User manual

Table of contents
SPECIAL MESSAGE SECTION.......................................................................................................................... 2
FCC INFORMATION (U.S.A).............................................................................................................................. 3
INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................................................................7
THE BITSTREAM 3X............................................................................................................................................7
TERMINOLOGY....................................................................................................................................................8
INSTALLATION OF THE DRIVERS AND SOFTWARE................................................................................9
GETTING STARTED WITH THE BITSTREAM 3X........................................................................................9
CONNECTION TO A COMPUTER.......................................................................................................................................... 9
CONNECTION WITHOUT A COMPUTER............................................................................................................................... 10
DESCRIPTION OF THE FRONT AND REAR PANELS OF THE BITSTREAM 3X................................................................................11
FRONT: TYPE OF CONTROLS AND NUMBERING................................................................................................................... 11
DESCRIPTION OF THE LCD SCREEN............................................................................................................................... 13
The LCD Screen in « Normal Mode »................................................................................................................ 13
REAR PANEL: DESCRIPTION OF THE INPUTS AND OUTPUTS....................................................................................................14
THE EXPANSION PORT....................................................................................................................................14
OPERATING MODES OF THE BITSTREAM 3X.......................................................................................... 15
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN STANDARD MODE AND USER MODE................................................................................................15
STANDARD MODE........................................................................................................................................................15
PROPELLERHEADS REASON MODE.................................................................................................................................. 15
USER MODE............................................................................................................................................................... 15
CONFIGURATION AND USAGE OF THE BITSTREAM 3X.......................................................................16
THE RIBBON CONTROLLER ...........................................................................................................................................16
THE CROSS-FADER......................................................................................................................................................17
THE JOYSTICK.............................................................................................................................................................18
SELECTION OF THE «CURRENT FUNCTION»...................................................................................................................... 18
Role of the up-down buttons and the encoder.....................................................................................................18
SELECTION OF THE GROUP............................................................................................................................................. 19
SELECTION OF THE MIDI CHANNEL................................................................................................................................19
SELECTION OF THE SCENE MEMORIES............................................................................................................................... 20
ANALOG BEHAVIOUR.................................................................................................................................................... 20
DIGITAL BEHAVIOUR....................................................................................................................................................21
CURVE MODELS.......................................................................................................................................................... 22
MIDI AND USB INPUTS..............................................................................................................................................23
MIDI AND USB OUTPUTS.......................................................................................................................................... 24
COMPLETE SCHEMATIC OF THE MIDI AND USB ROUTING................................................................................................. 1
CHAIN OF CONTROLS................................................................................................................................................... 24
Example of Usage............................................................................................................................................... 24
ASSIGNING MIDI EVENTS TO THE CONTROLS OF THE BITSTREAM 3X........................................ 24
STANDARD VERSUS USER MODE ................................................................................................................................... 24
USING THE CONFIGURATION SOFTWARE.......................................................................................................................... 24
USING THE « ASSIGN » MENUS...................................................................................................................................... 25
CONFIGURATION OF THE CONTROLS OF THE BITSTREAM 3X................................................................................................26
MIDI events associated with the Standard mode................................................................................................26
MIDI events associated with User mode............................................................................................................ 26
The common parameters in Standard and User modes...................................................................................... 27
Selection of MIDI and USB Outputs............................................................................................................................. 27
“Auto-send”.................................................................................................................................................................. 27
Exclusion of a control of scene memories.................................................................................................................... 27
Digital Behaviour.......................................................................................................................................................... 28