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10. MIDI Implementation Chart

RECOGNIZED

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REMARKS

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FUNCTION

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TRUE VOICE

NOTE ON

NOTE OFF

KEY’S

CHANNEL

TRUE NUMBER

SONG POSITION

SONG SELECT

TUNE REQUEST

CLOCK

COMMANDS

LOCAL ON/OFF

ALL NOTES OFF

ACTIVE SENSING

SYSTEM RESET

ACTUAL MIDI PROGRAM VALUE SENT IS 0-127, CORRESPONDING TO PRESETS 1-128.
OPTIONAL IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAM MAPPING ALSO AVAILABLE.

EIGHT DIFFERENT PARAMETERS MAY BE CHOSEN FROM EACH USER PRESET AND
ASSIGNED A CONTROL NUMBER. THE CONTROL NUMBER MAY BE FROM 0-120, OR “OFF”.
AN UPPER AND LOWER RANGE MAY ALSO BE SPECIFIEDFOR EACH PARAMETER.

NOTES

Basic

Channel

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Velocity

After

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Pitch Bend

Control Change**

Program

Change*

System Exclusive

System

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Aux.

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For User Memory

Dump/Load and

Preset Dump/Load.

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Rocktron Intellifex Online

DATE: July 30, 1997
MODEL: Intellifex Online

MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART

VERSION: 1.0

Summary of Contents for INTELLIFEX

Page 1: ...y one or more of the following U S Patents 4538297 4647876 4696044 4745309 4881047 4893099 5124657 5263091 5268527 5319713 5333201 5402498 5493617 and 5638452 Other patents pending Foreign patents pending USER S MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...it should be immune from other sources of interference when properly used Improper use of this equipment could result in increased RF emis sions which may or may not interfere with other electronic products To insure against this possibility always use good shielded cables for all audio input and output connections Also bundle audio cables separately from the AC power cables These steps will help ...

Page 3: ...tion 24 C HUSH DELAY DUCKER Configuration 26 D HUSH 8 VOICE CHORUS DELAY Configuration 29 E HUSH PITCH SHIFT DELAY Configuration 31 F HUSH PITCH SHIFT DELAY REVERB Configuration 33 8 Operating the Intellifex 35 A Recalling a stored Intellifex Online preset 35 B Changing preset parameters 36 C Storing modified parameter values 37 D Editing a preset title 39 E Selecting a Power On preset 40 9 MIDI O...

Page 4: ...y digital implementation of patented HUSH noise reduction at the unit s input along with delay and reverb ducking capabilities This user s manual will detail the various features and functions of the Intellifex Online After reading it please keep it for future reference What makes the Intellifex Online Unique Super quiet operation due to use of digitalHUSH and high quality 16 bit converters High p...

Page 5: ...itle to begin the store procedure The Intellifex Online will alternate displaying the current preset number title and STORE TO PRESET STEP 2 Turn the PRESET control to select the desired preset number to store the new parameter values into if the new values are to be stored into the current preset location this step is not necessary User presets may be stored in preset locations 1 80 Presets 81 16...

Page 6: ... the displayed preset executes and the order in which they are executed The LED above the CONFIG button is lit when the configuration is displayed 5 DISPLAY panel The DISPLAY panel is a16 character vacuum fluorescent display type 6 COMPARE button The COMPARE button may be used to compare a modified parameter value to its stored value If comparing an altered value to the stored value and the stored...

Page 7: ...hen pressed the LED is lit and all effects are bypassed 12 INPUT LEVEL meter These LEDs provide visual indication of the peak level of the input signal For the optimal signal to noise ratio it is best to adjust the input level so that the last LED 0dB is rarely lit This will guard against the possibility of overdriving the unit 13 INPUT LEVEL control This control adjusts the unit s gain to match t...

Page 8: ...d a mono output either the Left or Right Channel OUTPUT jack the left and right effected signals will be summed at the single output 5 PHANTOM POWER jack This jack offers the ability to power the Rocktron MIDI Mate Foot Controller from a seven pin MIDI cable which connects from the MIDI Mate to the MIDI IN jack on the rear panel of the Intellifex Online eliminating the need to find an AC outlet ne...

Page 9: ...ee devices a slight distortion of the MIDI signal can occur due to signal degradation which can cause an error in MIDI signal transmission Should this problem arise a MIDI box can be used which connects directly to the MIDI device which transmits MIDI information and has multiple connectors for the multiple devices receiving MIDI MIDI cables should not exceed 50 feet 15 meters in length 8 POWER ja...

