Boss DR880 User Kit Program Change

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freebass
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Boss DR880 User Kit Program Change

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Hello everybody!i need help please!
I have a boss dr880 drum machine,and i want to use it like a external sound module usb connected to macbook pro,using logic pro 9.I want to play midi files from logic,and to have sounds from dr880.

My question is: how do i change from logic the drums user kits in dr880?

I can change only the preset drums kits,by adding in logic a specific program change number.
According to DR-880 MIDI Implementation chart,the correspondence between Program number and Kit is as follows:
Program Number prog.1 - kit 1
prog.2 - kit 2
...............
prog.100 - kit100

prog.101 and further....ignored
so...no program change for user drum kits?
Can someone help me with this problem?
Thank you!
Electribe_noodler
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Re: Boss DR880 User Kit Program Change

Post by Electribe_noodler »

This is done by a bank select. It's under "Control Change" in the midi implementation.
freebass
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Re: Boss DR880 User Kit Program Change

Post by freebass »

thank you so much!!i'm gonna try that
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