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Re: Mackie LCD emulation

2008-03-18 by stutterbrain

here we go:
http://www.mediamax.com/stutter/Hosted/old%20logic%20control%20manual.pdf

last chapter.


--- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, "stutterbrain" <stutterbrain@...> wrote:
>
> hehe, I had the same idea a little while ago, posted on the ableton
> forum since I thought someone there might already have thought of it
> and saved me some trouble. Didn't particularly seem to be the case.
> Anyway I just came back to it while hacking my padkontrol, and was
> looking at a load of sysex in Midi-ox last night, although I think I'm
> going to steal someone else's idea and emulate parrts of the Tranzport
> for that... anyways:
> 
> Google for the Emagic Control Manual - quick look and I can't find it
> on web or my computer, must be on the old one, I dunno. If you cannot
> find it anywhere, and I do, I imagine I can upload it to yousendit or
> somewhere... anyway, the bit that I found interesting looked like this
> (taken from Tranzport manual):
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v440/stutter/Clipboard01.jpg
> 
> a lot like that, so it might be the same - how many different sysex to
> ascii conversion methods can there be?
> So, have a look at that, and set up midi-ox or some other midi monitor
> to capture the outgoing midi from your Mackie-capable host, and see if
> the sysex blocks translate into words. 
> 
> Also look up husker-vu and lc xmu - both prove that the display
> amongst other things are possible (although you say you've seen those
> already, so maybe you don't want to look those up).
> 
> I'll have a look for that manual later on tonight.
> 
> Matthew
> 
> 
> --- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, "goyya76" <goyya76@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > i'd like to understand the sysex that are sent to the LCD emulation
> > (like huskervu), most of all when in VST inserts mode....my idea would
> > be to see if it's possible to associate other actions to the host
> output. 
> > 
> > An example: BCR 2000 in MCU emulation mode; i switch to insert editing
> > mode, i choose insert 2, the virtual display updates showing the name
> > of the FX, the on/off status etc - all this happens via sysex - if i
> > send this sysex string to a suitable app (a modular host like Usine)
> > and i'm able to grab the name of the FX among this sysex string (here
> > comes the question), i could associate a different program change to
> > each FX name - sending the program change to the BCR, i could
> > automatically associate the correct preset to each FX...
> > 
> > i suppose something like this is the basic principle on which
> > Novation's Automap is based, ie using the feedback from the host to
> > change the controller assignement accordingly - i have a feeling we
> > could so something similar on our BCF/BCR....
> > 
> > any hint on where to look to interpret the host feedback?? i've seen
> > two or three display emulation in the files section, and maybe there's
> > someone who coded them or helped to code or whatever...  
> > 
> > Ciao,
> > Goyya
> >
>

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