Page 10: ...7 5 Connections Using the Intellifex Online with the auxiliary sends and returns of a mixer ...

Page 11: ...8 Using the Intellifex Online with a keyboard and a mixer ...

Page 12: ...n using the Intellifex Online with high gain distortion always put the Intellifex Online after the distortion in the signal chain never before it Never connect the outputs of a power amplifier or guitar amplifier to the inputs of the Intellifex Online This could damage the Intellifex Online ...

Page 13: ... output of the Effects Level control G It is important to remember that it is possible to overload the Digital to Analog Converter H if the effects levels and direct signal level are set too high when using the Hush section with the direct signal If this occurs reduce these levels until the front panel CLIP L E D does not light Also note that when passing the direct signal through the digital HUSH...

Page 14: ...ll configurations exceptHush Reverb Configurations which include chorus or delay effects provide individual left and right regeneration level controls to determine the number of times the delayed signals are repeated Regeneration is achieved by feeding the delayed output back into the input Higher levels of regeneration will result in more repeats TheIntellifex Online provides aRegeneration Limiti...

Page 15: ...l tracks Room reverb effects simulate various rooms of different sizes and surfaces For example a room which is made up of primarily hardened surfaces such as tile or hard wood will gener ate reflections containing much more high frequency information than one which is made up of softer surfaces such as thick carpeting The Room reverb effects offered by the Intellifex Online can generate virtually...

Page 16: ... the left channel signal will be input to the reverb Delaying the reverb signal provides greater separation of the input and reverb signals and helps to increase the apparent size of the Room Hall or Stadium Predelay R This parameter determines the length of time after a signal is input to the Intellifex Online that the right channel signal will be input to the reverb Gate Gating the reverb signal...

Page 17: ...This parameter allows for muting of the Delay section at its input Pre its output Post or both Muting the input Pre of the delay restricts any signal from entering the delay section until the delay is switched in When using a moderate amount of regeneration switching out the delay with the input muted will generate a non delayed signal which will play over the decaying regener ated signal which co...

Page 18: ...meter is provided for each delay and determines the number of times the delayed signal will repeat itself This is achieved by feeding the delayed output back into the input Higher levels of regeneration will result in more repeats D Type TheDelay Type parameter determines whether the Stereo Ping Pong or 2 Tap delay type is currently active Dl Hf Damp Delay High Frequency Dampingdetermines the amou...

Page 19: ...ay Reverb configurations this parameter determines whether the Ducker is either A off B operating on the delay C operating on the reverb or D operating on both the delay and reverb Sensitivity This parameter determines the threshold point above which the ducker will begin attenuating the delay and or reverb signal Until the input signal reaches this level the delay reverb signal will not be affect...

Page 20: ...l of both the 8 Voice and 4 Voice Chorus effects This level control is not the same as the Chorus Level found in the Mixer function parameter list Pan The Panparameter allows you to pan each voice or delay of the chorused signal to the left or right channel This parameter is adjustable from 0 to 100 where 0 is full left 100 is full right and 50 is center Delay The Delay parameter determines the de...

Page 21: ...ts and any interval may be selected from one octave above to two octaves below the input signal This parameter is adjustable from 2400 cents to 1200 cents where 2400 is 2 octaves below the input signal 0 is unison and 1200 is one octave above the input signal Each 100 cents or 5 20 cent steps above or below 0 represents the amount of half steps or semitones the harmony note will be above or below ...

Page 22: ...700 1800 1900 2000 2100 2200 2300 2400 CORRESPONDING INTERVAL Oneoctave Major 7th minor 7th Major 6th minor 6th perfect 5th diminished 5th perfect 4th Major 3rd minor3rd Major 2nd minor 2nd Unison Major 7th minor 7th Major 6th minor 6th perfect 5th diminished 5th perfect 4th Major 3rd minor3rd Major 2nd minor 2nd Oneoctave One octave plus a Major 7th One octave plus a minor 7th One octave plus a M...

Page 23: ...he threshold point the output level would drop by approximately 14dB A drop in the input level by 20dB would cause the output level to drop by approximately 54dB i e 34dB of gain reduction In the absence of any input signal the expander will reduce the gain such that the noise floor becomes inaudible HUSH PARAMETERS Hush I O This parameter simply determines whether theHUSHcircuit will be in the si...

Page 24: ...ach effect Selecting a Configuration To select a specific configuration press the CONFIG button the CONFIG LED above the button will light and the Intellifex Online will display the configuration for the current preset Turning the PRESET control while in this mode will step through each preset displaying each preset s configuration instead of its preset number and title The basic signal path arran...

