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MIDI Mate

Footswitchable MIDI Controller

May be covered by one or more of the following: U.S.Patents #4538297, 4647876, 4696044, 4745309, 4881047, 4893099 and 5124657. Other

patents pending. Foreign patents pending.

USER'S MANUAL

Version 2

Summary of Contents for MIDI Mate

Page 1: ...switchable MIDI Controller May be covered by one or more of the following U S Patents 4538297 4647876 4696044 4745309 4881047 4893099 and 5124657 Other patents pending Foreign patents pending USER S MANUAL Version 2 ...

Page 2: ...en left unused for a long period of time DONOTATTEMPTTOSERVICETHISEQUIPMENT THISEQUIPMENTSHOULD BESERVICEDBYQUALIFIEDPERSONNELONLY DONOTMAKEANYINTER NALADJUSTMENTSORADDITIONSTOTHISEQUIPMENTATANYTIME DO NOTTAMPERWITHINTERNALELECTRONICCOMPONENTSATANYTIME FAILURETOFOLLOWTHESEINSTRUCTIONSMAYVOIDTHEWARRANTYOF THISEQUIPMENT ASWELLASCAUSINGSHOCKHAZARD POWER REQUIREMENTS This unit accepts power from the 9...

Page 3: ... and Operation 6 BANK ACCESS 8 INSTANT ACCESS 10 CONTROLLER ACCESS 11 Editing the MIDI Mate 14 Title Editing 17 MIDI Channel Editing 19 Controller Assignment Editing 21 Programmable Patch Changes Editing 24 Factory Reinitialization 26 Expression Pedal Y Cords 28 MIDI Implementation 29 ...

Page 4: ...also MIDI devices that both receive and transmit MIDI messages which can be called receivers or transmitters A receiver may be thought of as a MIDI ear that is to say that it listens but never speaks A MIDI transmitter may be thought of as a MIDI mouth that is to say it speaks but never listens A device that canboth transmit and receive MIDI may be thought of as having a MIDI ear and a MIDI mouth ...

Page 5: ...iving device attaches to an actual parameter value How a device responds to a MIDI control change depends on both the device and the parameter Some devices will not understand a MIDI control change and will simply ignore it Other devices like the Rocktron ProGAP will respond to MIDI control changes All of the parameters that determine the sound of the ProGAP can be adjusted through MIDI control ch...

Page 6: ...hanges as well Since the loop and controls can have only an on or off status they are conveniently called on off controllers For on off controllers a control change command with a controller value of less than 64 is interpreted to be off A value greater than 63 is interpreted to be on ...

Page 7: ...ss the EDIT FUNCTION SELECT à button twice until MIDI Channels scrolls across the display Allow the scrolling to finish and S1CH 1 will be displayed This shows that SET1 is assigned to MIDI channel 1 To change the MIDI channel to match a receiving device s MIDI channel use the BANK ADJUST buttons When finished press the 2ND button to turn off the 2ND LED Now the MIDI Mate will send the program cha...

Page 8: ...1095 and 7 to 7 pin MIDI cable Part RMM900 available to power the MIDI Mate through phantom power on other products Rocktron also offers an expression pedal stereo Y cord Part 006 1107 Quick Setup using a MIDI Y cord MIDI Y CORD EXPRESSION PEDAL MIDI RECEIVING DEVICE 9VAC ADAPTOR PEDAL POWER 9VAC 800mA PHANTOM POWER MIDI OUT MIDI IN STEREO TO STEREO CORD See page 28 for information on expression p...

Page 9: ...r Mode Allows you to change presets within a bank of 5 presets with the touch of a single button as well as access 5 buttons which can send MIDI on off control commandswith the touch of a singlebutton Eight character personal titles for each preset Display of current MIDI program LED over each button for instant recognition of preset Phantom power supply Expression pedal ready Multiple MIDI progra...

Page 10: ... L E D off This accesses the function printed below each button Currentprogram number Basic operating features Function of dual function buttons with 2ND L E D on This accesses the function printed above each button TITLES MIDI CHANNELS CONTROLLER ASSIGN PROGRAM CHANGES TITLES MIDI CHANNELS CONTROLLER ASSIGN PROGRAM CHANGES BANK INSTANT CONTROLLER ACCESS 2ND 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 BANK ADJUST EDIT PR...

Page 11: ... number are displayed in the three character numeric display To change the bank on the MIDI Mate press the 2ND button until the 2ND LED lights Now the BANK ADJUST á or â button may be pressed to change the bank number The BANK ADJUST á and â buttons may be held down to scroll through the different bank numbers When the button is released the selected bank number will flash on and off At this point...

