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MIDI BAY

This manual is a quite accurate copy of the original manual. A guy

from Waldorf was so kind to send it to me before Waldorf left the

market. I scanned, OCR´d and worked it over. I tried to reproduce

everything as original as possible. I only corrected some minor

mistakes in writing, left out the blank pages and so on.

I did it without any financial interest. If you´re happy that you´ve found

it please think about if there is something that you can do for the rest of

the world. ;-)

Regards,

Lars

[email protected]

12/13/04

Summary of Contents for MIDI BAT

Page 1: ...nned OCR d and worked it over I tried to reproduce everything as original as possible I only corrected some minor mistakes in writing left out the blank pages and so on I did it without any financial interest If you re happy that you ve found it please think about if there is something that you can do for the rest of the world Regards Lars loopino hotmail com 12 13 04 ...

Page 2: ...1 7 Installation 07 1 8 Operation Modes 08 1 9 Creating and Editing Programs 09 1 1 1 The Merge Function 09 4 2 The Merge Filter 09 8 10 Selecting Programs 10 1 11 The Panic Key 11 1 12 Copying Programs 1 2 1 13 The Dump Function 13 1 Changing the Unit ID 13 2 14 Assignment List 14 1 15 MIDI Implementation 15 1 16 Specifications 16 1 MIDI BAY Manual ...

Page 3: ...AY Owner s Manual Technical Remarks Only high grade and tested components have been used for the construction of the MIDI BAY When putting the unit into operation the general guidelines for operating electrical or electronical devices must always be observed In order to avoid lengthy and expensive repairs you should give the MIDI BAY the same care and attention you give the remaining components of...

Page 4: ... for sound engineers and musicians Probably you have never worked with a patchbay before If so we recommend you to read the entire manual thoroughly since the MIDI BAY offers a greater scope of possibilities than a conventional audio patchbay Specific information in this manual is always presented in the same way whenever we refer to the MIDI BAY s controls or connectors the corresponding designat...

Page 5: ...pear as follows take the owner s manual read one word after the other additional remarks or remarks of special importance are marked by an arrow maybe you should turn the unit on before using it Please enjoy working with the MIDI BAY MIDI BAY Manual ...

Page 6: ...vely And it is even more frustrating to leave the MIDI cabling as it is thus possibly restricting both performance and potential of the instruments Today with even small homerecording studios integrating several keyboards possibly MIDI drum pads and various sound generators these problems multiply the system becomes badly arranged and unreliable In such a situation the MIDI BAY is the optimum solu...

Page 7: ...ee units this might lead to signal delay and deformation or you use a device that is able to split up a MIDI signal and send it to several MIDI OUT connectors at the same time Now if you want to have one MIDI device controlled by two instruments simultaneously you need a device that is able to mix two MIDI signal packages A simple two way adapter as is often used for audio connections cannot be us...

Page 8: ... integrates both functions copying and merging MIDI signals and additionally offers the possibility of programming any set of inputs and outputs and of selecting them at the touch of a key or with a MIDI instruction at any time MIDI BAY Manual ...

Page 9: ...l mostly call up patch programs a double digit display will provide enough information and allow for convenient working with the unit The two LEDs close to the display tell you whether the MIDI BAY is in Play Mode or Edit Mode The Up and Down keys increase or decrease the value currently indicated by the display This will be either the program number the MIDI channel or the Unit ID In case of hang...

Page 10: ...is a 5 pos connector this is not a MIDI connector and you should never try to insert a MIDI cable here Connect a conventional foot switch via the footswitch jack With this switch you can switch over between MIDI BAY programs which will also facilitate your work especially in live situations where two different setups must be rapidly accessible Before we forget of course an On Offj switch can be fo...

Page 11: ...n the signals from Source 1 and from an additional freely selectable Source connector will be mixed Furthermore you can send program change instructions to the MIDI BAY via Source 1 Therefore your master instrument or your computer respectively the data of which you want to merge with the data coming from other MIDI units must be connected to Source 1 now connect the Destination jack of the MIDI B...

Page 12: ...k the selected operation modes after each key press will be temporarily indicated by two letters appearing in the display In Play Mode you can call up the stored MIDI BAY programs In Edit Mode you can modify one of the 99 programs The Copy Mode allows for copying programs from one memory location to another The Merge Filter Mode serves for programming the 5 data filter which may be placed in front...

Page 13: ...AY s entire memory contents the 99 programs via MIDI at the simple touch of a button Finally in Unit Mode you can determine the MIDI BAY s unit number in order to ensure correct sending and receiving of program data In the following we will not keep to the order above but present you the individual functions and function levels just as you are most likely to need them MIDI BAY Manual ...

