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Soleman User’s Guide

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Soleman MIDI Foot Controller

User’s Guide

Welcome

Thank you for purchasing the Soleman MIDI Foot Controller. The Soleman is a versatile, highly
configurable hardware and software MIDI controller housed in a durable, compact package.

It has two hardware MIDI outputs, which allow it to interface with any hardware that adheres to the
MIDI standard. It also has a USB-MIDI interface for direct control of MIDI-compatible software such
as DAWs (Digital Audio Workstations), virtual instruments, synths, or VST plugins.

The four footswitches scroll through scenes, launch individual MIDI messages, step through set lists,
or trigger highly customizable MIDI macros. An external switch port allows for two additional
footswitches to make navigation more convenient.

The expression input allows the user to use a passive expression pedal to generate MIDI continuous
controller messages in a very flexible manner, providing direct expressive control over MIDI-
compatible devices and software.

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Summary of Contents for Soleman

Page 1: ...erface for direct control of MIDI compatible software such as DAWs Digital Audio Workstations virtual instruments synths or VST plugins The four footswitches scroll through scenes launch individual MIDI messages step through set lists or trigger highly customizable MIDI macros An external switch port allows for two additional footswitches to make navigation more convenient The expression input all...

Page 2: ...90 scenes Panel Mode Create highly customizable MIDI messages including System Exclusive for each of the 4 footswitches tailoring the Soleman to your gear The Soleman can store up to 64 panels each containing a vast array of customizable MIDI messages for each footswitch expression assignments and configuration data USB MIDI Interface Class compliant USB drivers make the Soleman plug and play read...

Page 3: ...u through the process of powering the Soleman and using it in a simple MIDI setup with program change PC messages For this example the Neuro Hub will be used as the target device The Soleman will send program change messages to the Neuro Hub in order to change scenes which are stored in the Hub s internal memory If you wish to skip the Quick Start you can skip ahead to more detailed descriptions o...

Page 4: ...ll be used Scene mode the most basic mode of operation sends program change messages by default on the MIDI outputs In this example these program change messages will be used to activate scenes stored in the Hub The three LEDs on the top of the Soleman interface indicate the active mode By default the Soleman should be in Scene mode with the corresponding LED lit If Scene mode is not active simply...

Page 5: ...ext panel In the Edit Menu the Add Up button selects the next item in the menu Remove Down Button In List Mode the Remove Down button can be used to remove scenes from a list or edit a scene in the list In Panel Mode the Remove Down button moves to the previous panel In the Edit Menu the Remove Down button selects the previous item in the menu Footswitch Overview Previous Footswitch In Scene mode ...

Page 6: ... be very cautious when using 3rd party power supplies and make sure they match the required specifications for regulated voltage 9V polarity tip negative and minimum current 70 mA USB Connect your computer Mac or Windows to the Soleman s USB port denoted by the icon using a standard mini USB cable The Soleman is a class compliant USB device meaning that it should be recognized by Mac and Windows c...

Page 7: ... to connect to multiple external devices in parallel The connectors are standard 5 pin DIN outputs The Soleman is capable of sending common MIDI message types Program Change and Continuous Controller in Scene and List modes and is fully programmable including System Exclusive when using Macros For more information about the MIDI capabilities of the Soleman refer to the MIDI Message Types Appendix ...

Page 8: ... are a total of 128 Scenes available in the Soleman and each has a corresponding MIDI message that is sent from the MIDI outputs hardware and USB when the Scene is activated By default each Scene will output a MIDI Program Change message The number of the Program Change message corresponds to the Scene number For example when Scene 5 is activated a Program Change message with a program number of 5...

Page 9: ...e Search Mode is active all MIDI output except MIDI clock will be disabled When in Scene Search mode press and hold either the Next or Previous footswitches to rapidly scroll through Scenes Jump to Favorite Scene In Scene Mode the Favorite footswitch can be used at any time to jump to the user defined Favorite Scene By default the Favorite Scene is Scene 0 When the Favorite Scene is activated the ...

Page 10: ...rdware or software depending on what scene is active To modify the expression output for the active scene use the edit menu as shown in the graphic below or the USB Editor Software See Scene Panel Expression CC Selection Scene MIDI Message Type By default when scenes are activated they will output a MIDI program change PC message The program number will always match the scene number However it is ...

Page 11: ...Once a List is begun the Individual Scene name will be displayed The List Number shows which of the 64 Lists is currently active Only one List is active at a time On the bottom row of the LCD the previous Scene in the list is shown on the left the currently active Scene is shown in the middle and the next Scene is shown on the right In this way the user is always aware of what scene will be activa...

