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4.2 ASSIGN mode

As already mentioned in previous chapters, the ASSIGN Mode is a powerful tool to optionally reconfigure the UMX into an ultra-comfortable controller.

The basic logic of the allocation process has been introduced to you in Chapter 3“Control elements and connections”. In the following we will offer you more detailed information to enable you to use the UMX even more efficiently.

4.2.1 Setting the GLOBAL CHANNEL

The UMX recognizes two separate classifications in regard to MIDI channels. There is a GLOBAL CHANNEL and 16 SINGLE CHANNELs.

The GLOBAL MIDI CHANNEL is the channel through which all MIDI commands are sent in the factory setting: messages by various control elements, as well as the Note On and Note Off commands. To change this channel, proceed as follows:

1) Press the ASSIGN button and hold it down.2) Press the CH SELECT key.3)Release the ASSIGN push-button.4)Define the GLOBAL CHANNEL by operating one of the
keys

CH 1

through CH 16 on the keyboard.

5)Finally, press the ENTER key. In order to discard your assignments, please press the CANCEL key or press the ASSIGN push-button again. The ASSIGN LED will go off in all 3 cases.

◊The factory setting for the GLOBAL CHANNEL is channel 1.

4.2.2 Individual channel assignment

The assignment of individual control elements to defined channels is useful if you want to control several external devices independently from each other.

Example:

You are playing synthesizer A through channel 2 with the keyboard and have a sequencer program controlling another synthesizer B through channel 5. You can now control the filter frequency of device B through one of the eight jog/shuttle controls in real time and simultaneously continue to play device A without changing the filter frequency.

1)Press the ASSIGN push-button and hold it down.

2)Activate the control element, for which another channel than the GLOBAL CHANNEL is to be set. If this is a controller or fader, briefly move the control element; when you have decided on a push-button, press this push-button once. The UMX now“knows”which control element you would like to assign to a SINGLE CHANNEL.

3)Release the ASSIGN push-button.

4) Press one of the 16 channel keys CH 1 through CH 16 .

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5)Finally, press the ENTER key. In order to discard your assignments, please select the CANCEL key or press the ASSIGN push-button again. The ASSIGN LED will go off in all 3 cases.

◊All control elements of the UMX follow the GLOBAL CHANNEL in their channel settings (factory settings). This means that a control element is always in the GLOBAL CHANNEL until you assign it to another channel. Please also consider this when you change the GLOBAL CHANNEL, since various elements will also change accordingly!

4.2.3 GLOBAL CHANNEL assignment

1)Press the ASSIGN push-button and hold it down.

2)Activate the control element for which the GLOBAL CHANNEL is to be set. If this is a controller or fader, briefly move the control element; when you have decided on a push-button, press this push-button once. The UMX now“knows”to which control element you would like to assign a GLOBAL CHANNEL.

3)Release the ASSIGN push-button.

4) Press the GLOBAL key.

5)Finally, press the ENTER key. In order to discard your assignments, please press the CANCEL key or press the ASSIGN push-button again. The ASSIGN LED will go off in all 3 cases.

4.2.4 The PANIC key combination

Imagine that you have been working continuously on one song for several hours and a note suddenly“hangs up”. If you now execute a PANIC command, a sound producing device receiving this command becomes silent immediately.

1) Press the ASSIGN push-button and hold it down.2) Press one of the two PANIC keys, RESET ALL or NOTES OFF .

3)Release the ASSIGN push-button. The device will automatically return to the normal play mode.

◊The command“All Notes Off”will be sent immediately after you have pressed one of the two keys.

4.2.5 The SNAPSHOT SEND command

The SNAPSHOT command triggers the transmission of all parameters including their current values. All control element assignments as well as their temporary settings on the respective channels are transmitted to the MIDI OUT socket and to the USB output of the UMX.

It is possible by this method to transfer the complete UMX mapping to a sequencer software at the beginning of a song. This is to make sure the song is played with the last valid controller values. Apart from this, the SNAPSHOT allows you to reset the correct values in an external device where parameters have shifted.

