MIDI System Exclusive
MIDI controller list
Some controllers adhere to the normal midi-specified use (eg modwheel, volume) but most are
used arbitrarily and no claim is made of compatibility with other Novation products or other
manufacturer’s products. This is a common practice among manufacturers.
Whilst an attempt has been made to avoid misuse of “standard” controllers which could cause
problems, Novation takes no responsibility for compatibility issues.
Unless noted, controllers are transmitted and received. Unless specifically noted, values have
the range 0-127.
***
denotes a signed value where 64 represents zero.
Unless noted, this is -64..0..+63 stored as 0..64..127
another example is -12..0..+12 stored as 52..64..76
—-
denotes controller not used
Some controllers use the available 7 data value bits to control more than one parameter. These
are noted as “packed parameters” and details are given.
The term “pulse width” is properly applied when squarewave is selected. For other waveforms,
read “pulse width” as “double waveform phase offset”. Double waveform phase offset is zero
when the signed pulse width position parameter is 64 (meaning 0).
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MIDI-SPECIFIED USE V-STATION USE
0
bank msb
IGNORED
1
modwheel msb
MODWHEEL (receive only)
2
breath msb
BREATH CONTROL (receive only)
3
undefined msb
ARP PATTERN (0..5 = up, down, ud1, ud2, order, random)
4
foot controller msb
—-
5
portamento time msb
PORTAMENTO TIME
6
data entry msb
USED FOR NRPN DATA VALUES
7
volume msb
VOLUME
8
balance msb
PREGLIDE SEMITONES *** -12..+12 (0=preglide disabled)
9
undefined msb
ARPEGGIATOR RATE (64..191 bpm)
10
pan msb
PAN POSITION ***
11
expression msb
—-
12
effect control 1 msb
NON-SYNC PAN RATE
13
effect control 2 msb
SYNC PAN RATE 0..34 (non-sync, 32Triplet..12bars)
14
undefined msb
—-
15
undefined msb
—-
16
gen. controller 1 msb
MODWHEEL DISTORTION ***
17
gen. controller 2 msb
DISTORTION COMPENSATION
18
gen. controller 3 msb
MODWHEEL DELAY SEND
19
gen. controller 4 msb
NON-SYNC DELAY TIME
20
undefined msb
SYNC DELAY TIME 0..19 (non-sync, 32Triplet..2bars)
21
undefined msb
DELAY FEEDBACK
22
undefined msb
DELAY STEREO WIDTH
23
undefined msb
DELAY RATIO
24
undefined msb
MODWHEEL REVERB SEND ***
25
undefined msb
REVERB DECAY
26
undefined msb
MODWHEEL CHORUS SEND ***
27
undefined msb
NON-SYNC CHORUS RATE
28
undefined msb
SYNC CHORUS RATE 0..34 (non-sync, 32Triplet..12bars)
29
undefined msb
CHORUS FEEDBACK ***
30
undefined msb
CHORUS MOD DEPTH
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