MC - 707 Tutorial - Using Clips To Send Program Changes To External Gear

In this video, I show you how to set up a Track to send Program Change (PC) messages to external gear. In my example, a Roland JU-06A. This is useful to tell an external device to change either a patch on a synth or a pattern on a drum machine. Make sure your external device has a Midi In port and is able to receive PC messages (RxPCMsg or similar). Check the device's manual for details.
Using the Tracks 16 clips and clip or scene chaining, you can automatically switch between patches on your synth in performance without taking your hands off the keys, all in time with the rest of the gear. Super handy! Also, each clip can hold up to an 8 measure sequence that you create for that specific patch.
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[@yarrrno]

Thanks, just tried to set up my Aira S-1 with 707 and thought I am stuck with the default 1-16 patches. Glad I found the solution this fast!

[@fizzywack]

Hiya, recently bought a 707 and finding your channel super helpful. Just wanted to say thanks.

[@UnitE808]

Thanks for the support! More to come!

[@mjsanderson1982]

Perfect timing releasing this video, I’m literally just trying this with my new System 8. Thanks for saving me the job of referring to the manual :)

[@orionswitness]

Another great video , cheers

[@mixx-mastersinternat.djservice]

Oh wow thanks for that Brian

[@oyoyoyo7624]

Thanks!

[@JamesBermingham]

top tip thank you

[@WizardOfTheKremlin]

Fuck yeah! what a gem of a tip!! Thanks.

[@gorogne]

Thx! 👍🏿😎👍🏿

[@blxsergio9111]

👏👏👏

[@trusto1016]

🤯 saaayy whhhhat!

[@LuisTorres-qz5kr]

Great tutorial. Just ordered my MC-707 and should receive it over the weekend, thus, will be signing up for the 707 intro class soon. Do you have any recommendations on a stand (desktop or standalone) to support the TR-8S along with the MC-707? Thank you!

[@terminalx4461]

Thank you very much for this video. Very helpful! I have just a little issue: I use a TR-8s and would like to change the patterns on it with the clips on the mc-707. In general this works but I have the problem that the pattern on the TR-8s changes directly when I choose another clip on the mc-707. But it should wait till the clip is fully played to stay synchronized. Is there a way to keep it synchronized? So that the midi control is send when the clip changes on the mc-707.

[@UnitE808]

Let's discuss this over email. Contact me at groovelogic dot unit dot e @ gmail dot com

[@Drumsdude123]

АААА! Тнis is REVOLUTION AGAIN!!!) Thanks, dear UnitE! I wonder are there any ways to send Sysex out from mc 707 to control external gear? I have Roland MKS 7 Super quartet, dreaming about working Sysex controller

[@UnitE808]

Let me look into this and get back to you.

[@GovernorSilver]

Thanks for posting this tutorial! On the MC-707, I have a Clip on Track 2 that I want to send Program Change to the TR-6S. In System Settings, I have Track 2 MIDI Ch set to 10, because on the TR-6S, the Pattern is set to MIDI Ch 10. I made sure Tx MIDI Program Change is set to ON. Then I set the Clip MIDI settings to the desired MIDI Program Change number. On the TR-6S side, I set MIDI: Rx Program Change to ON. After all this work, when I play the Track 2 Clip on the MC-707, neither the pattern nor the kit changes on the TR-6S. What other settings need to be done?

[@UnitE808]

Track 2 shift+sel. Set the midi out to on

[@isaacanthonydj4124]

Does anyone able to get iPad AUM to sync with MC707? I managed to get Zenbeats to sync over USB and i can tell that AUM is getting midi messages, i don't understand the settings in their midi menu? Anyone find a vid for AUM and hardware sync?

[@UnitE808]

I'll try this weekend

[@AlexFainDj]

But if you change clip without stop the program change is immediate or there is a delay?

[@UnitE808]

It's immediate, of course. The message is sent right when the clip changes. I can not speak for all external devices, but my tests have shown no latency in the sound changing. Sequencing is still in the MC-707, so note data has no lag either.

[@davidotoole8170]

Does this mean once clip chaining is done, you can then send program changes out to external gear from the last clip? That’s definitely what I need!

[@RolandKorg27]

exactly

[@wynonariders]

Is there a way to use this same technique to select different scenes (buttons a-h) and launch them on the TR 8s again thanks for all your vids.

[@UnitE808]

No. Variations cannot be changed via midi, just patterns.

[@wynonariders]

@@UnitE808 ahh ok I guess this is why I write parts for the TR 8s on the mc 707. Have you tried capturing patterns being played on the TR 8s to the mc 707 possibly reserving b-h for this. Would midi doubling be an issue. Anyway thanks for all you do. I took one of your classes a while back with the mindset of using Ableton to control the mc 707 but now some months after that day im exclusively using the mc to control my hardware (modwave,wavestate,tr8s,ju-6a and hopefully soon the se-02 for bass) it's so much more instantaneous,fun and easier to be creative away from the computer for some reason. One last question I have 2 midi splitters coming out of the mc707 with no problems, will one more splitter possibly create some type of midi chatter/ interference. Again thanks for the direction. 👍

[@UnitE808]

@@wynonariders I have captured patterns using the looper track and have also put the recorded patterns on the pads of a drum track on the 707, but I prefer to sequence the 8S with my 707. I like the mute % and unquatized sequencing. I believe the whole appeal of hardware is how fun, instantaneous, and inspiring it can be. I always get stuck choosing vsts and fx when I work in a DAW, and lose my creative fuel. The SE-02 is a beast! It's a Moog for people who can't afford a real one! Lol! If you can get your hands on a SE-02 Ext Box, it unlocks even more power. Those are hard to find now though. A splitter should be fine, but you can also chain the devices and still have control over each. Thank you for the kind words and I think I remember your name in the class. Feel free to sign up for more, they're always free!