Page 25: ...from a high gain guitar preamp with 4 chorus and delay voices and reverb Note When the Delay Time for any voice is set to zero that voice is taken out of the regenera tion loops This will allow for higher regeneration levels if needed It also allows for a more pure sounding decay of the echo when used with other voices set at long delay times ...

Page 26: ...ds Active or Muted L 0 to 100 R DlR 0 to 100 DLY to 0dB 0 to 99 0 to 99 Parameter List via PARAMETER SELECTcontol EFFECTS LVL L DIR LVL R DIR LVL DIRECT HUSH CHORUS LVL DELAY LVL REVERB LVL REGEN L REGEN R HUSH I O EXP THRESH REL RATE LEVEL 1 PAN 1 DELAY DEPTH 1 RATE 1 DUCKER SENSITIVITY ATTENUATION RELEASE RATE REV INPUT DIR IN PAN MIX DIR DLY REVERB LVL REV DECAY RV HF DAMP HUSH CHORUS DELAY REV...

Page 27: ...24 B HUSH REVERB Configuration This configuration combinesHUSH noise reduction with high purity reverb sounds Eight different reverb types are provided along with up to 210mS of predelay ...

Page 28: ...B Room A Room B Dual Hall A Hall B Stadium L 0 to 100 R 0 to 209mS 0 to 209mS On or Off 0 to 31 92 to 20dB 0 to 99 Parameter List via PARAMETER SELECT control REVERB LVL L DIR LVL R DIR LVL DIRECT HUSH HUSH l O EXP THRESH REL RATE REVERB LVL REVERB DECAY RV HF DAMP LOW FREQ REV TYPE DIR IN PAN PREDELAY L PREDELAY R GATE GATE DECAY GATE THRESH HOLD TIME HUSH REVERB HUSH REVERB Parameters MIXER ...

Page 29: ...26 C HUSH DELAY DUCKER Configuration The Intellifex Online offers three types of delay 2 Tap Stereo andPing Pong The configurations for each are shown in the following diagrams 2 Tap Delay ...

Page 30: ...27 Stereo Delay Ping Pong Delay ...

Page 31: ...750mS 1500mS 2 Tap to 0dB to 0dB L 0 to l00 R 0 to 750mS 1500mS 2 Tap to 0dB 2 Tap Stereo or Ping Pong 0 to 99 Off or On 92 to 20dB to 0dB 2 to 9 0 Seconds Parameter List via PARAMETER SELECTcontrol DELAY LVL L DIR LVL R DIR LVL DlRECT HUSH HUSH l O EXP THRESH REL RATE DELAY MUTE TYPE LEVEL 1 PAN 1 DLY TIME 1 REGEN 1 LEVEL 2 PAN 2 DLY TIME 2 REGEN 2 D TYPE DL HF DAMP DUCKER SENSITIVITY ATTENUATION...

Page 32: ...d or delayed up to 418 milliseconds each Note When the Delay Time for any voice is set to zero that voice is taken out of the regenera tion loops This will allow for higher regeneration levels if needed It also allows for a more pure sounding decay of the echo when used with other voices set at long delay times ...

Page 33: ...L REGEN R HUSH 1 0 EXP THRESH REL RATE LEVEL 1 PAN 1 DELAY 1 DEPTH 1 RATE 1 Range via PARAMETER ADJUST contol to 6 0dB to 6 0dB to 6 0dB Pre or Post to 0 0dB to 0 0dB In or Out 92 to 20dB 25mS to 800mS to 0dB L 0 to 100 R 0 to 418mS 0 to 100 0 to 254 MIXER VOICE DLY 1 Repeated for Voices 2 8 HUSH HUSH 8 VOICE CHORUS DELAY Parameters ...

Page 34: ...31 E HUSH PITCH SHIFT DELAY Configuration ...

Page 35: ...LVL R DIR LVL DIRECT HUSH REGEN L REGEN R HUSH l O EXP THRESH REL RATE PITCH 1 FINE 1 LEVEL 1 PAN 1 DELAY1 Range via PARAMETER ADJUST control to 6 0dB to 6 0dB to 6 0dB Pre or Post to 0 0dB to 0 0dB In or Out 92 to 20dB 25mS to 800mS 2400 to 1200 20 to 20 to 0 0dB L 0 to 100 R 0 to 418mS MIXER HUSH VOICE 1 Repeated for Voices 2 3 and 4 ...

