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serial Enables or disables the serial port. If set to enabled, MIDI commands can be received at or sent from the serial port.

See Setting Up the Serial Port on page 139.

program load This determines whether the H8000FW will accept and obey MIDI program change messages and allows you to select the number of the Usergroup to be used as a MIDI map.

See Loading a Program Via a MIDI Program Change Message on page 124.

sequence out If set to old or new, then every time a parameter is changed or a program is loaded, a corresponding message is sent out the MIDI port as a system exclusive message. By recording parameter changes to a MIDI sequencer, you can automate your mix-downs. Simply play back the recorded MIDI sequence at the H8000FW’s MIDI input, and you will see the changes you recorded "played" by the sequencer (assuming MIDI is enabled and system exclusive is on). However, if you manage to configure the MIDI connections between your various pieces of equipment such that the "system exclusive, sequence out" MIDI messages of the H8000FW loop back into the H8000FW without delay, digital demons will unleash a raging fury inside your helpless unit. So, make sure that doesn’t happen! If you aren’t actively using the sequence out feature, it’s wise to leave it off.

See Sequencing With MIDI on page 143.

If you're recording a fresh sequence out, use new. Your H8000FW will send messages in a more robust ASCII format than the old protocol. Select old if the H8000FW will be responding to a sequence recorded in the earlier protocol.

system exclusive If set to on, then any system exclusive message that is received by the H8000FW will be accepted and dutifully obeyed. If set to off, then all system exclusive messages will be ignored. This switch does not prevent the H8000FW from sending system exclusive messages, however. You can use this parameter in conjunction with sequence out by leaving sequence out on and system exclusive off while recording a sequence, and sequence out off and system exclusive on while playing the sequence back. This eliminates the possibility of those digital demons dancing their mean dance in the H8000FW!

device ID All system exclusive messages to and from this the H8000FW will have this device ID. If you’re using more than one H8000FW, you can set each one’s device ID to a different value. This would let them share a common MIDI chain, while allowing system exclusive messages to be sent to a specific H8000FW. Normally, the device ID is left at 1, the factory default. You can control one H8000FW from another by matching their device IDs.

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Press the midi SOFT KEY again to reveal the "second" menu page.

MIDI This is just the same as the MIDI parameter found on the "top" menu page. It’s duplicated here for your comfort and convenience.

base channel Selects one of 16 MIDI channels to be the base channel from which MIDI channel numbers will be calculated elsewhere in the H8000FW. Changing the base channel value will change the MIDI channel numbers of all configured MIDI controllers in the H8000FW by the same amount.

For example, in the screen on the right, base channel is set to the default value of 1 and the controller responds to channel 3, being two more than the base channel. If base channel was

changed to 5, the controller would then respond to channel 7.

Base channel has no effect if omni is set to on.

omni mode If this is on, then a MIDI message on any channel is accepted and dutifully obeyed by every MIDI message recipient in the H8000FW. This keeps things simple in simple setups. If this is off, then every MIDI recipient in the H8000FW specifies which MIDI channel (offset from the base channel) it will accept messages on.

note mode The H8000FW allows selection of mono and poly mode. Poly means one channel has all the notes (keyboards). Mono means each channel plays only one note, but you have multiple channels (MIDI guitars, wind controllers).

pressure If this parameter is set to channel, then the last changed MIDI aftertouch message on a given channel affects all the notes played on that channel. If it’s set to key, then a MIDI aftertouch message on a given channel affects only the note with which it is associated.

pitch bend When using a MIDI keyboard to play a synthesizer program in the H8000FW, this parameter controls how many semitones a maximum MIDI pitch bend message shifts the original pitch.

sysex speed The lower the value of this parameter, the slower the H8000FW will transmit MIDI messages. This can be useful if the device being sent to is "unhappy" with faster rates.

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midiclk outWill make the H8000FW output a MIDI clock signal that represents its internal tempo (SETUP/tempo). This is a high accuracy signal to which other equipment can synchronize.

That’s it for MIDI globals. If you press the midi SOFT KEY one more time, you’ll see parameters pertaining to the serial port’s setup.

See Setting Up the Serial Port on page 139.

