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Front Panel

The MC6 has 6 foot switches A to F. Each switch corresponds with the text closest to it on the LCD display. Each switch on your Morningstar 
controller can send any combination of up to 16 different MIDI messages of your choice. By default all switches are EMPTY and not programmed 
to send any MIDI messages. It’s up to you to decide what you want!

Preset Short Names – The “EMPTY” text you see are the default short names given to unused switches. You can give each switch any name 
you want, so you always know what it does before you press it.

The 2 middle rows on your main screen show important information:

Banks and Presets

The MC6 has 30 banks, each containing 12 switch presets and 2 expression pedal presets.

To bank up, press switches [B+C]. And to bank down, press [A+B]. Holding down either of these switch combinations will continuously scroll up
/down through the banks.

Each bank has 2 pages. The first 6 switch presets (A to F) are accessible on page 1 and the next 6 (G to L) are accessible on page 2. You can 
toggle between both pages by assigning a Toggle Page function to any of the switches (we recommend using a Double Tap action for that so you 
can still use that switch for other purposes with a normal Press action.

Presets G to L in each bank are also accessible by connecting external aux switches to your MC6. You can learn more about this in the 

Using 

 section of this manual.

External Aux Switches

Each preset can be programmed to send 16 different messages of your choice. And with 16 different MIDI channels, each preset is capable of 
controlling up to 16 different MIDI devices at once.

The flow chart below shows you an overview of the MC6 bank and preset architecture.

Summary of Contents for MC6 MkII

Page 1: ...s 11 Expression Pedals 11 1 Connecting an Expression Pedal 11 2 Programming an Expression Pedal Preset 11 3 Select Expression Messages to Send or Omit 12 External Aux Switches 13 TRS MIDI Outputs 1 4...

Page 2: ...owing ways 9V DC centre negative Power Supply Connect a 9VDC centre negative power supply to the power input of the MC6 Phantom Power 9 12v AC or DC Connect a 7 pin MIDI cable to the MIDI Out port of...

Page 3: ...ve MIDI messages only PC CC Note and MIDI Clock via USB and relay them out through its 5 pin and 1 4 inch MIDI outputs 9VDC Where the MC6 receives 9v DC centre negative power EXP 1 and 2 Omniports Omn...

Page 4: ...witches B C And to bank down press A B Holding down either of these switch combinations will continuously scroll up down through the banks Each bank has 2 pages The first 6 switch presets A to F are a...

Page 5: ...n perform multiple functions For example you can map a message to a Press action and a message to a Release action When the switch is pressed a CC 1 CC 2 CC 1 message will be sent and when the switch...

Page 6: ...e sent with the first press of a switch and messages in Position 2 will be sent upon the second press of a switch Messages that get sent will alternate between positions 1 and 2 with each press Messag...

Page 7: ...osition setting Pos 1 Pos 2 or Both When Pos 1 is selected the message will only be sent when the preset is in toggle position 1 When Pos 2 is selected the message will only be sent when the preset is...

Page 8: ...ion pedal check to make sure that the Exp port you are using is set to accept an expression pedal You can access this menu by going to the Press D F Global Config Menu ExpInpt Press switch A or D unti...

Page 9: ...itches for extra control Under your Global Config settings you can configure to behave as fully programmable switches or Fixed Switches to control banking up down and page toggle Press D F GblConfg Ex...

Page 10: ...IDI configurations available MIDI Out Standard Send MIDI via the Tip and the Ring is powered MIDI Out Tip Active Send MIDI via the Tip and Ring is unpowered floating MIDI Out Ring Active Send MIDI via...

Page 11: ...C6 can receive and respond to MIDI messages from other MIDI controllers Press Up or Down to select your desired MIDI receive channel Reset Factory Reset To perform a factory reset hold down for 2 seco...

Page 12: ...t out through all MIDI outputs RmbTog Remember Preset Toggle States Across Banks Determine whether preset toggle states are remembered across banks even after you have changed banks If ON your presets...

Page 13: ...puter via Your controller will automatically be recognised by the Updater USB Click on the Upload button and open the new firmware hex file from your downloads folder The firmware update will begin au...

Page 14: ...Function CC Value Bank Up 0 any Bank Down 1 any Set Toggle All 2 127 Set Toggle Individual 2 0 Preset A 1 Preset B 2 Preset C 11 Preset L Clear Toggle All 3 127 Clear Toggle Individual 3 0 Preset A 1...

Page 15: ...Set MIDI BPM LSB 7 bits 6 0 127 Engage Expression 1 51 0 127 Engage Expression 2 52 0 127...

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