Page 12: ...ay blinking Step 2 Use the Bank buttons to select the bank Step 1 Press the 2ND button to turn the 2ND L E D on MIDI 127 127 MIDI 123 123 Step 3 Press the 2ND button to turn the 2ND L E D off Step 5 To continue changing programs in the same bank press the last number of the program Any other program that starts with the same first two numbers may be selected with a single button TITLES MIDI CHANNE...

Page 13: ...responding program For example by pressing button 0 and then button 1 the MIDI Mate will transmit program change 1 By pressing the 9 button twice the MIDI program change 99 will be sent and so on The bank á and â function works in the Instant mode the same as it works in the Bank mode thereby allowing access to presets 100 thru 128 while in the Instant mode MIDI 1 1 Step 1 Press the 0 button Step ...

Page 14: ...number a control change will be sent every time the preset is changed For example if buttons 5 6 7 and 8 are set to control numbers 11 12 13 and 14 respectively every time a program change is made four MIDI control change commands control changes 11 12 13 14 would be sent on the corresponding MIDI channels These four control changes would send the status on off of the controls that were last store...

Page 15: ...ecalled and the L E D above button 1 will be lit Consider each button as a value that will be added to the current blinking bank if pressed preset should be on then that status must be stored on for that preset and for every preset the control is desired on PresetButtons ControllerButtons Set assigned buttons see Controller Assignment Edit section and set controller MIDI channel see MIDI Channel E...

Page 16: ...o store the status of on off buttons in the current program STORED 99 Step 1 Turn on the 2ND L E D by pressing the 2ND button MIDI 99 99 Step 3 Press the 2ND button to turn the 2ND L E D off Now each time program 99 is recalled this configuration of on off buttons is recalled Step 2 Press the STORE button The MIDI Mate will display STORED briefly TITLES MIDI CHANNELS CONTROLLER ASSIGN PROGRAM CHAN...

Page 17: ...essary for all the presets then exit the edit mode with the least number of buttons pressed The editing is divided into four sections Titles MIDI Channels Controller Assignment and Program Changes and can be accessed while in any access mode The editing functions are accessible by pressing the EDIT FUNCTION SELECT ß and à buttons The editing parameters can be adjusted by using theBANK ADJUST á and...

Page 18: ...ese four editing sections To exit the edit mode press the 2ND button so that the 2ND LED is off or change the access mode by press ing the ACCESS button The editing LED will flash as long as the MIDI Mate is in the editing mode The EDIT FUNCTION SELECT buttons allow you to scroll through the available function headings for editing Referring to the figure on the following page repeatedly pressing t...

Page 19: ...NGES MIDI Mate top view PEDL OFF 0 120 RATE 1 50 BTN5 OFF 0 120 BTN6 OFF 0 120 BTN7 OFF 0 120 BTN8 OFF 0 120 BTN9 OFF 0 120 Pedal Controller Number Pedal Scan Rate Button 5 Control Change Number Button 6 Control Change Number Button 7 Control Change Number Button 8 Control Change Number Button 9 Control Change Number SET2 OFF 1 128 SET3 OFF 1 128 SET4 OFF 1 128 SET5 OFF 1 128 SET6 OFF 1 128 Set 2 ...

Page 20: ...de can be edited in this fashion The EDIT FUNCTION SELECT buttons are used to move the cursor flashing decimal point to the character position that you wish to edit Pressing the EDIT FUNCTION SELECT ß button will allow the user to edit the character one place to the left of the current character If the far left character has been edited and editing is complete theEDIT FUNCTION SELECT ß button may ...

Page 21: ... scrolling has completed the title will be displayed with a blinking decimal point next to the first character BI DI 99 99 Step 5 Use the ADJUST buttons to select a character Repeat this process until all the characters are edited Use the EDIT FUNCTION SELECT buttons to move the flashing cursor to the correct character position Use the ADJUST buttons to select a character Once the editing is compl...

Page 22: ...theBANK ADJUST á and â buttons allow the user to scroll through the available choices to assign SET2 s MIDI channel to The possible choices for SET2 s MIDI channel are 1 16 or off The MIDI channel for any set can be turned off to suspend transmission of that set s patch changes Once MIDI channels are chosen for all the sets press theEDIT FUNCTIONSELECT à button and B5CH Button 5 MIDI Controller Ch...

