Support for MIDI SysEx program change message?

[George Robinson]

Do any EZdrummer versions accept the MIDI SysEx “program change” message? I want to control a software drum machine and some guitar modeling hardware from a VST Host “set list” manager like Cantabile or Gig Performer, however, apparently not all MIDI-capable hardware/software products support inbound MIDI SysEx program change messages.

In short, I want the efficiency of selecting pre-existing songs/programs/patches/presets (the terminology varies by product) on all of my MIDI-capable gear from a pre-programmed “set list” on a VST host program.

I’ve searched a couple of EZdrummer user manuals posted on this site, but have yet to find an occurrence of ‘sysex’.

Thanks!

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[John]

Hi,

first you have to “Allow MIDI Program Change” on the MIDI In/E-drums page.

Next, you select EZX with Bank MSB and Presets with Program Change.

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

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Thanked by: George Robinson

[George Robinson]

Hi John, thanks for your guidance.

I don’t find the terms ‘Program Change’, ‘Bank’ or ‘MSB’ in this online manual:

EZDRUMMER 3 (THIS MANUAL APPLIES TO VERSION 3.0.3 OF EZDRUMMER 3)

https://www.toontrack.com/manual/ezdrummer-3/

Is there supplemental documentation, or are these topics not documented?

[John]

Hi,

first go to the ‘MIDI In/E-drums’ page in EZdrummer 3

There you enable ‘Allow MIDI Program Change’

Next, in your DAW (in my screen shots it’s Logic) you create a MIDI region on the EZdrummer 3 Instrument Track at the beginning of your song and create a Bank MSB (CC#00) event set to the EZX in your list you wish to use. If you have 10 EZX:s and wish to use the last, your Bank MSB value would be ‘9’, since it starts from ‘0’.

Then to select the preset, you add a Program Change event. In my case, I wanted the 16th preset, so I entered ’15’.

I hope this helps,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

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