JL Cooper MSB Plus and MSB Plus Rev 2

Patch Editor

This editor should work with both the MSB Plus and the MSB Plus Rev 2 MIDI Router devices, but has only been tested with the MSB Plus Rev 2. If you are using the Rev 2, make certain that the Rev 2 checkbox is checked: otherwise make sure that it is unchecked.

Communicating with Edisyn    You first need to connect to the right input and output MIDI ports and channel. This is a mess because the MSB Plus stupidly stores the ports and channel on a patch-by-patch basis rather than globally, and the input and output ports can even vary from one another! To get around this, whenever Edisyn sends a patch to current memory, the Sysex/PC Input port and Sysex Output port should be both set to Edisyn's Device ID. So for example, if you want to use port 8, set the Device ID to 8. Furthermore the PC MIDI Channel should be set to Edisyn's MIDI channel.

To change the Sysex/PC Input, Sysex Output, and PC MIDI Channel on your MSB, do the following:

  1. Press the MODE button repeatedly until the PG 2 light is lit and either the Proc A or Proc B lights are lit (it doesn't matter which one).

  2. Button 6 sets the PC MIDI Channel. You ought to set this to Edisyn's MIDI channel. Channels 1-9 are as you expect, then Channel 10 is A, 11 is B, 12 is C, 13 is D, 14 is E, 15 is F, and 16 is 0.

  3. Button 7 sets the Sysex/PC Input Port, one of 1 to 8. Set this to Edisyn's Device ID and make sure to connect the incoming MIDI cable to this port.

  4. Button 8 sets the Sysex Output Port, one of 1 to 8. Set this to Edisyn's Device ID and make sre to connect the outgoing MIDI cable to this port.

  5. Press Write to save. For good measure you can save this configuration to every single patch by holding down Write and pressing Panic.

For more warnings on how the ports are written and read, see the Menu section below.

About the Menu

Gotchas



Librarian Support

The MSB Plus and MSB Plus Rev 2 do not have patch names. The initial patch locations will be used instead.

By    Sean Luke
Date    October 2022