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Old 04-05-2013, 11:20 AM
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Default Re: Re.Midi commands

Hi,

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Originally Posted by toktiny View Post
I am wondering if it is possible to send a midi command to a Roland BK-7M for a change of program with Composer ?

Roland equipment requires a three part CC command, The Bank Select MSB, The Bank Select LSB and the Program Change (PC)
You can do this with both Notation Musician and Notation Composer.

The "Program change" refers to the instrument - you can select which instrument you want to use from the "instrument patch map" when you open Staff/Setup, or click any individual staff's Staff Setup button. Do keep in mind that for any device, the default instrument names are the GM (general MIDI) set of instrument names. Some devices (not sure if the

The bank numbers can be set also for each staff so you can access all the cool sounds you have there I see in the manual under "Tone list" that they give you all the info you'll need -
  • PC=instrument patch number (please note that they start with "0" and the grid we use starts with "1", so you'll need to add "1" to their patch numbers to get the right instrument).
  • CC 00 and CC 32 = the bank settings, which you'll find in Composer in the Staff/Setup dialog(s).

Enjoy!
Sherry
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