Midi Control - Behringer V-Tone GMX110 User Manual

V-TONE GMX110/GMX112/GMX210/GMX212/GMX1200H
75-81 Pitch Shifter: This effect modifies the pitch of the input
signal. Musical intervals and harmonics are created, and the
propagation of a single voice can be adjusted. You can create
signals that are majorly out of tune (e.g. signals shifted upward
by several half-tones), such as the strange-sounding voices
often used in cartoons. There are several default intervals
already built into the presets.
82-85 Pitch Shifter/Reverb: The signal first goes through a
pitch shifter with various transpositions in half-tone increments
(or smaller). A reverb follows. Adjustable parameter: pitch shifter
mix.
86-89 PitchShifter/Delay: The signal first goes through the
pitch shifter with various intervals, and then it's run through a
delay effect. Use FX MIX to adjust the pitch shifter mix parameter.
90-91 Compressor: A signal's dynamic characteristics are
often limited to assure its integration into the overall mix. This can
be done by using a compressor or a limiter. A limiter confines the
signal to the values above or below a previously determined
threshold value rather abruptly, whereas the compressor does
basically the same, but the threshold area is rather "softly"
delineated, so program intervention is not so suddenly felt. Use
the FX MIX control to determine the sensitivity for the compressor.
This effect prolongs the sustain of your guitar, or you can also
for example make the strumming on a funky-style guitar more
audible (chicken scratch).
92-93 Expander: Background noise of all kinds (hissing, hum,
etc.) limit the dynamic range of the desired signal. As long as the
main signal's level is considerably higher than the noise floor,
background noise is inaudible; the main signal basically masks
the underlying noise signal. You can use the expander to
effectively broaden the dynamic range of a signal. The signal is
weakened when the amplitudes are smaller, whereby
background noise is lowered. The FX MIX control determines the
expander's threshold.
94-99 Guitar Combo: This effect simulates the sound
characteristics of a small guitar combo, simulating not only two
tube stages, but also the cabinet and the speaker. Use the
FX MIX control to adjust the mix of direct and combo signals.
Thanks to its built-in MIDI interface, you can integrate your
V-TONE into any MIDI setup. The V-TONE is capable of receiving
both program change and MIDI controller information. So, you
can change programs via MIDI using a MIDI foot controller or a
computer-based sequencing software, and you can also control
individual effect parameters and edit your own effects. Our MIDI
foot controller FCB1010 gives you precisely these options, and
is a perfect match for all BEHRINGER guitar amps.
This is how you activate the MIDI functions:
Connect the MIDI IN connector of your V-TONE to the MIDI
OUT jack of a MIDI foot controller (see fig. 3.3).
Keep CHANNEL and IN/OUT keys simultaneously depressed
for 2 seconds.
Use the PRESET control to select a MIDI channel (1 through
16, "ON" = Omni mode, "OF" = off). When the display no
longer blinks, the selected MIDI channel is activated. Omni
mode means that your V-TONE receives and processes
relevant MIDI information on all channels. Of course, you
should select the same channel both on your MIDI foot
controller and the V-TONE (see your MIDI foot controller
user's manual). The left decimal point on the display jitters
when MIDI data is received on the V-TONE, giving you
visual confirmation about the information currently being
received.
Once you activate MIDI, FX tracking is no longer active,
i.e. there is no assignment between an effect number
and a channel. This means that when you switch a
channel, the previously set effect is not automatically
loaded up. As this assignment feature would probably
cause confusion when controlling the V-TONE via a
MIDI foot controller, it makes sense only when it is
controlled from the enclosed footswitch or directly
from the V-TONE. To operate your V-TONE without
MIDI remote control, please disable the MIDI function
(display reads "OF").
You can control different functions of your V-TONE using MIDI.
To this end, the V-TONE receives MIDI instructions (so-called
messages). The messages that need to be sent to your
V-TONE have to be created either on a MIDI foot controller or on
a MIDI sequencer. Basically, these are Program Change
Messages and Controller Messages:
Program Changes: You can dial up presets using MIDI program
changes. Since program changes start at 0 and go up to 127,
program change 0 corresponds to preset 0, program change 1
to preset 1, and so on (compare table 7.1 in the appendix). After
the switch is done, the preset is directly active, i.e. independent
from a possibly set bypass.
Effect parameters: Three parameters of the effects processor
can be adjusted in real time. This way, you can create your own
effects, modify existing effects to your specific needs (e.g.
adapt the delay time to the tact of your song) or remotely control
using a MIDI foot controller.
Select a controller number for the footswitch on your MIDI foot
controller. Use control numbers 12, 13 or 14. Using the footswitch
on your MIDI foot controller, you can now modify the values of
the three adjustable parameters in real time or directly enter their
values. Which three parameters for the respective effect can be
edited is shown in the following table:
4. Effects processor

4.3 MIDI control

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