User Manual

6.2. MIDI Control Center settings
The MIDI settings are all using the MIDI Control Center's Device tab. Again, download the
software from www.arturia.com.
Input MIDI Channels - All, 1-16, none. MaxiBrute sends and receives on one 16-channel MIDI
port.
Output MIDI Channel - 1-16. Choose between the 16 MIDI channels to send on.
MIDI clock source - USB, MIDI, Sync. The USB port is the MaxiBrute's built-in MIDI interface,
which you connect to a Mac or PC; MIDI is the 5-pin DIN MIDI in.
Use the Sync port to interface with pre-MIDI devices, such as old Korg and Roland drum
machines. The following types are supported: 24 pulses per quarter note (Roland DIN).
MIDI param send and receive - Turns MIDI from the panel on and off. The keyboard still
sends notes when it's off. You might not want the knobs and sliders to trigger or respond to
MIDI from another instrument while you're playing.
MIDI out select - The choices are Off, USB, MIDI, or MIDI + USB. USB has the advantage of
connecting directly to a Mac or PC without a MIDI interface, but you can run MIDI cables
over longer distances. Also note that if you save a DAW project that used the USB connection,
then load it again later, the DAW may get upset if the MatrixBrute isn't connected and turned
on; it'll be looking for a MIDI interface it doesn't see.
Local control - Local off means all the panel controls and the keyboard get sent out over
MIDI, but they're disconnected from the MatrixBrute. This is convenient if you're working
with a DAW; you'll hear the keyboard and controls on the MatrixBrute when its track is
selected and MIDI is being sent back to trigger it, but you won't hear it when DAW tracks
assigned to other instruments are selected. You can then play other instruments from the
MatrixBrute without it playing along. Also, the MatrixBrute can be playing back MIDI you've
recorded while you play other instruments from its keyboard and controls.
Program Change Receive - MIDI Program Change commands switch Presets. That can be
convenient, or you can turn it off to prevent Presets from changing when you don't want
them to.
Pedal 1, Pedal 2, Footswitch polarity - The choices are Normal and Inverted. Some
manufacturer's pedals are reversed, so higher is lower and off is on. This corrects for that.
Pot mode - Because the knobs are 270 pots and not 360 degree encoders, they don't
necessarily reflect their underlying settings, there are three choices for how they behave
when sending MIDI.
Jump means a knob sends the value of its physical position as soon as you move it,
regardless of its underlying setting. If the underlying setting is 12, the knob happens to be at
3, and you move it to 4, it will jump to 4. (These are not actual numbers.)
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