Korg Explore KONTROL49 MIDI Functions and Message Mode in the Official Manual

Message mode

In Message mode you can transmit various types of MIDI messages.

Message mode is divided into sixteen pages. Pads [1]–[8] will transmit preset MIDI messages. Pads [9]–[16] will transmit the messages you create in the Setting mode [14] MESSAGE page.

In Play mode, you can hold down the [MESSAGE] key and press a pad [1]–

[16]to transmit the MIDI messages listed below. While you hold down the [MESSAGE] key, pads [1]–[8] will light red, and pads [9]–[16] to which MIDI messages are assigned will light green.

Alternatively, you can hold down the [EXIT] key and press the [MESSAGE] key; the main display will indicate “MesgPad?”, and the KONTROL49 will wait for you to select a message. From this state you can press a pad to transmit a message. If you press a pad to transmit a message, the KONTROL49 will remain in this state after the message is transmitted (Mode Lock). You can then press another pad to transmit another message. To exit this state, press the [EXIT] key.

Pad No.	Page	Content
Pad [1]	Panic message	Transmit All Note Off, All Sound Off, and Reset All
		Controller messages. (☞p.49)
Pad [2]	Snapshot message	Transmit the values of the encoders and sliders.
		(☞p.50)
Pad [3]	All Note Off message	Transmit an All Note Off message. (☞p.50)
Pad [4]	GM On message	Transmit a GM System On message. (☞p.50)
Pad [5]	Stop message	Transmit the realtime message Stop. (☞p.50)
Pad [6]	Start message	Transmit the realtime message Start. (☞p.51)
Pad [7]	Continue message	Transmit the realtime message Continue. (☞p.51)
Pad [8]	Tap tempo message	Adjust the tempo. (☞p.51)
Pad [9]–[16]	User message	Messages you assign in Setting mode (☞p.51)

The Setting mode USB-MIDI Port parameter specifies the port from which the message will be transmitted. (☞p.44 “Setting mode–[15]USB-MIDI PORT (USB-MIDI Port setting)”)

Operation–Message mode

[1] PANIC (Panic message)

This transmits All Note Off [Bn, 7B, 00], All Sound Off [Bn, 78, 00], and Reset All Controllers [Bn, 79, 00] messages on all MIDI channels.

You can execute this if the connected software becomes unstable or if “stuck notes” occur on a connected MIDI sound module. (The numbers in the brackets are the hexadecimal values for these messages; “Bn” is the current MIDI channel.)

1	Hold down the [MESSAGE] key and press pad [1].
	Pad [1] will briefly go dark, and All Note Off, All Sound Off, and Reset

All Controllers will be transmitted on all MIDI channels.

The main display will indicate “PANIC!”

Release the [MESSAGE] key to return to Play mode.

Only in the case of the Panic message, the messages will be transmitted from both USB Port A and USB Port B, regardless of the Setting mode [15] USB-MIDI PORT (USB-MIDI Port setting).

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