K5synth

Hi, was just going to talk about Overtone's manual. I don't know what
it's doing as DOS is not multi-tasking.

The PDF is 50 pages and 60MB. If someone want it to make it smaller I
can send it to them now that I have high-speed Internet. If you want
the source, there's 160MBs of GIF files or 250MBs of TIFF. I lost the
OpenOffice Draw document used to make it tho...

--- In k5synth@yahoogroups.com, "nelsonj_sce" <nelsonj_sce@y...> wrote:
>
> Hey group -
> I have been doing lots of fun stuff with my K5 and I have a technical
> question for the sysex gurus out there (Lesile???)
> 
> I got this Berhinger BCR2000 midi control surface and I have been
> playing with it on the K5.  Very cool - and only about $125US.
> 
> First the good news:  The BCR2000 has a "learn" mode where it "learns"
> simple sysex.  (More good news), the K5, with the sysex xmit turned
> on, sends sysex for just about every command. The BCR 2000 has 32
> knobs (but 8 can have four functions so it is like having 56 knobs) 24
> push buttons (but 8 can have four functions so it is like having 40
> push buttons).  As a result, you can program the BCR2000 knobs and
> buttons to control just about anything on the K5. (There are problems
> with parameters that have +/- ranges, and all the knobs send values
> 1-128, so if the K5 parameter is 1-32, only the first 1/4 of the knob
> turn is used.)
> 
> Anyway, I want to assign each knob so that it adjusts each harmonic on
> say S1(or at least 56 of my favorite harmonics).  Now the problem: No
> matter which S1 harmonic I adjust on the K5, the K5 sends out the same
> sysex.  There is also a parameter on the K5 to select which harmonic
> you want to edit.  I can assign this parameter to a knob (and I can
> then turn the knob to change values from 1 - 128), or I can assign
> specific harmonics to a button.  (For example, I can make it so that
> each time I hit button 1 on my BCR2000, harmonic X becomes active for
> edit.)
> 
> So, if I want to edit harmonic X, I have two choices: 1)I can turn a
> knob to select harmonic X, and then turn a different knob to adjust
> the level of harmonic X, or, 2) I can hit a button and jump to
> harmonic X, and then turn a knob to adjust the harmonic.
> 
> Although this is better than nothing, it is still too much of a pain
> (or I only have 40 buttons and 63 harmonics) to make me happy.  I want
> each knob to control its own harmonic. Period.
> 
> Now my question(s):  When I look at the K5 sysex specification, it
> looks like each harmonic has its own sysex command.  Thus, it looks
> like I should be able to create a sysex on my computer that will
> control a specific harmonic. 
> Q1: Is this correct?
> Q2: For example, if I want to control the level of S1 harmonic 5, what
> is the EXACT sysex command I need to send to my K5?  (I know this is a
> lot to ask, but I hope someone can help)
> Q3:  Just to make sure I get if, if I want to control the level of S1
> harmonic 25, what is the EXACT sysex I need to send to my K5?
> 
> Anyway, any help would be appreciated.  I tried useing several editors
> (including DR. Ts) but they all have the same problem - they send a
> "generic" sysex that only lets you control the level of the harmonic
> that is currently selected.  
> 
> I just don't know how to decode the K5 sysex spec, but if someone can
> get me started, I think I can get it. 
> 
> Thanks very much in advance for any help on this.  I just think it
> will be very cool to have a K5 with a bunch of knobs - each harmonic
> with its own knob so you can just dail and experiment with the sounds.
>