Selecting a preset using MIDI

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    • February 15, 2024 at 8:40 pm #178265
      aenlic
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        I’m starting to set up a Morningstar MC6 II to control my H9 Max. What I would like to do is select a preset number using a MIDI message… and I wanted to know if sending a CC message with the preset number would accomplish this. If not, how can this be done using MIDI?

      • February 15, 2024 at 11:33 pm #178266
        joecozzi
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        Eventide Staff

          To change presets, send Program change messages (PC) from the MC6.

          Sending PC#0 from MC6 recalls Preset 1 on H9
          Sending PC#1 from MC6 recalls Preset 2 on H9
          Sending PC#2 from MC6 recalls Preset 3 on H9
          … and so forth.

        • February 15, 2024 at 11:35 pm #178267
          brock
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            You can select an H9 preset 1-99 by sending it a PC (Program Change) message from 0-127 over MIDI.  You can remap those PCs, and increment & decrement to load up the next or previous preset.

            MIDI CCs (0-99) are mainly intended for variable parameter control, or switching states.  You can also use them to increment & decrement preset positions, with or without actually loading it (cued up).

            I don’t know of a way that you can use a CC message to directly select a preset.  The H9 would freak out if – for example – it received a burst of continuous control, and tried to load a new preset for every incoming value.

          • February 16, 2024 at 5:59 am #178268
            aenlic
            Participant

              Thanks, Joe and Brock. I was wondering if the presets corresponding to PC or CC, I can def send the PC change.

              This is key to how I anticipated using the MC6, glad that it DOES work as hoped.

              • February 16, 2024 at 9:27 am #178269
                brock
                Participant

                  It looks like Joe & I are night owls around the same time frame.  The MC6 MKII firmware & editor have many parallels to my MC6 Pro, so let us know if you get stuck on anything.

                  When you get that far into the advanced stuff, you’re going to love the CC Waveform & CC Sequencer Generators.  It’s like creating your own new algorithms, if you don’t push the H9 too hard.  These are the kind of MIDI controllers that grow with you.

              • February 16, 2024 at 5:29 pm #178287
                aenlic
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                  Thanks, Brock. I’m looking forward to the fun now.

                  My MIDI background was pretty deep back in the dark ages… when ‘patch’ referred to a cable between synth channels and such, and “safe sysex” was a joke that everyone knew. Program Change was a different thing then. The world of MIDI is a LOT more fun now!

                  My plans for the MC6 are to have one bank for accessing select presets, probably one for controlling my RC-5 looper, and the ‘advanced’ phase for me would be to have a bank for selected presets which lets me use the switches (and at some point a MIDI pedal) to access parameters for the presets.

                  This is all ‘paper’ plans; I work in software, where plans ‘evolve’ once implementation begins.:-)

                • April 22, 2025 at 4:05 am #189666
                  HRVOJE2405
                  Participant

                    Hello, I use H9 for a while now, and till now I have use it with Voodoolab Dingbat controler, and it was easy to use. Now I am trying to connect it to GCX and Ground Control in my rack, and need some help. My GCX dont see H9 as a MIDI device and I dont now did I connected it right. Is it something else I need to do in H9 settings for MIDI use with GCX? I connected it in one of the loops on GCX, and in MIDI port, butt probably it is something else I need to do in settings or on GCX, that will make H9 visible to GCX. So, please, give me advice if you can. Thanks

                    • April 22, 2025 at 10:40 am #189674
                      tbskoglund
                      Keymaster
                      Eventide Staff

                        Hello,

                        If you had the H9 working with a different MIDI controller before, and the issues have only started since using the new MIDI controller, it is most likely an issue with how you have the new MIDI controller setup.

                        I’m not familiar with your MIDI controller and not sure what you mean by the GCX to “see” the H9 as a MIDI device. You should be able to output MIDI PC messages from your controller, and if the channel and routing is configured properly, that will load the different presets on the H9.

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