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10.4 MIDI Quick Start
To get up and running with basic control of external MIDI devices here is a
quick start guide to programming a MIDI sequence including Notes and CC
messages. Further depth to using MIDI will expand throughout this section.
The general principles of setting steps and using work step parameters is
applied the same as audio patterns.
▌ CREATING A MIDI SEQUENCE
1. For this example ensure that the device to control, i.e. an external
synth, is connected via MIDI DIN Out. USB also transmits MIDI. Ensure
it receives clock, transport and notes on channel 1.
2. Press (Screen) knob to open the conguration menu. Set the MIDI
Settings to Clock In = Internal, Clock Out = MIDI Out Jack, Transport In
= Off, Transport Out = MIDI Out Jack.
3. Switch Play to MIDI Mode. Press [Shift] + [Audio/MIDI]. The Function
buttons will be lit violet as opposed to green when in audio mode.
4. Press a [Select] Pad to choose one or more tracks or simply program
the Grid [Pads] to sequence a pattern. Hold the step to apply and edit
the parameters to only selected steps or use work step approach to set
the values followed by programming the steps. Following examples are
per step.
• Hold [Pad] + Turn (Sample) to assign MIDI output channel. This can
be set 1-16 for MIDI Jack and also separately for USB. Set to Jack
Channel 1.
• Hold [Pad] + Turn (Note) to assign a note to output. The option to
set ‘No Note’ is possible which is useful to just send CC or PG data
without a note message.
• Hold [Pad] + Turn (Volume) to set the Velocity for the step.
• Double Tap (Panning) to ensure the secondary option is in view.
This is Note length in MIDI Mode. Hold [Pad] + Turn (Panning)
• Optionally, Hold [Pad] to assign a CC value to the step. Knobs can
be assigned to send CC messages with defaults in place. With the
sequencer stopped manual CC knob changes are sent while steps
should be programmed for a sequence of CC change messages to
be sent in sync to the pattern steps.
5. Press [Play] on Play and the sequence will play the external device
based on the notes and parameters set.
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