Specifications

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to use doesn’t involve MIDI, simply select it with the mode parameter. If the external
controller you would like to use does involve MIDI, you have a choice. You can explicitly
enter it with the mode parameter, selecting the proper channel and, if you’ve chosen
MIDI double or MIDI single, selecting the con number. Alternatively, you can use the
Capture Midi feature, sending the MIDI signal you would like to modulate or trigger
with from your MIDI source and letting the H8000FW figure out the mode, channel,
and con.
Note: To aid in troubleshooting, you can use the BUSY LED as a "MIDI chaser." With the Memory Card
removed, any MIDI signals sent to the H8000FW at the MIDI In port cause the BUSY LED to flash. If you’re trying
to send MIDI messages to the H8000FW, but the BUSY LED isn’t flashing when you do (and the Memory Card is
removed), you know something is wrong with the connections outside the H8000FW!
Scaling the External Controller
The remaining parameters on the external modulation menu page pertain to scaling the
selected external controller to suit the range of modulation desired.
The horizontal bar graph on the bottom of the
left-hand side of the screen displays the current
value of the controller you selected in mode on
a scale of approximately 1 to 100. Use this bar
graph to visually confirm that the external controller you have selected is actually "finding its way"
to this menu page. If you manipulate your external controller and this bar graph doesn’t change,
something is wrong! To see how this works, if you select "mode: pitch wheel," jiggle the pitch
wheel on your keyboard and then leave it alone, you will see the screen shown above. The bar
graph reads 50.00, halfway between full minimum and full maximum.
If you pull the pitch wheel all the way down,
you’ll get the screen to the right. The bar graph
reads 0.00, full minimum. Similarly, if you crank
the pitch wheel all the way up, the bar graph
reads full maximum.
The next parameter we come to is range. After all this discussion you may have
forgotten that what you’re actually doing is modulating a parameter, but that is what you’re
doing. And parameters come in all shapes and sizes (like people). For example, you must
be able to modulate a delay time from 5 milliseconds to 25 milliseconds with a full rock of
the foot pedal just as you must be able to modulate a pitch shift from 0 cents to minus
4800 cents with a full rock of the foot pedal. The range parameter allows us to do just
that.