Allow MIDI Program Change – How Does It Work

[Burke Ingraffia]

I see there is a  setting EZKeys for “Allow MIDI Program Change.”  I am assuming this is to switch between sounds and presets. I don’t understand how to make this work.

 

I use EZKeys programmatically more than I do with a keyboard. Can I just add a MIDI note like c -1 to trigger a change somehow?  Thanks in advance to someone who can explain this.

EZkeys version: 1.3.3
Operating system: macOS Catalina (10.15)

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[John]

Hi,

you choose EZK with ‘Bank Select’ messages and then use ‘Program Change’ to select a particular Preset.

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[Burke Ingraffia]

Where is “Bank Select?”

EZkeys version: 1.3.3
Operating system: macOS Catalina (10.15)

[John]

Hi,

it’s a MIDI Message:

https://www.midi.org/midi-articles/about-midi-part-3-midi-messages

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[Burke Ingraffia]

Thanks. I know what a MIDI message is, but where in the EZ Keys UI can you assign the message to switching the instrument?

[John]

Interesting. Look, I have made a small screen recording where I draw in Bank MSB and Program Change – in this case I use Logic Pro but the principle is the same regardless of host – and when I hit play, you will see EZkeys change Library and Preset.

I have drawn in Bank MSB value ‘8’, which selects the 9th Library in my Library list (the first would have value ‘0’) and that is ‘HYBRID HARP’ and then I have drawn in value ’34’ for Program Change, which is the ‘Percussive Notes’ Preset.

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

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