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How to program a panel in Cubase SX for a Roland SPD11
                                                                                   Total percussion pad

 

Updated 11/10/2007 An e-mail I sent to my friend Max from Russia ...

 Yo Bro,

I found out how to arrange my spd11 device panel...

First at initial setup , I choose Identical Channel 10 (maybe this doesn't really make a difference with Individual Channel 10)

Then , I added 64 multiple subnodes to "channel 10 device subnode" and named the variable "patch" .

At patch 1 , I added the 2 panels and their knobs , now every subnode has the 2 panels and their parameters . Then I wrote a template sysex message where I leave the value for the 7th byte open and call it "patch" . The value for the 8th byte is called "pad" and the value for the 9th byte is "parameter" .

Like this for the Roland SPD11 : F0 41 09 60 12 00 "patch" "pad" "parameter"
(0='zero', not 'o')

When I create a new parameter for a knob I call it e.g.  "pad 1 - level" . I fill in the following formula for the byte corresponding with the patch like this : "patch-1" . Now I only have to design one panel for patch 1 and the other subnodes (=patches in this case) use the same panel but the result of formula "patch-1" matches with the variable value for byte 7 : the value for the patch adress that the knob is about .

All thanks to the knowledge that the formula can use mathematics and variables.

So now I have 128 inspector panels (for each patch or preset a "Pad Parameters panel" and a "Patch Settings" panel) .
Every "Pad Parameter panel" has 45 knobs (individual parameters "level, "pitch" , "pan", "fx send" and "Curve" for eight pads + the kickpad of Layer A) and every "Patch Settings Parameter panel" has 6 knobs (parameters "Layer A/B" , "Layer On/Off" , "FX On/Off" , "FX Time" and "FX Level")

I'll add a second "Pad Parameter panel" to control the sounds of Layer B now and that'll be it. It's been some study and typing work but it's really great now to have this long desired control over the external midi device .

I've been reading the Korg's Sysex information already a bit again but that will be another piece of cake :-p

I should also make some kind of sounddamping floor to place my SPD11 on because the kickdrum hit's its pad downwards on the floor and it makes too much acoustic noise when I play it , as if I ride my bike in the woods (what I'm going to do now :-) .

Greetings from the same planet .

Peter

I f you have an SPD11 and it works for you like this (or not), please mail me at "peter at this site" (freakrush.net)
Good luck !