MIDI Designer Q&A - Recent questions in Suggestions

AUv3 is great, but VST3 would be greater!

Wed, 20 May 2026 10:22:00 +0000

Being able to run MD as an AUv3 plug-in is certainly welcome (thank you, Dan!), but if it could run as a VST3 plug-in the whole world of DAWs would be open to it. Oh, to be able to bed MD into my Cubase projects! Sigh...

Just thought I'd throw the ball out there...

Numeric Keypad to Send Channel-Bank-Prog Change (for Kurzweil K2700)

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 10:54:46 +0000

Basic need is to have a way to send a random program change with a single keystroke. (Tap)

I envision a 10 key numeric keypad, with CLEAR and ENTER buttons, and a display field. You to type in a patch change number, have the display field show the numbers as typed, then tap the “enter” button to send the patch change. it would basically look like a calculator

Ideally be able to enter a four digit number and have the app parse it into bank followed by program change, to mimic the patch numbering system of my Kurzweil K2700.

it would also be nice to have a mode where you could enter channel, bank, program change which will allow you to send the change to any destination in a complex midi rig. You would enter a decimal or similar as a separator character…

Grok was telling me that this app can do it, kept referring to being able to have a button send a character to a display control and also kept mentioning being able to use scripting but I couldn’t find any mention of that in the manual…

Guidance appreciated, thank you

Help with SysEx Strings

Mon, 31 Mar 2025 14:10:53 +0000

I'm wondering whether I can use the SysEx String facility to receive and display my scribble strip text for my MCU Layout, as per jkhiser's 'Two SysEx String hacks'.

To give myself a start I created a picker, but it only seems to transmit the first character of my tick names. Clearly I'm a long way from being able to get to where I want to be, but to be stuck at the first hurdle is a bit daunting.

Any help to get me started gratefully received.

(I'm using my JT-4000 Layout as a working example. Here you can see my picker, its SysEx definition and the resulting log output.)

Increase number of Presets?

Sun, 09 Mar 2025 08:09:45 +0000

I've been singing the praises of MD to a potential user, but I've come up against the limitation of the 20 Presets in MD. For someone looking to create sufficient Presets as 'scenes' for a live show 20 isn't going to go much beyond a couple of songs.

I realise that there is limited space in MD's menu system, so 20 is a not unreasonable limitation there, but when creating a Preset recall button in a Layout, maybe a larger number could be accessed? I realise that this would require a way of storing those Presets, but maybe a creative way could be found to add this function?

Supercontrols Don't Send Own Values by Default in Pro X

Fri, 12 Jul 2024 18:26:46 +0000

After switching to Pro X from Pro 2 I found that button groups didn't work any more (for the most part), in that they didn't send any MIDI. It took me a while to remember that this can be set in configuration (Options: Supercontrols send own values) and then is normally stored along with the layout (?). Now when loading my layouts in Pro X (where super control are supposed to send own values), it was switched off. After activating it again, everything was back to normal. Can you confirm this? Shouldn't the setting be as it was after the update?

Provide ability to select LED color for Button Labels

Thu, 30 Nov 2023 02:23:36 +0000

Button Label Colors (and other controls?) are either white or black. Provide ability to select the range of colors such as available for the label color of Labels. Suggest adding a LED Color selection to Label Properties. Have need for color labels on buttons without a hack to overlay a color label on a button with a white label.

Provide ability to turn Autosize off in a Label.

Thu, 30 Nov 2023 02:04:55 +0000

A Label's Autosize button cannot be turned off. This requires changing the size by changing the Label's selection bounding box. This can run into problems when the Label's box size gets too big and cannot exceed the overall MDP window. The Label may not be able to be moved where desired.

