User manual

USER MANUAL
Note : If the synth requires the splitted values MSB first, simply ensure control value position 1 is lower
than control value position 2, or vice versa.
The Transport Bar
The transport bar on the Bitstream 3X allows the machine to play the role of digital sequencer, capable
of controlling any instrument or MIDI software that responds to real time synchronization events.
Also, the Bitstream 3X is capable of being the instrument master of a MIDI system, the user uses this
bar to play the other MIDI instruments at the same time, without losing synchronization.
Configuration
The transport bar has 5 buttons:
- Backward (to move a position marker backward for example)
- Forward (to move a position marker forward, for example)
- Stop (to stop a musical sequence, for example)
- Play (to play a music sequence for example)
- Record (to record a music sequence for example)
The usage of these five buttons differs from the usage of the other assignable buttons. The principle
differences are listed in the table below:
Transport buttons Assignables buttons
Assigning of event MIDI √ √
Number of available groups 1 21
MIDI events in standard mode CC/Notes + Real-time CC/Notes
MIDI events by default in user mode MMC + Real-time CC
Usage of the SHIFT key Become standard
assignable buttons
Become standard
assignable buttons
Digital behaviour Push Push/Toggle
LCD assignable chain in user mode - √
Other functions Trig automation functions -
Like all the other digital controls, the transport bar function under the two operating modes of the
Bitstream 3X: Standard and User.
In Standard mode, the transport functions generate the CC/Note 0 to 4, whereas in User mode, the
assigned MIDI events are the messages of MMC (Midi Machine Control). It is understood that the
possibility to modify the assignments to adapt the buttons to a specific MIDI environment, exists.
According to the preceding table, when the SHIFT key is active, the 5 buttons becomes assignable
buttons operating on all 21 groups of the Bitstream 3X
Synchronization of the Bitstream 3X
The transport buttons generate the MIDI events in the same manor as the other digital controls, with
several differences described in the preceding paragraph, but these transport buttons generate as
well, MIDI events in real-time, when the internal synchronization of the Bitstream 3X is turned on.
The real-time MIDI events generated by these buttons are as follows:
- Real-time Clock (message MIDI 0xF8) – permanent
- START Signal (message MIDI 0xFA) – when play is pressed
- STOP Signal (message MIDI 0xFC) – when stop is pressed
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