Yamaha AW2400 Remotely controlling Tone generator module, Learn button, Midi message, 207

Using the MIDI Remote function

•UNLATCH ........The [ON] key will be engaged only while held, and will turn off when released.

	MIDI data	MIDI data
transmitted (SW=7F)		transmitted (SW=00)
	on		off
off

DLEARN button

When this button is on, the MIDI message received from an external device will be assigned to the currently selected fader or [ON] key. This is a convenient way to assign MIDI messages quickly.

HINT

•If two or more MIDI messages are received while the LEARN but- ton is on, the last-received MIDI message will be entered in the MIDI message field.

•If a system exclusive message longer than sixteen bytes is received, the first sixteen bytes will be displayed.

NOTE

•The [ON] key and fader LEARN buttons cannot be engaged simul- taneously.

EMIDI message

This area displays the MIDI message that is assigned to the currently selected fader or [ON] key in hexadecimal form.

You can move the cursor to each number box and use the [DATA/JOG] dial to edit the value of each byte (two-digi- tal hexadecimal number). You can select the following val- ues.

• 00–FF (hexadecimal)

............ Corresponds to the actual value of the MIDI

message that is transmitted.

•END ....... Indicates the end of the MIDI message. When you operate a fader or [ON] key, the MIDI message starting with the first byte and end- ing with the byte that precedes END will be transmitted.

•SW ([ON] key only)

............ Indicates the on/off status of the [ON] key.

The byte you specify as SW will be transmit- ted as 7F (hexadecimal) when the key is turned on, or 00 (hexadecimal) when the key is turned off.

•FAD ........ Indicates the current position of the fader. If the message is assigned to a fader, the byte you specify as FAD will be transmitted as a value of 00–7F (hexadecimal) corresponding to the fader position when you operate the fader. If the message is assigned to an [ON] key, this byte will be transmitted as a value corresponding to the current position of the fader when the [ON] key is turned on, and will be transmitted as a value of 00 (hexadecimal) when the [ON] key is turned off.

HINT

•The MIDI message assigned to a single fader or key cannot be longer than sixteen bytes.

•If a SW byte is not assigned to an [ON] key, the MIDI message you enter will be transmitted only when you turn the key on. (In this case you will normally use the UNLATCH setting.)

•When you use the LEARN button to assign a control change mes- sage to a fader, the END byte will automatically be entered at the end of the MIDI message.

•When you use the LEARN button to assign a control change mes- sage to a fader, the FAD byte will be automatically entered as the variable value.

NOTE

•If you assign a MIDI message manually, be sure to enter END at the end of the message.

•When you assign a MIDI message to a fader, FAD must be entered for one of the bytes. If FAD is not entered the fader will not function.

•If you enter the values manually, it is possible that an invalid MIDI message will be entered. For this reason, you should use the LEARN button to assign MIDI messages whenever possible.

Remotely controlling

a tone generator module

Here’s how you can use the AW2400’s MIDI Remote function to remotely control a tone generator module.

1 Connect the AW2400 to your tone generator module as shown in the following diagram.

AW2400

MIDI messages		Tone generator
MIDI OUT/	MIDI
		module
THRU	IN

2 Use the Layer section [REMOTE] key to call the REMOTE screen 1–12 page or 13–16 page.

This enables the Remote function.

HINT

• While the REMOTE screen is displayed, the functions of the faders

and [ON] keys will be disabled; the faders and keys will function as	20
controllers that transmit MIDI messages.
• When the MIDI Remote function is enabled, the MIDI messages	MIDI
are transmitted via the connector/port selected in the MIDI screen
Setting 1 page REMOTE OUT box.

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