Free (Free Message) - Korg microKONTROL Owner's Manual

[16] FREE (Free message)

This lets you transmit any MIDI message of three bytes or less.
As an example, here's how to specify and transmit an All Notes Off
message [B0, 7B, 00].
1 Hold down the [MESSAGE] key and press pad [16].
The [MESSAGE] key and pad [16] will light, and you will enter the
FREE (Free message) page. The main display will indicate "Message"
(specify a message).
When the power is turned on, the default message will be 80.
Use the [VALUE] dial or the pads to input B0, and press the OCTAVE
2
SHIFT/CURSOR [®] key to proceed to the next byte of input.
(Red)
Input from the pads will be only in hexadecimal form; the [HEX LOCK]
key will automatically be lit.
Only for the first byte, the range will be 80–FF.
(Green)
3 Use the [VALUE] dial or the pads to input 7B, and press the OCTAVE
SHIFT/CURSOR [®] key to proceed to the next byte of input.
(Green)
4 Use the [VALUE] dial or the pads to input 00. (If the display already
indicates 00, leave it as is.)
Press the [ENTER] key to transmit the message.
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When transmission is completed, the main display will indicate
"Trnsmit!" and you will return to Play mode.
If you press the [EXIT] key, the scene number will be displayed.
You can transmit a message of up to three bytes. Only the status byte of
the message you specify will be checked; the microKONTROL will not
check whether the message you specify is a valid message.
For a single-byte message such as a Realtime message, only the first one
or two bytes (depending on the status byte) will be transmitted.
The next time that you use this function, the previously-specified
message will be displayed. The microKONTROL will remember this
message until you turn off the power.
System exclusive messages and undefined MIDI messages cannot be
transmitted. The main display will indicate "BadMesg!"
Operation–Message mode
(Green)
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