User Guide

Using MIDI
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15.Using MIDI
The controller is designed to be fully controllable by MIDI, either from a keyboard or
a sequencer. You would typically use a keyboard to allow dynamic ‘real-time’ playback
of scenes, and a sequencer if you need to match the lightshow to pre-recorded MIDI
or sound.
The controller can be set to either receive on a specific MIDI channel, or to receive
on all MIDI channels (OMNI mode). If set to a specific channel, it will ignore MIDI on
any other channel. This can be useful if you want to control several units
independently from one sequencer.
You set the MIDI channel using System setup option 4 (see page 49).
15.1 Recalling Scenes by MIDI
You can recall any scene using the white keys on a standard 5-octave keyboard. The
bottom 16 keys (starting at MIDI note 36, C2 or C3 depending on which
manufacturer made your MIDI equipment) recall the 16 scenes in the current bank.
The key velocity (how hard you press the key) sets the crossfade time between the
current scene and the new scene - if you press the key gently, a slow crossfade will be
set. If you press the key hard, a fast crossfade will be set (you can turn this feature off
if you don’t like it - see page 51)
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You can select any of the 32 scene banks using the next 12 white keys. To enable 32
banks to be fitted on a standard keyboard, the 32 scene banks have been divided up
into groups of 8. Banks 1-8 are in group 1, banks 9-16 in group 2, banks 17-24 in
group 3 and banks 25-32 in group 4. You can change group by pressing F, G, A or B in
octave 5. You can select any bank in the group by pressing one of the 8 bank keys.
If you are recording a light show on a sequencer, you should always start off by setting
the bank, as you don’t know which bank will be selected.