Alesis Photon X25 Quick Start Owner's Manual page 14

Assigning Knobs
Use the LAYER button to choose the layer you want to edit. Press EDIT
PRESET then wiggle a knob to select that knob for editing.
● Press the PAGE RIGHT button.
● Turn VALUE/ENTER to change the MIDI continuous control (CC)
number associated to the knob.
● At this point, the knob is assigned and ready to use—You can push the
RECALL PRESET button to return to the main menu and start twiddling
the knob. However, you can access additional MIDI options by pressing the
PAGE RIGHT button. These options include:
- The MIDI channel of the knob. The default setting is Comn which
sends out the CC information on the common channel (see below) but
you can set the knob to send MIDI out on a channel from 1 to 16.
- The Common MIDI channel. All of the knobs set to Comn will be sent
on this channel.
- The name of your preset. Use the PAGE LEFT and PAGE RIGHT
buttons to move the cursor forward and back and the
VALUE/ENTER knob to select letters, numbers, and spaces.
Assigning Buttons
Push EDIT PRESET and press a button you want to assign.
● Press the PAGE RIGHT button.
● Turn VALUE/ENTER to change the function of
the button (you can choose between CC controllers,
MMC commands, or program/bank changes)
● Turn VALUE/ENTER to change the button's
MIDI control number (or MMC command, or
program/bank change setting depending on what
function you've assigned to this button).
● Press PAGE RIGHT once again to select the MIDI
Channel for this button. All buttons set to Comn will send
out MIDI information on the Common MIDI channel (see
below).
● Press PAGE RIGHT to change the button's type. Turn
VALUE/ENTER to select toggle or momentary. (See the sidebar for an
explination of the difference)
● Press PAGE RIGHT once again to access the Common MIDI setting. All
buttons set to "Comn" will be sent on this channel.
● Finally, press PAGE RIGHT to name your preset. See the section
above for more on how to name your patches.
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"Toggle" and "Momentary"
button types
In Toggle mode, every button
press sends changes a MIDI
option from "off" to "on" (or
from "on" or "off").
In Momentary mode, pressing
a button sends an "on"
command. Once you release
the button, an "off"
command is immediately