Control Gr-55 with Ableton Live

Started by Willie941, June 04, 2011, 09:12:37 AM

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Willie941

Zaknbou, can you explain how do you do it with Ableton Live, please?  ;)
Parker Nitefly SA w/GK3
Godin ACS SA Nylon
Roland GR 55 and VG 88
Fishman SA220 Soloamp
TC Helicon Voicelive2

zaknbou

In ableton choose a midi track and direct its output to the gr-55 channel one (u should match channel 1 also in GR-55 to receive the PC )  --> add a midi clip --> double click to edit --> change in the "program"  in the the "note" tab to match the patch u want in gr-55 ("Bank" should be 1),

note that the program choosen in ableton will determine the GR-55 USER patch in a numeric way

Bank 1 program 1 in ableton --> U01:1
Bank 1 Program 2 in ableton --> U01:2
Bank 1 program 7 in ableton --> U03:1
Bank 1 program 9 in ableton --> U03:3

so on ..

u can add as much midi clip to the midi track in the arrangement as each midi clip can have a different PC than the previous one.

note also that u need to change in the RC PC MAP (GR-55) the "MAP SELECT" to "FIX"  rather than "PRG"

:D
Samer

mslinn

I have found that Sub-Bank must always be 1

Bank 1, Program 1 .. 128 selects user patches 1-1 .. 43-2
Bank 2, Program 1 .. 128 selects user patches 43-3 .. 86-1
Bank 3, Program 1 .. 41 selects user patches 86-2 .. 99-3

How can the preset patches be selected?

Mike

gumtown

I seem to recall the preset patches start somewhere around Bank 10
Free "GR-55 FloorBoard" editor software from https://sourceforge.net/projects/grfloorboard/

mslinn

I wrote a JavaScript GR-55 user patch calculator for Ableton live. The standalone version is here, and I also embedded it in my GR55 notes page.

mslinn

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I moved the page for the standalone version of my patch calculator:
http://www.mslinn.com/sites/mike/studio/instruments/Roland/GR55/patch.html

Here is the new link for my GR55 notes page:
http://www.mslinn.com/sites/mike/studio/instruments/Roland/GR55/index.html