[RWP] Midi Editing

[indigo]

In Reaper, transmitting program change and bank from a control surface 
might not be easier than changing it manually in ReaAccess.
Since I wrote last, Jim,  I found that changing patch/bank in a midi 
track is a cinch in Reaper.
You just select the track with up down arrows, hit control+enter to open 
the Midi Edit pane, and the very first event on the time line has 
program change, in a list that begins with none, then 0 to 128, to get the
track to play any of the standard GM instrument sounds.
Apparently, 0 to 128 is offered because some synths recognize  1 to 127 
and others recognize 0 to 126.
You simply arrow up down to the instrument program you want played by 
the track; then hit escape, there's no okay button.
Holding control while right arrowing takes you to the next midi 
ieventalong the time line.
  A note event has the note with its name, and you tab down for a list 
of octaves in which that note appears.
While on the note name, you just arrow up or down to change the note, 
same with its octave, just arrow up or down to transpose the note by 
octaves.
Continue tabbing down for note on, note length and velocity, with edit boxes
Escape to return to track view.

That may not compete with Cubase or Sonar for detailed  midi editing, 
but it sure is intuitive and easy.
Indigo L

On 4/2012 10:27 PM, Jim Snowbarger wrote:
> Midi monitoring against an external synth I understand pretty well is
> sending controller c0 when changing patches, but it doesn't do banks in
> the standard way, so I don't know quite how that works
> C0 is hexidecimal for a program change on channel 0.
> The next two data bytes contain the program number.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "indigo" <33indigo at charter.net>
> To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
> Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2012 5:41 AM
> Subject: [RWP] Midi Editing
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>> I'm trying to reassign patch and bank info on midi tracks, which
>> currently pring up the wrong presets in my keyboard.
>> In Reaper, I select the track, press control+enter to get the midi
>> edit pane.
>> At my tab key I find a list of midi controllers, 0 to 127, then values
>> for whichever control I selected, then location.
>> I remember moving from item to item along the time line, and finding
>> different entries.
>> Is there more of midi editing in Reaper that I'm missing, like sub menus?
>> I intend to refresh my memory as to what midi controls 0 to 127
>> represent, and what functions they carry out, but will patch and bank
>> info be in that list, or is there another method of changing the
>> imbedded program change info on a midi track?
>> Thanks,
>> Indigo L
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