USER MANUAL
Example: The use controls the « cut-off » of the filter of the track 4 of a Roland Mc303, the LCD chain
can thus be defined like this: « MC303 CUTOFF TR4 », also, this chain will be displayed as soon as
the user modifies the control concerned; the parameter that was previously assigned will be recalled.
Note 1: This parameter is configured independently for each control of the Bitstream 3X
Note 2 : This parameter can only be used in user mode as standard mode doesn’t allow the
redefinition of LCD chains, which are fixed on « NT/CC #XXX », where NT=Note, CC=control change
and XXX the number of the note or control change generated (Notes and control changes are the only
two parameters configurable in standard mode)
MIDI Channel
The MIDI channel on which the Bitstream 3X generates its messages
can be fixed on a value defined by the user, being that which is selected
currently (Configured by the dedicated buttons on the face of the Bitstream 3X),
(example 2), the MIDI channel can also be fixed to a certain value and ignored from the currently
selected channel of the Bitstream 3X (example 1)
Example 1: Generation of a CC 8 on fixed MIDI channel 1
The user will decry the MIDI chain corresponding to the CC 8 like this: B0 08 VV
0 represents the MIDI channel – 1 (in effect the MIDI channels go from 1 to 16, they are coded from 0
to F in hexadecimal in the MIDI chain, MIDI channel N is therefore represented par N-1 in the chain)
This parameter accessible via the configuration software is called « MIDI channel position », in the
example below, the MIDI channel being fixed, it will be regulated to 0 so the Bitstream 3X doesn’t
integrate it’s own MIDI channel in the chain.
Example 2: Generation of a CC 4 on a modifiable MIDI channel
The user will decry the MIDI chain to CC 4 like this: BN 04 VV
N represents MIDI channel – 1 (in effect the MIDI channels go from 1 to 16, they are coded from 0 to F
in hexadecimal in the MIDI chain, MIDI channel N is therefore represented par N-1 in the chain)
This parameter accessible via the configuration software is called « MIDI channel position », in the
example below the MIDI channel should be inserted by the Bitstream 3X into position 1 in the chain.
The « MIDI channel position » value will therefore be 1 in this example.
The second example gives the user the possibility to generate MIDI events on the 16 possible
channels defined by the MIDI standard by simply modifying the value of the MIDI channel from the face
of the Bitstream 3X.
Note 1: This parameter is configured independently for each control of the Bitstream 3X
Note 2: This parameter concerns only the user mode, as the standard mode generates the MIDI
events always on the MIDI channel of the Bitstream 3X
Note 3: In using the MIDI channel of the Bitstream 3X instead of a fixed MIDI channel, the user can
control the different synths or software which will be configured to respond on a single MIDI channel.
Also, the synth or software currently selected can be modified by a simple change of the MIDI channel
of the Bitstream 3X
Note 4: From firmware V1.4 and higher, the SHIFT button can prevent the Bitstream 3X from inserting
its own MIDI channel in the MIDI string, even if “MIDI channel position” is different of zero
MIDI String
The MIDI string describes the MIDI event the Bitstream 3X will generate.
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