Dynamic Clock (Midi Clock) Feature

Sat, 29 Jul 2023 14:03:31 +0000

I have had occasion to require a Midi Clock as input to MDP2. I use MidiFire's Dynamic Clock driving StreamByter. In your relationship with Audeonic can you include their module as a plug in to MidiDesigner? Parameters (i.e., tempo) need to be controlled from MDP2. Creating a metronome is one use case. Another is a beat display without having to use an external Midi clock.

does MIDI Designer Pro 2 allow pressure sensing on an iPhone X?

Fri, 06 Nov 2020 14:30:04 +0000

I'm looking for a MIDI control app that will allow me to assign CC#s or other MIDI data to finger pressure on my iPhone. Does MDP 2 do this?

Thank you!

enlarge font size of Slider numeric readout.

Fri, 06 Nov 2020 01:36:29 +0000

I made this suggestion a while ago and didn't have an approach. Now I do.

https://mididesigner.com/qa/8020/suggestion-display-only-current-digital-value-slider-knob

Can the numeric display of a Slider be made variable like labels of a button. I am attaching a sample of a layout for GrandOrgue and Hauptwerk Virtual Pipe Organs. The slider readout is too small for most organists to read. I use buttons to have bigger numbers. It would be far better to just use the slider without having to use buttons.

It seems there would be other applications for an LCD type display easily controlled by an external midi signal. The slider is a perfect solution if the numeric font was variable. No other added functionality is needed. one other thing, given there were an LCD view for a slider, eliminate the bar, it's not needed.

Temp Sysex Message

Sat, 17 Oct 2020 17:58:14 +0000

Hi I'm trying to get MD to send sysex for controlling tempo
The minimum on the dial on my instrument is 40 and the maximum is 240
I've been trying for a few days to sort this out but I'm not having any joy.
I got a reply from a Facebook post on the midi designer group to say put a V in the sysex message. The tempo does change but its all over the place so im not sure where Im going wrong
On the message it says TL & TH which I presume is tempo low and tempo high .
Ive placed a V in the message and selected 2 bytes
When I try the dial as mentioned it does change but the tempo isn't correct and 50 bpm sounds more like 200 if that makes sense
Any help would be appreciated
Antonio

Another way of selecting control to edit?

Thu, 21 May 2020 11:47:23 +0000

When editing I often find that selecting a control by pointing at it has some problems; I keep nudging it out of position, and it's difficult to hit the right one if panels and controls overlap. Having hide-able panels on top of each other makes this really difficult. Could there for instance be a drop down list of all controls that you could select from? Bringing the control to the front while editing?

Maybe something like this:

Activity indicator

Mon, 04 May 2020 06:11:19 +0000

I wanted to create an 'activity indicator', based on incoming note on/offs on a specific MIDI channel.

I can't see way to do this natively in MD. Any indicator I can come up with based on MIDI notes requires a specific note to be designated, when I would like just *any* note within channel to trigger my indicator.

I created a StreamByter solution, but I'm doing that thing again and wondering if it would be worth adding something native to MD?

How about being able to select MD Layouts/Pages from a MIDI command?

Sun, 12 Apr 2020 07:22:40 +0000

It would be nice to be able to issue a command from a DAW (or live performance software, such as Cantabile) to tell MD to load a Layout and switch to a page within a Layout. For me this would be a massive time-saver, so imagine for others too.

Coupled with this may be an option I would like to see to be able to order and arrange stored Layouts. This would be necessary to tie a Layout to a known reference number.

Trigger flux patterns 4 pockets

Fri, 10 Jan 2020 11:45:07 +0000

Hi I am trying to trigger Flux by 4 Pockets. It has 16 patterns that I would like to trigger. It seems to respond to CC message but not PC messages. I would like prefferably to use the doc picker as then I could see the name of each pattern. I have discovered that I can use 2 buttons to incrementally move the picker up and down. Problem is that using the CCs it seems to jump patterns. I know I am doing something wrong. I would have thought that the Steps should be 16? Any help in setting this up would be very appreciated. I am using Mididesigner in split screen mode inside AUM.

