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User's Guide V1.2
Play Mode
To call up the normal play mode no button is allowed to be operated during power on. After
power on all LEDs turn on and go out from left to right. Now you are in the normal
play mode
and are able to play on the keyboard as usual. The lowest key of the manual (C) is assigned
to Midi note number 36.
According to the adjustments in the
programming mode
the 22 buttons have different
functions. In the
B4 mode
they transmit Midi program change messages, in the
EVB3 mode
both note and control change messages, in the
Remote mode
note messages only.
Which of the three play modes is called up after power on is adjusted in the
programming
mode
(refer to page 11).
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B4 Mode
This mode is planned for the combination of
d3m
with the
organ emulation B4
of
Native
Instruments
. Because of the more versatile functions – compared to the EVB3 and Remote
mode – the B4 mode can be used for other applications too, e.g. to control any Midi sound
module via the note and progam change messages that are available in B4 mode.
After power on the two LEDs
Number 1
and
Bank 1
light up and the Midi program change
message 0 is transmitted.
Pay attention that most manufacturers count the Midi program change numbers from
0....127 others from 1...128. In this manual we use the range 0...127 as this is more
common. If the device connected to the Midi output of d3m does not respond as
expected the different counting ranges may be the reason. In this case you simply
have to add "1" to the program change number stated in this manual. Same applies
for Midi channels too (i.e. counting from 0 to 15 resp. 1 to 16).
In the B4 mode the 22 buttons are used to transmit
Midi Program Change Messages
. The
number
buttons generate the program numbers 0...11 (resp. 1...12 in the 1...128 counting
system). The
bank
buttons are used to add a fixed value ("offset") to the program number
generated by the
number
buttons. The offset value generated by the
bank
buttons is a
multiple of 12. The offset is 0 for bank #1, 12 for bank #2, 24 for bank #3 and so on. The
table below shows an overview of the available program change numbers for each bank:
Program number range for counting system
Bank
0 – 127
1 – 128
1
0 – 11
1 – 12
2
12 – 23
13 – 24
3
24 – 35
25 – 36
4
36 – 47
37 – 48
5
48 – 59
49 – 60
6
60 – 71
61 – 72
7
72 – 83
73 – 84
8
84 – 95
85 – 96
9
96 – 107
97 – 108
10
108 – 119
109 – 120
The corresponding formula for the resulting program change number generated by the
number and bank buttons is this:
Number – 1 + 12 x (Bank – 1)
