R-70 MIDI problem with CUBASE

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MEFlyingV
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R-70 MIDI problem with CUBASE

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Hello. I am a total newbie regarding MIDI and Cubase. I have a Roland R-70 drum machine. I want to send MIDI from the R-70 to Cubase.

I have gotten the unit to successfully connect via a MIDI to USB converter. I have been able to record drum MIDI tracks. My problem is when I try to record a bass guitar pattern from the R-70. Just bass, not a mix of bass and drums.

The unit does not seem to recognize the pitch or the pitch CHANGES(meaning the different bass guitar notes). I am doing a simple bluesy walk. But all I am getting is A5 notes in the Midi map. High pitched sounds with no pitch chnage.

I assume there is a setting on the R-70 that I am missing? I have used the R-70 to generate MIDI sequences to a Brother PDC-100 sequencer back in the day. So I am unsure what setting I have missed.

Help!
MEFlyingV
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Joined: 15:58, 28 November 2010

Re: R-70 MIDI problem with CUBASE

Post by MEFlyingV »

I got the answer from Roland finally. See this KB article:

http://www.rolandus.com/support/knowledge_base/?HD_ID=101145

So the bass guitar portions of my old drum programming cannot work. But should I choose to do new bass programming with the R-70, I would need to follow the instructions in the article.
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