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7
USING THE MCI CONTROLLER
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This section describes the procedures for programming
information
into
the
Mel
MIDI
Controller,
and
for
interfacing
the Mel with
synthesizers.
If
you already have your
inform-
ation in you
r
Mel and you have
correctly
hooked up
the
Mel
to you
synth(s).
you may
proceed
to
section 8 of this
manual
: "
Playing The Ibanez MIDI Guilar
System",
a.
Imerfacing The
M
e
l
With
M IDI
Synthesizers
Interfacing
the
MCI with MIDI synthesizers
involves a
little
more than
just
making the audio and MIDI connections
between the
units.
Foreach synlh you wish
to
use. you must
refer
to
the synth
owner"s
manual for such vital statistics
as:
•
Is the synth monophonic or polyphonics?
•
How many voices does the synth provide?
•
Are
the
voices individually assignable to different MIDI
channels?
•
What are the synth's assignable MIDI channels?
Some
lower cost units
only
t ransmit and receive
on
channell
,
for
exomple.
•
What are the possible MIDI transmit/receive modes?
•
What
are
the MIDI controllable control functions (such as
key
velocity, portimento, pitch bend,
breath
control, etc.)?
•
What are the MIDI assignment numbers for these func
-
tions)
•
How many pre-set patches
(sound
voicings) does the
unit
offer?
•
What are
the
MIDI assignment numbers
for
the pre-set
patches?
•
Any
other pertinent MIDI information regarding
the pl;:!y-
ing
and
control
of
the
synth.
When you program your sounds
into
the
MCl
'5
memory.
you
h<'lVe various options
to
choose
from Keeping the
ilhnVf~
information
handy
while programming the Mel will help
you make the best choices. and
tell you
if
certain options are
possible with the synth{s) you
wish
to
use,
For example.
jf
you
wish to control
the
modulation of a patch from an assignable
control on
the
MIDI
gUitar. you must
know
if
your
synth
puts
the
modulation function under MIDI control.
If
it is MIDI
controliable. you have
to
know
the MIDI
assignment number
for that function.
It's
really
not as
hard
as it
sounds.
Just keep the synth
owner's manual open to
the
page on
MIDI,
and go headlong
into the
next
section. It will indicate what information you
need, and
when. Now.
le1's
crea te
some soundsl
The following
section
describes the
sequence
of
events
th
at
occurs when
a
program
is constructed
from
"scratch"
Along
the way, you will make decisions based
on
the sound
you
wish to
create,
and on the MIDI
capabilities of
the
synth{s)
you
are using.
If
certain
portions of
the
procedure do not
pertain to
the
program you
are
constructing, just move on to the
next
part.
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)
Setting the
program
number
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PRDG
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DATA ENTRY
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This procedure
sets the program location of the MCl that you
w
ill
be programming.
The program loctlon is a
"
workspace"
within
the MCl where sounds are
created.
The MCl
provides
128 program locations, from 000 to 127.
As
shown in the flow chart above. start by pressing
@
PROGRAM
SELECT KEY, The
3
digits of
@
PROGRAM
DISPLAY will
begin
to
blink. indicating that a program
location
number needs to be
entered.
Enter the desired
location number by using either
@
DATA ENTRY KEYS or
@
INCREMENT/
DECREMENT
KEYS.
As the location is
entered. note
that the digits keep
blinking.
Once the deSired
location
is
entered.
press
@
ENTER This enters the selec-
lion
into
memory. The digits Stop blinking.
2)
Assigning the
synth
"patch"
,
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This
procedure assigns the
particular synthesizer sound
(pa
tch) to
the selected program location. Each type of synth
will have
a different number of preset sounds that may be
aSSigned.
Refer to
your synth owner's manual for a listing of
the patches
and
their
MIDI assignment
numbers.
Start by pressing
@ ASSIGN
KEY.
This will cause
@
ASSIGN
INDICATOR and the
3
digits
at @
~
miNt;
A~~rtiN
DISPLAY
to blink.
indicating
that
a patch selection number
needs
to
be
entered.
Enter
the MIDI assignment number of
the desired patch
(from
your
synlh
manual),
The digits wilt
keep
blinking,
Once the desired patch number is
entered,
press
@
ENTER. This
will enter the patch selection into
memory
-
this
patch
will
be assigned to this program
location until
you
decide
to "edit"
the
progam location at a
later
t
ime.
The
@
ASSIGN INDICATOR and
@
STRING
ASSIGN DISPLAY
will stop blinking,
Note: The
Mel
provides up to 128 different patch assign-
ments. starting from
000.
However,
many synths start
numbering their patches
at OOt.
If
this is the case with your
synth.
SUBTRACT
1
from the patch number before entering
It
into
the MCt
.
You
Will have to do
t
h is every time you assign a
patch
from that synth into the MC1.
3)
Assigning
the
®
ASSIGNABLE
CONTROL KNOB
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ENTER I
I
AS~IGN
I
DATA ENTRY
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•
First
press
@
ENTER and hold white pressing
@
ASSIGN
KEY, then release both.
Tostartthis
procedurepress
@
ENTER and @ASSIGNKEY
as described
above. This
w ill cause the tWO digits of
@
MIDI
CHANNEL
DISPLAY
to
blink. indicating that a MIDI control
number
needs to
be entered. Using
@
DATA ENTRY KEYSor
@
INCREMENT IDECREMENT KEYS, enter the desired MIDI
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