Changing Scenes Via External Midi Commands - Tascam 688 Midistudio Owner's Manual

NOTE: When you set the MIDI channel of the 688 to
omni
"OW,
the 688 transmits MIDI commands on chan-
nell, though it receives external commands on all the
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channels.
To turn note muting off: Go through steps 2-4 above,
leaving the display in the ·oF" position.
4.
Press SCENE/MIDI
CH.
The display will return to
showing the scene number, and the MIDI CH indicator
will go out.
3. The number display will be flashing ·on· or "of". This
flashing is to show it's only the individual key muting
that will be turned off. Press the UP/DOWN key while
holding the STORE/COPY to tum the note feature on or
off. (for this, set it to ·on".)
5. On the MIDI keyboard, hit the key which has note
number 36 harder. The 688 main channel 1 mute should
go on.
6. Softly press the same key, and mute should go off. This
procedure should work for each note going up the ecale
(#37 will turn on/off mute the main channel 2, etc.)
6. Press the SCENE/MIDI CH key. The number display will
go back to showing the scene number, and the MIDI CH
indicator will go out.
4. Using the UP/DOWN keys,
set
the MIDI channel of the
688 to the channel of your instrument.
3. Find out what MIDI channel your instrument is trans-
mitting on (the default setting Is usually channell).
Check the owner's manual for your instrument if you
don't know how.
Check Operation
6. Change the program or patch on your instrument. The
688 should change scenes
et
the same time your In-
strument changes the patch.
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CONTROWNG MUTES WITH
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NOTE MESSAGES
Note about Program Numbers
The MIDI spec calls for 128 different program change
commands, 00 through 127. The 688 can transmit and
recognize 00 through 98. Each instrument interprets the
Program Change command in Its own way. Experiment
with your setup end read your owner's manuals to take
best advantaae of the DEitch chenoe feature.
Just as we used the 688 to send commands to the syn·
thesizer, a synthesizer can send commands to the 688 to
recall scenes.
In most applications, you will not directly address the 688
Setting
the
MIPI Channel this way. Instead
a
sequencer will issue the note
2. Press the SCENE/MIDI CH key until the MIDI CH indi- commands of different velocities to change 'the mute
cator appears above the scene number. Now the settings. Also, the 688 Issues tis own note commands, so
number display will show the current MIDI send and you can write a sequence by "playing" mutes of the 688
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1), 1-16, or OF (off, which makes the
688
ignore all note on is 1); if you hook the MIDI
ouT
of the 688 to a
Program Change and Note
On/Off
messages). MIDI instrument, you may be able to hear the short notea
that result when you turn a MUTE on/off.
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1. Connect a MIDI cable from the MIDI OUT of the in-
strument to the MIDI IN of the 688.
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CHANGING SCENES VIA EXTERNAL MIDI COMMANDS
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The 688 makes also it posslbJeto mute individual input
channels with MIDI note commands. To experiment with
this, you must have a velocity-aensltlve keyboard capable
of sending notes 36 through 45.
NOTE: To use MIDI note m....ges for controlling
mutes, the MIDI CH should
be
·on· or any of 1-16. You.
can set mute on/off individually
with
note message, but
it has no effects if the MIDI CH
is
OF (off).
1. Go through the ·Changing scenes via external MIDI
commands· procedure above for hookup and channel
setting.
2. Hold the STORE/COPY key while the MIDI CH indicator
is on above the number display.
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