Sending Packed/bundled NPRN Messages

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Can BMT translate MIDI CC’s to bundled NPRN messages?

I’d like to control the Arpegiator On and Arp Latch controls etc on my Novation KS-5 but they’re documented as ‘packed’ or ‘bundled’ NPRN messages on CC89

ARPEGGIATOR CONTROL
bits 0-1 2-bit number of octaves 1,2,3,4
bit 2 arpeggiator off/on 1=on
bit 3 arpeggiator keysync control 1=on
bit 4 arpeggiator latch control 1=on

I’d like independant control of each parameter. I want a MIDI CC translated for the Octave control and independant toggle MIDI Notes for the arp on/off and Latch controls.

Can MIDI Translator help me achieve this?

The documentationfor this feature can be found on page 64 of the KS5 manual here: https://fael-downloads-prod.focusrite.com/customer/prod/s3fs-public/novation/downloads/10719/english101.pdf

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Hi and welcome to the Bome community!

The attached should get you started. I use the global variable ‘ga’ for the bitmap.

Translator 0.0 will use CC8 to control the value of bits 0 and 1. I scale it from 0-127 down to 0-3 using rules. Then I populate the result into the first 2 bits of ga. I don’t send anything at this point.

// scale it from range of 128 to range of 4
// output range
qq=qq*4
// input range
qq=qq/128
Log "Octave Value=%qq%"
// clear existing bits
pp=3
//toggle
pp=pp^-1
// AND with existing value to clear
ga=ga&pp
// OR with value of qq
ga=ga|qq

Log "Log ga value is 0x%02x ga%"

Translator 0.1 handles bit 2

// which bit
pp=3
qq=1<<pp
ga=ga^qq

Log "Log ga value is 0x%02x ga%"

Translators 0.2 and 0.3 handle bits 3 and 4 respectively. All I change is the bit number. Again I don’t send an NRPN

Translator 0.4 sends the NRPN based on the value of ga.

I set the preset 0 input to the alias ‘My Controller’ and and output to the alias ‘Novation KS-5’.

Here are how my aliases are set up on my machine. You will need to set your up for your physical device.

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You can learn more about aliases from this tutorial.

As far as device routing, I do it all by preset.

For more information about device selection, see this tutorial.

I set up Preset 1 for LED feedback.

Translator 0.0 will trigger a repeating feedback timer ‘LED-Refresh’. I set the iterations in global variable ‘gb’. Any note off will trigger the feedback.
All translators in preset 1 will send back to the controller only.

I send feedback on Note off of any note on MIDI CH 1

You may need to adjust the rules for the note numbers for triggering and for translation.

Here are the rules of the repeating timer.

// get iteration number into pp
pp=gb
// decrement iteration
gb=gb-1
// add two bits because bits 0 and 1 are not for feedback
rr=pp+2
// Shift the bits into place
qq=ga>>rr
// Look at 1 bit only
qq=qq&1
// determine value to send
if qq!=0 then qq=127
// and caculate note number to send to
tt=pp+63

Here is an example log when pressing the send NRPN button.

1: MIDI IN [UC4-V1]: 90 43 7F
2: MIDI OUT [Bome MIDI Translator 1 Virtual Out]: B0 63 00 B0 62 59 B0 06 3B
3: MIDI IN [UC4-V1]: 80 43 00
4: MIDI OUT [UC4-V1]: 90 42 7F
5: MIDI OUT [UC4-V1]: 90 41 7F
6: MIDI OUT [UC4-V1]: 90 40 7F

Here is the project file:
Packed-NRPN.bmtp (3.8 KB)

Have fun!

Steve Caldwell
Bome Customer Care

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