Many thanks

Suggestion to display only the current digital value of a Slider/Knob

Sun, 05 Jan 2020 22:14:09 +0000

An approach that will work for my application is to display only the current digital value of a Stepper (with variable font} without the Slider/Knob outline showing. The current slider font is too small to be useful. The screenshot shows the current slider layout and a suggested digital display showing only the value (maybe even text??).

config midi sources and destinations

Sat, 23 Nov 2019 09:20:57 +0000

Hi Dan

MD is part of my complex setup using only the virtual Midi in/out ports. For now, every time after launching MD i have to check if any other sources and destinations are selectet. Every now and then i need to deselect them so they do not interfer with my complex routings. Do you see any possibility to make the setup persistant like maybe an exclusive use of the virtual ports or the external sources and devices default to being deselected ?

Thank you for considering !

Best, Christof

Virtual tap time button?

Tue, 15 Oct 2019 06:40:22 +0000

Hi all, would it be possible to create a virtual tap tempo button if the hardware only support a knob rate button, let ‘s say a tremelo effect. By tapping the button in time the rate would adjust it’s tempo.

Does this question makes sense?

Cheers,

Gurbz

Extend Image Manager import from more sources than just Photos?

Tue, 24 Sep 2019 03:24:19 +0000

I suggest it would save circling the iTunes/Mail/Safari/Photos drain if Image Manager could import also from Dropbox, iCloud Drive, Files, or any well-behaved iOS file-sharing app. And some indication of background transparency in candidate files would be appreciated.

AUv3 version of MIDI designer?

Mon, 12 Aug 2019 03:02:56 +0000

There are various scripting options available as AUv3 but there is no programmable UI. The very popular Mozaic provides a few basic controls but nothing else. It would be neat to be able to use MIDI Designer as an AUv3 in combination with Mozaic. As an AUv3, the MIDI Designer UI would be saved/restored automatically in the host preset.

Request:bigger save button for saving global presets

Tue, 09 Jul 2019 03:58:13 +0000

Hi, it is possible to assign a button to loading a global preset.

Could the same be done to saving presets?

Cheers,

Gurbz

Christof's Wishlist

Thu, 02 May 2019 09:03:44 +0000

Here my feature wishlist :

- multiple Midi sources and destinations (with Streambyter rules for each one)

- supercontrol : show / hide subcontrol

- controller with numeric display and / or named ticks only

- preset morph : interpolate between two presets

Thanx for considering. Best, Christof

Fast layout switching

Thu, 28 Feb 2019 21:29:38 +0000

MD and all the community effort unlocked the new hardware features in Omnisphere 2.5 for me. Thanks for that!

But for switching between multiple Omnisphere instances with different hardware profiles I would like some quicker/smarter way to switch the corresponding layouts in MD. I haven't fully tested it, but I can imagine that all parameters are started off with a default when you load the other layout. Knobs have to pick up again.

Are more users interested in using multiple layouts during their sessions and would like this 'fast layout switch (with memory)' feature request to?

Cheers

Waveform icons

Mon, 28 Jan 2019 10:38:48 +0000

Forgive if this has been answered already but couldn't find it anywhere. One really basic feature missing from MDP2 as far as I can tell are waveform icons. Just the obvious dozen at most in small sizes for use round knobs, buttons and sliders - sine, square, triangle, random, noise, saw etc.

Any updates regarding an Android version of MIDI Designer ?

Mon, 26 Nov 2018 16:33:45 +0000

Any updates regarding an Android version of MIDI Designer ?

WILL WE RELEASE AN ANDROID/WINDOWS VERSION? Yes! We are confident that one or more of these three options is viable, and we’re currently exploring how best to translate the experience of MIDI Designer to other platforms.
[...]
Will MIDI Designer be multi-platform in the future? YES!

From http://mididesigner.com/why-ios/

Display only controls

Wed, 29 Aug 2018 21:39:23 +0000

How about some display only controls?

