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Peavey PC1600X User Manual (rev-h)

The PC1600x will revolutionize your MIDI set-up Hook it up to your computer keyboard or other MIDI
device and take your music to another level.

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Page 3: ...ing guide for further warnings PC1600X Firmware Versions Version 2 1 Had some small fixes over 2 0 Not documented as well as latter ones so you might want to update if you have 2 0 2 2 Yamaha style checksums supported in SysEx strings Not just Roland checksums 2 3 Added a version request message so computer editors could ask the unit which software version it has Fixed the scene receive MIDI messa...

Page 4: ...would like to save your fader s physical position like when mixing the PC1600x offers 100 scenes that can be saved and recalled as needed This feature is extremely useful for MIDI light controllers MIDI mixing MIDI controllers etc Three Merge Modes When MIDI connections place the PC1600x between the source of data sequencer etc and the destination tone modules etc it can merge with controller data...

Page 5: ...5 Peavey PC1600X User Manual rev h The PC1600x will revolutionize your MIDI set up Hook it up to your computer keyboard or other MIDI device and take your music to another level ...

Page 6: ...Program Change Enable and Current map Status Dumping Internal Data Footswitch Assignments Device Number and Note recording Receive Channel MIDI Transmission delay Remote Button Set up Individual Preset Initialization Memory usage Scenes 24 About Scenes Sending A Scene storing A Scene Scene Reset initialization Preset setup string Scene editing About Presets and Editing 26 Initialization Reset Unit...

Page 7: ...Mute Solo Fader Program Change Note On Off MIDI Strings String Prs Rls String Toggle Assigning String Device IDs And MIDI Channels To Global Settings Responding To Remote Velocity Messages Learn Mode Send Fader Note Stream Recording Send Scene Saving Your Edits Editing The CV Pedals Footswitches and Data Wheel 42 CV 1 CV 2 What Type Of Control Voltage Pedal Footswitch see Utility section for more ...

Page 8: ... Main Menu Copying From The Edit Menu Appendix A System Exclusive Messages 46 Appendix B Parameter Formats 47 Appendix C MIDI Implementation Chart 49 Appendix D MIDI Controller Listing 50 Appendix E Taking The Vex Out OF HEX 51 Appendix F MIDI 101 54 Appendix G Schematic 56 ...

Page 9: ...e transmitted Fader movement is used to select a specific value and the button is pressed to send it By the way continuing to hold the button down will enable the fader to work as usual Send Scene This new button function allows any scene to be sent from any of the 16 buttons Fader ID With a button programmed to Off Fader ID Dressing the button displays the fader name Remote Control A1I 16 buttons...

Page 10: ...ates it with any preset Setup String Additions Scenes A scene can now be assigned to each preset Any time the preset is recalled the scene will be transmitted Flexible Bank Select Bank Select editing is now expanded to include MSB or LSB programming New factory Presets Fifty presets are available that present a wide range of applications ...

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Page 12: ...ve as increment and decrement buttons to edit parameter values and chance presets The left arrow button also doubles as a MIDI mute button 6 Edit Button This button accesses all parameters stored within a preset 7 Utility Button This accesses all global functions of the PC1600X 8 Copy Button The Copy button is used to copy from one preset or scene to another It is also used to copy individual mess...

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Page 14: ...ns the PC1600X On and Off 3 CV 2 Footswitch 1 2 This input accepts a control voltage foot pedal in addition to a single or dual footswitch The foot pedal is programmable per preset and functions the same as a fader Each footswitch can be assigned to one of the following functions up Inc down Dec Enter or duplication of a button 1 16 Polarity is automatically detected at Power On 4 CV 1 This input ...

Page 15: ...d running quickly Connection The PC1600X MIDI command station is ideal for digital workstations sequencer control or remote MIDI editing Your specific application will dictate the proper MIDI connection The PC1600x is connected one of three ways Directly to a Device Between Devices Two Way ...

Page 16: ...l read Sending Faders CVs This allows the PC1600X to cancel a soloed fader or update external devices An Example Suppose the current preset is programmed to send MIDI volumes on each channel and the PC1600X is connected to a sequencer Pressing Enter from the main page at the start of a sequence allows all initial volumes of the sequence to be recorded Simple set the position of all defined faders ...

Page 17: ...buttons select the parameter to be adjusted for a given Page If other pages are available within the menu scrolling past the left most or right most parameter causes all parameters to stop flashing Note The Up Down and Left Right buttons are auto scrolling they will repeat at a fixed rate lf you hold one down To speed up the scrolling press the opposite direction button after pressing the first i ...

