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MIDI clock back to the LoopA and the receiving input port is configured as the MIDI
clock master
All settings within the setup.txt file can be edited by opening this file on a plain text
editor. Certain sections are not (yet) editable within LoopA itself. The “INSTRUMENT”
entries, for example, are described in the next section.
6.1.2 Defining Named User Instruments
Upon opening setup.txt in a text editor, 32 lines are available to define very helpful “user
instrument” abbreviations.
By default, the user instruments are disabled and enumerated as follows:
INSTRUMENT 0 Synth_A OUT1 0
INSTRUMENT 0 Synth_B OUT1 0
INSTRUMENT 0 Synth_C OUT1 0
...
The INSTRUMENT identifier is followed by the instrument number (0-31), a string of up to
eight characters for the synth or device, and the output port and channel. Named User
Instruments can be assigned to any output port, including USB ports.
Transform these lines by using a computer text editor to reflect a custom
instrument/synth setup. LoopA can therefore use “instrument names” instead of
otherwise cryptic MIDI port/channel combinations:
INSTRUMENT 0 Andromed OUT1 1
INSTRUMENT 1 Dominion OUT1 2
INSTRUMENT 2 MoogLP OUT1 3
INSTRUMENT 3 Anushri OUT1 4
INSTRUMENT 4 ESQm OUT1 5
INSTRUMENT 5 EX8000 OUT1 6
INSTRUMENT 6 K3M OUT1 7
INSTRUMENT 7 uWave1 OUT1 8
...
E.g. in line 2 (“INSTRUMENT 1”), a synth called “Dominion” is configured to use MIDI OUT1,
MIDI channel 2. Once a MIDI channel other than “0” is defined, the respective instrument is
enabled. Always start with INSTRUMENT 0 and never leave a gap between instruments, as
LoopA will stop scanning for further user instruments after encountering an output
channel of “0”).
