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MEnU oVERVIEW

The SL MkII system menus are accessed by pressing their corresponding button in centre section of the SL MkII.  
Once a menu is selected, all available options and sub-menus are displayed on the LCD screen.

The main Menus are: Global, Edit and Write

nAVIGAtInG MEnUS

Navigating menus and selecting menu items is done using a variety of controls on your SL MkII. To enter a menu,  
press the corresponding menu button. To exit a menu, press the same button again.

SAVInG/WRItInG SEttInGS

To be able to save/write your settings, you need to ensure that Memory Protect is OFF. This option is available in the 

Global

 > 

Options

 menu. If you have made changes to any of the 

Global

 menus options, press 

Write

 whilst in the 

Global

 

menu to save your changes. 

If you have made edits to your current Template, press 

Write

 to save your changes to the SL MkII memory.

SELECtInG

To select an option, simply touch or press a knob, encoder or button directly below the option’s position on the LCD. 
If a button is lit, then this denotes that there are selectable parameters, if the button is not lit, then the option cannot  
be changed.

To scroll through the options either rotate the encoder or the knob directly below the option. To step through the options 
either hit the top row of buttons to step up, or the bottom row of buttons to step down.

Some of the menu options contain sub menus.
--->  denotes enter sub menu.
<---  denotes return to previous menu.

Some menu options contain multiple pages. If the 

P1

 or 

P2

 up / down buttons are lit, then this denotes additional pages. 

Press the lit button to navigate up/down through the pages.

HIERARCHy of SEttInGS

There are three levels of settings that can be made on the SL MkII.  

Settings for individual controls within a template (Control 

• 

edit

 menu)

Settings for all controls within a single template (Template 

• 

edit

 menu / 

quick menu

Settings for all controls within all templates (

• 

Global

 menu)

Содержание SL MkII

Страница 1: ...1 Rev 01 SL MkII USER GUIDE Firmware Version 1 0...

Страница 2: ...verview 12 Speed Dial 12 Ports 13 Software Set up Examples 14 AUTOMAP for hardware control 15 ADVANCED MODE 16 Selecting Templates 16 ADVANCED MODE Template Overview 17 Speed Dial 17 Hardware Control...

Страница 3: ...c Demonstration 26 Routing Sub Menu 26 USB1 To 26 MIDI In To 26 MIDI Clock Settings 26 Program Change Input Channel Port 27 global zones sub menu 27 Send Receive Sub Menu 27 Template Dump 27 Send Glob...

Страница 4: ...ort Channel Settings 33 CC Num 33 Control Edit Pot Pick Up Mode 33 XY Pad Control Edit 33 Axis Control 33 Selecting the Axis for Edit 33 Non Registered Parameter Number NRPN 34 Registered Parameter Nu...

Страница 5: ...ite music software applications It operates the same way for all Novation Automap hardware Products so if you are using the SL MkII for Automap control of software then you should only need to read th...

Страница 6: ...moving the encoder slowly gives finer resolution than moving the encoder quickly 2 8 touch sensitive pots These controls have fixed end points and offer 300 of movement 3 8 touch sensitive 35mm slider...

Страница 7: ...ect which row of controls has information shown on the display These buttons can have other functions when using certain Advanced Mode templates and when using Automap 13 Mode and System Buttons Autom...

Страница 8: ...IDI cable MIDI Through is a copy of MIDI received from the MIDI In socket Note No MIDI from the SL MkII or computer can ever be sent to the MIDI Through socket It is simply a way to forward MIDI from...

Страница 9: ...SL MkII as a MIDI Interface with Software and Hardware Control Using the SL MkII with External Hardware AND a Host Computer You can also combine the two above set ups so that the SL MkII is used as a...

Страница 10: ...are and plug ins AU VST RTAS and TDM Easy Switching between the two modes It is very quick and easy to switch between Advance mode and Automap Mode This way both modes can actually be used at the same...

Страница 11: ...e following link www novationmusic com support Selecting Automap Mode To use the SL Mk II in Automap Mode press the automap button so that it is lit Automap Mode System Buttons The Automap system butt...

Страница 12: ...eset navigation system rather than it s own built in one Row Select buttons are used to display the adjacent rows controls on the SL s LCD screen For example pressing the upper right Row Select button...

Страница 13: ...2 Is generally reserved for special templates in advanced mode but can be also used in more complex Advanced mode set ups Automap Port Hidden This is a hidden port i e your computer does not display...

