Desktop Editor Software Manual Version 1.
Desktop Editor Software Manual Introduction The sonuus i2Mmusicport is a very fast, low-latency, monophonic MIDI converter for use with all musical instruments. It also features a high-impedance USB audio interface so you can directly connect your musical instrument to your computer with ease. The MIDI converter architecture is very flexible and powerful. To enable you to make full use of this, we have provided a Desktop Editor Software application that runs on both Microsoft Windows and Apple OSX.
Desktop Editor Software Manual makes it easy to run the Desktop Editor Software alongside other applications, such as sequencers, so it appears much like any other “floating palette” of your main application. There are several pages of information and parameters which you can configure. These are selected by clicking on the tabs at the top of the window.
Desktop Editor Software Manual Musical Instrument Input Pre-amp MIDI configuration Pitch detection Mode options a Instrument Legato detect b c d Zones on 1 gate zone hold 2 range transpose constrainer chromatic 3 4 pitch-bend MIDI MIDI channel Hold Pedal 5 6 USB-MIDI Figure 2: Overview of the i2Mmusicport MIDI architecture. This shows the signal flow from your musical instrument to your MIDI instrument.
Desktop Editor Software Manual Figure 4: The mode tab used to edit and select Operating Modes Operating Modes can be thought of as built-in presets, where you can configure four independent presets to use with different musical instruments or to control different MIDI instruments.
Desktop Editor Software Manual The available instruments are shown in the table below. Instrument Note Range Description Guitar E1–C7 General guitar (electric and acoustic). This works well with most instruments, including 4-string bass guitar, but is optimised for the note range of 6- and 7string electric guitars. 4-String Bass C#1–A6 Similar to “Guitar”, but the note range is optimised for 4-string bass guitar.
Desktop Editor Software Manual Top Tip: When editing a MIDI Configuration, you usually want to hear the changes you make as you make them. The currently active MIDI Configuration is indicated by a hilight on the appropriate MIDI Configuration tab (see Figure 1). When you edit a MIDI Configuration, always check if the one you are editing is the active one, otherwise you may edit the wrong configuration and not hear any change to the MIDI output if that configuration is not currently active.
Desktop Editor Software Manual Figure 5: MIDI Configuration / Zones. The currently active MIDI Configuration is highlighted so you know if the one you are editing is currently active or not Hold Enable As mentioned in “Setup—settings” on page 12, the Hold pedal control allows you to hold MIDI notes while you continue to play your instrument. To make this feature even more useful, you can configure zones to respond, or to not respond, to the hold pedal.
Desktop Editor Software Manual When this is selected, the pitch bend option will be disabled because these two options are mutually exclusive. Top Tip: When using the chromatic option, it is very important that your guitar is tuned accurately and has good intonation. Otherwise the MIDI notes produced may not match those you are fretting.
Desktop Editor Software Manual When the constrainer is disabled, the specified note range will be retained so it is easy to experiment with toggling this feature on and off. Top Tip: Configure one zone with the Note Constrainer enabled with a note range of B0 to E2 and assign this to a bass MIDI instrument. When you play lead passages, you will get a convincing effect of a bass accompaniment. To further enhance this effect, put this zone into chromatic mode and add a ±4, 5 or 7 semitone transpose to it.
Desktop Editor Software Manual Figure 6: The setup tab lets you change global settings, manage your device and gives information on the version of hardware and firmware in your i2Mmusicport. Update Firmware The firmware (internal software) of the i2Mmusicport can be upgraded with new versions which fix problems or add new features. You can do this using the sonuus Firmware Loader application, and the update firmware option gives you an easy way to access this utility.
Desktop Editor Software Manual Pot Control Method This is an editor option (it is not stored on the device) which lets you set the method used for controlling pots (knobs) with the mouse. This can be rotary (where the pot position follows the position of the mouse) or x–y (where left-right movement gives fine position control, and up-down movement gives coarse position control). You can set this to the method you find most intuitive.
Desktop Editor Software Manual whenever the pitch-bend range of the i2Mmusicport changes, this RPN message will be sent on all active zones to allow the MIDI instrument to configure itself to match the current pitch-bend range setting. If you prefer for this RPN message not to be sent, it can be disabled by turning off the send PB sensitivity RPN option. Top Tip: When you first connect a soft synth to the i2Mmusicport MIDI output, it may not be set to use the correct pitch-bend sensitivity.
Desktop Editor Software Manual Firmware version This shows the version number of the currently installed firmware. This can be updated using the sonuus Firmware Loader application, using appropriate firmware updates available from the sonuus web site. Hardware version This shows which version of i2Mmusicport hardware you have. Desktop version This shows the version number of the Desktop Editor Software you are using.