Page 14: ...ge to the EDIT mode by depressing the MODE key once The display temporarily indicates the message Ed to inform you about the operation mode change now the red EDIT Mode LED is lit instead of the green one Creating MIDI BAY programs is really easy you just have to assign a Source connector to each Destination connector This procedure has the advantage that any Source connector i e a signal can be a...

Page 15: ...lect the desired Destination connector A small dot in the right upper corner of the display indicates the tens i e MIDI connectors 1 to 9 are represented as usual connector 10 is displayed as O connector 11 as 1 etc You will soon get familiar with this kind of representation using the Down key select the Source connector you want to assign to this output then change to the next used Destination co...

Page 16: ...annel having finished a program briefly hit the Mode key once The new program will be stored automatically and the MIDI BAY will return to the PLAY Mode Please note that the MIDI BAY does not feature a seperate STORE function As soon as you leave the EDIT Mode via the Mode key the modifications made will be stored the original program will be overwritten i e deleted If you do not want to store the...

Page 17: ...the function is called merge function or merger Generally the MIDI BAY s merger always combines the data from the unit connected to Source 1 and the data from another unit Therefore when programming the merge function you just have to determine the second Source connector Supposed you want to merge the data from Source 1 and Source 5 and output them via Destination 3 and Destination 4 depress the ...

Page 18: ...be sent to the desired expanders without having to use the Soft Thru function of the sequencer Additional flexibility can be achieved by assigning the original data of the two merger inputs to seperate Destination connectors For instance to continue the example mentioned above two keyboard players could control one expander rack but only the infomation coming from one keyboard would be recorded by...

Page 19: ...Destination 15 Assign input Source 7 to this output depress the Up key once again the second display digit reads M Depress the Down key until the first display digit reads 6 What the MIDI BAY doesn t see the processor won t grieve over by connecting Destination 15 to Source 1 the data will be rerouted from Source 7 to Source 1 From there it can be merged with the data coming from Source 6 without ...

Page 20: ...9 1 The Merge Function 9 1 The Merge Function MIDI BAY Manual ...

Page 21: ...ht lead to problems Therefore the MIDI BAY uses a merge filter which fades out critical data types individually for both merger inputs The various filters are programmed in the Merge Filter Mode which can be activated by depressing the Mode key three times Using the Down key you may now select the individual filters The display reads the corresponding abbreviations while the two decimal points ind...

Page 22: ...er is merged If so at least the Real Time Messages sent by one unit should be filtered out cL The MIDI Clock is one portion of the real time messages mentionend above like a metronome it determines the tempo of the sequencer drum computer arpeggiators etc hooked up to the system Of course only one tempo can be used Therefore you should use the MIDI clock filter to prevent anything but the master s...

Page 23: ...ess the Up key Having effected all settings as desired you may return to the Play Mode by depressing the Mode key However if you do not want to store the changes you made leave the Merge Filter Mode by hitting the Panic key the Merge Filter parameters may be set individually for each patch MIDI BAY Manual ...

Page 24: ...ace it in such a way that you will not get it confused with the sustain pedal It would be exasperating if you want to keep a chord but would choke off your entire MIDI system use the MIDI BAY s COPY function see chapter 12 to arrange the individual programs in a reasonable order for live performances Changing programs via MIDI you may also send a program change instruction from another MIDI device...

Page 25: ...might also change the assignment of a certain Destination connector even if notes are still played To avoid hanging notes an All Notes Off message is sent to all connectors when changing programs So always remember that you will mute all currently played notes when switching over to another patch MIDI BAY Manual ...

Page 26: ...tion and sends an All Notes Off instructions of its own In the latter case which is more likely to happen the Panic key of the MIDI BAY is an effective remedy Such an error occurs if the sending unit transmits less Note Off than Note On messages for instance sequencer malfunction the MIDI interface is overloaded or if the receiving unit does not pay attention i e produces a failure due to its own ...

Page 27: ...r more than one second the HyperPanic function will be triggered The MIDI BAY transmits Reset All Controllers After Touch 0 Note Off for all 127 notes on all 16 MIDI channels Note On with velocity 0 for all 127 notes on all 16 MIDI channels As you can easily figure out this function triggers more than 30 000 MIDI instructions which of course needs some time The display will read the currently proc...

