Send System Real-Time (Start/Stop)

[tmullin1017]

Has anyone configured Bandhelper to send MIDI System Real-Time Messages to start/stop an outboard sequencer keyboard playing?  Can it be done without using raw MIDI?

[arlo]

If you turn on Settings > Tempo & Pitch > Send MIDI Beat Clock, then play a tempo, the app will send a start message when you start the tempo and a stop message when you stop it -- along with all the clock messages in between. If those a problem and you just want the start/stop messages, you can create a MIDI preset for each message. The raw MIDI is simple: FA for start and FC for stop. You can even pair the stop preset to the start preset, then click the start preset to toggle between them.

[tmullin1017]

Thanks Arlo!!  Any chance of setting multiple tempos in a single song?

[arlo]

You can't set multiple tempos per song or change the MIDI Beat Clock tempo during a song. But if the device you're controlling can respond to tempo changes using some kind of MIDI message, you could set up multiple MIDI presets to send those messages.