translator for ascertaining patch number then changing it?

hey y'all,
im trying to map the patch up and down buttons from my oberheim matrix1000 to buttons on my controller. I can't find a midi message for the up and down buttons on the front of the synth, all i can find is a midi cc for program number, so i am trying to write a preset that will find out what number the unit is on currently and then change it +/- 1. i tried something like this:

rule: oo=oo+1
outgoing: C0 oo

but that doesnt work i guess because home never knows what oo is from the unit itself.

how do you get the unit to give bome its number?

i hope there might be someone out there browsing looking for an easy problem to solve from a novice...

thanks,
Kurt

Hi Kurt

This isn't that simple of a problem, unfortunately, because we need to parse how the Matrix1000 sends and receives that information and how to get MT to communicate it back. Please note I am getting this information from the manual here.

I can't seem to find the command in the manual which will send back the current patch, unfortunately. It may be possible, but I just couldn't parse the manual to figure it out. As far as your idea, though, you can always just have MT always start at 0 and move up from there, and there are Sysex messages to select the correct bank and scroll through the 100 patches per bank.

Sorry I couldn't get that message. If anyone else can then please feel free to add your thoughts.

Jared

thanks for checking...

maybe you can always start with the first patch on the Oberheim and then use a global variable in MT so that they are in sync? I.e. just use e.g. "g0" instead of "oo".

The rules should also prevent overflow -- here is how you can encode that for "patch up":

if g0<127 then g0=g0+1

And here for patch down:

if g0>0 then g0=g0-1

Regards,
Florian