Boss Audio Systems GS-10 Setting the Messages Used for Controlling Devices, When set to Standard

Chapter 8 Using the GS-10 with External MIDI Devices Connected

Controlling Recorders and Sequencers Remotely from the GS-10 (Remote Control)

If you have a MIDI-controllable recorder, sequencer, or other such external MIDI device connected to the GS-10, you can connect a foot switch to the EXP PEDAL CTL 1,2 jack and use it for remote control of the external MIDI device.

Setting the Messages Used for Controlling Devices

The GS-10 features three kinds of messages (MIDI messages) that are used for controlling external MIDI devices, and you can select messages in accordance with the connected device.

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1.Press [SYSTEM] a number of times, then press

PARAMETER [ ] [ ] so that “MIDI:Remote

Ctrl” is displayed.

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2.Use the PATCH/VALUE dial to select the message according to the connected external MIDI device.

When set to Standard

MIDI System messages are transmitted.

STOP	FC
START	FA

When set to Advanced

Some computer applications allow recording and playback functions such as Start and Stop to be assigned to specified MIDI messages.

When this setting is selected, Note messages used in sending commands for remote control to the application and Note messages for assigning various functions are transmitted together with the Standard messages.

Use the software to set the operations to be performed by means of these Note messages.

*Settings examples are given on p. 76 and p. 77. Please refer to these examples.

STOP	90 00 00	90 02 01	90 02 00	90 00 00	FC
START	90 00 00	90 04 01	90 04 00	90 00 00	FA

About Note Messages

When START is activated, the following messages are output.

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Note# 00 On Note# 04 On Note# 04 Off Note# 00 Off

Note Messages for Assigning Functions: Note#04 (E -1)

Note Messages for Remote Control: Note#00 (C -1)

Messages are similarly output for Reset/Stop/Play/Rec. The following shows the correspondence between the functions and the Note messages used in assigning them.

	Note#	Note Name (Key)
Reset	05	F -1
Stop	02	D -1
Play	04	E -1
Rec	07	G -1

*The note name (Key) may differ depending on the application used and the settings; you may wish to refer to the relevant manual for details.

*Note messages are transmitted over the selected transmission channel (p. 69).

When set to MMC

MIDI Machine Control is transmitted.

STOP	F0 7F 7F 06 01 F7
START	F0 7F 7F 06 02 F7

3.Press [EXIT] to return to the Play screen.

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