Page 12: ...e Next footswitch activates the next Scene in the list List Search Press the Search footswitch to activate List Search mode When List Search mode is active the Search LED will begin to blink While in Search mode you can navigate through the List using the Next and Previous footswitches without sending out the corresponding MIDI messages When you have reached the desired position in the List press ...

Page 13: ...k to the last active scene simply tap the Favorite footswitch one more time Or press the Previous or Next footswitches to select the previous or next Scene in the List Selecting the Next or Previous List There are a total of 64 Lists stored in the Soleman To change lists follow these steps Press and hold the Search footswitch After a second the Previous and Next LEDs should begin to blink Use the ...

Page 14: ...List to its previous state Removing a Scene from a List Press the Remove button The currently selected scene will be removed from the List Editing a Scene in a List Press and hold the Remove button for 2 seconds The Remove LED will begin to blink Use the Previous and Next footswitches to change the number of the currently selected scene Press the Remove button or the Confirm button to accept the c...

Page 15: ...Footswitch 4 can alternately be used as a tap tempo input MIDI Message Type Each footswitch is assigned a MIDI message type The MIDI message can be set to Continuous Controller Program Change Note On Macro user defined message System Real time Start System Real time Stop or System Real time Continue messages On Message The On Message defines what MIDI data will be sent when the footswitch is put i...

Page 16: ...configured as Latching Momentary One Shot or Radio Here is a description of each mode Latching When a footswitch is configured to be latching it will toggle states between On and Off each time the footswitch is pressed and corresponding On Off MIDI messages will be sent Momentary When a footswitch is configured to be momentary it will output an On message when it is depressed and an Off message wh...

Page 17: ...nected to the Soleman can be used to change Panels See the External Footswitches section for details Panels can also be remotely recalled by sending MIDI Program Changes to the Soleman via the MIDI IN jack or over USB MIDI Panel Setup Macros Each Panel can be assigned a Setup Macro The purpose of Setup Macros is to prepare or configure the target MIDI device for use with the selected panel For exa...

Page 18: ...in Scenes as Panel Setup Messages or even as On or Off messages for an individual footswitch in Panel Mode A single Macro can be reused in several different places at the same time So for example a single Macro could be assigned to multiple Scenes or even multiple Panels all at the same time Macros consist of an ID number a name and data a list of MIDI messages The macro ID is a number between 0 a...

Page 19: ...re All MIDI messages sent on the Soleman s hardware MIDI outputs will also be sent to the computer over USB MIDI messages can also be sent to the Soleman for recalling scenes via Note On messages and recalling Panels via Program Changes Edit Menu The Edit Menu provides access to a number of settings for the active Scene List or Panel It also provides options for configuring the expression output o...

Page 20: ... other symbols are available using the Neuro App or USB Editor software Scene Panel Expression CC Selection The expression input can be assigned to different continuous controllers for each Scene and Panel independently To modify the expression assignment activate the desired Scene or Panel and then navigate to the Scene Panel Expression CC Selection screen in the Edit menu The Scene or Panel numb...

Page 21: ...ssion CC remapping feature the range of MIDI CC outputs can be easily tailored to the desired range of values This graphic shows several examples of expression range remapping and the resulting relationship between the treadle position and the MIDI CC output value It is also possible to set the value of the Heel higher than the value of the Toe resulting in an inverse relationship between the trea...

Page 22: ...xternal Switch 2 Function Factory Reset Expression Calibration The Soleman uses a 10 bit ADC to convert external tip hot passive expression pedals to MIDI data Because some expression pedals have different designs for example different potentiometer resistances and often differ due to manufacturing tolerances it may be necessary to perform a calibration to properly configure the Soleman for use wi...

Page 23: ...e during the calibration process To create a dead zone in the heel position for example depress the heel of the treadle about 90 of the way as desired and then press the Previous footswitch to set the Lo calibration point This means that the expression pedal will be at its lowest value slightly before the heel of the treadle is completely depressed You can also use this method for the Hi calibrati...

Page 24: ...modify the Favorite Scene use the Previous and Next footswitches Using Hub Names The Soleman was designed to be compatible with the Source Audio Neuro Hub The Hub is capable of storing scene information that includes the complete configuration for up to five compatible pedals connected to it Up to 128 presets can be stored in the Hub s memory and these can be recalled by sending the Hub a program ...

Page 25: ... Mode Footswitch 4 Function parameter Since this is a Global Option the setting will be the same for all Scenes Scene Mode Digit Size In Scene Mode the name of each Scene is displayed along with its corresponding program number There are two options for displaying this information The default mode has the Scene name on the top row and the program number on the bottom row However in certain instanc...

