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They are just obviously wrong in with the JV-1080 in GM mode. i.e., selecting a wurly results in a helicopter.




This sounds like there may be a numerical difference.

It might just be that your BiaB is set to send "Yamaha-based" Patch nubering scheme, which instead of the standard 001 (Grand Piano) to 128 (helicopter) uses 000 for the Grand piano and 127 for the heli.

If your BB is set to Yamaha or "zero based" patch numbers, it can be confusing as some patches will seem to be playing fthe right instrument but others will be as you have observed.

Inside Band in a Box, under the GM menu, make sure that you have it set to Roland based 1 - 128 and not to Yamaha Zero based. That might be what is happening.

BTW - the helicopter is part of the standard GM bank. If you have tried to invoke an Upper Bank and still are hearing the heli, that is a clue. Shouldn't be any heli on any upper bank.


--Mac



Thanks for the advice, Mac. Yeah, the gobbedlygook that passes for a Roland Manual states to place the JV-1080 in "GM Mode" for midi score playback. Wrong. Wasted a lot of time following that instruction. The upper banks can't be accessed accurately in the JV's "GM Mode". The JV must be in "Performance Mode" for multitimbral playback from higher banks.

None of the .pat files or converted .ini files I found worked correctly in my JV (most appear to have been customized by their creators for their own patch / expansion card configuration). Some ZEROBASED, some "1" based. With trial and error, I spent much of the day yesterday creating a "1" based .pat file that works for my JV's 4 banks, and three expansion cards. I can now access all patches on each bank accurately from the "+" menu dialogue box. Finally.

A question for anyone - Matt, rharv, Mac - anybody.

Still apparently need to figure out how to correctly save the parts / patches in the default user performance I have created in the JV as a template for sequencing with Biab (Oh, NO! Back into the dreaded $#@%& Roland Manual).

When opening a bb song file and selecting "play" or "replay", the patches from my biab song file aren't getting to the JV:

Turn on the JV-1080 (set to boot to the "Performance Mode" template I created)>
Open Biab>
Select "Play"/"Replay =
The patches from the JV USER performance 1 play, not the patches I saved with my biab song.

I can select each instrument from the bb gui> select "+"> select the patch I need from the drop down> change the instrument patches manually one at time = plays fine.

I'm expecting the JV to receive and play the patch settings from my saved biab song when I select "play" / "replay". But it's not. Am I overlooking some setting in biab? Or some JV-1080 setting?

Thanks again, gentlemen. I very much appreciate your guidance.