BCR2000 mountain utilities DX7 preset with TX7

By apinksnail, 24 June, 2021

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Hello! So Im having trouble trying to build a knobby editor situation with my tx7 to design keyprograms/sample based patches using the classic fm sound.

Ive downloded the preset from MU and am still having trouble getting it to work. The first encoder has been working but its been behaving as the mod wheel. On the template pdf it says that the first encoder should be OP rate 1. The modwheel control tells me that Ive been succesful getting the present onto the bcr and that it is speaking to the tx7 but im starting to wonder if maybe the TX7 is routed differently than the DX7. does anyone here have experience using the bcr2000 with dx7 or ideally the tx7?

many thanks in advance! <3

Hi

I have a DX/TX preset at my website https://bwalk.com.au/BC2k/BC2k.html

The pdf files inside the zip have some infomation including the preset template.

All the best

Royce

Hi Royce. Yes that is the

Hi Royce. Yes that is the preset and the template pdf I am talking about and having trouble with.

I got out my TX816 which

I got out my TX816 which should be the same sysex as your TX7 and downloaded the BCR preset from my website, So we should be the same.

I loaded the 3 presets into adjacent presets (21 to 23) for all the OPs and it seemed to work OK.

You probably do, but I am wondering if you know about how the group buttons work (on the right of the top row.)?

The Encoder 1 on the Top left has 4 different functions. Check out the Preset Layout and you will see E1 to E4. This is what the top row of switch encoders are controlling depending on what Group button has been selected.

In the first preset, Op 1 uses the top two buttons of the Group buttons with the LEFT one being the 'op amount envelope' and the RIGHT one has all the other parameters for OP1. The second row of two buttons is the same but it is for Op 2.

You can check the system exclusive with Mark's BCR Editor or the Sysex view in his Midi Tools to see what is comming out of the BCR with my preset. The Sysex specification is a bit confusing especialy as Yamaha only show the parameter numbers for OP 6, Here are all the OP parameter numbers .

If all this is incomprehensible then let me know.

All the best

Royec

Parameter	OP6		OP5		OP4		OP3		OP2		OP1
EG Rate 1	0	00	21	15	42	2A	63	3F	84	54	105	69
EG Rate 2	1	01	22	16	43	2B	64	40	85	55	106	6A
EG Rate 3	2	02	23	17	44	2C	65	41	86	56	107	6B
EG Rate 4	3	03	24	18	45	2D	66	42	87	57	108	6C
EG Level 1	4	04	25	19	46	2E	67	43	88	58	109	6D
EG Level 2	5	05	26	1A	47	2F	68	44	89	59	110	6E
EG Level 3	6	06	27	1B	48	30	69	45	90	5A	111	6F
EG Level 4	7	07	28	1C	49	31	70	46	91	5B	112	70
KB Level Scale Break	8	08	29	1D	50	32	71	47	92	5C	113	71
KB Level Scale L Depth	9	09	30	1E	51	33	72	48	93	5D	114	72
KB Level Scale R Depth	10	0A	31	1F	52	34	73	49	94	5E	115	73
KB Level Scale L Curve	11	0B	32	20	53	35	74	4A	95	5F	116	74
KB Level Scale R Curve	12	0C	33	21	54	36	75	4B	96	60	117	75
KB Rate Scaling	13	0D	34	22	55	37	76	4C	97	61	118	76
Mod Sens Amplitude	14	0E	35	23	56	38	77	4D	98	62	119	77
Key Velocity Sens	15	0F	36	24	57	39	78	4E	99	63	120	78
Output Level	16	10	37	25	58	3A	79	4F	100	64	121	79
Oscillator Mode	17	11	38	26	59	3B	80	50	101	65	122	7A
Osc Freq Coarse	18	12	39	27	60	3C	81	51	102	66	123	7B
Osc Freq Fine	19	13	40	28	61	3D	82	52	103	67	124	7C
Detune	20	14	41	29	62	3E	83	53	104	68	125	7D

Hey Royce thank you so much

Hey Royce thank you so much for your support

So I keep trying different things but im wondering if theres some setting either on the bcr2000 or the tx7 that im missing.

The top right encoder only behaves as the modwheel no matter what encoder group button i have pushed (1+2 being op1 and 3+4 being op2 and so on)

the other thing is that i figured even if that section wasnt working the other knobs would. The most straight ahead setting to test i could think of is the algorhythm. if its working properly technically it should drastically change the sound of any tx7 patch im working from.

could this mean that i uploaded the bcr preset incorrectly or is there maybe a setting on either unit that i need to change. (i keep turning memory protection off on the tx7 but im not sure what else i might be missing)

thank you again ~~

It does sound a bit weird. It

It does sound a bit weird. It sounds like either the preset isn't loading or you have saved the preset to a location on the BRC and haven't selected that preset.

Have a look with Mark's editor (get all the data from the BCR) to see if the name of the preset in preset slot 0 (the buffer) is one of "DX Op 1 & 2", "DX Op 3 & 4" or "DX Op 5 & 6".

If it isn't, then the correct preset is not selected,

Look throught all the presets that you down loaded for the name to see if it is in the BCR. Then select that preset on the BCR.

All the best

Royce