Page 18: ...buttons or data wheel to edit the view angle Separate MIDI channels can be set for incoming MIDI messages and transmitted MIDI messages The ChIn parameter is used to set the receiving MIDI channel of the unit The PC1600X will only respond to incoming messages received on this channel The ChOut parameter is used to set the transmitting channel of the unit Any messages set to transmit on the main ch...

Page 19: ...ether the data is filtered or passed to the MIDI OUT jack 4 To toggle between pass and filter simply press the right direction button while the filter type field is active The filter type field remains active until the left direction or Exit button is pressed PRESET MAPPING In its default state the PC1600x will echo Program Changes but not respond to them To make it respond you must go to the MAP ...

Page 20: ...f To set the current map number 1 Press the Utility button 2 Use the no down buttons or data wheel to access the following Dace MAP1 Curr MIDI map Off 3 Cursor right once to activate the field and use the Up Down direction buttons or data wheel to edit the marl number 4 To ignore all incoming program changes decrease the current map number until off is displayed DUMPING INTERNAL DATA ALL internal ...

Page 21: ... the Up Down buttons or the data wheel to select which button the footswitch will emulate The polarity of the footswitch is automatically determined on power up If a footswitch is installed after the PC1600X is powered up or if the footswitch is depressed during power up the polarity of the footswitch may be incorrect Simply switch the power off wait a few seconds and turn the power back on with t...

Page 22: ...you re backing up your PC1600x data try setting this delay between 100 and 500 as needed A value of 320 will essentially split the MIDI speed in half You ll probably want to lower the delay when you re done and only raise it when needed The Delay screen is displayed as follows MIDI PerMsg PerByte Delay 000ms 000ms Note These delays only affect MIDI data that the PC1600X generates internally Data t...

Page 23: ...E YOU SURE 5 Press ENTER again to confirm initialization The preset will be renamed initialized Note All presets share the same block of memory which gets divided among the available presets This utility is very handy for freeing up memory since you can reinitialize presets that are not needed MEMORY USAGE PC1600x presets are dynamically allocated allowing a single preset to be very large when nec...

Page 24: ...t that was active when the scene was saved must still be in the same preset location within the PC1600X for the correct messages to be transmitted SENDING A SCENE 1 Press the Scene button until the following clave is displaced SCENE Send Enter p 00 2 Use the Up Down direction buttons or the data wheel to select a scene Note The associated preset is indicated in the lower left corner in parentheses...

Page 25: ... is indicated in parentheses in the lower left corner 3 Press the Enter button to initialize the scene The scene number will automatically increment to the next scene allowing several scenes to be initialized quickly Pressing ENTER will clear any values recorded by a stored scene After initialization the preset link will change to p Of course if at first you see p the scene is already initialized ...

Page 26: ...buttons while turning the Power On 3 Memory initialized is displayed Note It is not possible to undo the initialization procedure INDIVIDUAL PRESET INITIALIZATION When creating new presets it is perfectly fine to edit existing presets However if you prefer to start with a Clean Slate a preset initialization function is available in the utility menu 1 Press the Utility button 2 Use the Up Down butt...

Page 27: ... editing faster each fader edits a different character of the name Pressing ENTER from this page accesses the SAVE TO page The bottom line of this page displays the number and name of the destination preset to be overwritten The data wheel and Up Down buttons maybe used to change the storage destination Pressing the Enter button from this page will save the preset and return to the main page by pr...

Page 28: ...r 0 127 00h 7Fh Additionally the gc designation can be placed after a channel status byte 80h through EFh In this case the gc will channelize the status bite as opposed to it being sent as a separate byte The status and gc bytes will be connected by a hyphen to show that they are being combined into a single byte upon transmission The following screen would program fader 1 to send Program Changes ...

Page 29: ...al parameters and naming for this fader is available by pressing the up direction button when the function field is not blinking After assigning a function to the fader the fader can be named To name the fader 1 With no parameters flashing press the up direction button until the following page is displayed FDR01 Name Name 2 Use the left right direction buttons to select the character in the fader ...

Page 30: ...data sent when the fader first moves will always match the last value that passed through the PC1600x regardless of the position of the fader The matching incoming controller messages are filtered until the Exit button is pressed while on the main page This mode allows seamless modification of data in an existing stream of controller messages To define a fader as a continuous controller 1 First se...

