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This mode is meant to work with some effect devices we are planning to introduce later.
Currently it can be used with some Roland equipment, for instance with GR-55. To set it up:
1. Use 13pin cable splitter (like Roland US-20) to connect your hexaphonic guitar both to
6Appeal and GR-55
2. Connect a Midi cable from GR-55 Midi Out to 6Appeal’s Midi In
3. In 6Appeal set the following settings:
a. MidiIn channel (Menu 9, item10) to anything between 1 and 10
b. MonoMode (Menu 9, item 4) to On
4. In GK-55 set MIDI/USB section GTR-MIDI parameters (User Manual, p.79):
a. SWITCH to ON
b. MODE to MONO
c. STRING CH to 11
d. DATA THIN to ON
e. Other parameters as you like
We also recommend you to avoid MIDI channels from 11 to 16 in you setup if you want to use
6Appeal in MIDI MonoMode.
If the setup does not work as expected, check with some Midi Monitor software that GR-55 is
generating Note On and Off messages by Midi channels 11 to 16 if you play your guitar.
Most probably this approach can be used with Boss GP-10, if you manage to get MIDI commands
in and out from it.
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XPRESSION
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EDALS
External MIDI controllers often allow you to connect Expression Pedals and/or Switches. If you
set your Expression Pedal to a CC number from Table 4, Appendix
you may control the
particular 6Appeal parameter with the Expression Pedal.
Similarly, if your controller lets you do that, you may use Expression Switches to send out Midi
On notes according to Table 5, Appendix
and thus switch corresponding 6Appeal
parameters. Just keep in mind that many parameters in 6Appeal have more than two states.
Most probably, with a single switch, you can just toggle between two states with the controller.
Although, some controllers may allow you to use parameter incremental/decremental stepping,
meaning you could step thru all the parameter values.
The obvious limitation of this method is that you may control just a single 6Appeal parameter
with a single controller. To overcome this limitation we have introduced MIDI control of LFOs:
LFO1 MIDI CTRL
Menu 4 Clock 9: Off (D) / ModWheel (G) / BreathCtrl (Y) / PitchBend(R)
LFO2 MIDI CTRL
Menu 5 Clock 9: Off (D) / ModWheel (G) / BreathCtrl (Y) / PitchBend(R)
Setting one of those parameters to anything else than Off, causes respective LFO to stop
autorunning. The LFO starts to follow incoming MIDI messages instead. The MIDI message value
0 is equal to LFO minimum value and the MIDI value 127 is LFO maximum. This way you may
address your Expression Pedal to send out Modulation Wheel (CC #1), Breath Control (CC #2) or
Pitch Bend (a separate MIDI command) and control a group of parameters with a single
controller. By the way, with Pitch Bend control you will get twice higher (smoother) control
resolution.
