DOEPFER Dark Energy - USB;MIDI Interface Setup

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Functionality
3.3. USB/MIDI Interface
3.3.1. Connection / MIDI channel
Quitelikely,youwanttoplayyourDarkEnergyviaMIDI–therearetwoeasywaystodoso:
 •MIDIviaUSBor
 •the„classic“MIDI-connectionviaDINsocket.
•USB:TohookupDarkEnergyinyourMIDI-setupviaUSB,simplyconnecttheincludedUSBcableto
DarkEnergyandtoafreeUSBportonyourMacorWindowsPC.
MacOSX,WindowsXP(SP2orhigher)andWindowsVistaprovidethenecessarydriversandDarkEnergy
willbemountedassoonasitisconnected.YouwillndanewMIDIportinyourMIDIapplication,named
„USBaudiodevice“(WindowsXP)or„DarkEnergy“(OSX,WindowsVista)andyouarereadytogo.
Ifthismessageismissingoranerrormessageisshown,e.g.„USBdevicenotfound“,thenecessarydriver
ismostlikelynotinstalledornotworkingproperlyonthiscomputer.Inthiscase,DarkEnergy‘sUSBport
unfortunatelycannotbeusedonthisspeciccomputer.Weapologizefornotbeingabletosupportthispro-
blem,sincetherewillbemultiplecauses,veryspecicanddependingonthecomputer.Ofcourseyoucan
runDarkEnergyinsuchacaseviatheMIDIDIN-connectionwithoutanyproblem.Thesamegoesifyou
useanolderWindowsorMacSystemthatdoesnotprovidethenecessarydrivers.
•DIN socket:YoumayconnectDarkEnergyalternativelyviaMIDIcabletoaMIDIinterface,aMIDIkey-
boardoraMIDIhardwaresequencer.SimplyconnecttheMIDIoutputofyourMIDIdevicetoDarkEnergy‘s
MIDIport.PleasedonotuseUSBandDINconnectionsinparallel.
•MIDI channel selection (Learn button):InordertoenableDarkEnergytoreceiveincommingMIDIdata,
theMIDIchannelofboththeMIDIdeviceandDarkEnergyhavetobeidentical.YoumayselectDark
Energy‘sMIDIchannellikethis:
–SelectthedesiredMIDIchannelonyourMIDIdevice/softwareapplication.Pleaserefertotheiruser
manuals.
–PresstheLearnbuttononthebackofDarkEnergyandkeepitpresseddownforatleastonesecond.
TheLEDstartsashing,showingthatDarkEnergyisinlearnmode.Thedelayofonesecondavoids
unintendedenablingofthelearnmode.TheashingLEDalwaysindicatesDarkEnergy‘sactivelearn
mode.Topressthelearnbuttoneasily,youmayuseapenoraplug.
–Pressthekeyonyourkeyboardwiththelowestnote,thatDarkEnergyshouldbeabletoplay.Thisnote
willsetCV1(pitchCV)to0Volt.Thisisapprox.equivalentto65Hz/„C“,whentuningknobandrange
switcharebothincenterposition.Theavailablerangecoversveactavesabovethatnote.Thedefault
settingisMIDInotenumber36.
–Done–DarkEnergy‘sMIDIchannelnowtstotheoneoftheconnectedMIDIdevice.DarkEnergy
disablesthelearnmodeautomaticallyandchangestousualrunningmode.Ifyoumightenablethelearn
modeunintended,simplyhitthelearnbuttonagaintoleavelearnmode.
WhenDarkEnergyreceivesaMIDInote,thelearnLEDgoesoffforashortmoment.Youmayusethisasa
MIDI-inindicator,withouttheneedtoconnectasoundssystem.