Midi Control - Novation Bass Station Owner's Manual

How The Controls Work How The Controls Work

MIDI Control

In addition to all the standard MIDI functions, the BassStation has the ability to transmit
and receive changes to the filter and envelope controls during a performance. You can
also call up any of the on-board memory sounds.
Keyboard
Although the internal synthesiser is monophonic, the BassStation's two octave keyboard actually
transmits polyphonic MIDI data. To use the keyboard as a master controller whilst the internal synth
is playing back from a sequencer, simply set the transmit (TX) channel to any channel other than
the receive (RX) channel. For example, you could use the BassStation to play a bass part on ch.2
whilst playing chords, melody lines etc. at the same time on ch.8. To set the basic transmit and
receive channels refer to the 'MIDI Channel' paragraph on page 5.
Memory Select
Using the MIDI 'Program Change' command you can call up any of the 7 sounds stored in the
BassStation from your sequencer or other MIDI device as follows :
BassStation Memory
1
-
2
-
3
-
4
-
5
-
6
-
7
-
Filter Section Controls
The Frequency, Resonance and Mod Depth rotary controls in this section are assigned to the
following MIDI controllers :
Filter Control
Frequency
-
Resonance
-
Mod Depth -
You can record any changes made with these controls into a sequencer whilst playing notes on
the keyboard. If you want to concentrate on playing the notes first you can go back and record
any filter changes later to enhance all or part of the performance.
Envelope Section Controls
The Attack and Decay rotary controls of envelopes 1 & 2 in this section are assigned to the
following MIDI controllers :
Envelope Control
Env 1
Attack
-
Decay
-
Sustain
-
Release
-
Velocity
-
Env 2 -
Attack
-
Decay
-
Sustain
Release -
-
Velocity
-
Autoglide on/off
Once again, you can record any changes made with these controls into a sequencer whilst
playing notes on the keyboard or at a later time to enhance the performance.
Program Change No.
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
Controller Number
105
106
107
Controller Number
108
109
114
115
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