MIDI Devices

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MIDI devices
Introduction
In this document, the creation of new MIDI Devices and
Device panels is described. If you want to learn how to in-
stall and use MIDI Devices, please refer to the chapter
“Using MIDI Devices” in the Operation Manual.
Defining a new MIDI device
If your MIDI device is not included in the list of pre-config-
ured devices (and is not a “plain” GM or XG device), you
need to define it manually to make it possible to select
patches by name.
1. In the MIDI Device Manager, click the Install Device
button.
The Add MIDI Device dialog appears.
2. Select “Define New…” and click OK.
The “Create New MIDI Device” dialog appears. For a description of all the
options in this list, see “The Create New MIDI Device dialog” on page 6.
3. Activate the MIDI channels you would like the device
to use in the Identical Channels list.
This means that the device will receive Program Change over any MIDI
channel. For a description of Identical and Individual channels, see the
section “The Create New MIDI Device dialog” on page 6.
4. Enter a name for the device at the top of the dialog,
click [Enter] and then OK.
The device appears in the Installed Devices list, and the device node
structure for the device is shown automatically in a new window.
5. Select Patch Banks from the pop-up at the top of the
window.
As you can see, the list is currently empty.
6. Make sure the Enable Edit checkbox is activated.
Now you can use the functions on the Commands pop-up menu to the
left to organize the patch structure of the new device.
The Create New MIDI Device dialog
When you select “Define New” in the Add MIDI Device di-
alog, the Create New MIDI Device dialog opens.
The dialog contains the following settings:
Item Description
Identical/
Individual
Channels
Here you can specify which MIDI channels you wish the
device to use. Identical channels share channel settings
and parameters, whereas Individual channels are “exclu-
sive”. An example for this are GM/XG devices – in these
devices, the channels are all identical, except channel 10,
which is always the drum channel.
Channel
Settings
This specifies which MIDI messages should be sup-
ported by the MIDI device (for each Identical channel).
Preset Type Preset References contain the patch name and a corre-
sponding MIDI message (typically Program Change/
Bank Select). Snapshots also contain a patch name but
in addition complete parameter settings, which are reset
when such a preset patch is recalled. For more informa-
tion about snapshots, see “Working with snapshots” on
page 21.
Global Set-
tings SysEx
Parameters
Activate this checkbox if you wish the device to use Sys-
tem Exclusive messages. For more information about
SysEx messages, see “SysEx messages” on page 23.
Global Set-
tings Snap-
shots
This specifies whether the device supports global snap-
shots, which memorize all parameters in a device. For
more about snapshots, see “Working with snapshots” on
page 21.