Controlling AstroLab from external midi controller

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#1

Hey all, trying to help out my band’s keyboard player here…

He uses the AstroLab and a Roland 88 key synth when we play live and he just bought a Morningstar MC8 to control both - managing a setlist on the Morningstar to send midi to change each synth to the correct patch.

Does anyone have any examples of how to send midi messages to the AstroLab to select patches in a playlist?

I’ve read about MSB and LSB messages, but those aren’t even mentioned in the AstroLab manual…

#2

AstroLab receives Bank Select and Program Change messages
as follows:

  • Bank MSB (CC#0) selects the Playlist
  • Bank LSB (CC#32) select the Song inside the Playlist
  • Program Change selects the Preset inside the Song

Note: numbering starts from 0.
I.e. MSB = 0 selects the first Playlist in AstroLab’s memory, LSB = 0 selects the first Song in the Playlist, and PC=0 selects the first Preset in the Song.

Once you have selected a Playlist, you can send only Song and Program number.
And inside a Song you can send only Program number, until you want to select another Song.

#3

Thanks, @Sean_W - I see that v1.5 enabled some new capabilities to control external synths from playlists - are there any docs available on that yet?

#4

ability to send Program Change messages to external MIDI devices

You’ll find this new feature in the MIDI menu (Shift + Split), for each part.

The Bank Select MSB/LSB (Bank/Subbank) and Program Number will be sent on the MIDI Output channel of the Part, when selecting this preset.

Of course, these settings must be saved with the preset, either in the Library, or more likely, in the Playlist.

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