Page 36: ...ird delay This is followed by a Ducking feature for the delayed signals and Reverb Note When the Delay Time for any voice is set to zero that voice is taken out of the regenera tion loops This will allow for higher regeneration levels if needed It also allows for a more pure sounding decay of the echo when used with other voices set at long delay times ...

Page 37: ... to 0dB 2 to 9 0 Seconds Active or Muted L 0 to 100 R DlR 0 to 100 DLY to 0dB 0 to 99 0 to 99 HUSH PITCH SHIFT DELAY REVERB Parameters Parameter List via PARAMETER SELECT control EFFECT LVL L DIR LVL R DIR LVL DIRECT HUSH PSHIFT LVL DELAY LVL REVERB LVL REGEN L REGEN R HUSH I 0 EXP THRESH PITCH 1 FINE 1 LEVEL 1 PAN 1 DELAY 1 PITCH 2 FINE 2 LEVEL 2 PAN 2 DELAY 2 LEVEL 3 PAN 3 DELAY 3 DUCKER SENSITI...

Page 38: ...ET control to the preset number to be recalled The display will alternate between the preset number title selected and To recall the selected preset press the RECALL button and the display will now show only the new preset number and title or configuration type depending on the CONFIG L E D status Step 2 14 PRESET TITLE PRESS RECALL FOR 2 1 ...

Page 39: ...ER SELECT control to choose which parameter to be altered for that effect Step 2 REV DECAY 59 Use the PARAMETER ADJUST control to modify the parameter value The LED above the STORE button will light indicating that the preset has been altered from its original state Step 3 REV DECAY 32 The COMPARE button may be used to compare the old parameter value to the new one Step 4 REV DECAY 59 4 1 2 3 ...

Page 40: ...ORE button a second time to store the new values into the selected preset number The display will briefly flash STORED before displaying the new preset number and title Step 3 STORED STORE TO PRESET STORE TO PRESET Note Altered preset parameters can only be stored in user preset numbers 1 80 Factory presets 81 160 cannot be copied over and therefore cannot be selected as a destina tion for an alte...

Page 41: ... 4 STORED If it is not desired to copy the title of the original preset simply turn the PRESET control to any other preset or turn the FUNCTION SELECT control to any function to exit The altered parameters will still be stored into the new preset number If a preset with modified parameters is exited without completing the store procedure all edited parameter values will be lost and the preset will...

Page 42: ...Flashing decimal 29 N RESET TITLE To edit the character in the next position turn the PARAMETER SELECT control one step clockwise the flashing decimal will move to the next position Step 4 STORED The STORE button must be pressed to save the new title Exiting the Title Edit function before pressing the STORE button will erase any editing done in the Title Edit function After flashing STORED briefly...

Page 43: ...T control to the preset number that is to be recalled each time the unit is turned on Step 1 24 PRESET TITLE Recall the selected preset by pressing the RECALL button Step 2 24 PRESET TITLE Step 3 Press the STORE button while the preset number title or configuration is displayed to save the current preset as the power on preset PWR ON PR STORED 1 2 3 ...

Page 44: ...AMETER SELECT control to access the first parameter of the Controller Assign function This parameter allows for the selection of a controller number which the first parameter selected in Step 5 will respond to Step 1 To access the Controller Assign function turn the FUNCTION SELECT control one step clockwise past Title Edit CONTROLLER ASSIG Step 2 NUMB1 XXX Use the PARAMETER ADJUST control to sele...

Page 45: ...parameter value For example if a given parameter has a range from to 6dB yet it is desirable for the full range of the controller to vary from only 10dB to 2 5dB a lower limit of 10 and an upper limit of 2 5 may be set via the Upper Limit and Lower Limit parameters When storing a parameter the maximum value is stored as the upper limit and the minimum value is stored as the lower limit automatical...

Page 46: ...nvert the response of the controller For example the toe position of an expression pedal would provide the minimum value while the heel position would provide the maximum value Notes Step 11 Turn the PARAMETER SELECT control for the last parameter Controller Lower Limit LLIM C1 XXX Step 12 Use the PARAMETER ADJUST control to select the parameter value which the controller is not to fall below LLIM...

Page 47: ...This parameter determines whether program mapping is on or off When program mapping is OFF the preset number recalled is identical to the program number sent via MIDI When ON the preset number recalled is the preset that the program number sent is mapped to Step 2 PROG MAPPING OFF Step 3 Select whether the program mapping is to be ON or OFF via the PARAMETER ADJUST control PROG MAPPING ON Step 4 S...