Страница 14: ...using Automap HUI and hosted plug ins directly Automap for all other software For software that responds to or learns MIDI CC messages e g DJ software stand alone synthesiser software certain plug ins...

Страница 15: ...be used to hardware MIDI devices by routing MIDI CC data to the SL MkII MIDI Ports or any other MIDI interface connected to your computer Please refer to the Automap User guide for more info Ableton...

Страница 16: ...t for full information on advanced mode templates please check the Novation Answerbase www novationmusic com answerbase Selecting Templates To switch between the 32 Advanced mode templates press the s...

Страница 17: ...rows parameter names on the LCD Page buttons the P1 and P2 up down arrows press up once to display the type of MIDI message e g CC or Sysex Press up again to display the output port settings e g M1 M...

Страница 18: ...both of the MIDI output ports Software and Hardware Control Advanced mode templates can be used in complex systems so that controls are sent to hardware via the MIDI ports and to software via the USB...

Страница 19: ...ttons have fixed functionality in all the other standard templates The 2 Special templates are for controlling Reason and Ableton Ableton Users Note VST and AU plug ins can be controlled using the Abl...

Страница 20: ...emory Selecting To select an option simply touch or press a knob encoder or button directly below the option s position on the LCD If a button is lit then this denotes that there are selectable parame...

Страница 21: ...tional tempo options Tempo Submenu Internal Tempo Displays the tempo value as set in TempoBPM on previous page Current Tempo Displays the tempo as received from the computer via USB or an external MID...

Страница 22: ...tertouch is an additional expressive control that allows data to be sent fro the SL MkII when you apply additional pressure on the black or white keys on the keyboard Aftertouch for the template can b...

Страница 23: ...nspose Trnspose Sets the transpose amount in semitones for the keyboard zone range 64 to 63 semitones Velocity Curve VelCurve Sets how the keyboard zone responds to incoming velocity see previous page...

Страница 24: ...Keyboard and Common settings above provide a way of changing the routing of multiple controls from one knob For example in control edit options see final chapter setting each individual control to Co...

Страница 25: ...his is set to OFF if you want to overwrite your Templates To prevent accidental overwriting of templates set this to ON Global settings can be saved regardless of whether this is set to ON or OFF Pot...

Страница 26: ...d then set the option to NormCLSD If your pedal works correctly then set the option to NormOPN Setting the option to AUTO means that the SL scans the sustain pedal port on boot up It will presume that...

Страница 27: ...e used to change the template on the SL This can be useful in both Live and studio situations when switching between various set ups The SL will respond to Program change messages 1 32 for Advanced Mo...

Страница 28: ...t velocity value above the pad goes to 127 too easily decrease the pad calibration value using the encoder or buttons underneath This will reduce the sensitivity of the pad meaning you need to hit it...

Страница 29: ...2 3 or 5 will appear on the display to show that the SL MkII has recognised the correct keyboard size This should only need to be done if the LCD shows the incorrect number of octaves when the SL MkI...

Страница 30: ...trol The available settings will depend on what Control is set to The following is a guide to each of settings available for the different Control options Follow through the section for Control Change...

Страница 31: ...um set to 0 then for each encoder step two messages will be sent a CC0 message with the MSB value and a CC32 message with the LSB value The important point to note is that if an encoder has Control se...

Страница 32: ...to be sent and the value will step up again on subsequent presses Note that the To Value is always sent before returning to the From Value even if it takes a jump less than the step size to reach the...

Страница 33: ...n of a control does not match the value of the control stored with the template the control will not have any effect when operated until its position matches the value stored with the template OFF Aft...

Страница 34: ...he encoder pot or buttons in line with CHAR to select the character you want to enter If you want to enter a space then select Punctu as the first punctuation character is a blank space NON REGISTERED...

Страница 35: ...he two bytes cannot be separated by non variable bytes but the position of the pair of bytes in the message can be edited MSB LSB This is the same as LSB MSB except the MSB precedes the LSB in the sys...

Страница 36: ...arse bank selection Bank MSB and CC32 for fine bank selection Bank LSB As an example a synth may accept CC0 messages to select different categories of sounds e g keyboard instruments and then CC32 to...

Страница 37: ...sequencer then you will need to make sure that you are sending MIDI clock from the sequencer to the SL MkII and that the SL MkII is set to sync to incoming MIDI clock The range of the note length set...

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