patch change works on all channels except ch 1 - why?

[karambos2]

Can someone help me with the following:

I'm in performance mode on my Roland JV 1080 which means I can play up to 64 voices on up to 16 midi channels. I've set up my performance on the synth as I want it played back by the sequencer; in other words the right patches(sounds) on the right midi channels and the right midi channels assigned to the right arrange window tracks. Just as I want it.

I've set up the Multi-intrument (in the environment in Logic) to communicate on all midi channels, (by selecting the multi itself and not one of the individual sub-channels), and selecting "All" where it says "Cha". Everything works fine. Logic records and plays back fine; all the right instruments in all the right places. I do a bulk dump and then I can close the song, re-open it and it plays back just as I want it to. No probs so far.

Now, lets say I want to change a patch in the performance; in other words, I want a different sound on a particular midi channel. I can either go to the synth and press "parameter" followed by "wave" and select my new patch directly using just the synth. Or I can ALT+<double-click> the track in my LOGIC arrange window that I want to change. This opens a window from which I can select any patch. If I change the patch here, I can see the instrument name changing in the arrange window and I can see it changing on the synth too (providing I press <PERFORM>+<PATCH> and then select the corresponding Part). I can do another bulk dump and voila - change done.

Or is it? This procedure works fine for all midi channels APART FROM MIDI CHANNEL 1. I cannot change the patch on midi channel one from within LOGIC. I have to do it direct on the synth. Any ideas why?

thx

 

[Riverdog]

Hmm....

I also run Logic and I think your JV1080 runs a lot like my JV90 so we'll take a stab at it...

When I change sounds on my JV90, it's the same way...

BUT> If I want to change a sound on my channel 16 (which is the "primary" channel) I have to use a MSB / LSB command before I select the sound...

This has to do with which channel you've selected as your primary channel on the JV (At least I know it's this way on my JV90)...

This "Bank Select" is a command that tells the keyboard whether you want to change the sound on this channel or change the performance on this channel...

You go into Logic and record a patch change...
Then go to the event view and change this command to be a MSB/LSB command first...
Then select your sound for a second command...

I believe there's a section for this in the manual...

Hope this helps...

 

[karambos2]

found a solution

Hello Riverdog,

thanks for the reply. I actually got a reponse from another forum which hit the nail on the head. The problem was that the control channel was set to channel 1. I've no idea what that means all Oi knows is that once I turned the control channel off. Everything worked like a dream.

thanks

karambos