Page 26: ... cycles through Scene Set List Panel modes 4 Tap Tempo Higher Accuracy External Footswitch 2 Options 1 Scene List Panel UP increment 2 Scene List Panel DOWN decrement 3 Mode Select cycles through Scene Set List Panel modes 4 Tap Tempo Lower Accuracy See the External Footswitch Connections section for details on setting up the hardware Factory Reset If you wish to return the Soleman to its factory ...

Page 27: ...o improve navigation in List mode and Panel mode or to use as an external tap tempo input Momentary single pole single throw SPST switches are supported The input jack on the Soleman accepts a 3 conductor TRS 3 5 mm plug Switch 1 should be connected to the tip conductor and Switch 2 should be connected to the ring conductor Standard footswitches such as the FS 6 Dual Footswitch from Boss are compa...

Page 28: ...are or software The following table describes the MIDI Input function mapping MIDI Message Type Data Value 0 Data Value 1 Function Program Change PC 0 63 N A Recall Panels 0 63 respectively Note On 0 127 Any Recall Scenes 0 127 respectively Continuous Control CC 102 0 1 2 Set Mode 0 Scene 1 Set List 2 Panel Continuous Control CC 103 0 127 Recall Scenes 0 127 respectively Continuous Control CC 104 ...

Page 29: ...re and creating backups of the Soleman s user data To download the software visit http www sourceaudio net support downloads Device Status The device status box shows the status of the USB connection to the Soleman When the Soleman is connected the firmware version is shown and the device box turns green Global Settings The global settings section provides access to the same parameters and setting...

Page 30: ...ntrol The Expression Calibrate Min and Expression Calibrate Max values range from 0 to 1023 and represent the actual voltage detected on the passive expression pedal It is usually best to set these values automatically using the Expression Pedal Calibration in the Global Edit menu on the hardware while plugging in an expression pedal to the Soleman ...

Page 31: ...name in the drop down menu to edit the name Scene names can be up to 32 characters in length Macro ID is only used if the Message Type is set to Macro MIDI Channel follows the global setting by default If another channel is selected in the scene it will override the global setting only for this scene Lists The Lists section allows the user to edit lists Select a list to edit from the drop down men...

Page 32: ...re another scene in the list click a scene to highlight it use the List Item Value control to set the value then click the Insert button Panels The Panels section allows the user to edit panels Select a panel to edit from the drop down menu Note that the footswitches subsection also corresponds to the selected panel Notes Select a panel using the drop down menu Click on the panel name in the drop ...

Page 33: ...rmines if the footswitch is on or off by default when the panel is loaded Data On 0 and 1 are the data bytes for the MIDI message when the footswitch is on Data Off 0 and 1 are the data bytes for the MIDI message when the footswitch is off Macro On and Macro Off are only used if the Message type is Macro Macros The Macros section allows users to build custom sets of MIDI messages for sending multi...

Page 34: ...command and click the Insert button to insert a command before it in the list of commands The MIDI Message Editor allows individual commands to be configured Use the drop down menu to change the message type The following types are available o Continuous Controller o Program Change o Note On o Note Off o Pitch Bend o System Exclusive Each command can have an independent MIDI channel Data value 1 a...

Page 35: ... messages require the user to type in the data directly into the Systex Data text box Data must be formatted as hexadecimal values and each byte must be separated from the next byte using a comma For example a valid Sysex message is F0 00 01 6C F7 ...

Page 36: ...tart k is the key note number v is the velocity Continuous Controller i e Control Change Bn 1011nnnn cc 0ccccccc vv 0vvvvvvv This message is sent when a controller value changes Controllers include devices such as pedals and levers Controller numbers 120 127 are reserved as Channel Mode Messages c is the controller number 0 119 v is the controller value 0 127 Program Change Cn 1100nnnn pp 0ppppppp...

Page 37: ...re Update Over time new features may be added to the Soleman via firmware updates Firmware updates will be made available on the Source Audio website To update the firmware connect the Soleman to the computer using a USB cable and use the Firmware Update function in the USB Editor Software Waste Disposal Notes If possible dispose of the device at an electronics recycling center Do not dispose of t...

Page 38: ...and Source Audio is provided with all of the following information i all warranty registration information as set forth on the registration card for the new owner ii proof of the transfer within thirty 30 days of the transfer and iii a photocopy of the original sales receipt Warranty coverage shall be determined by Source Audio in its sole discretion This is your sole warranty Source Audio does no...

Page 39: ...t of or relating to any of the foregoing Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of implied warranties so some of the above limitations and exclusions may not apply to you This Limited Warranty gives you specific legal rights and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state This Limited Warranty only applies to products sold and used in the USA Source Audio shall not ...

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