BCR2000
2009-07-04 by Albert King
Hi Royce,
I have ordered the
BCR2000 and it should arrive here on Tuesday. I
plan on controlling all aspects required for both the Yamaha VL70M and the Roland XV-2020
tone generators (synths), to make quick changes needed for live performance. I
will use both the Yamaha WX-5 (90% of the time_my most comfortable
instrument) wind controller and the AKAI EWI4000s
wind synthesizer (10 % of the time_which I have
had for only a few months and am still learning). The WX-5 has breath control
and midi outputs and I will only be using the breath control (WX in on the VL70M). This still allows midi control of the VL70M from the BCR2000 via the
VL70M's midi in jack real time. The EWI4000s will be a bit more complicated in that it has an
internal built in synth as well as the capability to midi control my two synths.
Hardware configuration wise there are many different ways to connect all this
gear and I would like to bounce some questions out there to determine which way
is best to approach this. Then I have some general requirements
that will influence the programming of the BCR2000.
Should the midi
inputs to both synths be separate? i.e. BCR2000 midi out A into the VL70M and BCR2000 midi out B
into the XV-2020 or should I daisy chain them (midi
in --> midi thru or out--> midi in).
I have noticed that when I use the VL70M's WX IN on the front it does not send midi data to
the XV-2020 unless I connect the midi to midi out
(not thru) on the VL70M to midi in on the XV-2020. Here are the possibilities:
WX-5 -->VL70M WX-IN,
BCR2000 midi out A --> VL70M midi in --> VL70M
midi out --> XV-2020 midi in
connect the EWI4000s to
the BCS2000 midi in
(or reverse which synth gets the midi
first)
OR
WX-5 --> VL70M WX IN,
BCR2000 midi out A to VL70M midi in and BCR2000 midi
out B to XV-2020 midi in
connect the EWI4000s to
the BCS2000 midi in
Here are some other
functions of programming that I am interested in:
in order of
importance...
1 encoder to select the proper key for both VL70M XV-2020 synths
simultaneously.
1 encoder to select any patch in the VL70M
1 encoder to select any patch in the XV-2020
1 encoder to select volume in the VL70M
1 encoder to select volume in the XV-2020
1 encoder to select patches in the EWI4000s
1 encoder to select volume in the EWI4000s
1 encoder to select the proper key for EWI4000s (possibly add this to first
encoder on the list if the string in not too long)
1 encoder to select octave in the VL70M
1 encoder to select octave in the XV-2020
1 on/off switch for "hold" button on EWI4000s
1 on/off switch for "octave" button on EWI4000s
1 increment switch for "hold" on EWI4000s when used as + inc.
1 decrement switch for "octave" on EWI4000s when used for - dec.
I will think of more later but these are the
important ones.
I appreciate what you have done and continue to do
for all the BCR2000 users out there and especially the great help you are giving
me on my quest to provide a great live performance. You and Mark deserve some $$
and after the dust settles on this project I will be sending you some. I would
say to all out there in BC land to help these guys out if they help you.... send
some money to Mark on his site. They couldn't be more helpful to us. Thanks
again. Best.....
Albert King
Wind Synthesizer player
Smooth Jazz, Fusion Jazz,Blues,
R&B
Ocala, Fla.