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If you’ve previously set Skillet to Pro Tools
mode, press the yellow up-arrow from the main
Transport buttons screen, followed by ‘MIDI.’
By default, Skillet in MIDI mode uses CC#’s 9
through 16 as follows:
CC# 9:
Left Joystick X Axis
CC# 10:
Left Joystick Y Axis
CC# 11:
Left Joystick Z Axis
CC# 12:
Right Joystick X Axis
CC# 13:
Right Joystick Y Axis
CC# 14:
Right Joystick Z Axis
CC# 15:
Left Fader
CC# 16:
Right Fader
CC# 41:
Left Joystick X Axis (LSB)
CC# 42:
Left Joystick Y Axis (LSB)
CC# 43:
Left Joystick Z Axis (LSB)
CC# 44:
Right Joystick X Axis (LSB)
CC# 45:
Right Joystick Y Axis (LSB)
CC# 46:
Right Joystick Z Axis (LSB)
CC# 47:
Left Fader (LSB)
CC# 48:
Right Fader (LSB)
To change the CC#’s Skillet outputs, press the
yellow right-arrow from the Transport Buttons
screen, which will take you to the settings menu.
From here, you can choose to change the ‘MIDI
CC Offset.’ This will allow you to move the
previous list of MIDI controls in banks of 8. IE,
choosing an Offset of 17, will have Left Joystick
X Axis be on MIDI CC# 17, Y Axis on #18, and
so on.
One you move past a CC Offset of 32, Skillet
drops into Low-Res mode, and the LSB
information is dropped.
If you’re uncertain what an LSB is, it’s probably
safest to put Skillet into a Low-Res mode.
Essentially, MIDI is a 7-bit protocol, which means
that numbers carried on it as data can have
values of 0-127. Using two CC#’s, each with a
value of 0-127, allows us to have 14-bit numbers.
Though all of Skillet’s controls are 10-bit, that
extra 3 bits allows for a range of 0-1023, an eight-
fold increase in resolution.
Chapter 4
Skillet as a MIDI
Controller
As of this writing, Skillet has two modes for
MIDI control, Low-res (
7-bit
) and High-res (14-
bit). High-res mode follows the MIDI spec, in
that any CC# has it’s Least Significant Bit (LSB)
32 CC#’s ‘above’ the current setting. Using two
CC#’s in this way will give you 14-bit resolution.
However, not all software will recognize that
this is occuring, and may act erratically. In this
case, it’s recommended to use the Low-res mode
for MIDI.
If this is your first time setting up Skillet, press
the ‘Setup Skillet’ button on the touchscreen,
followed by ‘MIDI.’
