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APPENDIX D:
MIDI Interface
Introduction to MIDI
MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a communication standard
language designed to allow electronic musical instruments to share
performance information. MIDI has also emerged as a format for exchanging
playback commands between many types of non-musical performance devices,
such as your Encore lighting control console.
All Encore consoles can receive and send MIDI commands. You can use these
commands to remotely select and execute Encore cues, trigger macros, and
control submaster and channel levels. Conversely, the Encore can use these
commands to trigger external MIDI events.
There are two distinct sets of MIDI messages recognized by the Encore. The
first set is the standard set of MIDI commands used by most musical devices.
For the Encore, this includes the Note-on and Note-off commands, level and
pitch bend information, program changes, as well as sequence-type "Go" and
"Stop" commands.
The second set of MIDI messages recognized by the Encore is the MIDI Show
Control (MSC) commands, a subset of MIDI, used for synchronizing a wide
variety of performance devices. The Encore recognizes Show Control
commands such as "Go", "Stop", "Resume", "Load", etc. When using the
Encore MIDI interface, keep in mind that the standard MIDI commands are a
distinctly different set of commands than MIDI Show Control messages . This
is why the MIDI Show Control commands only work with control devices that
have MSC implementation.
You connect the Encore to other MIDI devices via standard MIDI cables.
There are three MIDI connector ports located on the console back panel. The
three MIDI connectors are:
?? IN = Receives MIDI commands.
?? OUT = Sends MIDI commands.
?? THRU = Passes through any commands received
at the IN port.
The THRU port allows the Encore to participate in a communication chain of
multiple MIDI devices, without entering additional commands of its own into
the data stream.
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