Transpose Korg LE using MIDI

rackko1986 · Post by **rackko1986** » Wed May 25, 2011 1:47 am

Hello ppl....I bought Korg LE few days ago..Beside LE,i have and Roland VA76..Now am trying using MIDI cable to transpose LE,using commands from Roland...I connect Roland and Korg with MIDI cable...And now i want,when I press transpose on Roland VA76 keyboard,that comand goes thru MIDI cable to LE,so LE is being transposed too..Is it posible?..Sry for my bad english..I hope so u understund what i want..Actualy,am using "transpose" option very much and often,and few days ago,now i have 2 keyboards,and its very annoying presing transpose one moment on Roland,and then same moment on Korg..So i meant maybe i can make it,to do transpose on one keyboard,and transpose command will be done on both keyboards,using MIDI option..Some people told me thats possible,some tell me its not possible..I did try,but no success...So plz help me this works if is possible...Thank u all

X-Trade · Post by **X-Trade** » Wed May 25, 2011 8:52 am

I haven't looked into it but I don't think its possible.

Setting the 'transpose' is a parameter on one synth that tells it to change the notes it sends. Over MIDI it would send higher notes, but I don't see how you could tell the other synth to transpose too. Most likely it is a manufacturer-specific parameter in SYSEX or something.
So its not going to be straightforward.

Personally I think transpose shouldn't be overused. I guess it depends what you're doing but I'd personally rather just learn the song in the right key.