The Sirius and MIDI
101
Examples of MIDI-Connections to the Sirius:
In the following section you will find the most common MIDI-connections that are possible with the
Sirius.
In order to be able to hear the sound of all the instruments mentioned in the following
examples, the audio-outputs of all devices must be connected to an amplifier or a mixing desk. Be-
cause most amplifiers do not allow you to hear more than one sound source at one time, a mixing
desk is of course the better solution. The following diagram shows you how to connect the Sirius and
other audio-equipment using a mixing desk and an amplifier. The CD-player in our example can of
course be replaced or supplemented by an expander, a sound card or another synthesizer.
Important:
This diagram shows you how to configure the audio connections of the Sirius. The two audio out-
puts (OUT-LEFT/RIGHT) are connected with two parallel input channels on a mixing desk To main-
tain the stereo integrity of the sounds of the Sirius, the pan controls of the mixing desk channels
which you have used should be set to opposite positions, i.e. one hard-left and one hard-right. If
your mixing desk has dedicated stereo channels, no additional setting is required for the pan-
orama.
In order to be able to work with the Beat-Recognition-Sytsem the signal of the CD-player needs
to get to the CARRIER-input of the Sirius. The simplest solution is to use the headphone output of
the CD-player. In this way the Sirius can receive the trigger signal even when the CD-player is
muted on the mixing desk. Better mixing desks allow you to send the trigger signal of the CD-
player via the AUX-Sends or EFFECT-sends to the Sirius. Such a connection is also required when
the CD-player does not have a headphone output or you want to use for instance a record player
(with pre-amp) as the Trigger source.
IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN
LR
AUX-SEND
MAIN-OUT
1234
5 6 7 8
LR
MIX
CD-1 02:35
CD-Player
AUDIO
-RIGHT
AUDIO
-LEF
T
CARRIER-IN
or
ANAL
YSE-IN
AUX
-/EFFECT
-SEND
PHONES
R OUTPUT L
Amplifier
R Input LSpeaker
VU VU
32 OHM32OHM
NATURAL
DRUMS
BASS-
SOUNDS
DIRTY
NATURAL
DIRTY
BASS
ELECTRONIC
DRUMS
PAD-
SOUNDS
909-TYPE
PLUCKED
SOUNDS
808-TYPE
LEVEL
BD SNARE HIHAT PERC. SYNTH 1 SYNTH 2 SYNTH 3
MOD.-WHEEL
ASSIGN
PART
SELECT
SOUND
SELECT
MODULATION
WHEEL
PITCH
BEND
TRACK-MUTING
PATTERN
SELECT
SONG
SELECT
PART
MUTE
PART/SEQ.
TO MIDI
PANORAMA FX1/FX2
12
SNARE HIHAT
DETUNE FILTER-
OVERDRIVE
Q-FACTOR VCF-EG
MACRO
VCA-EG
MACRO
MOD.-
DEPTH
MOD.-
RATE
SPECIAL-LOOP
TRACK-FADER
OVERBLAST
MOD.-
MACRO
WAVE-
MACRO
GLIDE
LPF 24 dB RELEASE
0
32
64
96
127
LPF 12 dB
HPF 12 dB
PAGE/BANK
MASTER
VOLUME
MICROPHONE
CONNECTOR
VALUE
TEMPO
RECALL EXIT
EDIT WRITE
SHIFT
KEY-TRACKINGOCTAVE-UPOCTAVE-DOWN VCF-DYN. VCA-DYN. RANDOM-SOUND
PRESS BUTTON
FOR SOUND-CREATION
TAP-
TEMPO
DEMO
SYNC.
EXTERN
AUDIO
SYNC
CUTOFF ENV.-MOD VCA
LEVEL
PERCUSSION
PATTERN BREAK SPECIAL LOOPTRACKS
SYNTH 1 SYNTH 2 SYNTH 3 VOCODER
HOLD BUTTON AND
SELECT PART
ANALYSE CARRIER CARRIER-EXT. MICRO.
HOLD
TO
SELECT
REW
ARPEG.
ON/OFF
START
SONG-STEP
STOP
FWD
PHONES
KICK/BD
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
SOLO-
SOUNDS
DRUM-SFX
EFFECT-
SOUNDS
SIRIUS
SIRIUS
by QUASIMIDI
CATEGORIES
MIXER 11CHANNELVOCODER SEQUENCER
MODULATOR OSCILLATORS RESONANCE-FILTER
AMPLIFIER
EG-MACROS PHONETISCHERSPEKTRALTRANSFORMATOR
RECORD
Just to remind you, here is a
diagram of how to configure
your audio connections!
!
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