External Midi Control - TC Electronic System 6000 Basic Operation

External MIDI Control - of Fader Parameters
All fader assignable parameters can be remote controlled via MIDI Control Change Messages. To be able to control Faders
you must create a dedicated Fader User Group holding these parameters. Page 22 in this manual section explains how to
create User Fader Groups. Fader Groups are explained on page 5.
Single Precision - Double Precision
We support both single (7bit) and double precision (14 bit) Controller Data, but you should notice that best resolution is
achieved using 14 bit Controller Data. By controlling parameters with Single precision you will be able to control in 128
steps for a complete parameter range. For most applications this will be quite fine and this is also the precision most
external controllers and especially sequencers support. This is called 7 bit precision.
However, System 6000 supports the 14 bit precision standard that has a considerably higher resolution: 128x128=16384
steps.
To achieve this resolution via an external fader control the external controlling device must be able to handle two
controllers at the same time on the same MIDI channel. The scheme below shows which controllers to assign to which
Faders for both Single Precision and Double Precision situations.
Single precision:
FADER 1
FADER 2
FADER 3
FADER 4
FADER 5
FADER 6
Double precision, LSB:
(Note that both LSB and MSB must be sent for double precision)
FADER 1
FADER 2
FADER 3
FADER 4
FADER 5
FADER 6
Double precision, MSB
(Note that both LSB and MSB must be sent for double precision)
FADER 1
FADER 2
FADER 3
FADER 4
FADER 5
FADER 6
MSB value indicates the actual double parameter change. So sending a LSB will not change
the value, but only cache this value for later use when receiving the MSB part.
The LSB must therefore be sent before the MSB.
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FRAME - SYSTEM - MAIN
MIDI CC 70
MIDI CC 71
MIDI CC 72
MIDI CC 73
MIDI CC 74
MIDI CC 75
MIDICC 48
MIDICC 49
MIDICC 50
MIDICC 51
MIDICC 52
MIDICC 53
MIDICC 16
MIDICC 17
MIDICC 18
MIDICC 19
MIDICC 20
MIDICC 21
Sound Controller 1
Sound Controller 2
Sound Controller 3
Sound Controller 4
Sound Controller 5
Sound Controller 6
General Purpose Controller #1
General Purpose Controller #2
General Purpose Controller #3
General Purpose Controller #4
Undefined
Undefined
General Purpose Controller #1
General Purpose Controller #2
General Purpose Controller #3
General Purpose Controller #4
Undefined
Undefined