DigiTech PDS-3500 The Midi Pedal User Manual

INTRODUCTION TO MIDI
MIDI (Musical Instrumentation Digital Interface) is the communication specication dened by the
world's musical instrument manufacturers to allow one electronic device to talk to another. The speci-
cation was initially intended to allow keyboards to communicate with other keyboards and computers,
and thus, the specication includes codes to represent note on, note o, volume dynamics, pitch bend,
patch change, etc. In fact, an examination of the controls of a synthesizer gives a good indication of the
types of commands that the MIDI specication covers — anything that you can control in the synth can
also be controlled through the use of MIDI.
A portion of the MIDI specication deals exclusively with music generation, i.e. note on, note o, pitch
bend, and other commands, the rest of the MIDI specication provides a means to control the function
of electronic hardware. The MIDI program and control change commands oer a wide range of possibil-
ities for controlling patch bays, internal routing of signals in mixers, eects units, and many other digi-
tally accessed audio related equipment. The ability of the PDS-3500, THE MIDI PEDAL, to store in
memory up to 1,984 dierent presets and transmit these MIDI control codes to various pieces of equip-
ment makes it a very powerful tool for the performing musician and MIDI studio.

DigiTech PDS-3500 The Midi Pedal Specifications

General

Brand	DigiTech
Model	PDS-3500 The Midi Pedal
Category	Accessories
Language	English