Some (stupid?) questions about MB-6582 CS

[renepela]

For a while now I'm the proud owner of a MB-6582.

It seems to work fine but after using it I have some questions I cannot find a few things in the manual. I'm probably overlooking some things.

1) What does the L R button do? I guess it sould disable the left or the right channel, but on my MB-6582 nothing seems to happen. The LEDS are working and the button also changes the L R leds, but nothing happens to my sound. Is this normal or is something wrong with  me MB-6582?

2) How do I select my bank. I just can't figure out how to go to bank B, C etc.

3) What does the sync led do? When I press the button below it the led does not light.

All my leds are working in te test app. I'm using Mios 1.9g and Midibox sid RC33.

Best Regards,

Rene

[Smithy]

1) What does the L R button do? I guess it sould disable the left or the right channel, but on my MB-6582 nothing seems to happen. The LEDS are working and the button also changes the L R leds, but nothing happens to my sound. Is this normal or is something wrong with  me MB-6582?

The 8 sids are split between 2 Stereo Channels. 4 Sids on the Left Channel, 4 sids on the Right Channel.

So to select Sid 3 for example,

you must select L as the channel, and 2 as the Sid number.

You are basically selecting which sid you want to control.

Youre not muting any of channels, youre just telling the app, which sid you would like to play with.

So if you went to do a filter sweep, you would be controlling the filter of SID 3 only

*note ive never finished a control surface before but im pretty certain this is correct.

This is the same on a lot of commercial synths,

for instance the novation KS's Oscillators share the same knobs.

So you must push a button to select OSC 1, OSC 2, or OSC3 first before you can change their parameters.

[Smithy]

2) How do I select my bank. I just can't figure out how to go to bank B, C etc.

http://ucapps.de/midibox_sid_manual_l.html (3rd sentence  ;))

"By moving the datawheel, the patch can be changed within the current bank. The bank can only be changed within the ensemble menu."

So onto the Ensembles Page:

http://ucapps.de/midibox_sid_manual_e.html

[Smithy]

3) What does the sync led do? When I press the button below it the led does not light.

http://ucapps.de/midibox_sid_manual_fp.html

"Sync: jumps to the ENS->CLK menu (allows you to setup BPM and MIDI Clock Mode)"

Id imagine this LED lights when the midi out/in of the mb-6582 is synced with your sequencer.

And the sync button syncs the midi clock with your sequencer.

[renepela]

Thanks Smithy !! Now I can change my bank from the CS.

Now the only thing I need to find out is how to change the bank with Cubase. I can change my patch, but not my bank. Probably I need to select the ensemble menu first, but I don't know how to do this with Cubase SX 4.

[Smithy]

Now the only thing I need to find out is how to change the bank with Cubase. I can change my patch, but not my bank. Probably I need to select the ensemble menu first, but I don't know how to do this with Cubase SX 4.

Back to the Manual.  ;)

Are you familiar with midi control changes (CC's)?

The first one in the parameter chart page of the manual allows you to select the bank:

http://svnmios.midibox.org/filedetails.php?repname=svn.mios&path=%2Ftrunk%2Fapps%2Fsynthesizers%2Fmidibox_sid_v2%2Fdoc%2Fmbsidv2_cc_chart.txt

Now, im not too sure how you can send a Midi control change from within Cubase.

With fruity loops theres a MIDI Out plugin, which lets you select which bank you want to use.

[Smithy]

I guess i can always find out:

ftp://ftp.steinberg.net/Download/Cubase_4/Docs_English/MIDI_Devices.pdf

Page 10, - Create Bank.

And the add multiple presets will be important too, to setup the MIDI Control Changes.

In other words, RTFM!  :P