One would be like the center section of a knob, but just have the number shown, and no output. Configure the same way as a knob, such as named ticks, etc.

Second would be just active line of a picker. Again, configured the same way as picker, but just shows single line, and sends no output.

Finally, toggle button, in essence a status light.

As display, prolly always be no touch in play mode.

“filter” button

Tue, 07 Aug 2018 17:50:25 +0000

As an alternative, it would be possible to have a simple “filter” button that, when pressed, allows the passage of midi note on/off messages in the range and midi chanel specified in its properties and, when released, filters out the same midi note on/off messages?

Many thanks for your patience.

Giovanni

Possible to implement something like "panel groups"?

Wed, 18 Jul 2018 10:35:26 +0000

A common scenario with more complex equipment is that you have multi-purpose buttons, knobs or menus that have different functions based on a choice of effect, mode, or other settings category. A "Control 1" knob or "Effect options" menu for instance; change from a hall reverb to a shimmer reverb and the controls get populated with suitable functions for the new effect type. It would be very useful to be able to change the contents and labels of controls based on the value of another control or, even better, to be able to hide or show a panel from a panel group based on this mode/effect/settings control changing value.

How can i change text or picture based on toggle state?

Sat, 14 Jul 2018 21:09:25 +0000

Hi, i want to change the label text of a button based upon the state of a toggle control. For example, I want to make a 'play' button that says the word 'play' when it is off, but says the word 'pause' when it is on. If i could do this with pictures, that would be great too. Can I do this? How?

Can I create a slideshow in a panel that can advance via MIDI cc?

Mon, 21 May 2018 15:35:35 +0000

I've been using MIDI Designer Pro for a few years and I've been wondering if an image slideshow could be added to the layout, for chord charts changing in realtime and in sync for numerous bluetooth devices running MIDI Designer Pro..

Is that something that's possible?

Bank/Program named tick list suggestion

Tue, 09 Jan 2018 21:01:28 +0000

How about a named tick list which bassically is the Bank/Program change but with the added function of specifying the bank number on each row, i.e

Bank MSB / Bank LSB / MIDI value / Display value / Text

I could use this for instance for a list of songs that are organized in banks (or any other parameter, e.g effects, that are grouped in banks according to type).

Can I connect a bluetooth keyboard to Midi Designer?

Tue, 02 Jan 2018 19:28:21 +0000

Hi,

I would love to connect a bluetooth keyboard to Midi Designer on my iPad3. So I can operate the buttons/knobs/sliders etc wireless in Midi Designer via "Pedalboard".

Is this possible? I've read that it's possible with an iRig Blueboard, but I don't have one...

If it's not possible yet, is it maybe a good idea for the future?

Thanks!

Rene

Text label with list of values

Wed, 27 Dec 2017 18:15:30 +0000

I think variable labels have been discussed, but it was with some connection with conditionals, and I think it could be solved in an easier way.

I have an effect pedal where several knobs change function depending on which effect program is loaded. It would be super useful to be able to re-label these controls when the program knob changes value. An easer way however would perhaps be to allow a label to have a list of values, the same amount as the program knob, and then make the label a subcontrol of the program knob. That way you could have the parameter knob without label and place the dynamic label next to it.

Do we have Mackie Protocol template yet? I'm DYING to use my Launch Control XL with Auria Pro, pleeeeease

Sun, 15 Oct 2017 00:34:27 +0000

swap X / Y parameter option on all dialogue boxes for XY PAD

Mon, 21 Aug 2017 21:05:44 +0000

hi

i had a play with xy pad and noticed the ability to swap from X/Y was kind of hidden on the properties page.

to quickly swap from x/y the user has to select properties each time.

is it possible to have a consistant button (location/area in the menu) to enable the user the swap on each relevant page.

perhaps have a colour scheme for X and Y to ensure its a little clearer .

and while i'm here , maybe make the boxes longer , i'm on ipadpro and still often have to scroll down to get to some option,.

maybe reduce the spacing little on the options, smaller font or something ?? (depending on ipad/ipad pro / resolution etc).

thanks

wayne.

