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Remote Controlling Triggers

As we mentioned before, some soft keys are known as triggers because pressing them causes an action to happen, as opposed to displaying a menu page. An example of this is shown in the

program Simple Sampler. <record>, <play>, and stop are all triggers.

To remote one of the triggers, press and hold the soft key for about a second. This will then bring up the remote control screen described above, allowing you to choose how you want to

control it. The flashing underbar indicates that this key is remotely controlled. If you change the mode to off on the "remote control" menu page, the underline will, of course, go away.

To change the "one second hold time," see Miscellaneous Setup Options on page 138.

MIDI GROUPS

The use of "MIDI groups" allows an alternative way to control the H8000FW from MIDI, with the minimum of setting up. A MIDI group is a numbered sequence of MIDI controllers, for example, 70,71,72 .. 77. When the H8000FW has been told to respond to this group, these controllers will correspond to the parameters on the H8000FW's screen. This allows a multi-controller such as the Peavey PC1600 to control the H8000FW with very little configuration required.

For example, referring to the parameter screen at the right, the MIDI group from 70-77 would give you the following results:

70: predelay

71:decay time

72:room size

73:diffusion

74:hi decay

75:hi freq

76:lo decay

77:lo freq

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Each parameter would be controlled over its full range - for example, in this preset lo freq has a minimum value of 10 (Hz) and a maximum value of 1000 (Hz). This means that the minimum MIDI value (0) would give you 10 (Hz) and the maximum MIDI value (127) would give you 1000 (Hz).

In this example, using a MIDI single controller, the resolution will be limited to the 128 steps offered by MIDI, meaning that the minimum change possible is (1000-10)/128 or about 8Hz. MIDI double controllers (numbered 0 to 31) will give better resolution.

If you then changed to a different screen, say

in the LEVELS area, the following would

70:A OUT1 Wet/Dry

71:A OUT2 Wet/Dry

72:A OUT3 Wet/Dry

73:A OUT4 Wet/Dry

74:A OUT5 Wet/Dry

75:A OUT6 Wet/Dry

76:A OUT7 Wet/Dry

77:A OUT8 Wet/Dry

The MIDI group will continue to control whichever screen is displayed. This looks useful: how do we set up such a MIDI group ? All will become clear ….

Configuring the MIDI Group

The last key in the SETUP/MIDI "stack" controls the MIDI group. This operates just like any of the H8000FW's other controller screens, with some added features:

The parameters on this screen cannot be controlled by way of the MIDI group. There's a reason for this. The controller number con is the first

controller number in the group. This is most usefully set up by MIDI capture.

See page 96 for more on MIDI capture.

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The group size is the number of controllers in the group. For example, in the screen at the right, the group is from 70 to 77. This is a useful location for the group, as these controllers are unassigned by the MIDI specification and not generally used.

The active con displays the number from 1 to group size of any member in the group that changes. This is useful as a way of checking that the group is set up correctly and is acting on received MIDI signals. It will display 0 as shown above if no group member has changed since power-up.

If operation is normal, the external controller will directly control the parameters on the current screen. This sounds right, but can cause problems when moving from screen to screen. For example, suppose you are using a faderbased controller like the Peavey 1600, and you push the fader all the way up to control, say, a vibrato depth. Then you switch to another screen where the same fader controls the master output level. The minute you touch the fader, the level will go way up, and the floor will be covered with bits of loudspeaker. This can be prevented by setting operation to sticky.

If operation is sticky, each member in the group can only be changed by moving the controller through its current position. The value will then

stick and respond to further movements of the controller. Looking at the top right of the screen, you will see a small horizontal thermometer. The arrow shows the direction to move the controller to pass through the current value, while the vertical bar is the position of the current value. Once the current value has been reached the thermometer will disappear and you will have full control.

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Categorized by Effects Type

Although each program is unique, all programs can be categorized broadly by the types of effects that they contain. This is useful in that it allows you to compare programs with similar capabilities:

Samplers (S)

Pitch shifters (P)

Reverbs (R)

Delays (D)

Modulations (M)

Complex (C)

Equalizers and Filters (E)

dYnamics (Y)

Programs can and usually do contain more than just one of these effects types. The letters to the right of the names above are the shorthand notation as shown on the list menu page in the

PROGRAM area. Here, Kick/SnareReplacer is a complex (C) preset that uses samplers (S), delays (D), equalizers (E), and dYnamics (Y). Kill The Guy only uses modulations (M) and equalizers/filters (E).

When you save your own programs or your own tweaks of factory programs, you can assign effects "flags" yourself on the effects menu page in the PROGRAM area. Here the Pitch and

Delay flags are on - a "P" and "D" will appear next to this program’s name on the list menu page.

Categorized by Intended Source

Many (but not all) of the H8000FW’s programs have been categorized by what source material they were designed for. This is in addition to their effects type! The list of sources is:

Guitar

Vocals

Drums

Keyboard

Special Effects

Surround

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Unlike categorization by effects type, there is no way to see categorization by intended source on the list menu page in the PROGRAM area. However, as we will see shortly, categorization by source becomes very handy once you start searching for programs.

When you save your own programs or your own tweaks of factory programs, you can assign source "flags" yourself on the sources menu page in the PROGRAM area. Here the Vocals and Special FX flags are on.

Categorized by Similar Programs (Banks)

All of the H8000FW’s programs are categorized by placing them in groups of similar programs, which we’ll call "banks." You may have noticed that most programs have a four-digit number

associated with them. The first two numbers define the bank that a program belongs to. Here One Time Rhyno belongs to bank 66. One Way Phaser belongs to bank 36.