[@darrink6214]

Is the best way to utilize the MC-707 with the TR8-S is to sequence the TR8-S from the MC-707, due to TR8-S sequencer not built for full tracks easily?

[@UnitE808]

I like to do it that way. You also get probability and unquantized sequencing

[@isaacanthonydj4124]

shift-clip thanks!

[@isaacanthonydj4124]

Now i have to figure out how to make use of ghost clips i don't need for sequencing my TR8S...

[@UnitE808]

@@isaacanthonydj4124 you could make the track a drum track and load samples on the pads for live triggering. Then, it wouldn't be a wasted track

[@isaacanthonydj4124]

@@UnitE808 i was thinking about that. i think i need to make sure it's sending change messages, but not midi notes to my TR8S, pretty sure i know how to change that...

[@JamesBermingham]

Can I send Program Change data to a TR8s from the MC 707?

[@UnitE808]

Yes, you can!

[@AppAxis]

Can you map clips to a Novation Launchpad? #MC707 #NovationLaunchpad #ClipLauncher

[@UnitE808]

I think so! I’ll try it this weekend.

[@UnitE808]

As long as we can map PC messages to the launchpad, it should work. The issue might be that each track is a different midi channel.

[@AppAxis]

@@UnitE808 thanks. I found a video. You have to manually set the midi channel and pc settings, it works well.

[@holzhauser3532]

hi there! ...im havin trouble sending program change to tb3. there a 4 banks in this roland mashine and when im tryin to send program change above bank A,the tb3 dont do a change,sticking to bank A patch 26...it should be bank B patch 11 and therefore im sending pc 036,but it sticks on patch A 26... what m i missing? did all your tips... king regards

[@UnitE808]

Hi! I dont think the 707/101 sens LSB and MSB messages, changing banks in external gear. I can try to find a solution to this and report back!

[@holzhauser3532]

@@UnitE808 that would be so great!! canot understnd this problem...and dont know any Solution

[@holzhauser3532]

@@UnitE808 i could use the launchpad pro mk3 for that job,but dont want to take it if the mc 707 could do the job...

[@UnitE808]

@@holzhauser3532 the 707 currently can't send bank change messages. I hear they are working on that though.

[@NeoLudditevisons]

Good tutorial! Is this possible on mc101??

[@UnitE808]

Yes, it should be. Shift + clip and scroll to the midi category. All other steps apply

[@NeoLudditevisons]

@@UnitE808 fantastic! Thank you

[@lucio788]

how can I do this the opposite way , from ableton to change presets on the 707?

[@UnitE808]

Set to RxProgCh on

[@UnitE808]

Each clip in the track will have to be a different patch. Set the sound source to clip in your shift plus track select button menu.

[@lucio788]

hanks for the response, I could not make it work though, I'm using the free 8 track ableton version perfect for the MC 707, with ableton i'm trying to use it as a sond module only with the 8 tracks, I would like to change presets from ableton clips , so I can have different sounds on the same track, here is ableton info , maybe it will be more clear . thank you so muchfor the help, great channel. here is what ableton says if you google it help.ableton.com/hc/en-us/articles/209070489-Sending-Program-Change-messages-from-Live

[@gian5902]

@@UnitE808 I'm sorry to ask bt where is that option, I can't seem to find it

[@UnitE808]

@@gian5902 shift+clip button will give you the edit screen. Cursor over to midi. The PC number is the number you set to match Ableton track PC numbers. Also, go into system settings (shift+knob assign) and cursor to midi. Set RxPChan to ON.

[@djamalsaou2376]

It didn’t work for me,plus both the synth and the mc707 tone are playing at the same time , what am I doing wrong?

[@UnitE808]

It's hard to know without knowing what synth and what steps you took. It will play an internal synth sound if you have the track set to an internal sound source. If you set audio insert to your external device, an internal tone will not play.

[@djamalsaou2376]

I got it going after a few try, but I still hear the sound from mc-707 tone , I have novation sl mark3, mc707 , hydrasynth and novation bass station 2

[@UnitE808]

@Djamal Saou keep the volume fader down if you don't want to hear the tone on that track.

[@djamalsaou2376]

@@UnitE808 thank you , that’s what I do but they should find a way around this because like me I use mc-707 faders for my volume and I programmed Sl mark3 faders for my synth parameters

[@UnitE808]

@Djamal Saou if you run an instrument into an input on the 707 and select that track as the audio input (shift+sel), no internal tone will play. You can also turn off the tone Oscillator and there will be no sound.