Page 28: ...the COPY mode by depressing the Mode key twice now determine the memory location you want to copy the program to Use the Up and Down keys The green PLAY Mode LED will start blinking remember that the original program stored at the target memory location will be deleted by this function depressing the Mode key once again will start the copy process the unit returns to the PLAY mode After copying is...

Page 29: ...sequencer song There are two ways to transmit Sys Ex dumps either another MIDI device sends a so called request instruction which requests the required data Normally this device is a computer with the corresponding software for example STEINBERG S Satellite which is included in the CUBASE sequencer and is well suited for this job Or you trigger the data dump on the MIDI BAY yourself Proceed as fol...

Page 30: ...this designation before each Sys Ex dump and will only receive and process Sys Ex data that have the same designation depress the Mode key six times to activate the UNIT mode using the Up and Down keys adjust the desired Unit ID Any value from 1 to 16 and of can be used On selecting of the Sys Ex dump will be given the Global ID 7F in Dump mode Incoming Sys Ex dumps will be accepted only if they h...

Page 31: ...__ Source 6 ________________ Destination 6 ___________________ Source 7 ________________ Destination 7 ___________________ Source 8 ________________ Destination 8 ___________________ Source 9 ________________ Destination 9 ___________________ Source 10 ________________ Destination 10 ___________________ Source 11 ________________ Destination 11 ___________________ Source 12 ________________ Destin...

Page 32: ... Data 1011nnnn 01111011 00000000 Controller 1 23 All Notes Off 1011nnnn 01000000 00000000 Sustain Pedal Off 1011nnnn 00000001 00000000 Modulation Wheel 0 1110nnnn 00000000 01000000 Pitch Wheel 0 On depressing the Panic key longer Status Data 1000nnnn 0ppppppp 00000000 Note On Velocity 0 10010000 0ppppppp 00000000 Note Off 1011nnnn 01111001 00000000 Reset All Controllers 1101nnnn 00000000 Channel P...

Page 33: ...cs ID 01 MIDI BAY Equipment ID 00 0F UNIT ID 7F Global Onnnnnnn Request or Dump ID Oddddddd Data dumps only Osssssss Checksum in case of request always 0 F7 EOX Request ID s 00 All Dump 01 Current program number 02 Current MIDI channel 03 Current program number 04 Status software version and date MIDI BAY Manual ...

Page 34: ...s for Merger input A x Channel Mode Messages Filter Status for Merger input B y All Notes Off Message Filter Status for Merger input A z All Notes Off Message Filter Status for Merger input B OOOOwxyz w System Real Time Messages Filter Status for Merger input A x System Real Time Messages Filter Status for Merger input B y MIDI Clock Filter Status for Merger input A z MIDI Clock Filter Status for ...

Page 35: ...ages Filter Status for Merger input A x Channel Mode Messages Filter Status for Merger input B y All Notes Off Message Filter Status for Merger input A z All Notes Off Message Filter Status for Merger input B OOOOwxyz w System Real Time Messages Filter Status for Merger input A x System Real Time Messages Filter Status for Merger input B y MIDI Clock Filter Status for Merger input A z MIDI Clock F...

Page 36: ... 01 MIDI BAYEquipment ID 00 0F UNIT ID 7F Global 43 Program Change Dump ID Occccccc ccccccc program number Status Dump Format F0 Status 3E Waldorf Electronics ID 01 MIDI BAY Equipment ID 00 0F UNIT ID 7F Global 44 Status Dump ID Oxxxxxxx 1 st Byte Version Oxxxxxxx 2nd Byte Version Oxxxxxxx 1 st Byte Revision Oxxxxxxx 2nd Byte Revision Oxxxxxxx 1 st Byte Year Oxxxxxxx 2nd Byte Year Oxxxxxxx 1 st By...

Page 37: ...jack for foot switch program change 1 DIN connector for remote control MBR 1 optional 1 Source connector 1 Destination connector power switch Rear 15 Destination connectors 15 Source connectors fuse holder Phone Plug Connection Foot switch tip Up function ring Down function The respective function will be activated by connecting the corresponding contact to GND MIDI BAY Manual ...

Page 38: ... Pitch Bender o 1 Control Change o X 1 Mod Wheel Sust Pedal 2 Reset all controllers Program Change True X X o 0 98 0 98 Receive on source 1 only System Exclusive o 0 System Common Song Pos Song Sel Tune X X X X X X System C1ock Real Time Commands X X X X 3 3 Aux Mes sages Local on off All Notes Off Active Sense Reset X o X X X X X X 3 1 3 3 3 Notes 1 Datas send by Panic on all channels 2 Datas sen...

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