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Rene

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How to send MIDI to Kemper with SLM and Bluetooth
« on: November 05, 2017, 03:47:37 PM »
Hallo, maybe someone can help me with this question. I'm not that good with MIDI.

I have SLM connected via bluetooth to my Kemper-amp. I also have Bluefruit EZ-Key with 12 buttons. The first 5 (foot)-buttons control SLM:

1/Arrow up - next page
2/Arrow left - previous song
3/Arrow down - previous page
4/Arrow right - next song
5/Enter - scroll document

When I go to the next song than, SLM sends the MIDI Preset from each song to the Kemper-amp. And I can navigate through this song with these buttons. This is working perfect.

Now I would like to use the other 7 buttons for controlling the Kemper-amp. These buttons send the next value's:
#6 - space
#7 - the number '1'
#8 - the number '2'
#9 - lowercase 'w'
#10 - lowercase 'a'
#11 - lowercase 's'
#12 - lowercase 'd'
Can I use these outputs from the  Bluefruit EZ-Key as inputs in SLM  to send MIDI to the Kemper-amp?
For example to show/hide the tuner (hex code: B4 1F 01) or to put Delay on/off (hex code: B4 1C 01)?
I have no idea how to do this. Any help is appreciated!
Thanks!
Rene


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Re: How to send MIDI to Kemper with SLM and Bluetooth
« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2017, 09:01:53 AM »
Set List Maker can't respond to the w, a, s and d keys. It can respond to all the numbers 0-9. Can you program the EZ-Key to send those from the first 10 buttons? That would work -- but there would be no way to use buttons 11 and 12.

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Re: How to send MIDI to Kemper with SLM and Bluetooth
« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2017, 02:14:39 PM »
Thanks for the answer! It must be possible to program the EZ-Key to send those from 1 - 10. I have to figure out how to do that later.

But still it is not clear for me, how to send midi to the Kemper...
Is this the right way? :

1. I go to:  Settings / Remote Control / MIDI 1 Send
2. Bluetooth/USB Keyboard Messages / I choose for example: "5/enter" or an other message 1-10
3. MIDI System Messages / Start (??)
4. MIDI Controller Messages / I can see here only CC64-CC80. Would it be possible to send an hex code (for example: B4 1F 01 to turn on the tuner?)
5. MIDI Note Messages / Note 21-108. No idea what to do with this.

Or is this not the way to achieve it?

Thanks again!

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Re: How to send MIDI to Kemper with SLM and Bluetooth
« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2017, 11:05:43 PM »
To receive the input from the pedal and trigger some outgoing MIDI, you just need steps 1-2.

Then to send the outgoing MIDI, you need the instructions on this page:

http://www.arlomedia.com/apps/setlistmaker/tutorials/sending_MIDI.html

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Re: How to send MIDI to Kemper with SLM and Bluetooth
« Reply #4 on: November 09, 2017, 03:09:37 PM »
WOW! Thank you Arlo, it's working right now :).
You're a genius.

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Re: How to send MIDI to Kemper with SLM and Bluetooth
« Reply #5 on: November 09, 2017, 08:16:45 PM »
Awesome, you're welcome.

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Re: How to send MIDI to Kemper with SLM and Bluetooth
« Reply #6 on: November 13, 2017, 04:56:15 AM »
Rene, I always thought I'd get an ez-key to build a pedal, but now I can't find one. Do you have a current source, or did you buy that a while back?

Does anyone know of an alternative that is just as simple? Thanks!

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Re: How to send MIDI to Kemper with SLM and Bluetooth
« Reply #7 on: November 13, 2017, 04:01:55 PM »
Hi Mattew, I've bought mine ez-key a year ago and it seems that they are not to buy anymore.
There is a cheap solution. You can a buy a bluetooth keyboard and use the the keys 0-9.
If you're handy, you can solder cables on the contacts of the circuitboard and attach these cables to up to 10 buttons.

 

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