Live patch control for Clavia Nord Electro HP4

Question

I have played keyboards in bands for decades and never really taken any notice of the midi potential.   I am not a technical person but I love the idea of being able to use Midi live on stage.   I have just switched from a Roland A90EX to an Electro HP4 which is much lighter and has awesome sound quality.   To start with, I need to design a way of switching between patches on the new keyboard as fast as I could on the old one where I just tap in the patch number and up comes the sound I want.   Can anyone point me in the right direction please?

Comments

Hi @midiot, the first questions are going to be: 1) can you get a MIDI connection to the Clavia Nord and 2) when kind of MIDI messages does it expect? For the first part, is the synth connected to a computer? Does it have MIDI in? For the last question you'll have to check the user manual.

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Hi Admin,
Thanks for your reply.    I'm just waiting for a midi interface to connect to the ipad.   The clavia nord has standard midi in/out ports and a usb midi port.   At the moment, the keyboard isn't connected to the computer but I can have it connected next time I come online.   Thanks again.

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Hi Admin,
I'm now connected to bpth my pc via usb and to my ipad via a Line 6 MIDI Mobilizer II

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Next task for you, and I can definitely help if you cannot figure it out, is what kind of MIDI message the Roland needs to do a patch change. Then you should try to get that to happen with a knob, first off. Then we can talk about button groups. Good luck and let me know how it goes, please. Best!
Dan