Program Change
Status2nd byte
CnHppH n = MIDI channel number : pp = program number :
MIDI Implementation

0H - FH (ch.1 - ch.16)

00H - 3FH (prog.1 - prog.64) (Preset)

00H - 07H (prog.1 - prog.8) (Other Tones)

*Not received when MIDI PROGRAM CHANGE SWITCH is OFF (p. 53) (factory setting: ON).

System Realtime Message

Active sensing

Status

FEH

*This will be transmitted constantly at intervals of approximately 250 ms.

System Exclusive Messages

“Identity Reply” and “Data Set 1 (DT1)” are the only System Exclusive messages transmitted by VK-8.

When an appropriate “Identity Request Message” and “Data Request 1 (RQ1)” message are received, the requested internal data will be transmitted.

Identity Reply

Status

Data byte

F0H

7EH, dev, 06H, 02H, 41H, 4DH, 01H, 00H, 00H, 00H, 01H, 00H, 02H

Status

 

F7H

 

Byte

Explanation

FOH

Exclusive status

7EH

ID number (universal non-realtime message)

dev

Device ID (use the same as the device ID of Roland)

06H

Sub ID#1 (General Information)

02H

Sub ID#2 (Identity Reply)

41H

ID number (Roland)

4DH

Device family code (LSB)

01H

Device family code (MSB)

00H

Device family number code (LSB)

00H

Device family number code (MSB)

00H

Software revision level

01H

Software revision level

00H

Software revision level

00H

Software revision level

F7H

EOX (End of Exclusive)

*Reply the message by the unique device ID (dev) when the device has received the “Identity Request Message” in the Broadcast.

Data Set1

DT1

Status

data byte

F0H

41H, dev, 00H, 4DH, 12H, aaH, bbH, ccH, ddH, eeH... eeH, sum

Status

 

F7H

 

Byte

Remarks

F0H

Exclusive status

41H

ID number (Roland)

dev

device ID (dev: 10H fixed)

00H

model ID

4DH

model ID (VK-8)

12H

command ID (DT1)

aaH

address MSB

bbH

address

ccH

address

ddH

address LSB

eeH

data: The actual data to be transmitted. Multi-byte data is transmitted

 

in the address order.

:

:

ffH

data

sum

checksum

F7H

EOX (End Of Exclusive)

*For the address, size, and checksum, refer to “Examples of System Exclusive Messages and Calculating the Checksum” (p. 76).

*Large amounts of data must be divided into packets of 128 bytes or less, and transmitted at intervals of approximately 40 ms.

*Regarding the checksum, please refer to page 76.

3. Parameter address map (MODEL ID = 00 4DH)

Transmission of “#” marked address is divided to some packets. For example, ABH in hexadecimal notation will be divied to 0AH and 0BH, and is sent/received in this order.

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Start

 

Address

Description

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00 00 00 00 System —————————————+———————————————————————————————————————————————————

10 00 00 00

Temporary Preset

:

—————————————+———————————————————————————————————————————————————

20

00

00 00

User Preset (01)

20

01

00 00

User Preset (02)

 

:

20

3F

00 00

User Preset (64)

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• System

+—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————+

Offset

 

Address

Description

—————————————+———————————————————————————————————————————————————

00

00 00

System Common

00

01 00

System MIDI

00

02 00

System

Organ

00

03 00

System

FX

+—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————+

• Preset

+—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————+

Offset

 

Address

Description

—————————————+———————————————————————————————————————————————————

00

00 00

Preset Common

00

10 00

Preset

Organ

00

20 00

Preset

FX

+—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————+

• System Common

+—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————+

Offset

 

Address

Description

—————————————+———————————————————————————————————————————————————

#

00 00

0000 aaaa

 

 

 

0000 bbbb

 

 

 

0000 cccc

 

 

 

0000 dddd

Master Tune

(24 — 2024)

 

—100.0 — 100.0 [cent]

00 04

0000 aaaa

Key Transpose

(58 — 69)

 

 

—6 — +5

00 05

0000 aaaa

Foot Control Assign

(0 — 10)

 

ROTARY SLOW/FAST, ROTARY SPEED,

 

ROTARY BRAKE ON/OFF, OTHER TONES

 

GLIDE, PRESET UP, OVERDRIVE,

 

OTHER TONES EXPRESSION, D BEAM SYNC,

 

CRESCENDO, RING MODULATION,

 

TONE WHEEL BRAKE, SPRING SHOCK

00 06

0000 000a

Foot Control Polarity

(0 — 1)

 

STANDARD, REVERSE

00 07

0000 000a

Hold Pedal Polarity

(0 — 1)

 

STANDARD, REVERSE

—————————————+———————————————————————————————————————————————————

00 00 00 08 Total Size +—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————+

• System MIDI

+—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————+

Offset

 

Address

Description

—————————————+———————————————————————————————————————————————————

00 00

0000

aaaa

Control Channel

(0

— 15)

 

 

 

1

— 16

00 01

0000

aaaa

Upper Channel

(0

— 15)

 

 

 

1

— 16

00 02

0000

aaaa

Lower Channel

(0

— 15)

 

 

 

1

— 16

00 03

0000

aaaa

Pedal Channel

(0

— 15)

 

 

 

1

— 16

00 04

0000

aaaa

Other Tones Channel

(0

— 15)

 

 

 

1

— 16

00 05

0000

aaaa

Drums Channel

(0

— 15)

 

 

 

1

— 16

00 06

0000

aaaa

Spring Shock Channel

(0

— 15)

 

 

 

1

— 16

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00 07

0000

000a

Sound Controlers Switch

(0 — 1)

 

 

 

 

OFF, ON

00 08

0000

000a

General Controlers Switch

(0 — 1)

 

 

 

 

OFF, ON

00 09

0000

000a

Program Change Switch

(0 — 1)

 

 

 

 

OFF, ON

—————————————+———————————————————————————————————————————————————

00 00 00 0A Total Size

+—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————+

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