User manual

PRINCIPLES OF NAVIGATION........................................................................................................................................... 52
HIERARCHY OF THE MENUS (SUMMARY)........................................................................................................................ 54
OTHER USEFUL FUNCTIONS......................................................................................................................... 58
SHIFT KEY............................................................................................................................................................... 58
Blocking MIDI Data........................................................................................................................................... 58
Blocking Bitstream 3X MIDI Channel insertion.................................................................................................58
Access to supplementary digital controls........................................................................................................... 58
Increasing the range of value changes............................................................................................................... 58
Access to multiplexed parameters.......................................................................................................................58
INITIALISATION OF THE BITSTREAM 3X........................................................................................................................... 59
REGULATING THE CONTRAST..........................................................................................................................................59
UPDATING THE FIRMWARE............................................................................................................................................. 60
REVERSAL OF THE VIDEO MODE......................................................................................................................................61
USAGE EXAMPLES OF THE BITSTREAM 3X............................................................................................. 62
USAGE WITH A SYNTHESIZER SOFTWARE.......................................................................................................................... 62
Propellerheads Reason (before V3,0).................................................................................................................62
Ableton Live........................................................................................................................................................ 64
DEFINITION OF THE EXCLUSIVE SYSTEMS OF THE BITSTREAM 3X..............................................66
GENERAL FORMAT OF EXCLUSIVE SYSTEMS......................................................................................................................66
LIST OF THE GLOBAL PARAMETERS ACCESSIBLE VIA SYSEXS................................................................................................68
Example of communication.................................................................................................................................70
DEFINITION OF MIDI DATA ASSIGN ACCESSIBLE VIA SYSEXS............................................................................................. 70
DEFINITION OF THE LCD ASSIGN DATA ACCESSIBLE VIA SYSEXS........................................................................................ 72
MIDI OVERVIEW............................................................................................................................................... 73
INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................................................................ 73
NUMBERS AND CONVENTIONS.........................................................................................................................................73
MIDI HARDWARE INTERFACE........................................................................................................................................ 73
MIDI DATA FORMAT................................................................................................................................................... 73
CHANNEL MESSAGES.....................................................................................................................................................74
MODE........................................................................................................................................................................74
VOICE........................................................................................................................................................................74
SYSTEM MESSAGES.......................................................................................................................................................74
COMMON....................................................................................................................................................................74
REAL-TIME................................................................................................................................................................ 74
EXCLUSIVE................................................................................................................................................................. 75
ADDITIONAL STATUS NOTES........................................................................................................................................... 75
RUNNING STATUS.........................................................................................................................................................75
UNDEFINED AND UNIMPLEMENTED STATUS....................................................................................................................... 75
Table 1: MIDI byte value summary.................................................................................................................... 76
TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS ................................................................................................................78