USER MANUAL
Table of contents
INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................................................................5
THE BITSTREAM 3X............................................................................................................................................5
TERMINOLOGY....................................................................................................................................................6
INSTALLATION OF THE DRIVERS AND SOFTWARE................................................................................7
GETTING STARTED WITH THE BITSTREAM 3X........................................................................................7
C
ONNECTION
TO
A
COMPUTER
..........................................................................................................................................7
C
ONNECTION
WITHOUT
A
COMPUTER
.................................................................................................................................8
D
ESCRIPTION
OF
THE
FRONT
AND
REAR
PANELS
OF
THE
B
ITSTREAM
3X..................................................................................9
F
RONT
: T
YPE
OF
CONTROLS
AND
NUMBERING
.....................................................................................................................9
D
ESCRIPTION
OF
THE
LCD S
CREEN
...............................................................................................................................11
The LCD Screen in « Normal Mode »................................................................................................................11
R
EAR
PANEL
:
DESCRIPTION
OF
THE
INPUTS
AND
OUTPUTS
....................................................................................................12
THE EXPANSION PORT....................................................................................................................................12
OPERATING MODES OF THE BITSTREAM 3X..........................................................................................13
D
IFFERENCES
BETWEEN
S
TANDARD
MODE
AND
U
SER
MODE
................................................................................................13
S
TANDARD
M
ODE
........................................................................................................................................................13
P
ROPELLERHEADS
R
EASON
M
ODE
..................................................................................................................................13
U
SER
M
ODE
...............................................................................................................................................................13
CONFIGURATION AND USAGE OF THE BITSTREAM 3X.......................................................................14
T
HE
I
NFRARED
C
ONTROLLER
........................................................................................................................................14
T
HE
C
ROSS
-F
ADER
......................................................................................................................................................15
T
HE
J
OYSTICK
.............................................................................................................................................................16
S
ELECTION
OF
THE
«C
URRENT
F
UNCTION
»......................................................................................................................16
Role of the up-down buttons and the encoder....................................................................................................16
S
ELECTION
OF
THE
GROUP
.............................................................................................................................................17
S
ELECTION
OF
THE
MIDI
CHANNEL
................................................................................................................................17
S
ELECTION
OF
THE
SCENE
MEMORIES
...............................................................................................................................18
A
NALOG
BEHAVIOUR
....................................................................................................................................................18
D
IGITAL
B
EHAVIOUR
....................................................................................................................................................19
C
URVE
M
ODELS
..........................................................................................................................................................20
MIDI
AND
USB I
NPUTS
..............................................................................................................................................21
MIDI
AND
USB O
UTPUTS
..........................................................................................................................................22
C
OMPLETE
S
CHEMATIC
OF
THE
MIDI
AND
USB R
OUTING
.................................................................................................1
C
HAIN
OF
C
ONTROLS
....................................................................................................................................................24
Example of Usage...............................................................................................................................................24
ASSIGNING MIDI EVENTS TO THE CONTROLS OF THE BITSTREAM 3X.........................................24
S
TANDARD
VERSUS
U
SER
M
ODE
...................................................................................................................................24
U
SING
THE
C
ONFIGURATION
S
OFTWARE
..........................................................................................................................24
U
SING
THE
« A
SSIGN
»
MENUS
......................................................................................................................................25
C
ONFIGURATION
OF
THE
CONTROLS
OF
THE
B
ITSTREAM
3X................................................................................................26
MIDI events associated with the Standard mode................................................................................................26
MIDI events associated with User mode............................................................................................................26
The common parameters in Standard and User modes......................................................................................27
Selection of MIDI and USB Outputs................................................................................................................................27
“Auto-send”......................................................................................................................................................................27
Exclusion of a control of scene memories......................................................................................................................27
Digital Behaviour..............................................................................................................................................................28
The parameters dedicated to Standard mode ....................................................................................................28
Number of the CC or Note...............................................................................................................................................28
The parameters dedicated to User mode............................................................................................................28
Min & Max values.............................................................................................................................................................28
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