How can I send midi in and direct it to a different pad bank

Pure Evil · Post by **Pure Evil** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 3:49 pm

I have drum tracks recorded in Sonar 7.

I have a midi track of just the kick drum.

I run my midi out to the in of the 505 and it triggers the pad exactly the way it is supposed to.

The only problem is that it defaults to bank 1 pad 1.

How do I assign it to trigger a different bank and pad?

Any help would be great!!!

Thanks
Pure Evil

drewzle · Post by **drewzle** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 3:54 pm

i'm not familiar with Sonar, but i think you probably have to copy that kick drum pattern to a channel with a piano roll. once those notes are there you can drag them up and down...each piano key will correspond to a different pad of the SP, try various notes and you should find which one matches the pad your kickdrum is on

hope that helps

Pure Evil · Post by **Pure Evil** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 7:05 pm

I don't think I'm explaining things right.

Ok, skip the Sonar part.

I have a midi file of a kick drum.

I am running it into my sp-505 and it triggers bank 1 pad 1.

How do I get it to trigger bank 2 pad 8?

Thanks
Pure Evil

camtona · Post by **camtona** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 3:37 am

have never used sonar, but I know the 505 responds to midi program change messages. If you can change these you can trigger samples on any of the pad banks.

Dj Frantic · Post by **Dj Frantic** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 3:22 pm

you need to do a program change to change banks. And the 505s actual bank will be 1 number higher than the bank your midi device is sending. For example, prg 00 will be bank 1. prg 01 will be bank 2 etc.

Pure Evil · Post by **Pure Evil** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 4:08 pm

AWESOME!!! So this can be done after all.

Ok, now the question.... How do I do this? lol I'm new to using the 505 and it seems I have jumped into one of the more complicated situations right off the bat.

I have the manual but I'm not exactly understanding how to change the banks around. With the first 4 banks being locked I cant seem to get past that.

Thanks for all the help!!!
Pure Evil

Dj Frantic · Post by **Dj Frantic** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 9:35 pm

well, when it comes to changing the banks from an external source the info I just gave u is all u need as far as the 505 is concerned. U just gotta figure out how to do program changes from whatever your triggering it from.

Pure Evil · Post by **Pure Evil** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:48 am

So..........in Sonar 7 I have to change what bank it is trying to trigger in the 505?

Am I getting closer? lol

Thanks
Pure Evil