Page 23: ...ep 3 Use the ADJUST buttons to select the MIDI channel that Set 1 is to be transmitted on 1 16 or OFF Match Set 1 s MIDI channel with the MIDI channel that the receiving device is set to After the scrolling has completed S1CH Set 1 MIDI channel will appear S2CH OFF 99 Step 4 Press the EDIT FUNCTION SELECT à button to advance to the next channel to edit Set 2 The MIDI on off commands may be assigne...

Page 24: ...m eters you wish to adjust Buttons 5 9 on the MIDI Mate may also be assigned a control number These numbers should match a MIDI device s on off or in out parameters Another example using the Rocktron ProGAP would be to assign the ProGap s loop function to control number 9 and assign button 5 abbreviated as BTN5 on the MIDI Mate to control number 9 Now by pressing button 5 on the MIDI Mate while in...

Page 25: ... mean a smoother and more accurate response by the device receiving the control changes However the rate may need to be slowed down for devices where an error may occur from receiving MIDI messages faster than the device can process them BANK INSTANT CONTROLLER ACCESS 2ND 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 BANK ADJUST EDIT PRESET SELECT EDIT FUNCTION SELECT STORE To enter the CONTROLLER ASSIGNMENT EDIT mode Step...

Page 26: ...TROLLER ASSIGN PROGRAM CHANGES After the scrolling has completed PEDL will appear with the control number that the pedal is assigned to This pedal may be assigned to a different control number for each program Buttons 5 9 may be assigned to one control number each for all programs BANK INSTANT CONTROLLER ACCESS 2ND 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 BANK ADJUST EDIT PRESET SELECT EDIT FUNCTION SELECT STORE BTN5 ...

Page 27: ... LED lights while in any access mode Now press the EDIT FUNCTION SELECT buttons until Programmable Patch Changes scrolls across the display Allow the scrolling to finish to enter the Programmable Patch Changes edit mode Once the scrolling has finished SET2 will appear This is where additional patch changes may be programmed to be sent along with SET1 s patch change SET1 is the patch change that is...

Page 28: ...s are sent on the correspondingMIDIchannelwhileediting Step 4 Press the EDIT FUNCTION SELECT à button to advance to SET3 programchanges SET3 99 99 SET2 99 99 Note The EDIT PRESET SELECT buttons may be used to select the additional program change for the next preset Step 5 Use the BANK ADJUST buttons to select the additional program change to be sent on SET3 s MIDI channel Step 6 Press the EDIT FUN...

Page 29: ...erase all user settings MIDI 128 128 Step 1 Recallpreset 128 Step 2 Press the 2ND button to turn the 2ND L E D on To enter the FACTORY REINITIALIZE mode TITLES MIDI CHANNELS CONTROLLER ASSIGN PROGRAM CHANGES This feature of the MIDI Mate allows for all titles controller assignments patch changes etc to be reset to their original factory settings To perform this procedure follow the steps as shown ...

Page 30: ...it the editing mode Step 5 Press the STORE button WAIT will be displayed while the memory is being initialized After it is complete the message ERR 0 should be displayed If this message is not displayed the memory may not have reinitialized properly WARNING Completing step 5 will permanently erase the user memory and replace it with the original factory memory For those upgrading from previous sof...

Page 31: ...PEDAL HAS A STEREO INPUT OUTPUT JACK TWO MONO TO ONE STEREO CORD FOR USE IF A PEDAL HAS MONO INPUT AND OUTPUT JACKS NOTE FOR BEST RESULTS USE COAX CABLE TO ROCKTRON PEDAL INPUT TO ROCKTRON PEDAL INPUT PEDAL INPUT PEDAL INPUT PEDAL OUTPUT PEDAL OUTPUT T R S T T S S RCA TO MONO ADAPTERS RADIO SHACK PART 274 320 TIP RING DUAL RCA TO STEREO ADAPTER RADIO SHACK PART 274 308 STEREO Y CORD MADE USING RCA...

Page 32: ...OFF ALL NOTES OFF ACTIVE SENSING SYSTEM RESET TRANSMITTED 1 16 1 16 X X X X X X X X X O O O O O O O X X X X X X X X X X RECOGNIZED X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X REMARKS MAY BE SAVED IN NON VOLATILE MEMORY PEDL OFF BTN5 OFF BTN6 OFF BTN7 OFF BTN8 OFF BTN9 OFF PROGRAMS 1 128 O YES X NO Actual MIDI program value sent is 0 127 corresponding to presets 1 128 The buttons and pe...

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