MIDI Program Changes

Started by Antonuzzo, December 08, 2020, 12:08:01 PM

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Antonuzzo

I've got a Roland VGA-3, and I'd like to control it with the Helix via MIDI.

The VGA-3 has 40 presets, but only 10 are accessible from the front panel; the others need a foot controller. This would normally be the Boss FC50 / Roland GFC50, but I wondered if I could set my Helix up to tie a preset on the VGA to a preset on the Helix?

gumtown

Can't see any reason why not,
it should be straight forward to setup in the Helix Command center, a midi program change to send when a particular Helix patch is selected.
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Boisdelac

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Maybe your VGA-3 uses a combination of MIDI PC# and MIDI Bank selects

If it is similar to the GT1000 ....

Select sound  1...10 send Bank select 0 and PC# 0...9
Select sound 11...20 send Bank select 1 and PC# 0...9
Select sound 21...30 send Bank select 2 and PC# 0...9
Select sound 31...40 send Bank select 3 and PC# 0...9

Bank select is realized as a combination of sending two MIDI-CC#

To select Bank 1 send CC# 00 00 and CC# 32 00
To select Bank 2 send CC# 00 01 and CC# 32 00
To select Bank 3 send CC# 00 02 and CC# 32 00
To select Bank 4 send CC# 00 03 and CC# 32 00