Boss Dr. Rhythm DR-880, Owner'S Manual

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Playing the DR-880 from an external MIDI device/Playing an external MIDI device from the DR-880
Chap. 9
Performance data used by the DR-880
Note messages
These messages are used to play the drum part
and bass part. On a keyboard instrument, these
messages indicate that a note has been played.
Note messages carry the following information.
Note number: The number for a key pad to
which an instrument or bass
tone is assigned
Note-on: Transmitted when you strike a
key pad
Note-off: (Bass part only) Transmitted
when you take your finger off a
key pad
Velocity: Indicates the force with which
you strike a key pad
The DR-880’s key pads correspond to MIDI note
numbers as follows.
fig.08-041
When you strike a DR-880 key pad, a note-on
message containing the note number assigned to
that key pad is transmitted.
When a note message is received from an
external MIDI device, the instrument/bass tone
of the key pad to which the corresponding note
number is assigned will play.
* If the note number of the received note message does not
correspond to any key pad, that note message will be
ignored.
Bank Select/Program Change messages
These messages will switch kits.
Transmit the bank number and then the
program number. The bank number alone will
not switch the kit. If you don’t need to change
the bank number, you can simply transmit the
program number alone.
* For details on the messages that can be received and
transmitted by a connected external device, refer to the
manual for that device.
Pitch Bend/Bend Range
Pitch bend messages are messages that change
the pitch of the bass. You can use RPN messages
to specify the range within which the pitch is
permitted to change (bend range).
For example, if you want to set the bend range to
12, transmit the following messages.
RPN MSB (CC#101)
00
RPN LSB (CC#100) 00
DATA ENTRY MSB (CC#6) 12
(the desired value)
MIDI message Drum Ch Bass Ch
Note on/off Yes Yes
Bank select (CC#00) Yes
Program change Yes
Volume (CC#7) Yes Yes
RPN (Bend range) Yes
Pitch bend Yes
36
37
50
49
35
39
48
57
38
56
45
55
40
44
41
53
42
46
52
51
Pad Bank: DRUM 1
60
54
69
89
61
91
94
90
62
95
70
93
63
96
82
84
64
97
92
59
Pad Bank: DRUM 2
86
76
71
73
87
77
72
74
78
85
75
58
79
66
67
80
83
65
68
81
Pad Bank: DRUM 3
Program number
Bank number
0 1
1 P001 U001
2 P002 U002
3 P003 U003
: : :
100 P100 U100
101 ignore ignore
: : :
128 ignore ignore