mikeg1058@gmail.com Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 I'm using MidiStudio on my iPad to control setting on my PX5. I'm able to change voices using CC00 and ProgramChange. I would like to be able to control the volume. I've setup the iPAd to use controller cc07 (also tried CC11), but the volume does not change on the keyboard. Any thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Saucier Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Why not use the sliders on the px-5s for volume? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choppin Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 (Brad beat me!) Like Brad said or... Might have to send CC 07 to midi channels 1-4 (zones 1 through 4). Not at my keyboard at the moment so I can't check the coding on the master volume (NRPN). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeg1058@gmail.com Posted July 15, 2014 Author Share Posted July 15, 2014 Brad, I'm using 2 (or 3) keyboards at a live gig and want to centralize all the controls, so the iPad app is a great solution. Choppin, For program changes I set the PX5 to use channel 5, (this works.). My Hammond already uses channel 1,2 and 3. Would CC's (like 07,11) need to go to different channels to make changes on the casio? ----- UPDATE - I did test this and sure enough, sending cc07 to channels 1-4 works, even though the keyboard is setup to receive on channel 5. Having a hard time understanding why that is. Any ideas? --- Thanks,mikeG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Saucier Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 Zones 1 thru 4 on the PX-5s correspond to midi channels 1-4. The 4 zones can send out midi note and cc info on any channel that you specify but they play internally on the PX-5s on channels 1-4. Also, the sliders on the PX-5s can control the volume of your other boards as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choppin Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 "...setup to receive on channel 5." If you are talking about the Basic Channel, that is the channel that the PX receives on to change Stage Settings and other more global midi messages. CC 07 or 11 are channel specific and need the data sent to the channels you want to control. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeg1058@gmail.com Posted July 18, 2014 Author Share Posted July 18, 2014 "...setup to receive on channel 5." If you are talking about the Basic Channel, that is the channel that the PX receives on to change Stage Settings and other more global midi messages. CC 07 or 11 are channel specific and need the data sent to the channels you want to control.Yup, after some experimenting I figured that out. Got it working now by using channels 1-4. Is it possible to override that setting and use different channels? My SK1 uses 1,2,and 3 and cannot be changed.Thanks all for the assistance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Saucier Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Sorry Mike. As far as I'm aware of, the PX's four zones can only receive on channels 1-4. I'll double check this later. I know the 4 zones can send on any channel, but receive I don't think. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HectorSpace Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 There are a couple of seriously frustrating limitations with the PX-5s midi spec.1. You can't change the channel a zones 1 - 4 receive on.2. You can't individually disable a zone's midi reception. The major issue is that there are too many bits of equipment out there that do not allow you to properly configure the midi channels they work on. Or claim to be midi controllers and don't properly provide for dynamic midi configuration (Nord Stage 2..Yes I'm not kidding!). So you end up with a pile of wires and an iPad kludge. Yes I love my iPads, but I remain to be convinced that using them to control your stage rig is really a good idea. It kind of takes me back to the days of the Sinclair Spectrum and all the add on bits hanging off the back.. Not designed to be gigged hard. When you couple these limitations with the lack of continuous controller inputs, meaning you have to use an external midi based volume or expression input, it makes it damn difficult to dynamically configure the PX-5s by simply using Stage Setups. I use zone 1 for the main sound I'm playing which is normally a dynamic sound like piano /electric piano or guitar. This means I can set the overall Px -5s volume level to suit. I'm currently using an Midi Solutions Controller Pedal adaptor to provide Expression control for Zones 2 and 3 (typically Brass and Synth/Strings). Zone 4 is bass from my StudioLogic MP117 pedals and I have my Nord Electro 3 73 (Organ/Strgs/Clav) providing Expression for itself! Ideally I would like to be able to dynamically switch over zone 3 to use the Expression pedal output from the Electro 3, on some songs, by simply selecting a Stage Setup. Can't do it! If the PX-5s allowed me to dynamically change midi input channels for the zones and individually disable midi input for each zone I could. Or if the Px-5s mixer settings were saved as part of a Stage Setup, I could use part 5 for bass. BTW Using the PX-5s Stage setup to set the Electro 3's preset/progam works fine... A lot better than thumbing through 128 presets with 4 buttons!!! Lol. Being able to swap the zone I'm sending the preset from from zone 1 to zone 3 by setting zone 3's midi channel to 1 also works. If only I could change the receive channels! Gasp! I might add that I'm fighting a loosing battle here. I've just bought an RD800 on which Roland have culled the midi spec... Guess what! you can no longer select the receive channels for parts 1 to 4 AND you can't even configure parts 5 to 16 on the instrument let alone store its configuration!... Oh dear we are going backwards.. the empire is in decline! I was going to sell my RD700SX but it seems nothing can match it as a stage master keyboard. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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