SysEx translator

[yatagarasu]

Looking for an inexpensive, polyphonic analog synth, I was lead to Roland's MKS series. I believe the relatively low price of the MKS 80 comes from it's lack of CC implementation. It is only controllable by sysex, making it not easily compatible with standard midi controllers. The MB 64, for example, cannot be configured to control sysex directly. The only controller that can be used with Roland's MKS line is the clunky, cheap Behringer BCR 2000. I'd rather use something smaller and nicer like a Doepfer or MB.

The workaround is Bome's MIDI Translator. It's a fairly exceptional piece of software that can forward CC messages to sysex messages, and vice versa. Combined with midi yoke, it's really tight and useful. I'm interested in finding a hardware implementation of this concept.

Is there an MBHP implementation that can "convert" CC to SysEx? Something that would forward CC messages to part of a SySex string, and then send the entire string, like this:

(in from  Midi Controller)

->

CC 01 = xx (0-127)

->

SysEx = F7 09 30 23 xx 00

->

(out to Synth)

[cimo]

http://www.midibox.org/dokuwiki/midibox_uc

and i ve used this

http://www.ucapps.de/midifilter.html

to translate program change to notes.

[yatagarasu]

You guys are so on point, I can't come up with anything new! Thanks for the links, sorry for the clutter.

Program Changes -> notes sounds great..using different midi keyboards with my PC to control seperate VSTs is what I'm thinking.