Programming the Midi Control Messages

4 – Control Surface Modes and Operation

Open the FW-1082’s Control Panel by pressing the CONTROL PANEL key on the FW-1082.

Select the MIDI Programming tab. This tab has a sin- gle display window.

If your FW-1082 is not powered on and connected to the computer, the window displays FW-1082 Not Available. Once the FW-1082 is powered on and connected, the display shows the screen shown in Figure 4.5:

Figure 4.5: MIDI programming setup

Note that this only works if the FW-1082 is con- nected to a host computer. The FW-1082’s Control Panel opens to the MIDI Programming tab.

•You can leave the MIDI programming mode at any time by pressing the MIDI CTRL key alone or selecting any other control surface mode.

Once you have entered MIDI Programming mode, the MIDI Programming tab window on the FW- 1082’s control panel displays the programming infor- mation for one of the MIDI control keys, encoders or faders.

•Display the programming information for any con- trol by activating it: press a key, move an encoder, touch or move a fader, and that control’s program- ming information is displayed. Note that messages are not actually sent in MIDI Programming mode, to avoid unexpected behavior of peripheral equip- ment while programming

Changes that you make to the programmed MIDI messages take effect immediately. Further, they are remembered even when the FW-1082’s power is turned off.

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•To enter MIDI programming mode, hold SHIFT and press the MIDI CTRL key; the MIDI CTRL key flashes.

Reset the MIDI controller assignments to their factory defaults by pressing and holding SHIFT and pressing F3. The FW-1082 must not be in MIDI Programming mode when you perform this reset.

Programming Keys

If you press one of the keys used in the MIDI CTRL surface mode, it will light up and the FW-1082’s Control Panel shows a screen similar to Figure 4.6:

Figure 4.6: Programming control surface keys

Selecting the MIDI output(s) The FW-1082 has two physical MIDI outputs (1 and 2) and two vir-

tual MIDI outputs which appear as MIDI sources in your DAW, but have no physical port (VP1 and VP2).

•Check or un-check the four Port boxes to select or de-select the corresponding MIDI output or outputs for this key. MIDI messages generated by the key that you are programming are sent to each port whose box is checked. Uncheck all four ports to make a key inactive.

Setting the MIDI channel All MIDI messages from this key must be on the same channel.

•Use the up and down arrows of the Channel indica- tor box to change the MIDI channel or type in a MIDI channel number from 1 through 16.

Setting the MIDI message type

These MIDI control keys are capable of transmitting one of three possible MIDI messages. The message type is selected in the control panel:

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