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BeatBuddy Manual
MIDI and the BeatBuddy
II.Folder/Song Select
• You can select a BeatBuddy folder and song with the MIDI Bank Select
(combination of CC:0 [MSB] and CC:32 [LSB] and Program Change (PC) messages.)
o The folder is selected with the Bank Select Message (Bank MSB and LSB)
and the song is selected with the Program change.
o Each of the 128 values of Bank MSB (Most Significant Bit) value can have
128 folders as selected by the value of Bank LSB (Least Significant Bit).
o This gives a potential of 128 MSB x 128 LSB = 16,384 different folders with
128 songs each (selected by the Program Change [PC] command).
o The order of the folders / songs are sorted by the BeatBuddy Manager.
The order of the folders / songs corresponds to the number used by the
MIDI messages +1.
• This means that Program Change (PC) Message must have a value
of 0 to select the first song in the menu.
• We know this is confusing -- but MIDI was designed by computer
nerds, not normal people like us, and computer nerds like to start
with 0 instead of 1.
Example:
Folder/Song
Folder 1 - Song 1
Folder 1 - Song 2
Folder 3 -Song 3
Folder 129 - Song 4
Bank MSB (CC:0)
Bank LSB (CC:32)
Program Change (PC)
Value 0
Value 0
Value 0
Value 1
Value 0
Value 0
Value 2
Value 1
Value 0
Value 1
Value 2
Value 3
Please note that the BeatBuddy’s song does not change until the Program
Change message is received, i.e. bank messages alone are not enough to change a
song.
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