Editing group presets?

Fri, 07 Jul 2017 09:16:02 +0000

I'm developing a control surface for a synth that only supports writing of settings, not reading, so to manage patches I'd have to create and store all settings as presets in MD. To make this practical, with many patches and individual controls per patch, it would be very useful to be able to edit presets. Much like you can edit named ticks in MD or in a text editor and then paste the text into MD I wonder if a group preset editor is possible. The goal would be to be able to convert the synth's patch list on the PC into some text format that can then be copy/pasted into MD as group settings.

New Global Config Option: Hide page and bank numbers in 'Play Mode'

Mon, 29 May 2017 16:29:21 +0000

As my project is fully structured there is no need for the page or bank numbers at top of the screen, all page jumps placed within the project, the page and bank numbers at the top are not only a distraction but can be pressed accidentally when aiming at a control near the top of the screen. It would therefore be useful to be able turn page and bank numbers off in play mode, and avoid the user leaving Kansas and ending up in Oz.

Lenny

Would like a MIDI Null Instruction

Mon, 29 May 2017 14:28:10 +0000

I quite often use buttons for labels because it gives me more control and looks pretty, in order to avoid unnecessary (wobbly fingers) MIDI traffic I set the buttons to Sysex with a blank string, however according to the log this sends out 'F0 00 F7' it would be useful that if the string was blank no action was taken.

Lenny

Shouldn't a momentary button set as a super control stepper change values on an XY pad axis?

Fri, 21 Apr 2017 15:59:55 +0000

I'm trying to increment the axes of an XY pad in increments of 1 by using stepper super control buttons. The subcontrol is an axis of the XY pad but I can't get it to work. I can make the stepper increment a slider/crossfader element, which in turn is a super control for the XY pad axis. However, I'd like to eliminate that intermediate element. Am I missing a setting?

Negative Hex

Fri, 21 Apr 2017 07:37:58 +0000

Most of the work I am doing at the moment is Sysex I was a little surprised that the app did not produce the negative (2's Compliment) values, it knows the 7bit maximum (4bytes=268435455) so why not just reduce it by the negative tick+1, therefore -20 = 268435436. Might be good idea for a future release with little impact on existing code.

Thanks

Lenny

MIDI Log Box Suggestions

Wed, 19 Apr 2017 09:35:14 +0000

I've found the 'MIDI Log Box' to be very useful, however it also seems to be very limited for no real reason, my suggestion to improve this would be as follows:

<1> Increase the number of lines to 128, the current 80 line limit is too small and gets reduced even further by line over-wrap.

<2> Add the ability to filter Tx or Rx packets only, this would be very useful and make the most of the available lines.

<3> It would help if the box could be sized by the user, again this would avoid over-wrap and make it far easier to read, it could return to its default size on reload.

Any changes in this area should have little or no impact on the rest of the package, and therefore be low risk.

Lenny

Sysex - Control Variable (V) value initialisation

Tue, 18 Apr 2017 13:11:12 +0000

It would be useful to have the initial value of 'V' to represent the current value of the selected parameter (soft control) of the device, my idea would be as follows:

The 'V' mechanism is already in place, therefore all that is needed is the value to put in it on the intialisation /loading of the control. I propose using initialisation strings, these could be identified by the placing the sysex start and end codes which are normally not needed, and consist of two sysex strings the 'Request' and the 'Expected Response' eg:

F0 00 01 38 00 6D 47 00 7E F7    # TC-Helicon VL3, Parameter Request (0x47), Param Number 126 (0x007E) Harmony_Style
F0 00 01 38 00 6D 22 00 7E V F7    # Expected response, where V is already defined as a 4 Byte Word in control MIDI setup.

