How do I create a SYSEX message for a JV/XP synth?
This question is really aimed at those who really want to understand the ones and zeros of how Roland SysEx messages work. If you are not interested in the details, you just want to use SysEx then most of the Patch editors and Librarians in question 5.4 do most of the work for you. But say in the middle of a MIDI song you have written for a JV-1080, you would like to insert a MIDI message to change the reverb of the current performance to DELAY. If you want to create SysEx messages, it is good idea to read the parameter address maps in the back of your manual. These are detailed memory address maps of your synth. JV-80 manual 202-207. JV-1080 manual pages 150-155. XP-50 manual pages 142-147. XP-80 manual pages 221-226. To do this you would send the following SysEx message: F0 41 10 6A 12 01 00 00 28 06 51 F7 Here is a breakdown of what the above message means: F0 Start of SysEx All Sysex Messages start with this 41 Manufacturer ID All Roland synths have ID 41 10 Device ID This is the n
