Roland BK-7m for Guitar

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https://www.roland.com/global/products/bk-7m/



http://www.accordions-asia.com/bk7m_accessories/4_Port_USB_Switch.php
   BK-7m
A BAND IN A BRIEFCASE
Add a world-class backing band to your show with the new BK-7m, a state-of-the-art module that packs an interactive band into a sleek, slim package. No bigger than a book, the BK-7m is a dream machine for the entertaining artist or solo musician who needs a backing band onstage, in the studio, or at home. With hundreds of great Tones, Music Styles, and rhythms onboard — all quickly accessible with one-touch buttons — the BK-7m will make you sound like a pro ensemble onstage. Choose from the library of built-in styles or play your own music files directly from USB for play-along accompaniment. You can even record your performances directly to USB memory for distribution and archiving.

The BK-7m is powered by a state-of-the-art Roland sound engine, packed with over 1,000 great Tones and dozens of drum and percussion kits. The module is able to handle 128 voices simultaneously, and is compatible with a variety of voicing formats, including GM2, GS, and XG Lite. Feed the BK-7m a quality Standard MIDI File, buckle up, and get ready for a great-sounding band. You can also use it as a high-quality sound module for a MIDI-compatible instrument such as a digital piano, V-Accordion, organ or guitar.




GJ Katz, Classic Rock Tribute OMB, demonstrates how he uses Roland`s GR-55 and BK-7m.
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Must have  Editor for BK-7M - rather extensive editing power - I tried the free demo, and and loaded a few SMF MIDI songs and began editing just using my Win7 PC

MidiSoft MIDI Works GS

https://www.midisoft.pl/en/#strona-dn

Free demo

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MidiWorks GS

This MidiWorks is new generation with a much more powerful and improved ergonomics work.
The list of supported instruments:
BK3 BK5 BK7m BK7m+ BK9 E50 E60 E80 E-A7 EXR-3 EXR-3s EXR-5 EXR-5s EXR-7 EXR-7s G70 G800 SC-88pro VA-7 Vima-JM5
and all other instruments with GS standard.


Mixing console
here You can:
- modify volume of channel and also for whole song
- modify reverb of channel and also for whole song
- modify chorus of channel and also for whole song
- modify delay (CC94) of channel and also for whole song
- modify balance of channel
- choose voice on the channel
- change octave for all notes or for range notes on the channel
- pop up Multieditor
- pop up Pitch/Velocity editor


Channels manager
here You can:
- remove channel
- copy channel
- move channel
- swap channels
- merge channels
- split channels (exp: drums track)
- make transposition of channel or whole song
- change octave for all notes or for range notes on the channel
- pop up Multieditor
- pop up Mixing console


Multieditor
here You can:
- extend the song (copy range song)
- shorten the song (cut range song)
- copy selected notes, midi events for the selected channels in selected range
- delete selected notes, midi events for the selected channels in selected range
- make transpose for selected notes, channels in selected range
- modify GateTime for selected notes, channels in selected range
- add, edit and delete note
- add, edit and delete controller (Program Change, Control Change, Pitch Whell)
- switch channel mode (drum/voice)
- pop up Velocity/Pitch editor

Also Multieditor is ideal to the change voice on channels on which is located a few Program Change events.


Karaoke editor
This is an advanced tool allocated for edit Lyric events, responsible for showing the text of the song and also Chord Name events. In this tool You can with ease add, change, copy, move, remove, print and synchronize the lyric event with the melodic line. Also You can equip Your song in the Chord Name events and copy, shif, remove range. The editor is equipped with several text input methods and has automatic dividing function text to syllables in Polish and English language.


Velocity/Pitch editor
here You can:
- modify velocity of the selected note/drum on the channel for whole song
- modify pitch of the selected note/drum on the channel for whole song (exp: bassdrum B0 -> bassdrum C1)


Super Revoice
This tool with great potential, after appropriate configuration to Your liking, will automatically change the voice (GM to Panel), will set reverb and chorus, and also set midi master volume level without distortion and clipping. Two-level revoicing of melodic channels provides the automatic, unique swap GM voice to panel voice.


System exclusive editor
Supports editing Universal System Exclusive messages, and also offers full support for all Roland GS SysEx messages - You do not need to look to the instruction manual to edit.

Other advantages
Dedicated software to edit midi and style files (only Yamaha), fully compatible with Your instrument.
Validation SMF XG/GS/GM2/GM accordingly for editors MidiWorks YA, GS, PA+, GM. While in the editor of styles, StyleMagic YA - Validation SFF. Function automatically optimizes midi file (or style file) to a particular standard, adjusting it for proper playback in the electronic instruments.
Clear, readable interface, makes that the work with the program is very intuitive. You don't need to knowledge about the midi protocols. The features implemented in the software will do it for you.
The software contained the most important functions such as: transposition, velocity modify, gate time modify, tempo modify, channel change, system exclusive edit, and lots other function.
Drum Splitter - innovative, comfortable tool to quickly separate the drum track (e.g. snare drums) to the separate midi channel. Or any other notes (for example: Mega Voice FX - B6 above).
Imaging of sound layers - pointer of boundaries layers for the multi-layer voices (e.g. MegaVoice), which informs about the change of sound in relation to the velocity.
The "GateTime Correction" function - unique and unparalleled in other programs. Execution of this, reduces likelihood of "choking " a instrument when to lack of polyphony.
The moving, copying, removing, merge channels (Channels manager) is related with the System Exclusive MultiPart messages. This means that completely liberates you from manually reconfiguring.
Permanent license, free updates as part of a valid subscription.
Help and support for users MidiWorks, StyleMagic.
Tips for developing midi and style.

jipegonzo

hi there !
i'd like to buy one of this Bk7m but i have a question first : is it possible to send the backing band on the left channel (audio) and the instrument on the right channel for example ?
thank by advance
jp from france