How do I work with custom bank change messages in Emagic Logic? I have a keyboard which requires both controller 0 (MSB) and controller 32 (LSB) bank change messages to select banks.

This article assumes you have started setting up the instrument in the environment, which is another store altogether.

In the environment instrument, select Custom Bank Messages. Then go to Options – Define Custom Bank Messages.

Bank 0 states that these messages will be sent when you select bank 0 in the Arrange window. You will need to Change two lines to read Bank 0 (click and drag down to change the Bank 1 to Bank 0).

For the first one, select Num to be Control 32 (LSB) and Val to be the appropriate MSB bank change value for your keyboard/synth.

For the second one, select Control 0 (MSB) and Val appropriately.

Then, make two Bank 1 entries and so forth.

If you need more lines, you can right-click on the word Control, and it will make a copy of that line and add it to the list.

With this method, you can literally send a string of controller messages, if necessary, when you select a bank from the Arrange window.

Note that the bank numbers now correspond to what YOU defined in this article, not specifically what the keyboard/synth uses.

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