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The
USB SOLO
has a built-in MIDI analyser function. This feature allows you to see what types of MIDI
messages are being transmitted by your master keyboard/sequencer making the
USB SOLO
a useful
diagnostic tool.
To enter analyser mode, you must power on the
USB SOLO
whilst holding the
SELECT
button. The
display will then show ‘rC’ for receive channel & status mode. This means the display will show the
MIDI receive channel of any messages it receives in the right hand two digits, and will show status in
the left digit – this is explained further down the page.
Using the
INC
,
DEC
, and
SELECT
buttons, different types of MIDI messages received may be
displayed:
SELECT
Short press
[rC] Receive channel & status
Long
press
[PC]
Program
change
DEC
Short press
[nt] Note number
Long
press
[nv]
Velocity
INC
Short press
[Cn] Controller number
Long
press
[Cv]
Controller
value
For whichever of the above selected, the
USB SOLO
will display the value it receives for the type of
message currently selected.
Although pitchbend and after-touch are not strictly controllers, when Controller number [Cn] mode is
selected, ‘pb’ will be displayed if a pitchbend message is received, and ‘af’ will be displayed if an after-
touch message is received.
If Controller value [Cv] mode is selected, and pitchbend or after-touch messages are received, their
values will be displayed.
When Receive channel & status [rC] mode is selected, the right hand 2 digits show the received MIDI
channel (if applicable) and the left hand digit operates as a received MIDI message indicator. LED
segments will flash when then following types of messages are received: Note on, Note off, Sysex,
Timing clock (MIDI clock), Start, Stop, Continue.
The top left dot (any MIDI message) operates in all modes, not just for Receive Channel & Status
mode.
To exit MIDI analyser mode, the power switch of the
USB SOLO
must be turned off then on again.
MIDI ANALYSER MODE
Any MIDI
message
Clock start
Clock
continue
Note off
MIDI clock
Clock stop
Sysex
Note on
