Tech 21 PSA-1.1 warranty Special page Functions & Midi Implementation

SPECIAL PAGE FUNCTIONS & MIDI IMPLEMENTATION

SPECIAL PAGE FUNCTIONS

Some very important features lurk inside your SansAmp PSA and aren’t accessible through the knobs and Up and Down switches alone. They’re very important and useful, so take the time to check them out, especially if you are using a MIDI footcontroller or other MIDI gear to interface with your SansAmp PSA.

To operate the Special Page functions, select Program 00 and press the Save button once.

(Use a guitar pick or a pen tip.) The digits in the numerical display should now be flashing together.

Select	Push	Digits	Select	Push
Program	the	Blink	Special	the
00 to	Save		Page	Save
Access	Switch		Function	Switch
Special			(00 - 09)	Again
Page
Menu

Use the Up and Down buttons to select any of these functions:

00 Exit Special Page

01Custom Preset Data Dump out through the MIDI Thru/Out port

02Define MIDI Mapping

030-127 / 1-128 Patch Offset

04Preset Protection Writer

05MIDI Channel Select

06Software Revision Number

07Edit Pot Display Mode

08Disengage All Pots

09MIDI Thru Disable

When you select a function, press the Save button a second time and the digits will stop flashing. (NOTE: If you select function 00, you will exit the Special Page function menu and return to Bypass Program 00.)

Then you can proceed to do any of the following:

SPECIAL PAGE FUNCTION 1: CUSTOM PRESET DATA DUMP

This lets you off-load your custom presets to another SansAmp PSA-1.1(note: must be the same “1.1” model number) or other external MIDI gear, such as a sequencer. Connect a MIDI cable from the SansAmp PSA’s MIDI Thru/Out jack, and plug the other end into a second SansAmp PSA-1.1, sequencer, MIDI-able computer, etc. Set up the sequencer or computer to receive the MIDI data (a second SansAmp PSA-1.1 will automatically detect and accept the data dump, so you don’t have to adjust anything), and then press the SansAmp PSA’s Save

Digits	Push	Display	Display	Digits Stop
Blink	the	Shows	Flashes 00	Blinking
	Save	Two Dashes	Upon	Upon
	Switch	While	Return to	Return to
		Dumping	Special	Program
		MIDI	Page	00
		Data	Menu

switch. The SansAmp PSA’s display will show two dashes for approximately 10 seconds, and then a flashing 00, meaning that it has completed the dump and returned to the Special Page function menu. You may now choose either a new Special Page function, or press Save again to exit. If you don’t make a choice in about 15 seconds, the display stops blinking, indicating that the SansAmp PSA is in Program 00, bypass.

NOTE: Use one cable at a time. To use 2 cables, you will need to disable the MIDI Thru. See Special Page Function #9 on page 21.

SPECIAL PAGE FUNCTION 2: DEFINE MIDI MAPPING

This function defines internal MIDI mapping. That is, it tells your SansAmp PSA which pro- gram to call up when a MIDI Program Change command comes in. For example, if your MIDI footcontroller sends out a Program Change command that says Program 26, and you want your SansAmp PSA to respond to that Program 26 message by calling up preset number 15, you can set the SansAmp PSA to map that message to the appropriate location. NOTE: The SansAmp PSA comes from the factory with its MIDI map set by default to map incoming pro- grams to the same numbered displayed programs. That is, MIDI 01 calls up Program 01, etc.

To remap a MIDI Program Change command, here’s what you do:

Select function 02 and push Save. The left digit will blink with the right digit dim, telling you that the display is showing the number of the incoming program. To change that number, use the Up and Down switches to select a new number. Now push the Save button and the right digit blinks; the left digit dims, indicating the SansAmp PSA program that will be

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