User guide
Table Of Contents
- Evolution UC-33 User Guide
- “On The Fly” Operations
- Programming & Editing The UC-33
- Introduction To UC-33 Programming Options
- Selecting A Controller For Editing
- Assigning MIDI CC’s
- Assigning An Individual MIDI Channel
- Changing The Global MIDI Channel
- Setting Toggle Values For The Buttons
- RPN/NRPN, GM 1+2 SysEx & Other Messages
- Assigning MMC Control To A Button
- Assigning RPN/NRPN To A Fader/Rotary Controller
- Assigning A Note To A Button
- About SysEx Messages & Device ID
- Non-Volatile Memory
- Memory Dump
- Assigning A Device ID To The UC-33
- Resetting The UC-33 To The Factory Default Setting
- MIDI In/Out & MIDI Messages Explained
- The Evolution Librarian Software
- Technical and Warranty Info
- Contact
- Appendix A-G & Factory Preset List
- Appendix A - MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART
- Appendix B - Assignable MIDI CC’s on the UC-33
- Appendix C - Hexadecimal Conversion Chart
- Appendix D - Useful MIDI data
- Appendix F - Roland GS and Yamaha XG NRPN Support to Roland JV/XP
- Appendix G - General MIDI Reverb and Chorus Types
- Appendix H - UC-33 Preset Chart

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Evolution UC-33e
MIDI Note Numbers
Octave (n) Note Numbers
C#n Dn D#n En Fn F#n Gn G#n An A#n Bn
-1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
0
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
1
25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35
2
37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47
3
49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59
4
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71
5
73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83
6
85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95
7
97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107
8
109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119
9
121 122 123 124 125 126 127
Appendix F - Roland GS and Yamaha XG NRPN Support
to Roland JV/XP
NRPN NRPN Data Data
MSB LSB MSB LSB
CC99 CC98 CC06 CC38
01 08 00-7F n/a (-64 - 0 - +63) Vibrato Rate (relative change)
01 09 00-7F n/a (-64 - 0 - +63) Vibrato Depth (relative change)
01 0A 00-7F n/a (-64 - 0 - +63) Vibrato Delay (relative change)
01 20 00-7F n/a (-64 - 0 - +63) Filter Cutoff Freq. (relative change)
01 21 00-7F n/a (-64 - 0 - +63) Filter Resonance (relative change)
01 63 00-7F n/a (-64 - 0 - +63) EG (TVF&TVA) Attack Time (relative change)
01 64 00-7F n/a (-64 - 0 - +63) EG (TVF&TVA) Decay Time (relative change)
01 66 00-7F n/a (-64 - 0 - +63) EG (TVF&TVA) Release Time (relative change)
*14 00-7F 00-7F n/a (-64 - 0 - +63) Drum Filter Cutoff Freq. (relative change)
*15 00-7F 00-7F n/a (-64 - 0 - +63) Drum Filter Resonance (relative change)
*16 00-7F 00-7F n/a (-64 - 0 - +63) Drum EG Attack Rate (relative change)
*17 00-7F 00-7F n/a (-64 - 0 - +63) Drum EG Decay Rate (relative change)
18 00-7F 00-7F n/a (-64 - 0 - +63) Drum Instrument Pitch Coarse (relative change)
*19 00-7F 00-7F n/a (-64 - 0 - +63) Drum Instrument Pitch Fine (relative change)
1A 00-7F 00-7F n/a (0 to Max) Drum Instrument Level (absolute change)
1C 00-7F 00-7F n/a (Random, L>C>R) Drum Instrument Panpot (absolute change)
1D 00-7F 00-7F n/a (0 to Max) Drum Instrument Reverb Send Level (absolute change)
1E 00-7F 00-7F n/a (0 to Max) Drum Instrument Chorus Send Level (absolute change)
%1F 00-7F 00-7F n/a (0 to Max) Drum Instrument Variation Send Level (absolute change)
* added by Yamaha XG; % changed from Delay to Variation by Yamaha XG
Appendix G - General MIDI Reverb and Chorus Types
Reverb Types Chorus Types
0: Small Room 0: Chorus 1
1: Medium Room 1: Chorus 2
2: Large Room 2: Chorus 3
3: Medium Hall 3: Chorus 4
4: Large Hall 4: FB Chorus
8: Plate 5: Flanger










