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LP Stage II User’s Manual - The User Interface
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LP Stage II User’s Manual - The User Interface
MIDI CHANNELS IN AND OUT:
This menu is used to select the LP’s MIDI In and Out channels. The LP
can only send and receive on one channel at a time, but each channel
can be set independently. To change the MIDI channel, use the
CURSOR button to highlight the desired parameter, then use the
VALUE knob to select the new parameter value.
Values: OFF, 1 – 16;
the default values are 1 for both MIDI In and MIDI Out
MIDI SETUP:
The MIDI SETUP menu is used to select the LP’s MIDI options. There
are seven pages of MIDI menus, beginning with the ‘ALL NOTES OFF’
menu. This menu allows you to issue an ‘All Notes Off’ message to the
MIDI output, shutting off all active notes on the LP and/or any attached
MIDI tone modules or keyboards. This command is the equivalent of a
MIDI panic button to silence stuck notes. To issue the command, simply
press the ENTER button (you do not have to enable this menu with the
CURSOR button).
The second page of the MIDI Setup menu allows you to turn control of
the LP’s synth engine ON or OFF locally, i.e. the keyboard, wheels, and
any front panel controls that can also receive MIDI. It does not disable
any MIDI transmitting or receiving. A setting of ‘OFF’ will prevent double
triggering in the event you are using a MIDI sequencer with both the
MIDI IN and MIDI OUT connected, and the sequencer is echoing MIDI
data back to the LP. To change the Local Control setting, use the
CURSOR button to highlight the control value, then use the VALUE
knob to change the setting.
Values: ON, OFF; the default is ON
The third page of the MIDI Setup menu allows you to select the MIDI
input connection. Since the LP Stage II offers both MIDI DIN and USB
connections, several input options are possible. To specify the MIDI input
connection, use the CURSOR button to highlight the input selection,
then use the VALUE knob to select the desired input.
Values: NONE, DIN, USB, DIN/USB; the default is DIN/USB
TECH NOTE: ‘DIN’ is an abbreviation for ‘Deutsches Institut für Normung’ (German Institute
for Standardization). ‘DIN connectors’ commonly refer to a family of circular connectors that
were standardized by the DIN for commercial electronic use. When the MIDI standard was
released in 1983, it specied a 5-pin DIN connector as the hardware interconnection, thus
the ‘MIDI DIN’ connector.