Actual Response:

F0 00 01 38 00 6D 22 00 7E 00 00 00 07 F7    # Therefore V would be initialised with 7

The expected response can be used as a mask for the value as well as for validation, I am only talking here about numeric values, I can appreciate that alpha strings are a whole new ball game.

Lenny

Controls Responding to Pressure on iPhone/iPad

Thu, 16 Feb 2017 20:27:03 +0000

I am a new user trying to do something which I thought was basic.

I am assuming that I can get controls to respond to pressure and for example to send as velocity. I don't see any reference to this. The closest is the drumpad subtype which send velocity information depending on how high up the control you are pressing but this is very primitive.

More Global Presets

Fri, 20 Jan 2017 06:58:42 +0000

thank you about fix the global presets

i ave made a great organ with 3 manual keyboard and a great bass pedal

it is very nice i use 5 instances of kontakt 5

you understand that a organ needs to have presets

please it would very great to increase the number of global presets

i was waiting for a program like midi designer since many years , you have changed my live (do not laugh ! it is true)

it is sad that the linear cursors do not have the look of the hammond drawbars

michel (belgium)

i will send you photos of my organ and of the 5 pages of my midi designer work

the organ you see is a peronnal made i have spend more then 2 years to make it

i use 6 instances of kontakt5 i have sampled all the sounds

i am very sad because here , when i am talking about this , nobody is interested , yes yes i am a old hammond organ lover

i do can not read music , i play (a l oreille ) , when we say in french

i would like to know where can i download the pro 2.5.3

thank you very much for such a wunderfull program

michel from neufchateau , belgium

Smaller font / big screen mode (e.g. iPad Pro 12.9") ?

Sat, 03 Dec 2016 12:12:22 +0000

Hi!

Is there any way to make the smallest text size smaller than it's now? On the big iPad Pro 12.9", even the smallest font is too big and uses a lot of screen space.

Background: I bought a new big iPad Pro for the single purpose of using Midi Desginer, as I needed more screen space for my increased DAW project complexity. Hoever, I learned that the bigger screen shows exactly the same information than the older smaller iPad 2.

Attached is an image with the same layout in older iPad 2, and a new iPad Pro 12.9". The goal is to have a lot more information on the 12.9" screen, but currently it's just the same info on the bigger screen. I can manually make the buttons smaller in Design mode, but even the smallest font size flows outside the smaller buttons with just a few letters -- see e.g the "Vln solo" text on the upper right side of the bigger iPad below. This makes smaller buttons pretty much unusuable on 12.9".

So is there any way to make the text smaller, to use the bigger screen more efficiently? Otherwise I just bought a 1000€ iPad for no workflow improvement :).

Best wishes,

Tuomas

Hammond drawbars

Mon, 21 Nov 2016 07:54:53 +0000

I regret thé sliders do not look like thé black and white 9 drawbacks (hammond organ type)

Please mate Italie i Thiago i am nota lobe to ask this

Congratulation midi désigner Is wonderfull i have made a great work with it

Thanks

Michel neufchateau belgium

Suggestions to Optimize Sysex Work in MDP

Mon, 26 Sep 2016 14:06:56 +0000

Current workflow

I know the green light on the top right corner of the control editing popup let you keep the property window open and move the window where you needed.... Great start for people who need to edit many many controls on a template.. It goes down hill when you start to do heavy sysex editing. .It becomes extremely frustrating to edit sysex messages for 50 controls;

a) I don’t see the full sysex string to compare it with log ... so I need to tab the sysex string to open / edit it.

b) I click edit and then the HEX/NUMERIC keyboard comes up that is not SPLITTABLE. So half of my template is NOT selectable b/c keyboard covers that.

c) I still need to position the keyboard to the byte I edited in the previous control. ......So far 15 clicks :(

It looks to me that MDP follows “I will simplify multi control edits” approach with some tweaks the are in place already. So it does not look that multi-select control is on top list.