Page 48: ...nt Use the PARAM ETER ADJUST control to select the preset number 1 160 or OFF to map to Step 6 Step 7 110 MAP TO XXX MIDI Program Number 1 128 110 MAP TO 56 Preset Number 1 160 OFF Press the STORE button after each MIDI program number and preset number have been selected to save the change for each mapping STORED will flash briefly on the display Step 8 STORED The Program Mapping function may be e...

Page 49: ...R ADJUST control to select the MIDI channel that the Intellifex Online is to receive MIDI commands on Channels 1 16 OMNI all channels or OFF will not receive MIDI commands may be selected Step 3 MIDI CHANL 10 Press the STORE button to save the new MIDI channel status STORED will briefly flash on the display Step 4 STORED To exit the MIDI Channel function turn either the PRESET or FUNCTION SELECT c...

Page 50: ...ving Intellifex Online Dumping a single Intellifex Online user preset into another Intellifex Online Step 2 Using a standard MIDI cable connect the MIDI OUT of the transmitting Intellifex Online to the MIDI IN of the receiving Intellifex Online Do not connect the other MIDI ports to gether Step 1 Turn the FUNCTION SELECT knob on both units to MIDI Dump Load MIDI DUMP LOAD Turn the PARAMETER SELECT...

Page 51: ...ORE button on the transmitting Intellifex Online to initiate the dump The transmitting Intellifex Online will display the preset number of the preset dumped and DUMPED The receiving Intellifex Online will display the preset location being stored to and RECEIVING while it receives and stores the preset s parameters title and control ler information After all information for that preset is stored th...

Page 52: ...te consists of the lower 7 bits of the first value The second transmitted data byte consists of the most significant bit of the first value These two transmitted bytes are combined when received to form the first value The next two transmitted bytes will form the next value in the same way and so on until all 200 bytes are transmitted The order of data byte transmission is as follows The Check Sum...

Page 53: ...tellifex Online will display the number of the data string as it is dumped Data strings 1 80 are the user presets as described by the preset dump function while data string 81 is the program mappings Data string 82 contains the footswitch types MIDI channel mapping status and power on preset After all the user data is transmitted the Intellifex Online will display USER DATA DUMPED The process take...

Page 54: ...rom the sequencer Step 3 LOAD USER DATA Play back the user data previously recorded on the sequencer The Intellifex Online will display the data strings as it is storing them The data string and LOADED will appear on the display After all the user data has been loaded the Intellifex Online will display USER DATA LOADED The entire procedure will take approximately 3 minutes to complete Step 4 USER ...

Page 55: ...ommand byte 2AH The following data strings will contain the command byte 2BH Data string 81 which is the program mapping will contain 256 data bytes Data string 82 which is miscellaneous data will contain 12 data bytes Error Messages RECEIVE ERROR This message will appear on a receiving Intellifex Online if Check Sum bytes do not match or if a status byte MSB 1 is received when a data byte was exp...

Page 56: ...ex Online will display Enter Code 0 Step 3 ENTER CODE 0 Turn the PARAMETER ADJUST control to select the number 249 The only number which can be entered to perform the restore function is 249 Entering any other number will immediately exit this function and return to the previously recalled preset number and title Step 4 ENTER CODE 249 Pressing the STORE button at this time will erase all user pres...

Page 57: ... VALUE SENT IS 0 127 CORRESPONDING TO PRESETS 1 128 OPTIONAL IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAM MAPPING ALSO AVAILABLE EIGHT DIFFERENT PARAMETERS MAY BE CHOSEN FROM EACH USER PRESET AND ASSIGNED A CONTROL NUMBER THE CONTROL NUMBER MAY BE FROM 0 120 OR OFF AN UPPER AND LOWER RANGE MAY ALSO BE SPECIFIEDFOR EACH PARAMETER NOTES Basic Channel Mode Note Number Velocity After Touch Pitch Bend Control Change Prog...

Page 58: ... 10Hzto 18KHz 5 3dB 20Hz to 17KHz 5dB CONDITIONS Input Level Pot minimum Output Level Pot maximum Input Level Pot minimum Input Level Pot maximum Peak Signal A weighted Noise Floor Direct Level 6dB Direct Post HUSH Effects Level 1KHz 5dB input level 22Hz to 22KHz Bandwidth Direct Post HUSH Direct Level 6dB Effects Level Rocktron Corporation 2870 Technology Drive Rochester Hills MI 48309 USA Custom...

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