Midi Hints And Tips; Midi System Exclusive Messages; Receiving Ex-800 Or Poly-800 Mk2 Sysex Bulk Data; Midi Controller Messages - Wantegrity HAWK-800 Owner's Manual

MIDI Hints and Tips

MIDI System Exclusive Messages

This section discusses the details of using original EX-800 and Poly-800 Mk2 MIDI system exclusive bulk data dump
messages with the HAWK-800. Refer to the MIDI implementation chart for details on the many other MIDI system
exclusive messages that the HAWK-800 recognizes and supports.

Receiving EX-800 or Poly-800 Mk2 Sysex Bulk Data

Receiving EX-800 and MK2 sysex bulk patch dumps is handled by Tools mode 8. See "Tools" mode function 8 later in this
document.

MIDI Controller Messages

This section discusses the details of using MIDI controller messages to change parameters in a running patch. Refer to the
MIDI implementation chart for details on the many other MIDI controller messages that the HAWK-800 recognizes and
supports. There are three different ways in which you can control the parameters in the HAWK-800 using MIDI controller
(CC) messages. We discuss each method below. See the MIDI implementation chart for additional information on the
format of MIDI CC messages for the HAWK-800.

MIDI CC Non Registered Parameter Number Method

The first MIDI CC parameter change method conforms to the MIDI specification for controlling non registered parameter
numbers (NRPN's). This method uses MIDI CC's 99 (NRPN MSB), 98 (NRPN LSB) and 6 (Data Value). The use this method,
the MIDI CC messages would be sent in this order and format:
1) Send MIDI CC 99 with the data value matching global parameter 16. If the NRPN MSB does not match global parameter
16 then the desired parameter will not be changed. This is useful if you have more than one HAWK-800 listening on the
same MIDI channel and wish to edit sounds independently which can be done by setting global parameter 16 to be unique
on each HAWK-800.
2) Send MIDI CC 98 with the data value set to select the desired target parameter where 00-63 matches parameters in the
P1 bank (P1 11-88) and 64-127 matches the parameters in the P2 bank (P2 11-88).
3) Send MIDI CC 6 with the data value set to the desired value for the target parameter (but ranged to fit within 0-127).
For each parameter, the data value sent should be in the range 0-127 and the HAWK-800 will automatically adjust the
value to fit the parameter. So for example, DCO waveform is only 1-2 so the HAWK-800 would set 1 if the MIDI CC data
value was from 0-63 and the HAWK-800 would set the waveform to 2 if the MIDI CC data was in the range 64-127.

MIDI CC "Quick Parameter Change" Method

The second MIDI CC parameter change method is a non standard method for quickly changing HAWK-800 parameters. It is
similar to the NRPN method but uses two non standard MIDI CC's (84 and 85) instead of three as the NRPN method uses.
This makes this MIDI controller parameter changing method more efficient. To use this method, the MIDI CC messages
would be sent in this order and format:
1) Send MIDI CC 84 with the data value set to select the desired target parameter where 00-63 matches parameters in the
P1 bank (P1 11-88) and 64-127 matches the parameters in the P2 bank (P2 11-88).
2) Send MIDI CC 85 with the data value set to the desired value for the target parameter (but ranged to fit within 0-127).
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