Bank Select? But I have two parameters!

Question

I have to send a Bank Change, but the Yamaha manual says it wants one that's MSB=104 and LSB=4. How do I do this in MIDI Designer?

Answer 1

This is a tiny bit complex until you get the hang of it. Later we'll probably build some of this stuff into MIDI Designer to make it easier.

First, I make a Momentary button that has a message type of "Bank Change."

It's MIDI Max is going to be one single value that combines the MSB ad LSB.

1. Change the values to hex. In Google, type (without quotes) "104 in hex" and "4 in hex" and we get: 68 and 4.
2. Go to the MIDI Byte Calculator. 
3. Type 68 4 in the top box and hit submit
   
   
4. The bottom box will show the value: 13316.
5. In MIDI Designer, type this in as the max value for the bank change.
   
   
    
6. Apply change, exit design mode and test. In the Log you should see: 
   
   

That's it! Once you've done a few of them, they're actually not as difficult as they seem.

 

Comments

Note this question/answer to do bank then prog change http://mididesigner.com/qa/23/bank-change-then-program-change

Answer 2

This is a tiny bit complex until you get the hang of it. Later we'll probably build some of this stuff into MIDI Designer to make it easier.

First, I make a Momentary button that has a message type of "Bank Change."

It's MIDI Max is going to be one single value that combines the MSB ad LSB.

1. Change the values to hex. In Google, type (without quotes) "104 in hex" and "4 in hex" and we get: 68 and 4.
2. Go to the MIDI Byte Calculator. 
3. Type 68 4 in the top box and hit submit
   
   
4. The bottom box will show the value: 13316.
5. In MIDI Designer, type this in as the max value for the bank change.
   
   
    
6. Apply change, exit design mode and test. In the Log you should see: 
   
   

That's it! Once you've done a few of them, they're actually not as difficult as they seem.