Midi Song Select (Beatbuddy - Aeros)

[Hillbilly_music]

Having an issue calling up a song on Aeros from Beat Buddy. Referenced the Midi Song Select Use Case Manual but no luck.

Message" Song with MSB: and PC:0 not found" when attempting to open song on Aeros from BB.

Thanks

@BrennanSingularSound

3. How to automatically open an Aeros song when you open a specific BeatBuddy song with MIDI Song Select

Step 1: Identify the BeatBuddy song’s MIDI Song Select message, this will tell you what message the BeatBuddy will send. If the BeatBuddy Song/Folder Select setting (Main Pedal > MIDI Settings > MIDI Out > Song/Folder Select) is set to Aeros mode, the BeatBuddy will not send the LSB command and will send an MSB command of the same value instead.

Step 2: Set the Aeros song to open to the same MSB, LSB, and PC commands sent by the BeatBuddy. To do this, go to the song settings and enable MIDI Song Select. Once enabled, the user can set which MSB (0-127) bank and which PC command (0-127) will be required to open the song. It is possible to only set the PC value to open a song (v5.1.1 or later).

Step 3: Hit Save to save the change on the Aeros

Step 4: Open the song on the BeatBuddy to open the desired Aeros song

Example

Step 1: My BeatBuddy song is in Folder 3 and it is song 2. This song would open to MSB 0, LSB 2, and PC 1. These are the same commands it will send if Song/Folder Select is set to default, if set to Aeros Mode it will send MSB 2 and PC 1 instead. It switched the values of MSB and LSB and did not send the LSB value.

Step 2: If the BeatBuddy Song/Folder Select setting was in default mode, I will set the Aeros to open to MSB 0 and PC 1. Using Aeros Mode, the Aeros Song Select should be set to MSB 2 and PC 1

Step 3: Hit Save on Aeros

Step 4: Open the song on the BeatBuddy to open the Aeros song.

[DanielSingularSound]

Please select an already saved song on the Aeros. To have the Aeros open a specific song when the BeatBuddy opens one, follow these steps:

1. Select the song you want to sync on the Aeros.
2. Click the Pencil icon and open the MIDI tab.
3. Toggle MIDI Song Select to ON.

Here, MSB corresponds to the folder (e.g., MSB Bank 0 for the first folder), and use MIDI PC to specify the song within that folder (e.g., 0 for the first song).

With this setup, opening the first song in the first folder on the BeatBuddy will automatically open the corresponding song on the Aeros as programmed.

Please note that you’ll need to manually program each song following these steps. If it doesn’t work as expected or if you need further assistance, please let me know!

[Hillbilly_music]

Thanks Daniel,
The BeatBuddy is in Aeros mode and attempting to open the songs on the Aeros when opened on the BeatBuddy.
My test case is using Playlist 2 on the BeatBuddy which currently has four songs.
The folder in the Aeros is Setlist 1 with the same songs.

Song 1 = 112/0
Song 2 = 112/1
Song 3 = 112/2
Song 4 = 112/3

Upon further experimentation I am able to open the song on the Aeros from the BeatBuddy folder but not the “Playlist” folders. I tried the “Playlist” numbering convention from one of your previous posts (above) with no success.

[DanielSingularSound]

Thank you for the details! The Playlist does not send an MSB command. To troubleshoot, I recommend creating a new folder using the BBMO and moving the songs from the Playlist to the new folder. This should allow you to open the songs with the Aeros.

[Hillbilly_music]

I can open the songs on Aeros from BeatBuddy if I use the Folder location not the Playlist location. If songs cannot be opened from the Playlist Folder, why is it a documented capability?

[DanielSingularSound]

You can open songs from the first playlist, but songs from the second playlist cannot be opened. To open songs from the first playlist, simply leave the MSB command set to MSB: -.

[DanielSingularSound]

To be exact, when you open a song from a playlist, the Aeros does not receive an MSB message. Instead, all playlists will forward the following message to the Aeros: MSB: - PC: the number of the song in the playlist minus 1.

[Hillbilly_music]

That works…a valuable piece of information.

Thank you