Page 31: ...ferent formats A programmable minimum and maximum parameter value allows the parameter to span practically any range To define a MIDI message string 1 Select the function String Next press the up direction button when the function field is not blinking The following page will be displayed FDR01 String F0 00 F7 2 To edit the string use the four direction buttons the data wheel and the current fader...

Page 32: ...n this case the PC1600x s checksum calculation will start later in the string accordingly at byte 5 number of leading zeroes Note The cs computation is unavailable in button and set up strings In these cases the checksum must be calculated and inserted into the string as a constant by the programmer Be sure and refer to your product owner s manual for the necessary values massages ASSIGNING STRING...

Page 33: ... Press Enter 6 Choose the destination for the save with the Up Down buttons or the data wheel 7 Press Enter to save to the location displaced at the bottom of the display To return to the main page at any time press Exit several times until the main page is reached If changes were made to the preset the preset number will be replaced with This is an indication that the preset in the edit buffer ha...

Page 34: ...on button when the function field is not blinking to access other parameters Press either of the left right direction arrows or exit to de select stop the blinking After assigning a function to the button the button can be named To Name the button 1 With no parameter selected and a function other than Off Fader ID selected press the up direction button until the following page is displayed BTN16 N...

Page 35: ...irection button The following page will be displayed BTN16 Chn1 Program 01 000 2 Cursor over to the Chin field and set the MIDI channel for the program change message Incrementing the channel number above 16 will display ChOut When ChOut is selected the program change message will be transmitted on the Global MIDI channel set in the Utility menu 3 Cursor over to the Program field to set the progra...

Page 36: ...ttons data wheel and or associated fader will edit the digit Pressing the up button when between bytes insets a byte and pressing the down button between bytes deletes a byte STRING PRS RLS A button can be assigned to transmit any MIDI messages when Dressed and any other MIDI message when released These messages are Entered in hexadecimal form To program the Press and Release String 1 From the but...

Page 37: ... the gc will channelize the preceding byte as opposed to being sent as a separate byte For display the status and gc bytes are connected by a hyphen to show that they are being combined into a single byte The following example is how this would be displaced FDR01 String C0 gc pr The zero after the C will get replaced by the ChOut setting in the Utility menu RESPONDING TO REMOTE VELOCITY MESSAGES W...

Page 38: ... button string is being edited the cursor must be visible the PC1600x wilt automatically replace the existing button string with the system exclusive message received Note recording is also possible with this function See below for more information NOTE STREAM RECORDING To make chord programming easier the PC1600x can now record note streams into button strings This allows you to play a chord into...

Page 39: ...nnel 2 B1 7B 00 You can use Prs Rls strings with the chord on the press and the All Notes 0ff message same channel of course on the release This will act like a normal Gated triggering system like a keyboard You could also insert the All Notes Off command in regular Press Only strings ahead of the chord so pressing any button will release the previous chord before slaving its own chord before play...

Page 40: ...a wheel In this case the M will not be on the LCD signaling that the message is being transmitted BTN01 Function Send Fader NOTE When using faders to send continuous controller messages the replace and update modes will be unaffected by fader movements when the button is not pressed In other words the incoming controller won t get filtered until the local controller is REALLY transmitted SEND SCEN...

Page 41: ...fer has been modified but not saved Press Edit to return to the Edit mode if the changes are to be saved Press up or down from the main page to leave this preset This will cause any changes that were made to be discarded Note Edits which were discarded can be recovered from the main page if no other preset has been edited even after power down Increment the preset number above preset 49 and the pr...

Page 42: ...ontrol voltage pedals that will work with the PC1600x DUAL FOOTSWITCH EDITING The dual footswitch is set up globally in the Utilities menu each pedal can be programmed to control Up Down Enter Button functions EDITING THE DATA WHEEL The data wheel is programmed by linking it to a fader or CV input When the data wheel is linked to a Fader CV input it will adjust that parameter using the current Fad...

Page 43: ... bands ignoring the LSB Because of this the PC1600Xs Bank parameter can be incremented further past 127 This new range is shown as 001m 127m When one of these values is used the Bank will be sent as the MSB and the LSB won t be sent For example bank 002n on Channel 1 would be transmitted as follows Hex B0 00 02 Description Status CC MSB NOTE There is no 000m choice in the list To switch an MSB uni...

Page 44: ...that when a scene is selected for the result scene its associated preset is indicated in the lower left corner MIDI STRING 1 With parameters deselected press EXIT Press the up direction button to access the string on the following page Setup String 2 Edit the MIDI string just like a button string The left right direction buttons are used to select a specific byte while the Up Down direction button...

