Owners Manual - MIDI Foot Controller MF-2
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1.1 WELCOME TO THE NOBELS MF-2
Thank you for choosing the MF-2. This unit will help you make music more easily than ever
before. We've made sure that each MF-2 is set up in the factory for immediate use, so if you
are anxious to begin using your new unit straight away, GO AHEAD! When you need to know
the myriad possibilities in more detail, come back to this manual - you'll find that your
MF-2 can help you in hundreds of ways.
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WHAT IS MIDI?
MIDI stands for Musical Instrumental Digital Interface, a universal standard allowing
different instruments to communicate with each other. As well as note messages, MIDI can
be used to adjust Program Control (ie sound selection), Volume, Expression, Aftertouch etc.
Because MIDI operates on channels (just like a TV set), up to sixteen different devices to be
independently controlled - the MF-2 is your remote controller.
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WHY DO I NEED THE MF-2?
As you acquire more MIDI-compatible units, your MIDI setup, either on stage or in the studio,
can become very complex. Each device has a set of buttons operating each of its functions,
and in the end you could spend more time pressing buttons than playing music. The MF-2
will make your setup easy to manage, acting as the central controller for all these functions
on all your MIDI devices.
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WHAT WILL MY MF-2 DO FOR ME?
Once you start working with your MF-2, you will wonder how you ever managed without it.
Use the MF-2's 10 pedals to send MIDI Bank and Program changes, to select switches, outputs
and controllers, and to control a variety of other functions including Touch and Fade. Plug
in up to four foot switches and four expression pedals to control different MIDI devices. You
can even control functions like Channel Select or Reverb On/Off on non-MIDI units like
amplifiers etc. With the MF-2 you have access to your entire MIDI setup at the touch of a
pedal.
Please enjoy using your MF-2. Full instructions for programming and special functions are
given in detail inside this manual.
1 INTRODUCTION AND CONCEPT
1.2 CONVENTIONS
There are two menus EDIT and SETUP. In the EDIT mode you can change local parameters for the 128
programs. In the SETUP mode you can adjust values for the overall (=global) functions.
The functions of the EDIT mode are left next the corresponding footswitch printed in bold letters.
Beneath, in italic letters, the description for the SETUP mode.
Functions and options are adjusted with the SELECT-key. All values can be set either with the UP/DOWN
footswitches or with the 0..9 footswitches.
All menus are left with the ENTER key. Local changes for one program should be saved with the STORE
key. After reaching the end of the menus the display will show the changes with a flashing "t"
If you do not save, all changes will be lost. All changes are direct which means if you change the changes
(e.g.: midi volume)
are right now herable! Destructive or special functions, like the factory setup, are
recalled by doing a special procedure (=Power Up), to prevent accidently killing your saved settings!
If you have any further questions, suggestions or other comments please contact your local
dealer or write to us direct at:
Nobels Electronics e.K.
Barnerstrasse 42
22765 Hamburg
Germany
www.nobels.com - [email protected]
