More details on EL900 midi sends
Hi Panos, Mike, and all,
Panos, I'm not understanding what you are saying here:
"GrandeOrgue responds to continuous (footpedals-11/4) controllers (Bx) - endorsments. For my EL900 on ch16(...) but endorsment no.3 , also in system exclusive from my left switch pedal - changing 1~ 100 progs"
Could you provide a little more detail (I'm not sure what you mean by 'endorsement'). I understand that your EL900 sends Bx messages (Control Change 11 and 4) on MIDI Channel 16. Are you saying that it also sends Control Change 3 messages?
If you want to use Cx messages for your Divisionals you also need to configure them within the .organ file. Modify the MIDIProgramChangeNumber=nnn property.
We are working on improving GrandOrgue and fixing bugs, so thank you Mike for your comments on the Divisionals. My personal feeling is that it might be best to have a separate channel configuration for each Manual's Divisionals, and another separate channel configuration for the Generals, with the defaults set to match the Divisionals with their respective Manual and the Generals with the Stop Control channel.
GrahamG
Hi Graham
EL900 above the pedalboard has two foot pedals. Left sends control ch16 no 4 (footcontroller), right sends control ch16 no11 (expression).
ON the right pedal there are two pedal switches one attached to the left front of it, the other on the right. These are very usefull when playing (do them on/off with the front of your feet). The left has many functions, one of them is turning slow/fast the rottary speacker for the EL900 organ flutes, the right one for jumping from "piston" to "piston" -i.e. I'm playing with "piston" 1 (of 16) and can go to "piston" 12
without using my hands -.
Of these two switches only the left one can send MIDI (shame cause
I could turn on/off coupler stops with them) and as Control but with no number, only system exclusive CODE.
Yamaha manual says :
"Control Change . Code F0 43 70 70 40 45 7F F7 ~ Left footswitch ON ~ transmit/recieve YES. Code 00 ~ Left footswitch OFF ~ tran/recv YES".
MIDI MEDIC confirms these codes when I use this switch, as so Midi-ox.
My question is :
how can I use this switch to on/off coupler stops or anything else in GrandeOrgue. Keep in mind that in Hauptwerk also can not use it like this, but can use the right one for "piston" Jump (this because Hauptwerk responds on the spot from my "piston" change - program change)
Is it possible to send system exclusive code and turn it to controller number ? (lets say no64 sustain -that EL900 doesn't send..)
Endorsements.
Open Grand orgue. Define midi controller (EL900 aca (For GrandeOrgue) Romio II USB/Midi interface). Output : Asio4all or Jackrouter(thank you for that !!).
Midi Messages . Progr Up, Progr down (1~100) , then Endorsment 1 , 2, 3, 4, 5. Then pedals, mauals (grt,sw,ch,solo,echo). Then stops/couplers/div/gen.. Then div/gen SET.(work with properties button)
In all sample sets I got for,
the swell pedal (where there is one) works from my expression controller when I go to endorsment no.3 and set ch16 controller number 11, click ok, go to Midi messages, click OK, go to console, play on positiv move the pedal see swell pedal in GrandeOrgue moving and altering the sound of positiv OK.
I say all these, because I know
there are other people ouy there who have similar el.organs as controllers, with more or less the same attitude to MIDI and I'm shure, they too, wanna solve things and enjoy playing with Grande Orgue.
I hope I helped.
Panos