Did I mention the OB has some odd idiosyncrasies? Another fun one it took me forever to figure out is that you can’t jump from one scene to another assigned to the same program number in a different bank (e.g., B1-P3 to B4-P3) or it blacks out as well.
Having fun yet?
Anyway, the sequence I have defined in the EP is composed of Notes that map to the 24 scenes in the OB. Then I programmed the actual scenes in the OB.
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I programmed the OB with 24 programmed scenes (6 Programs in each of 4 Banks).
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I have programmed the sequence into the EP as notes that map to the scenes I created (0-1-2-3-4-5 8-9-10-11-12-13 16-17-18-19-20-21 24-25-26-27-28-29).
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Next, I programmed the EP to block all notes (i.e., nothing passes through to the OB)
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Then, I programmed the triggers that step through the sequence (MIDI-START, CC102, and NOTE-01).
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Finally, I set the BB to send START-MAIN and Next Section (CC102).
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Bonus, I added NOTE-01 in the MIDI files wherever I wanted a scene change that wasn’t at the change of BB part.
The net effect is that the OB sees NOTHING from the BB, it only sees what the EP sends in response to what IT sees from BB. The EP is way smarter than the OB, the OB is way dumb. So I found it best to talk to the EP.
Getting clearer?
It really took me a long time to not just figure this all out, but to really absorb and understand it. Hopefully, this is helping you.
If Santa brings you an EP, make sure it’s the EP PLUS for all the extra capacity to run programs – definitely worth the extra scheckels.
And why a Power Adaptor? The EP/EP+ requires power to run, and the OB doesn’t put out power on it’s MIDI jacks, and nor does the BB. Found that out the hard (and impatient) way.
That said, the EP+ and PA might seem expensive for what you’re doing, but getting access to John is worth the price of admission. The guy is both brilliant and helpful.