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Power Requirements
You can power your MC8 in any of the following ways.
9V DC (centre negative) Power Supply
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Dual switch press combinations allow you to control certain utility functions and access hidden presets beyond the first 16 presets.
Utility Function | Switches |
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Bank Down | A+B |
Bank Up | C+D |
Toggle Page | B+C |
Enter Editing Menu | E+H |
Toggle MIDI Thru On/Off | A+H |
Hidden Preset (on page 1 of each bank) | Switches |
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Q | E+F |
R | F+G |
S | G+H |
Hidden Preset (on page 2 of each bank) | Switches |
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T | E+F |
U | F+G |
V | G+H |
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Global Settings
To access the Global Settings Menu, press switches [E+H] and then press Config. The following options will be displayed and you can use the NextPage button to scroll through more settings options.
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PC messages will change the banks on the MC8, where a PC#0 message will engage Bank 1, and PC#1 message will engage Bank 2, and so on.
MIDI PC Implementation Chart
PC# | Bank |
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0 | 1 |
1 | 2 |
2 | 3 |
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29 | 30 |
CC Messages
CC messages allow you to navigate through the MC8’s banks, engage presets and clear toggle states.
MIDI CC Implementation Chart
Function | CC# | Value |
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Bank Up | 0 | any |
Bank Down | 1 | any |
Set Toggle (All) | 2 | 127 |
Set Toggle (Individual) | 2 | 0 = Preset A . . |
Clear Toggle (All) | 3 | 127 |
Clear Toggle (Individual) | 3 | 0 = Preset A . . . |
Toggle Page | 4 | any |
Engage Preset | 10 = Preset A . . | 0 = Do Nothing |
Set MIDI BPM (MSB 2 bits) | 5 | 0-127 |
Set MIDI BPM (LSB 7 bits) | 6 | 0-127 |
Engage Expression 1 | 51 | 0-127 |
Engage Expression 2 | 52 | 0-127 |
Engage Expression 3 | 53 | 0-127 |
Engage Expression 4 | 54 | 0-127 |