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EXPONENT 500 MANUAL v1.0
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MIDI
Exponent 500 supports MIDI input on the back panel
connector and MIDI input
/out
put over USB�
Use a 7-pin MIDI connector only with the Darkglass MIDI
footswitch� Use a 5-pin MIDI connector with other MIDI
equipment�
MIDI on Exponent 500 works much like having
ph
ysical
control of the unit� Program Change (PC) messages are
used to select p
re
sets, bypass, and mute, and Control
Change (CC) message
s control the Q
uick-Pots and
master volume�
MIDI switch type
The MI
DI switch
type determines how Quick-Pots
bound as switches r
espond�
Per
-value: CC value increment sets the next switch
position
Full-range: the entire CC valu
e range (0
to 127) is directly
translated to the switch position
USB MIDI
USB MIDI IN behaves identically to MIDI received v
ia the
back p
anel connector�
Quick-Pot and master volume changes are
sent
via USB
MIDI OUT as CC messages, and match the c
onfigured
MI
DI mapping�
SysEx messages from any MIDI input are also passed to
USB MIDI OUT�
MIDI configuration
Exponent 500’s MIDI configuration can be fully
customized in the Darkglass Suite� The default MIDI
configuration is the following:
Control
Channel
Switch type
Bypass
Mute
Preset 1
Preset 2
Preset 3
Preset 4
Preset 5
Quick-Pot A
Quick-Pot B
Quick-Pot C
Quick-Pot D
Quick-Pot E
Master volume
Default
Omni (responds to all)
Per-value
PC 0
PC 1
PC 2
PC 3
PC 4
PC 5
PC 6
CC 0
CC 1
CC 2
CC 3
CC 4
CC 5
