Strand Lighting MX - Remote GO Cue Features; Midi GO Functionality

Issue 2
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MX SUPPLEMENT
SETI
tE3l : MOde =
LChann
REMOTE GO CUE
It is
now possible to remotely triggerlighting scenes that have
been pre-recorded
into
the
CD
sequencer by means of an external control such as an audio
signal,
MIDI timing signal or a MIDI PROGRAMME CHANGE command . This
feature will be extremely useful to any production that has music or
sound
effects, whether it be on tape orplayed `live' by one of today's modern keyboards .
Midi GO
Most
of
today's
keyboard synthesisers are Midi
based
and are
classed
as
MULTI
TIMBRAL
which means that different instrument voices
can play on different
MIDI channels at the same time . Pressing a button on the synth to change the
, voice' normally sends out a PROGRAMME CHANGE command over a MIDI
channel and it is this command that can be utilised by MX .
The effectiveness of the GO
cue
will depend on the MIDI capabilities of the
device used, some have
2 or
3
banks
of buttons to
change
voices and some have
only I or 2 and need to be programmed to
change
voices, but
as
long
as
a
PROGRAMME CHANGE is sent possible the GO cue will work .
EXAMPLE - We wish to change a lighting scene every time we change voices .
This makes sense, as switching from a percussive piano sound to some lush
sounding strings
will obviously create
a
different mood .
1 .) Programme the sequence of lights in the CD sequencer inclusive of both
fade
in
and fade out times
.
2 .) Check that AUDIO/MIDI on CONFIG SYSTEM menu is on AUDIO
( i .e . MIDI timing signals are ignored) .
3 .) Set MX to MIDI IN .
4 .) Connect the synth MIDI
OUT
to
MIDI
IN
on MX
.
5 .) Set MX to receive on MIDI CHANNEL 1 and the synth to transmit on
the same channel . ( MIDI CHANNEL 1 is always the default channel for all
midi devices) .
MIDI
IN
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