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BCR memories

2016-09-22 by Sarmad Attar Bashi Shargool


Thanks for accepting me into the group!

Before I actually buy a BCR 2000, I need to check one thing: I'd be using it as a controller for my MKS 7. And I need a way to save patches, without using a computer...

So I'm wondering if I can save settings/templates in the BCR as I hear there are 32 locations or similar. But will I be able to send the data to my MKS 7 when a new setup is loaded>?

If not I've got a hefty bill coming up for a Kiwitechnics Patch editor at £400!

Cheers.

Re: BCR memories

2016-09-22 by rpcfender@...

Yes. You can set it up in the preset so when you change to that preset the current / default values are sent to the synth.
You can also send all the current BC values at any time to the synth by holding the EDIT button then pressing the < (Preset down) button.

To set the BC to the patch you just selected on the synth usually requires a computer between the BC and the synth to unpack and translate the data.

All the best
Royce

Re: [bc2000] Re: BCR memories

2016-09-22 by Sarmad Attar Bashi Shargool

Hi,

Thanks Royce!

I've been trying to find this out. So it is possible to save different states on the BCR/BCF and recall them as if they are different sysex patches. For my ancient MKS 7!

I have an editor for the iPad Lemur. But after loading a patch you have to nudge each control individually to send the patch data. I need a quick, and complete sysex dump.

Hopefully I've found a solution here.'

Cheers,

Sarmad
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> On 23 Sep 2016, at 00:07, rpcfender@... [bc2000] <bc2000@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> 
> Yes. You can set it up in the preset so when you change to that preset the current / default values are sent to the synth.
> 
> You can also send all the current BC values at any time to the synth by holding the EDIT button then pressing the < (Preset down) button.
> 
> To set the BC to the patch you just selected on the synth usually requires a computer between the BC and the synth to unpack and translate the data.
> 
> All the best
> Royce
>

Re: [bc2000] Re: BCR memories

2016-09-23 by Smiley

you're going to be loving life! :D

On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 7:40 PM, Sarmad Attar Bashi Shargool sermad@... [bc2000] <bc2000@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Hi,

Thanks Royce!

I've been trying to find this out. So it is possible to save different states on the BCR/BCF and recall them as if they are different sysex patches. For my ancient MKS 7!

I have an editor for the iPad Lemur. But after loading a patch you have to nudge each control individually to send the patch data. I need a quick, and complete sysex dump.

Hopefully I've found a solution here.'

Cheers,

Sarmad








On 23 Sep 2016, at 00:07, rpcfender@... [bc2000] <bc2000@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Yes. You can set it up in the preset so when you change to that preset the current / default values are sent to the synth.

You can also send all the current BC values at any time to the synth by holding the EDIT button then pressing the < (Preset down) button.

To set the BC to the patch you just selected on the synth usually requires a computer between the BC and the synth to unpack and translate the data.

All the best
Royce




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Re: [bc2000] Re: BCR memories

2016-09-23 by rpcfender@...

If you want to, you can have the same BC MKS-7 patch in each of the 32 locations, but with different default values for each parameter.

This means you could set up 32 MKS-7 patches by setting the BC controls default values to the patch value.

When you select a new BC preset these default values would be output and the MKS-7 to set up the new patch and would be in sync with the BC.

It would involve the BC sending more sysex data than the synth's packed patch sysex, so it would take a little longer. So swapping patches between notes might be tricky. You will have to try it to find out.

Any changes in the position of the encoders or buttons made live are remembered by the BC when changing patches. So if you change back to a patch you have been playing with, the values sent out will put the synth back in that modified state NOT the default settings.

To get back to the default settings you have to power cycle the BC (turn it off and on again).

Either way the synth remains in sync with the BC.

All the best
Royce

Re: [bc2000] Re: BCR memories

2016-09-23 by Sarmad Attar Bashi Shargool

Well, well, well...

This is getting more and more interesting! Adding new dimensions to my imagined performance...

I hadn't even planned on changing patches. But I think this device can fix the issues of a wonderful synth with amnesia. Like giving life back to someone. Actually the MKS 7 has just taken me back to 88, in my first few hours of recording with it. The Lemur MKS 7 control patch is nice. But switch the synth off and there's a lot of resetting parameters to be done.

I think a white BC mapped out to my MKS 7 can sort my life out! Well the most important things at least...

Thanks for the revelations. That would have been a lot more routing through Gearslutz etc. And I'd rather be making music.

Cheers from London,

Sarmad


















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> On 23 Sep 2016, at 03:06, rpcfender@....au [bc2000] <bc2000@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> 
> If you want to, you can have the same BC MKS-7 patch in each of the 32 locations, but with different default values for each parameter.
> 
> 
> This means you could set up 32 MKS-7 patches by setting the BC controls default values to the patch value.
> 
> When you select a new BC preset these default values would be output and the MKS-7 to set up the new patch and would be in sync with the BC.
> 
> It would involve the BC sending more sysex data than the synth's packed patch sysex, so it would take a little longer. So swapping patches between notes might be tricky. You will have to try it to find out.
> 
> Any changes in the position of the encoders or buttons made live are remembered by the BC when changing patches. So if you change back to a patch you have been playing with, the values sent out will put the synth back in that modified state NOT the default settings.
> 
> To get back to the default settings you have to power cycle the BC (turn it off and on again).
> 
> Either way the synth remains in sync with the BC.
> 
> All the best
> Royce
> 
>

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