User Guide Chapter 14 Alternate Control Interfaces
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Using MIDI
MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a control standard that was
first developed as a means to connect MIDI capable musical instruments
together so that one instrument may control another. It has since evolved
to allow a MIDI capable device, such as your lighting console, to control or
be controlled by another MIDI capable device such as another lighting
console or other piece of electronic equipment (synthesizers etc.).
There are two "options" of MIDI available on the control console to perform
distinct operations;
Standard MIDI
protocol and
Midi Show Control
protocol
(MSC)
.
One example of using Standard MIDI is to use a lighting console to act as a
back up console to another similar console. A further example of using
Standard MIDI would be to have a synthesizer actually controlling parts of
the lighting console’s operation or vice versa.
MSC is derived from the MIDI Standard but is used in different ways. MSC
contains a set of commands which is similar to the commands found in
memory lighting boards, sound and show control systems. MSC can be
used, for instance, as a means of control between lighting consoles where a
press of the Go button on one console will activate cues or submasters on
another console.
Further information on using Standard MIDI and MSC with your console are
explained below, however it is beyond the scope of this user guide to
provide a complete description of these protocols. A good source of further
research on MIDI specifications is the MIDI Manufactures Association
(MMA). The internet web address for the MMA is www.midi.org. There are
also many good publications available on MIDI in the market place.
MIDI In/Out/Thru Hardware Interface
At the rear of the console are three MIDI ports: IN/OUT/THRU. The IN port
receives data from another device’s MIDI OUT. The OUT port transmits
console MIDI data to another device. The THRU port allows multiple MIDI
capable devices to be daisy chained together. The MIDI ports on the
console use standard 5-pin Female, DIN-type connectors. Please see
for more information.
See
for information on how to configure your
console for MIDI.
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