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Christian Dolenga
MIDI capabilities of the Euphonix CS series
Contents
1.
MIDI-Ports and their purpose ................................................................................................ 2
1.1.
MOTU MIDI Express Port 1 ............................................................................................. 2
1.2.
MOTU MIDI Express Port 2 ............................................................................................. 2
1.3.
MOTU MIDI Express Port 3 ............................................................................................. 2
1.4.
DSC Comm. Port (50-pin D-Type) .................................................................................... 3
2.
Data formats / message types ............................................................................................... 4
2.1.
ES108 messages (MOTU Port 1) ...................................................................................... 4
2.2.
ASCII Characters for "CleaR Displays" (MOTU Port 2) ...................................................... 4
2.3.
CC Mappings and Program Change (MOTU Port 3) .......................................................... 5
2.3.1.
Controlling Euphonix CS from external device or DAW ................................................ 5
2.3.2.
Controlling external devices or your DAW (PlugIns) from Euphonix CS ....................... 6
2.3.3.
Sending Program Change Messages (with snapshots) .................................................. 7
2.4.
MIDI Machine Control (MMC) (DSC Comm. Port) ............................................................ 7
2.4.1.
Basic transport commands ............................................................................................. 7
2.4.2.
Special keys ..................................................................................................................... 8
2.4.3.
Jog / Shuttle .................................................................................................................... 8
2.4.4.
Track arming ................................................................................................................. 10
3.
Practical Implementation .................................................................................................... 11
3.1.
Bome MIDI Translator Pro ............................................................................................ 11
3.2.
Track Arming ............................................................................................................... 11
3.3.
Jog Dial ........................................................................................................................ 12
3.4.
Shuttle ........................................................................................................................ 13
Euphonix MIDI capabilities
Revision 1
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- Page 1 CC Mappings and Program Change (MOTU Port 3) ............5 2.3.1. Controlling Euphonix CS from external device or DAW ..........5 2.3.2. Controlling external devices or your DAW (PlugIns) from Euphonix CS ....... 6 2.3.3. Sending Program Change Messages (with snapshots) ..........7 2.4.
- Page 2 There are several MIDI input and output ports to consider, some of them are quite obvious, as they are on the MOTU MIDI Express (PC or XT) which should be connected to the Euphonix PC, and another one not so obvious, as it is located underneath the Mix Controller as a 50-pin connector next to the Eugraphix port.
- Page 3 Christian Dolenga Euphonix MIDI capabilities Revision 1 1.4. DSC Comm. Port (50-pin D-Type) On Pins 23&39 (MIDI in), 40&7 (Out) and 5 (Ground) the DSC sends and receives MMC (MIDI Machine Control) commands. Those include transport controls, record arming of up to 48 separate tracks on a tape machine, and some others.
- Page 4 Christian Dolenga Euphonix MIDI capabilities Revision 1 2. Data formats / message types Now we take a look at how those commands are sent and how we can interpret and translate them into useful commands. MIDI messages (and bytes in general) are usually expressed in hexadecimal, which is a convenient way of reducing the number of digits of an 8-bit (binary) message.
- Page 5 Exactly draw panning or EQ moves of your console from the grid of your DAW? Let’s dive in… 2.3.1. Controlling Euphonix CS from external device or DAW If you navigate to F3 (System) -> F4 (MIDI) -> F1 (In), you’ll see a pre-populated list with...
- Page 6 Euphonix MIDI capabilities Revision 1 2.3.2. Controlling external devices or your DAW (PlugIns) from Euphonix CS From F3 (System) -> F4 (MIDI) -> F2 (Out) you get to the remarkably shorter list of possible objects on the console that could control your external devices or your DAW (or plugins therein).
- Page 7 Euphonix MIDI capabilities Revision 1 2.3.3. Sending Program Change Messages (with snapshots) Please refer to page 12-3 in the “Euphonix CS3000/2000 Operation Manual Version 3.0”. MIDI Machine Control (MMC) (DSC Comm. Port) To use the transport controls from the DSC to control your DAW, multitrack recorder or tape machine, you need to connect it to the “DSC Comm.
- Page 8 Christian Dolenga Euphonix MIDI capabilities Revision 1 the other buttons work internally, so if your cue list is populated with different timecode entries, then buttons 2 and 3 will recall those timecodes and send them out as MIDI message, like this:...
- Page 9 Christian Dolenga Euphonix MIDI capabilities Revision 1 2.3.6.1. Jog mode Turning the jog wheel clockwise sends: F0 7F 7F 06 48 01 Turning the jog wheel counterclockwise sends: F0 7F 7F 06 48 01 You can translate both messages into MIDI notes or CCs and use it in REAPER to either move left / right by frame, subdivision, or by transients in selected media items, or to select next / previous items, whatever you can imagine.
- Page 10 Christian Dolenga Euphonix MIDI capabilities Revision 1 2.3.7. Track arming To go into track arming mode on the DSC, you first need to enable “Mstr Ctrl”. Then, the rightmost one of the 4 small “Rec” buttons (the only one that stays lit after being pressed) ABOVE the “Auto Rec”...
- Page 11 I made a an entire BMTP Project containing all the presets I made for the console, which I’m gonna share on the Euphonix User Group Facebook page. Since it refers to my MIDI setup, it would be best if you copy all the presets from my file, create a new one with your MIDI routings, and then paste the presets into your new project.
- Page 12 In REAPER’s action menu, hit “New action…” -> “New ReaScript…”. Choose a location (best to create a folder called “Euphonix Record Arm” or similar) and save as “RecArm Track 01 ON.lua” or similar Paste the above code into the editor and save (Ctrl + S) In BMTP deactivate all translators named “out x”...
- Page 13 Christian Dolenga Euphonix MIDI capabilities Revision 1 In order to make this work, the Preset “[0] Switch Presets” must be activated, and the Presets [1] to [6] must be present. They are not set to “always active”, so they switch on preset change.
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