1)Press the ASSIGN push-button and hold it down.

2)Press the SNAP SEND key on the keyboard.

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3)Release the ASSIGN push-button. The device automatically returns to the normal play mode.

◊The SNAPSHOT command is transmitted immediately after activating the keyboard.

4.2.6 Local Off

The LOCAL OFF in the UMX has the effect that value entries made via the control elements are neither transmitted to the MIDI OUT socket nor to the USB OUT. It is therefore possible in the LOCAL OFF mode, for example, to read just the rotary controls without transmitting data to the generally selected external devices.

1) Press the ASSIGN push-button and hold it down.

2) Press the LOCAL OFF key.

3)Release the ASSIGN push-button again and complete the desired settings on the control elements.

4)Then, press the ENTER key or the CANCEL key. The LED of the ASSIGN key goes off in both cases and you are in normal play mode again.

4.2.7 Control elements assignment

We explained in Chapter 4.2.2 how an individual channel can be assigned to each control element. You will now find out how to assign new controllers and a channel.

a)The assignment for rotary controls R1 – R8, the MODULATION controller, the PITCH BEND wheel, as well as the DATA fader.

1)Press the ASSIGN push-button and hold it down.

2a) If you would like to assign one of the eight rotary controls, turn the respective controller.

2b) If you assign the MODULATION controller,please activate one of the keys located below the

lettering MOD WHEEL ASSIGN , MODULA , VOLUME or

CC . You can bypass step 5, if you decide on the

MODULA or the VOLUME key. The MIDI controller “MODULATION”(CC 1) or“CHANNEL VOLUME” (CC 7) is then directly assigned to the MODULATION controller without having to enter a controller number first.

2c) If you assign the PITCH BEND wheel, please activate one of the keys located below the lettering

PB WHEEL ASSIGN , PITCH BEND or

CC

. You can

bypass step 5, if you decide on the

PITCH BEND key. The

original pitch bend function is then directly assigned to the PITCH BEND wheel.

2d) If you complete an assignment for the DATA fader, please activate one of the keys located below the

lettering

SLIDER ASSIGN , VOLUME or

CC

. You

can bypass step 5 if you decide on the

VOLUME

key.
The original volume function is then directly assigned to the DATA fader.

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3) Release the ASSIGN push-button again.

4) Press one of the 16 channel push-buttons CH 1 through CH 16 to define the channel.

5)Press the number keys on the keyboard in sequence until you have completely entered the desired controller number. Only value entries between 0 and 127 are possible. Greater values are ignored by the device.

Examples:- Press keys 1 and 4 if you have decided on CC 14, for example.
- Press keys

1

,

0

and

7

if you would
like to select CC 107.

 

 

 

 

 

6)Finally press the ENTER key. In order to discard your assignments, please press the CANCEL key or press the ASSIGN push-button again. The LED of the ASSIGN push button will go off in all 3 cases.

b)Assigning push-buttons B1 – B8 and the optional
sustain pedal connected to the socket

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1)Press the ASSIGN push-button and hold it down.

2)Press the related control element once (however, it is not necessary to continue pressing it).

3)Release the ASSIGN push-button again.

4) Press one of the 16 channel push-buttons CH 1 through CH 16 to define the channel.

5)Press the number keys on the keyboard in sequence until you have completely entered the desired controller number. Only value entries between 0 and 127 are possible. Greater values are ignored by the device.

6)Finally, press the ENTER key. In order to discard your assignments, please press the CANCEL key or press the ASSIGN push-button again. The LED of the ASSIGN push button will go off in all 3 cases.

Please note two exceptions in conjunction with the pushbuttons and/or the sustain pedal.

◊If you assign CC 07 (Channel Volume) to the push-buttons, a channel volume of 0 is triggered each time you press the push-button. This means the channel is always mute. This feature is very useful for live operation.

◊If you use controller CC 10 (panning) for the push-buttons or the sustain pedal, pressing the control element transmits value 64. This results in hearing the content of the channel in the center of the stereo panorama.

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