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Introduction Orbit Editor is a free software application that lets you change the MIDI messages sent from your Numark Orbit to your music software. This editor lets you set each pad, virtual knob, and button (across four banks) to send a unique command to your software, giving you deep, dynamic, and powerful control over your performance. Please read this manual to get a better understanding of the Orbit Editor.
Overview Graphical Interface Panels Orbit Editor's graphical interface looks just like your Numark Orbit but with some extra information about the MIDI messages it sends. All of this information is considered a "mapping," which determines how your Orbit will command your software. The three panels below it— Manage Mappings, Preferences, and Edit Mappings—let you adjust, save, load, reset, etc. your mappings.
Graphical Interface Orbit's has three types of hardware controls whose MIDI messages you can edit. This section explains how to adjust the MIDI message sent by each type of hardware control. Important: Remember that there are four banks of controls. When editing your mappings, make sure you are on the bank you want. Click the desired Pad Bank button in the graphical interface to select the bank.
Pads To adjust the pads' MIDI messages: 1. Select a pad by clicking it on the graphical interface. Its values will appear in the Edit Mappings panel below. 2. Set the pad's MIDI note number by clicking the Note field and dragging up or down. Alternatively, you can manually enter a value by typing it in. 3. Set the pad's MIDI channel by clicking the Channel field and select the channel number. 4.
Virtual Knobs (K1 – K4) To adjust the Virtual Knobs' MIDI messages: 1. Select a virtual knob (K1, K2, K3, or K4) by clicking it on the graphical interface. Its values will appear in the Edit Mappings panel below. 2. Set the virtual knob's CC (Control Change) number by clicking the CC field and dragging up or down. Alternatively, you can manually enter a value by typing it in. 3. Set the virtual knob's MIDI channel by clicking the Channel field and select the channel number. 4.
Accelerometers To adjust the accelerometers' MIDI messages: 1. Select an accelerometer by clicking the black box above its corresponding shoulder button on the graphical interface. Its values will appear in the Edit Mappings panel below. Note: The selected accelerometer's axis (Up-Down or Left-Right) will display in the Edit Mappings panel, for reference. 2. Set the accelerometer's CC (Control Change) number by clicking the CC field and dragging up or down.
Edit Mappings The earlier sections of this manual—Pads, Virtual Knobs (K1 – K4), and Accelerometers— describe how to use the Edit Mappings panel to set the various MIDI messages for each control. This panel has an additional feature, though, explained below. Apply The Apply feature lets you easily do either of the following: • Copy a MIDI note number, MIDI CC number, or MIDI channel number to a group of sequential controls of the same type (and on the same bank).
To copy a value to a group of controls: 1. Click the "lowest-numbered" pad, virtual knob, or accelerometer of the group of controls (e.g., if you want to copy a pad value across Pads 8-16, click Pad 8). 2. Click the Apply drop-down menu and select Constant. 3. Click the To drop-down menu and select the type of message you want to copy—Note / CC or Chan (channel). 4. Click the OK button. To assign ascending values to a group of controls: 1.
Manage Mappings The four buttons in this section let you manage your various mapping files (.json): To open a previously saved mapping file in the editor, click Load. To save and name the mapping file currently shown in the editor, click Save. To "download" or "grab" the mapping file from your (connected) Numark Orbit, click Retrieve. To "upload" the mapping file currently in the editor to your (connected) Numark Orbit, click Send.
Other Information At the bottom of the screen, you can enter any text you want into the Mapping Name field to provide more custom information about the Mapping (e.g., DJ Set 04-04-2013, Techno Mapping 01, etc.) This text is different from the file name. The Message area (to the right of the Mapping Name field) displays helpful confirmation or error messages to indicate the editor's operations.
Edit Overdrive: Select this to force your computer to prioritize Orbit Editor above other CPU processes. You probably will rarely, if ever, need to select this as the editor is very CPUefficient. Window Minimize: Select this to minimize the editor window. Zoom: Select this to maximize the editor window. Help Numark Orbit Editor: Select this to view more information about the editor.
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