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Knobby/Slidemate
Encore Electronics ©2001
MIDI Controller
User's Manual
www.encoreelectronics.com
Thank you for purchasing an Encore Electronics product. This manual
depicts images of the Knobby®, but it applies exactly the same to the
Slidemate®. The two products are functionally and electrically
equivalent with the exception of the control style (knobs versus sliders)
This manual will cover installing and launching the software, learning
about various file types, and the stuff you want to know to get up and
running fast. It is not a repeat of the online help. Please read that when
you get a chance. What we thought would be appropriate for a user's
manual is to end it with several examples for setting up various
instrument profiles.
You should have received these items in the Knobby package:
1 – Knobby
1 – Power supply (9volts AC)
1 – Floppy disk
1 – User's Manual
Depending on your specific equipment, there are many, many ways to
connect the Knobby to your system. If
you plan on using the Knobby with
software synthesizers only, this would be
a typical connection. (Figure 1)
Using a pair of MIDI cables, connect the
Knobby to your computer's MIDI ports.
Also connect the power supply to the
Knobby and plug it in the wall. The
power supply is not shown in the
following diagrams.
Figure 1
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Summary of Contents for Encore Knobby
- Page 1 Thank you for purchasing an Encore Electronics product. This manual depicts images of the Knobby®, but it applies exactly the same to the Knobby/Slidemate Slidemate®. The two products are functionally and electrically equivalent with the exception of the control style (knobs versus sliders)
- Page 2 The first time you launch that is what you want! The Knobby is small enough to sit comfortably on KnobbyEd, it will ask you for a default MIDI interface. You must select many keyboards, yet heavy enough it won’t slide off when you’re...
- Page 3 KnobbyEd. With all the reference data in the world, sometimes it’s data is sent when the knob is moved. The 8 knobs on Knobby have a easier to have a friend explain something to you. We’re going to attempt memory for every group.
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Page 4: Hardware Initialization
KnobbyEd will ask you if you are sure you want to delete it. If you still manage to delete an instrument and it’s one Encore has provided, you can reload it from the disk if you want it back. If you... -
Page 5: Programming Examples
Configurations Once you setup the Knobby to do exactly what you want, you can save the configuration by using the File-Save or Save As command. You will be prompted for a file name. There are no restrictions on the name length other than what is imposed by the operating system. - Page 6 every sysex message begins and ends with these two bytes. The Data The INI file starts with the name of the instrument, along with a bytes field indicates 1 data byte and it is represented by the xx in the designator that indicates what type of messages are defined in the sample message.
- Page 7 The DeviceIdLocation and DeviceIdMask entries determine where and how the device ID is stored, if the instrument supports a device ID. The Example 2 location is relative to the first byte of the message body, that is, the first This example will describe a Waldorf Microwave II parameter. The byte after the F0.
- Page 8 Now if you were to reverse the Data Maximum and Step size: Data Minimum=0 Data Maximum =20 Step size = 10 Knobby would generate three values: 0,10,20. An INI file for the Microwave II would look like this: [Waldorf Microwave II:Sysex] MessageFormat = 3E 0E 00 20 00 00 00 00...
- Page 9 Something else new in this example is the Data minimum value; it’s As you can see, this message now looks very confusing. The byte “3g” is shown as a negative number! You can enter positive or negative numbers where the Device ID is hidden (as represented by the “g”). In this in the Data minimum and Data maximum fields.
- Page 10 Q: KnobbyEd does not control the Knobby, what’s wrong? A: Check the unit ID and make sure KnobbyEd is talking to the same ID as you Knobby. The Knobby ships from the factory as ID=0, so if you haven’t messed with it, it should work.
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