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You may also use a synthesizer to control 6Appeal. It may just be complicated to use a synth and
6Appeal at the same for other purposes than MIDI sync. This is because synth knobs and
keyboard commands most probably will conflict with 6Appeal MIDI commands. But, if you want
to get just MIDI sync, be aware, that MidiOut channel of the synth and MidiIn channel of 6Appeal
have to be different and MidiAll in 6Appeal has to be turned off. If you do not use any other MIDI
control than MIDI sync, you may simply turn off MidiIn in 6Appeal.
In some cases you may want to have MIDI sync from your synth (or from your DAW) and use an
external MIDI controller the same time. In this case you may use a MIDI Merger, like MIDI
Solutions Quadra Merge (www.midisolutions.com). This small box allows merging MIDI
commands from up to four MIDI devices and works without any external power supply (draws
all the power needed from MIDI input).
In some cases you may want to control several MIDI devices (one of them being 6Appeal) from a
single MIDI controller. In this case you may daisy chain your MIDI devices starting from external
controller. But, even better way for minimum latency and more accurate sync is to use some
MidiThru device, like Midi Solutions Quadra Thru, that works also without any external power
supply.
Set up your MIDI system and enjoy the functionality. We just hope you know some basics of
MIDI control. Otherwise, take some time to browse Internet; there is a lot of info available. MIDI
is not rocket science, you'll get along with it soon.
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Receiving MIDI is obvious – you can use a MIDI controller or computer to control the pedal. But a
great news is that 6Appeal works as a MIDI controller itself.
If you turn on MidiOut, all the pots in 6Appeal start to send out Midi messages according to the
MIDI CC table (Table 4, Appendix
). Most of the Menu Items start to send out respective
NoteOn messages if changed (Table 5, Appendix
).
MIDIOUT
Menu 10 Clock 2: On (
G
) / Off (
R
)
You may use these messages to control your external devices together with 6Appeal. Just be
organized, as complicated MIDI systems may easily turn from disorder to pandemonium, if you
mix up channel numbers and/or controller numbers.
6Appeal also has a dedicated MIDI Control menu, Menu 7. If MidiControl and Midiout are turned
on, all the pots in Menu 7 generate Midi CC information, which you may use to control your MIDI
equipment – a computer DAW program, for instance. This means you can trigger loops, start-
stop recording, add effects, run beat tracks, control soft synths and devices etc. With computer
software you typically may use MIDI Learn functionality to assign these pots to control your
software.
MIDI CONTROL
Menu 7 Clock 12: On (
G
) / Off (
R
)
If MidiControl is on, 6Appeal remembers the state of the pots within the preset. If a preset is
recalled, and both MidiOut and MidiControl are turned on, 6Appeal sends the saved values of
