The numeric keypad can be used to alter a parameter during this time. No data is sent out of the UC-33 when it is in Edit mode except for program and bank changes . LCD symbols shown in Edit mode will flash to show you that a particular parameter can be edited.
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Evolution UC-33 Advanced User Guide “On The Fly” Operations...
The data for an individual controller will be sent on which ever channel that controller has been assigned to. Snap Shot is one way of synchronizing the receiving device with the UC-33 and can be used as a creative tool, with interesting and surprising results.
Draw Bar Mode Pressing the CHANNEL and RECALL Buttons engages DRAW BAR mode. In DRAW BAR mode, the sliders of the UC-33 will be reversed – such that 0 is at the top, while 127 is at the bottom. To engage DRAW BAR mode, press the two buttons labelled CHANNEL and RECALL.
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Evolution UC-33 Advanced User Guide Programming & Editing The UC-33...
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For a complete list of standard MIDI controller numbers from 0 to 131, please see Appendix E on page 29. Any of the 47 real-time controllers on the UC-33 can be assigned to a MIDI cc number however the 14 assignable buttons have slightly different options from the 9 faders or 24 rotary controllers.
Controller Off**** Selecting A Controller For Editing Before you can assign a MIDI cc to one of the UC-33’s controllers, you will need to select it for editing. There are 2 methods for doing this: Press CONTROL SELECT. The LCD will display the CONTROLLER symbol.
With multitimbral instruments such as Reason, it can be easier to just change the global MIDI channel on the UC-33 in order to jump to the next device, rather than operating the software.
As already described, the standard MIDI controller numbers range from 0 to 131. We have extended the list of MIDI cc's that can be assigned to the controllers of the UC-33 to include RPN/NRPN, MMC and General MIDI 1&2 SysEx messages.
LSB values that you should enter into DATA MSB and DATA LSB banks (also see Appendix F). However, some manuals may only give the hex values. The UC-33 requires you to enter the decimal value. You can easily convert hexadecimal values to decimal using the windows calculator.
Evolution UC-33 Advanced User Guide Assigning A Note To A Button Press SELECT and press the “0” button. The display will show that you have selected controller 34. Press ASSIGN and enter '147' this is the MIDI CC number that corresponds to Note on/off mode, as shown in Appendix B.
If a device ID is assigned to any number other than 127, the memory dump performed will be specific to UC-33's with the same device ID. If the device ID of a UC-33 differs from the one recorded with the memory dump, the data will be ignored.
USB MIDI out. So, when you select the MIDI devices section of your sequencer you will see two UC-33 USB MIDI Ins. The first of these is used to receive the UC-33 controller data, the second is used to receive data from the other device con- nected to the UC-33's MIDI IN plug.
Bank change, in order to access the extra voices and effects that these specifications provide. Sending Program, Bank LSB and Bank MSB data is made simple using the UC-33. Simply press the PROGRAM, DATA LSB or DATA MSB button and enter the program or bank change you wish to send.
ID instead. This is indicated by the fact that the CC symbol will not be showing. Device ID’s run from 00 to 127. 127 is the default device number setting on the UC-33. This setting transmits the SysEx message to all devices.
The Evolution Librarian Software is a Windows PC librarian program developed for Evolution products. The program not only works with the MK-425C/449C/461C key- boards but is also compatible with the Evolution UC-33e USB controller. That means you can use one librarian package for both your keyboard and your controller, if you...
In the “Outputs” column, select the USB driver for you MK-425C/449C/461C If you are using native drivers this may be named “USB Audio Device”. You should now be ready to use the Librarian software with you Evolution keyboard. Librarian Overview As you can see from the screenshot of the Librarian on page 20, you can save, load, receive or send the complete content to and from either Bank columns.
To load a memory setup file back in to the librarian, click on the 'Load' button and select the required file. The loaded preset setups will appear in the Bank Window. You can then either send it directly to the Evolution device by clicking send, or edit it. Alternatively, select Open from the File menu.
Evolution UC-33 Advanced User Guide Appendix B - Assignable MIDI CC’s on the UC-33 B1 - The Faders and rotary Controllers: MIDI CC Description Data Lsb (Press Data Msb (Press Twice) Twice) 0-119 Standard MIDI CC's 120-127 Channel Mode Messages...
Evolution UC-33 Advanced User Guide B2-The Buttons: MIDI CC Description Program Data Lsb Data Msb (Press Twice) (Press Twice) (Press Twice) 0-119 Standard MIDI CC's - Toggle Value 2 Toggle Value 1 120-127 Channel Mode Toggle Value 2 Toggle Value 1...
Evolution UC-33 Advanced User Guide Appendix C - Hexadecimal Conversion Chart Hexadecimal to Decimal Conversion Chart Hexadeci- Decimal Hexadeci- Decimal Hexadeci- Decimal mal value Value mal value Value mal value Value...
Evolution UC-33 Advanced User Guide Appendix D - Useful MIDI data General MIDI Instruments Piano Bass Reed Synth Effects 0 Acoustic Grand Piano 32 Acoustic Bass 64 Soprano Sax 96 SFX Rain 1 Bright Acoustic Piano 33 Electric Fingered 65 Alto Sax...
Evolution UC-33 Advanced User Guide Appendix F - Roland GS and Yamaha XG NRPN Sup- port to Roland JV/XP NRPN NRPN Data Data CC99 CC98 CC06 CC38 00-7F n/a (-64 - 0 - +63) Vibrato Rate (relative change) 00-7F n/a (-64 - 0 - +63) Vibrato Depth (relative change)
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29 GS/XG drum mixer 30 SoundBlaster cards synth control 31 User preset1 Channel mixer (1-8) 32 User Preset2 Channel Mixer (9-16) 33 User Preset3 Undefined controllers to global channel * Requires setup or song file. Please check the Evolution Installer CD-ROM/ Application Files...
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