EXTERNAL MODULATION AND TRIGGER MENU PAGES

Many aspects of the H8000FW’s operation can be controlled by "external" signals. These "external" signals include MIDI signals and signals at the rear panel foot pedal jacks 1 and 2 (see External Controllers on page 92 to set these controllers up). External "modulation" involves altering a parameter value over a range of values. For example, you could modulate a delay from 5 milliseconds to 25 milliseconds. At different points in time, the delay will be 5 milliseconds, 25 milliseconds, and all of the values in-between. An external "trigger," on the other hand, has only two states. It is not continuous. For example, you could trigger a gate to open. The gate can be either open or closed. A trigger switches the parameter from one state to the other.

The various external modulation and trigger menu pages you will encounter are all variations on a common theme. Although the length of this section might lead you to think otherwise, all you’re really doing on these menu pages is selecting the external controller that will modulate or trigger a parameter. If the external controller you select involves MIDI, then you will also have to deal with MIDI channels and (possibly) MIDI control numbers. This adds length to our discussion, but it shouldn’t add complexity.

In the case of external modulation menu pages, we’re doing one more thing: we’re scaling the external controller to suit the range of modulation we would like. Again, the concept is simple, but we’ll have to get a little wordy in the process of describing it. Apologies . . .

For the sake of providing an example, we’re going to externally modulate the knob parameter found in the program Interface Modules. To load it, set the parameters on the

Criteria menu page in the SETUP area as shown here.

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Then use the left and right CURSOR keys to skip through the programs by their first letter to the programs that begin with "i". Then use the up and down CURSOR keys to find the program

Interface Modules and press the SELECT key.

This program was designed for folks who are interested in creating their own programs (see the separate programming manual). As such, knob doesn’t do anything useful, but it will serve us well for the purposes of this demonstration.

With the cursor highlighting knob on the inputs menu page in the LEVELS area, press and hold the SELECT key until the external modulation menu page shown to the right

appears. The "SELECT key trick" is how you "remote control" any parameter in the H8000FW and is discussed in depth on page 111. For now, we have a convenient method for getting you to an external modulation menu page. You will also find "explicit" external modulation menu pages in the PARAMETER area (ones that don’t require you to press SELECT to see them!) .

See Remote Controlling Parameters on page 111 if you’re really curious.

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"Manually" Selecting an External Controller for Modulation

The first parameter, mode, selects the actual external controller that will do the modulating. Our choices are as follows (some are discussed in the section immediately following this one):

off No external modulation at all.

highThis isn’t really a modulator (it doesn’t evolve through time). It pins the parameter at its highest modulation value.

mid This pins the parameter at its middle modulation value.

low This pins the parameter at its lowest modulation value.

assign 1, 2, ..., 8, Trig 1&2

These are "placeholders" that are assigned to actual external modulators on the external menu page in the SETUP area. Until you understand the concept of "redirection" discussed below don’t pay any attention to these.

You can read about redirection in The Concept Behind "Redirection" - External Assigns 1-8 and Trigs 1 & 2

on page 106.

pedal 1 & 2 The input from the pedals at the rear panel foot pedal jacks 1 and 2. These jacks are setup on the pedals menu page in the SETUP area.

See Foot Pedals 1 and 2 on page 92 to "set them up."

tip 1 & 2, ring 1 & 2, and tip & ring 1 & 2

When a pedal input is used as a switch input, it can operate in one of two modes, supporting either 2 switches or 3 switches. If any controller references "tip&ring" for a given socket, that socket will be in "3 switch" mode, otherwise it will be in "2 switch" mode.

In "2 switch" mode:

"tip" is high when a switch connected between tip and sleeve is closed.

"ring" is high when a switch connected between ring and sleeve is closed.

To give an added control input, a third switch may be connected so as to connect both tip and ring to sleeve. This will require a 2 pole switch or a few diodes. Alternatively, the same results may be obtained by pressing the first two switches simultaneously to simulate the third switch. (See drawing on page 101.)

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In "3 switch" mode:

"tip" is high when a switch connected between tip and sleeve is closed and the third switch is open.

"ring" is high when a switch connected between ring and sleeve is closed and the third switch is open.

"tip&ring" is high when the third switch is closed.

general 1, 2, 3, and 4

MIDI control messages 16, 17, 18, and 19.

MIDI double Allows selection of any MIDI control number with very fine quantization. Input range is 0 to 16383. A third parameter appears, con, which selects the

controller number to be used. Your choices for con are 0 to 31. The MIDI control number con will pass the "coarse" value for the modulation and the MIDI control number con + 32 will pass the "fine" value for the modulation.

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