Onirica Ritmica belongs to bank 13.

If you move the cursor on this menu page, the upper right-hand corner will briefly display the bank name for the highlighted program. Here

One Time Rhyno belongs to bank 66 - Virtual

Racks. The banks provide a loose grouping for related programs, with a name indicating their nature of function.

Here One Way Phaser belongs to bank 36 - Phasers. You will note in passing that if all of the programs were placed in numerical order, they would effectively be sorted by banks! This

fact will prove handy once you start searching for programs.

You can see a list of the H8000FW’s banks by loading the "program" H8000 Banks. In the PARAMETER area is a list of all the H8000FW’s banks with their associated numbers for you to scroll through.

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Categorized by You (User Groups)

This is extremely handy! You can use the usergrp menu page in the PROGRAM area to assign programs to any of ten "user groups" in User Memory and another ten on the Memory

Card. Maybe you want to "group" all the programs associated with a certain project for ease of access later on. Maybe you want to keep track of programs you really like.

First use the KNOB on the top line to select the group you want to change.

Then, to find a place to put it, use the KNOB on the third line (Prog Chng). If you want to use this Usergroup as a MIDI Map, this number is the MIDI Program change number, otherwise,

think of it as a “slot number”. To find an unused “slot”, keep going until the Preset in the second line shows <none> or <empty>.

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

Now, go to the second line and use the wheel or the keypad to find the program that you want to add to the Usergroup. Here we’ve included the program 4_ReverseTetra in Group7.

This line shows the programs according to the Search and Sort options on the Criteria page. The wheel or keypad can be used to move through them in the same way as on the list screen.

A tip - it's easier to find things by name using the knob if you have previously set Sort By to Name on the Criteria page.

Note that Usergroup 1 is a Factory group, with a selection of the more interesting programs in the H8000FW. This group cannot be changed. The names of presets included in it can be found in the H8000FW Presets Manual.

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Categorized by Recent Use

We will go into more detail in the next section, but the H8000FW keeps track of what programs you’ve recently loaded.

You can find this list (and reload those programs from it) by setting Search By to User Grp on the Criteria menu page in the PROGRAM area. Then go to list and use the < - -

and - - > SOFT KEYS to find the Most recent list - this is the first list in this section - think of it as Usergroup 0. If you mostly work with the same programs, this saves you having to find them every time.

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Searching for and Loading Programs

Before reading this section, please be sure to have read and fully understood the preceding section, "Categorizing Programs" on page 115. This section and its predecessor are worthy of study, as they make finding the right program for your work much quicker and easier. You would probably like that ..

The Criteria menu page in the PROGRAM area lets you search for programs based on their effects type, intended source, bank, and several other criteria. Let’s dissect each of these

parameters in turn. Note that the programs displayable (and thus loadable) at any time are the result of the combination of the setting of these controls. Also, any program, whether visible under the current settings or not, may be displayed by entering its number on the keyboard.

Sort By determines how the results of a search are displayed on the list menu page. Number sorts programs by their four-digit number. As was discussed in the previous section, this

effectively groups similar programs into "banks." All four of these programs begin with the two digits 30, which is the "Multi-effects" bank! Use the left and right CURSOR keys to jump from bank to bank (e.g., from program 30xx to program 31xx to program 32xx and so on).

You can also type a number in with the KEYPAD - you will jump to the program whose number comes closest to the one you typed. Tip - when you use the keypad, if you enter the exact number, you can select programs that are not otherwise visible.

Sort By Name sorts programs alphabetically. This is a handy way to find a program if you know its name. Use the left and right CURSOR keys to skip through programs alphabetically

(e.g., from programs that begin with D to programs that begin with E to programs that begin with F and so on).

Sort By Effects sorts programs based on their fundamental effects types. As shown here, all of these programs use pitch shifters (P), delays (D), and modulators (M). If you were to use the

KNOB to scroll up or down, you would find other groupings. Use the left and right

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CURSOR keys to skip from grouping to grouping (e.g. from programs that use PDM to programs that use RDM to programs that use PRDM and so on).

The second parameter, Search By, causes the < - - and - - > trigger SOFT KEYS to perform searches using different criteria. The default value, All, doesn’t perform any search at all.

Every program in the H8000FW is listed on the list menu page in the order defined by

Sort By.

Search By Source causes the < - - and - - > trigger SOFT KEYS to cycle through programs

that were created for specific source material (guitar, vocals, drums, etc.). In this example, the

upper right-hand corner of the screen indicates that a "search" turned up 63 programs that were designed for use with Vocals.

Search By Effect causes the < - - and - - > trigger SOFT KEYS to cycle through programs that contain each of the different effects types (samplers, reverbs, delays, etc.). In this example,

all 708 programs that the "search" turned up use a Delay (D) algorithm. Pressing the - - > trigger SOFT KEY would display programs that use a Modulation (M) algorithm.

Search By Src+FX causes the < - - trigger

SOFT KEY to cycle through programs based on their intended source. Given an intended source (e.g., guitar), the - - > trigger SOFT KEY cycles

through effects types. Here you see 40 programs that were designed for vocals (Vcl) (selected by the < - - SOFT KEY) that contain delay (Dly) algorithms (selected by the - - > SOFT KEY).

Search By User Grp causes only programs that have been assigned to a selected "user group" to be shown. The < - - and - - > SOFT KEYS flip between user groups 1 through 10 and the most

recently used program list. Here we see the four programs that have been assigned to

Group7.

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