Page 45: ...his field is active 5 Press the Enter button to perform the copy COPYING FROM THE EDIT MENU When in the Edit mode any copy of the edit buffer can be defined by copying FROM any existing preset or the current edit buffer In other words you start from a destination preset and copy items to its edit buffer To perform a copy 1 Select the destination preset Move to any area in the Edit mode 2 Press the...

Page 46: ...essage is sent and received by the PC1600x It contains only the current edit buffer This combined with the Recall preset SysEx command will allow any preset to be obtained from an outside source Request everything FO 00 00 IB OB ch 10 F7 The PC1600x will respond to this message with Send Recv All presets Send Recv All scenes Send Recv All globals Request All presets F0 00 00 1B 0B ch 11 F7 The PC1...

Page 47: ...eter format for your receiving device Consult your owner s manual or SysEx documentation Remember to make sure that the number of pr bytes in your MIDI string matches the number in the parameter format For example if you choose 2 Byte Nibs Hi lo you must have at least two pr bytes in the string If you choose to put more than two in the string the 2 byte data value will repeat as necessary This is ...

Page 48: ... contains bits 8 11 of the parameter This is a rarely used format 4 bytes Nibs hi to lo This format requires four pr bytes The first byte contains bits 12 15 the second byte contains bits 8 11 the third byte contains bits 4 7 and the fourth byte contains bits 0 3 of the parameter 4 bytes Nibs lo to hi This format requires four pr bytes The first byte contains bits 0 3y the second byte contains bit...

Page 49: ... button emulation Note Off O x O x can be with a String After Key s O X Touch Channels O X Pitch O X Bender Control 0 32 Bank Select X Change 1 120 Fader Assignable X Program True 0 127 0 127 Mappable Change Number System O O Exclusive System Song Position O X Song Select Sends A Scene Common Song Select O O Tune O X System Clock X X Real Time Command O X Aux Local On Off O X Messages All Notes Of...

Page 50: ...8 44 Legato Footswitch 0 3F Normal 40 7F Legato 69 45 Hold 2 70 46 Sound Control 1 default Sound variation 71 47 Sound Control 2 default Timbe Content 72 48 Sound Control 3 default Release Time 73 49 Sound Control 4 default Attack Time 74 4A Sound Control 5 default Brightness 75 79 4B 4F Sound Control 6 10 no defaults 80 83 50 53 General Purpose Controller 5 8 84 54 Portamento Control 85 90 55 5A ...

Page 51: ...translate your playing into MIDI Speak which is then forwarded to connected devices This MIDI Speak includes messages such as what note you played How hard it was played how long it was played Held etc Most of the time this is of little concern since MIDI software and instruments often allow plug play operation However occasionally an understanding of MIDI messages can be very handy The Numbers MI...

Page 52: ...ere is a number system that makes dealing with binary much easier Hexadecimal With hexadecimal you can work with one nibble at a time which greatly simplifies conversion Instead of the ten values used in decimal notation hexadecimal uses sixteen Hmm That should ring a bell yes a nibble can represent up to 16 values After the familiar 0 thru 9 hexadecimal uses the letters A thru F to represent 10 t...

Page 53: ... into one hex value Just cut the byte into two nibbles then assign a hex value to each You end up with hex numbers like these Note h signifies hexadecimal number Those Familiar Hex Numbers You ve probably noticed many decimal numbers used by synthesizers that reveal hexadecimal activity All the way from present numbering systems to polyphony these hex numbers pop up in a variety of places Now we h...

Page 54: ...t be set to the same channel or the message will be ignored Channel messages are either two or three bytes in length with the first byte being the status byte This signifies the message type and MIDI channel The byes that follow are known as data bytes and contain the actual value of the message Let s take a look at channel messages n MIDI channel x value System Exclusive Messages SysEx System Exc...

Page 55: ...eal time messages are important for applications such as sequencing They are unique in such that they can occur anywhere in a MIDI stream even in the middle of other messages These one byte messages include These messages make up the majority of MIDI messages involving synthesizers samplers sequencers etc Don t hesitate in using these messages to make real time changes in your musical performance ...

Page 56: ...the button displays the fader name Remote Control All 16 buttons can now be triggered externally via MIDI notes or program change messages This is particularly handy for control from a footpedal Note Capture This makes it easy to capture clusters of notes chords and assign them to a button Left Arrow Mute Button When the left arrow button is pressed the PC 1600 will not generate any MIDI messages ...

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