MutliSelect workflow

There is a second direction the MDP could take to make editing more efficient. Multiselect control could help with other tedious layout creation issues. I assume the HEX/Numeric Keyboard in Sysex edit is A CUSTOM keyboard. Thus it could add a few extra buttons. If yes that one could have functions

a) Repeat value for all selected controls

c) Increment value for all selected controls by ...

The Multiselect could be used to other functions:

a) shift all the controls one direction up/down left/right

b) change Super on all selected controls

c) change range and default value on all selected control

Dan if this is difficult then we could have an editing page to give us extra editing functions (as there already are a few) Then again you need to move all controls to be edited to the Editing page, to rename, etc.

If MDP multiSelect is not coming to us in near future then please make the Sysex two line long and position the edit to previously edited selection So I don’t need a full day to edit one page. Picture how many more useful layouts would be there if the efficiency of creating layout would take big leap forward in the next MAJOR release. What do you think ?

Named Ticks on Knobs to Buttons

Mon, 26 Sep 2016 13:17:07 +0000

If the MDP sees that there are less than 8 values for a knob ESPECIALLY NAMED TICKs, we should be able to change the type of control to button. You’d turn the KNOB to a BUTTON and each button press would advance to the next value and TICK would be shown. Many hardware work this way especially if manufacturer wants to save a knob and replace it with a sequential button.

More Than Two (L V) Variables for SYSEX Messages

Mon, 26 Sep 2016 12:06:47 +0000

While working on template for Jd-XI I came across with yet another situation where the V2 V3 or L2 L3 would make a lot sense.

V - is a value provided by control and replaced in sysex string by controller value

L - MIDI channel provided from Super control

The Jd-Xi voice has up to 50 parameters per partial voice. There are 3 partials per voice. There are 2 digital voices. The L variable used as channel changer helps so I could make 50 controls and have one super to change the partials byte. So that super can address each of the partial by the L value. But then If I want to do the same for D2 (#2 digital voice) I need to copy the whole page and manually go each sysex and change one byte. If there was the L2 then I would need ONLY 50 controls and two supers one controlling which voice (D!/D2) the second controlling which partial (P1/P2/P3)

L - controls which Digital part D1 or D2

L2 control which partial to edit P1 or P2 or P3

As you all know the more controls on page the longer it takes to refresh. And there are lags... Yes I use Ipad2 to control a few pieces and If my template contains over 100+ controls then the iPad 2 becomes really slow.

BTW if there was no “L” for channel changer then my template for two digital voices on JD-XI would need 3x50x2 300 controls. Each control needs at least 2-3 minutes to be placed customized etc so 3x300 is 900 minutes some 15 hours that is hard to squeeze when you work and have a family.

These are two digital I still heed to “code” analog (50) controls Drum 50x26 control effects 25 controls.

I bet there is at least 1/3 of the MDP users that get excited with the MDP at the begging but as they get to the nitty gridy of real template creation, they find the limitations and excitement goes away. This is especially for Roland products b/c ONLY MDP provides the roland checksum.

Can you add an option to send multiple MIDI events from one control?

Tue, 09 Aug 2016 08:02:52 +0000

The background is the following: For initialization of a patch, MIDI provides (if implemented) the option to request parameters from a synth. However, in order to properly initialize a patch, it would be necessary to request all parameters and initialize the corresponding controls in MD. Currently, this would require to duplicate all controls in a patch, i.e. add for each control a sibling that serves to request its value.

My suggestion is, to add a new type of control that can sequentially send multiple MIDI/SysEx events. Like this, a single control could be programmed to sequentially send all parameter request commands for a patch, which would in repsonse initiallize all controls of the given panel.

More info in this discussion: http://mididesigner.com/qa/4128/layout-yamaha-tg77-voice-editor?show=5004#c5004

Thanks, Florian