Flextone Manual Rev E; bookfile Page 46 Tuesday, September 8, 1998 10:31 AM
InsideYour Head: FLOOR BOARD, MORE MEMORIES, & MIDI
MIDI PROGRAM CHANGE & FLEXTONE CHANNELS
A MIDI program change command is sent on MIDI Channel 1 when you select a channel from the HD front panel, the FB4 foot controller, or the Floor Board foot controller. Store effect setups into your effect processor at specific memory locations that match up with the Flextone HD’s channel memories, and then you can switch both the HD’s channels and your MIDI effect setups at the same time with just one button or foot switch press. The table on the following page shows you which program change numbers are sent, and how they correspond to the Flextone HD memory locations.
So, here’s what you do: connect a MIDI cable from the HD’s MIDI Out to your MIDI gear’s MIDI In. For now, don’t plug in a foot controller at all, or if you do have one connected, make sure you have User Bank 1 selected (User Bank 1 is the four channels that you can access from the Flextone HD front panel with no foot controller attached). Now, let’s say you want to have a certain effect always come up on your effect processor every time you choose channel A on your Flextone HD. Just program that effect setup into your MIDI gear’s memory location 01, and now every time you call up channel A, your MIDI gear will pull up the right effect for you.
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THINGS TO REMEMBER WITH MIDI
If you’re having trouble, make sure your MIDI gear is set to receive program changes on MIDI channel 1, and that the Flextone HD MIDI Out is connected to your other gear’s MIDI In. Also, check to see if your gear treats the first memory location as zero or one. If your gear treats the first memory as zero, you may have to add one to the program number listed in the table.
MIDI CONTINUOUS CONTROL
Two MIDI controllers are sent when the Flextone HD is used with the Floor Board. Controller 4 (Wah) and Controller 7 (Volume) messages are sent when the pedals on the Floor Board are moved. Note that Controller 4 is sent even when the WAH pedal is switched to OFF, so you can use this pedal as a controller for other settings on your effects if you like.