Chapter 12. Using Midi Mode With 003; Overview Of Midi Mode - DigiDesign 003 Family Setup Manual

chapter 12
Using MIDI Mode with 003

Overview of MIDI Mode

In MIDI mode, 003 can control hardware MIDI
devices and software other than Pro Tools. Each
of 003's faders, rotary encoders, and 45 of its
switches and the footswitch can be custom pro-
grammed to send control data on any continu-
ous controller (0–127) and MIDI channel (1–16).
003 switches can also send MIDI Machine Con-
trol (MMC) transport control messages (RW, FF,
ST, PL, and RC).
Two banks (A and B), each with four presets
(1–4), are provided so that you can recall up to
eight unique MIDI maps. Each preset can save
custom maps of two pages of supported con-
trols. 003 provides the following default preset
maps:
• Standard MIDI Map (MIDI Map A and B,
preset 1)
• 003 Map (MIDI Map A and B, preset 2)
• Strike Map (MIDI Map A and B, preset 3)
• Uninitialized Preset (MIDI Map A and B,
preset 4)
MIDI mode can be used in different ways, de-
pending on which other 003 operating mode is
active when MIDI mode is enabled, as follows:
Pro Tools Mode Use MIDI mode to control a
ReWire application (such as Propellerhead's Rea-
son), stand-alone software instrument, or exter-
nal MIDI device.
ReWire-client applications (such as Reason)
on Windows will not recognize 003 as a
MIDI device (port) while Pro Tools is run-
ning. Consequently, to use a ReWire client's
"learn" MIDI controller function, you must
quit Pro Tools, launch the ReWire-client ap-
plication as a stand-alone application, and
then "learn" 003 controllers. The next time
you launch the ReWire-client application
with Pro Tools, you can successfully use 003
MIDI mode to control the "learned" parame-
ters in the ReWire-client application.
Third-Party Software Mode Use MIDI mode to
control your third-party audio application (us-
ing the Digidesign CoreAudio Driver on Mac or
the Digidesign ASIO Driver on Windows).
When using MIDI mode with a third-party ap-
plication, route the third-party application's
output to ASIO or CoreAudio and make any
changes to the Pro Tools Playback Engine before
enabling MIDI mode.
Standby Mode Use MIDI mode to control an ex-
ternal MIDI device.
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