As far as controller keyboards go, they dont get much larger than a Keystation Pro. Eighty eight keys, 9 sliders, 24 knobs, 22 buttons, 2 wheels and 3 pedal inputs, should be able to explore most of the PMA's potential.
At this stage I'll be looking at the sound module side of the PMA.
MIDI CONTROLLERS FOR EDITING INDIVIDUAL VOICES FOR A ROLAND PMA5
Standard Midi Control Change Messages that it responds to.
CC1 Modulation
CC5 Portomento time
CC7 Volume
CC10 Panning
CC11 Expression
CC16 Controller 1 (default)
CC17 Controller 2 (default)
CC64 Sustain
CC65 Portomento On/Off
CC66 Sostenuto
CC67 Soft
CC84 Autobend (portomento control)
CC91 Reverb Send
CC93 Chorus send
CC126/CC127 Mono/Poly
CC128 Pitch Bend Sensitivity
CC129 Coarse Tuning
CC130 Fine Tuning
CC131 Aftertouch
NRPN Controllers
M-Audio use a special CC number- 136, which allows NRPN LSB and MSB parameters to be easily allocated to a knob, rather than having to enter CC 98 then CC99 then CC6 sequentially
All of these MRPNs are "offset" parameters with a range of plus or minus 40, centred on 64. It is best to set them up with maximum and minimum values of 24 and 104 respectively.
CC 134 MSB 1 LSB 8 =Vibrato Rate
CC 134 MSB 1 LSB 9 =Vibrato Depth
CC 134 MSB 1 LSB 10 =Vibrato Delay
CC 134 MSB 1 LSB 32 =Filter Cutoff
CC 134 MSB 1 LSB 33 =Resonance
CC 134 MSB 1 LSB 99 =Attack (both filter and amplifier envelopes)
CC 134 MSB 1 LSB 100 =Decay (both filter and amplifier enveloopes
CC 134 MSB 1 LSB 102 =Release (both filter and amplifier envelopes).
RPN
As with NRPNs M-Audio uses a special CC- 132, to enter RPNs. This avoids having to use CC 100, CC101 and then CC6.
CC132 MSB 0 LSB 0 Pitch bend sensitivity (channel specific)
M-Audio has also put some further device specific
CC128 Pitch bend sesitivity (not sure if this is channel specific)
CC140 Pitch Bend
Some of the later Sound Canvas models supported GM2 controllers, however the PMA does not appear to be one of these.
