Waldorf Q Rack, User Manual

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MIDI Control – Influencing / Editing Sounds over MIDI
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Pedals
The Pedals send on the controller numbers they are set to in the Global menu. There is also no
dedicated “MIDI Pedal Message” so the reception of the MIDI Messages they originally generated
depends on the settings of the current Sound.
All Notes Off Message
The Q sends an All Notes Off Message to the internal tone generation and over MIDI on all channels
when the Power button is pressed briefly.
When the Q receives an All Notes Off Message, it forces the envelopes of all sounding voices to go
into their release phases. Furthermore, Arpeggiators and the Step Sequencers are stopped if they were
running.
All Sound Off Message
The Q sends an All Sound Off Message to the internal tone generation and over MIDI on all channels
when the Power button is pressed until the power down countdown starts.
When the Q receives an All Sound Off Message, it closes the amplifiers of all sounding voices and
stops the output of all effects immediately.
Reset All Controllers Message
When the Q receives a Reset All Controllers Message, it resets all controllers mentioned above,
Aftertouch, Poly Pressure and Pitchbend to their default values (usually 0 except for Pan=64,
Volume=127, Pitchbend=64).
Influencing / Editing Sounds over MIDI
Controllers as Modulation Sources
The controllers mentioned above are always used as modulation sources. The freely definable Control
W…Z can also be used as modulation source. W…Z stands for definable controller numbers 1…120.
Use these controllers in the Modifiers and the Modulation Matrix.
Changing Sound Parameters with Controllers
Every Sound parameter that has a control on the front panel is assigned to a MIDI Controller through
which the parameter can be changed. If a front panel control is turned, this change is sent with the
appropriate controller number over MIDI. With this feature, you can easily record panel parameter
changes with a MIDI sequencer.
All controller messages are sent and received on the MIDI channel defined in the Global menu or, if
in Multi Mode, on the MIDI channel selected for the corresponding Instrument.
Please read the sections “Controller Send” and “Controller Recv” on page 137 for further information.
The appendix on page 165 of this manual contains a table listing the controller numbers and the
sound parameters they are assigned to.
Changing Sound Parameters with System Exclusive Data
All Sound parameters of the Q can be controlled by system exclusive data.
Please read the sections “Controller Send” and “Controller Recv” on page 137 for further information.