc2000 (for the BCF2000 & BCR2000)

Hi guys

Synths often display a fixed number like 0 when they are handed data they don't understand. So a value over the max is probably causing the problem, but it also could cause other undocumented problems so it should be fixed.
 
It is quite easy to adjust the range.
The *.bc2 files are just text files and you can use any text editor to fix them.
I think Mark even has a text editor in his program. 

This is the first entry

$encoder 1 ;DCO1 Range
  .showvalue on
  .mode pan
  .resolution 96 96 96 96
  .default 0
  .minmax 0 127
  .tx $F0 $41 $36 $0F $21 $20 $01 $0B val $F7


Look up the range for the 'DCO range' in the manual. 
Use the sysex description, usually at the back, not the user guide part as often the numbers are different. eg -3 to 3 for the display could be 0 to 6 in the sysex.

Let's say it is 0 to 31 in the manual, where it reads
  .minmax 0 127
just change it to 
  .minmax 0 31

So just go through all of the controls and change them to what is required

$encoder 1 ;DCO1 Range
  .showvalue on
  .mode pan
  .resolution 96 96 96 96
  .default 0
  .minmax 0 31
  .tx $F0 $41 $36 $0F $21 $20 $01 $0B val $F7

Save the file and load it into Mark's editor and send it to the BC.

All the best
Royce

--- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, Rainer Keizer <rainer.keizer@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Aaron!
> 
> Thanks for the compliments on the template!
> 
> To answer your questions:
> 1) When you press "PARAMETER" on your 8P, it WILL jump to the parameter and
> show the value it currently has, updating live when you turn a control.
> 2) That is correct, the thing is that I actually didn't know what hex value
> triggered which param state, so I just let the control send the full range.
> There is no 1 to 1 correllation between the value sent and the actual
> parameter value on the 8P. For example, some parameters stay "0" on the 8P
> from values 0-31, and once 32 is sent the value jumps to "1". I don't even
> know whether the BCR is capable of only sending 0, 32, 64 and so on - so
> you either have to accept it or try to improve it :-)
> 
> Cheers,
> Rainer
> 
> BTW: if you have an iPad, you could also use it to control your synths
> using an incredibly useful (payed) app called Midi Designer. I created free
> layouts for this app for the JX-3P, JX-8P, Alpha Juno 1/2, MKS-30, MKS-50,
> MKS-70:
> http://mididesigner.com/qa/171/roland-jx-3p-jx-8p-mks-30-mks-50
> (some of these synths obviously need an upgrade kit before they can be
> programmed by any editor)
> 
> -- 
> My music: http://www.soundcloud.com/planeshifter
>