The Eat at Joe's Kawai K5000 Message Board Digest The Macro Control Box ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ System 3.01 Monday, 05-Jan-98 14:55:29 Message: 194.96.109.23 writes: Does anybody know whats different in the new System 3.01 tommy_wollner@computer2000.at ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Re: System 3.01 Tuesday, 06-Jan-98 17:08:07 143.182.246.27 writes: Just got off the phone with Kawai US and 3.01 supports "the Knob Box" for the K5000R and S(?) ken_j_cardita@ccm.intel.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Re: Re: System 3.01 Wednesday, 07-Jan-98 05:12:22 193.96.226.61 writes: No, 3.01 is just for the K5000W. The S and R versions support the "knob box" anyhow. Jens Groh ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Re: System 3.01 Wednesday, 07-Jan-98 18:31:23 194.96.109.23 writes: der einzige Unterschied zur Version 3.0 ist die Tatsache, dass bei Benutzung der Macro Control Box die Fader im Display nicht mehr in Echtzeit mitbewegt werden, da bei gleichzeitiger Verwendung des Arpeggiators Timing Probleme auftraten. So don't worry, be additive! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Re: Re: System 3.01 Thursday, 08-Jan-98 03:04:30 193.96.226.61 writes: Hey, this may interest non-German-speaking users, too! Allow me to translate, even if my English is not the best: "The only difference to version 3.0 is the fact that the displayed faders don't move in real-time when you use the Macro Control Box because of timing problems that ocurred when you used the arpeggiator simultanously." Jens Groh ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ macro control box with sequencer. Sunday, 18-Jan-98 03:01:59 194.134.10.54 writes: Hi Everybody, I just ordered the macro-control box for my K5000R, but i'm not sure if it could be used in combination with a PC-based sequencer to record knob changes. If you put the box between PC midi-out and K5K midi-in, will the knob controls be echoed by the K5K to the midi-out? If not, the only way would probably be inserting the box between the midi-out of the K5K and midi-in of the PC and set the sequencer to soft-through .... I'm using 3 generators (nord, s2000 and K5K) on sepparate midi ports. Groet, succes, Bart. Bart van der Worp, worp@euronet.nl ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Macro Control Box - setup and alternatives Monday, 26-Jan-98 12:32:29 206.109.6.241 writes: Hi all, I'm trying to plan out what my live setup will be like, and how the MCB will fit in... Starting with the setup: Seqr -> K5000R, would I place the MCB before the seqr, and go Thru the seqr to the K5000R, or would I place the MCB between the seqr and synth? What channel(s) would the MCB be broadcasting on, and how would the K5000R be set to receive? If I'm using a multi patch on the 5000R, can I send the MCB signals to a specific channel so that it only tweaks one of the possibly four single patches? Also, has anyone tried using a Peavey PC-1600 midi slider-box in place of the MCB? I prefer sliders to knobs cause I'm faster on them... Anyone with a story or comments along these lines? -Marr marr@t1.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Re: Macro Control Box - setup and alternatives Monday, 26-Jan-98 14:55:52 192.28.2.19 writes: The knob box transmits on one channel at a time, selectable from the front. There are a lot of ways to cable it up. It has a Midi In and Out; any signal at the In port is passed through to the Out port along with the controller signals. It would probably be good between the sequencer and the synth for performance. I have it feeding into the sequencer, so the sequencer can echo it to any unit. leiter@skypoint.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Re: Re: Macro Control Box - setup and alternatives Wednesday, 28-Jan-98 01:27:42 194.134.28.141 writes: If you put the box between the sequencer and K5K, would the K5K echo the macro tweaks to it's out to allow for recording of them in the sequencer? Bart. worp@euronet.nl ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Re: Re: Re: Macro Control Box - setup and alternatives Wednesday, 28-Jan-98 13:54:57 192.28.2.19 writes: Don't know--that's why I do it the other way. leiter@skypoint.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------