Overview
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This glossary describes each Message Type and the parameters/examples to use it. |
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Standard MIDI Messages
Empty Message
Description
No data will be sent out.
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Program Change
Description
Sends a Program Change message of a specified number and channel. Program Change messages are usually used to call presets or patches in your Midi devices.
If Send to all MIDI Channels
is selected, the PC messages will be sent to all 16 MIDI channels.
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Example of Use
Activate a preset/patch on your Midi Device.
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Program Change (Multi Channel)
Description
Sends a PC message to selected channels.
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Control Change
Description
Sends a Control Change message of a specified number, value and channel. Control Change messages are usually used to change function parameters or call functions in your Midi devices.
Example of Use
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In Firmware v3.9
, you can select whether to use the position of a selected Expression Pedal connected to the Omniport as the CC Value, instead of specifying a fixed CC Value.
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Example of Use
To activate the record function on the Strymon Timeline, send a CC#87
with any value.
(Refer to Timeline Manual)
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Note On
Description
Sends a Midi Note On Message. You can select which note you want to send and also determine what velocity it will be played at.
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Note Off
Description
Sends a Midi Note Off Message.
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In Firmware v3.9
, an option to send a Note Off to all 128 notes is added.
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Real Time
Description
Sends a MIDI Real Time message. Choose from Start
, Stop
or Continue
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Song Position
Description
Sends a MIDI Song Position message
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Song Select
Description
Sends a MIDI Song Select message
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System Exclusive Messages
Description
Sends a MIDI System Exclusive message.The first value is always the length of the SysEx array,
v3.9
In v3.9
, we updated this message type and added an additional parameter, so 1 message contains 4 parameters. This gives you a maximum SysEx length of (16 * 4) - 1 = 63
. Similar to below, the first parameter is the preset is the length of the SysEx message.
A new SysEx Creation Utility
is added in Editor v1.1.6
to assist in the creation of Presets sending SysEx messages. The utility is under Preset Settings >> Tools >> Create SysEx Preset
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v3.8 and earlier
The first value is always the length of the SysEx array, followed by the values you want to send. The values are in decimal (base10) format and not in hex.
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The length should not include the SysEx start and end bytes (i.e. 0xF0 and 0xF7).
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MIDI
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MMC
Description
Sends a Midi MIDI Machine Control message.
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Misc MIDI Messages
MIDI Clock
Description
Sends a Midi Clock signal to out from USB and 5 Pin Midi. Syncs your Midi Clock enabled devices to a common BPM.
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You can set the tempo in the parameters, and then choose if you want the device to show the tap menu.
The BPM Decimal
parameter allows you to send .00
.25
.50
or .75
BPM.
If ‘Show Show Tap
Menu’ Menu
is selected, your Morningstar MIDI controller will load the tap tempo screen when the preset is activated.If not selected, your Morningstar MIDI controller will send out the Midi , showing either the selected BPM, or the current BPM if the Use Current BPM Setting
is selected.
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If Show Tap Menu
is not selected, your Morningstar MIDI controller will send out the MIDI Clock messages according to the preset tempo. When another event occurs i.e. a switch is pressed or expression is moved, the Midi Clock messages will stop.
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Please note that this message does not work while you are in Editor Mode. Toggle out of Editor Mode to enable the full functionalities of this message. |
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MIDI Clock Tap
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Acts as a Tap message for the internal MIDI clock. Tapping on a preset with this message will set the internal MIDI clock tempo.
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PC Scroll Up (
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Deprecated)
Description
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Please use the new PC Number Scroll message type in v3.8 |
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It is possible to display the PC Scroll number in the Preset name by entering a placeholder The count goes as such: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, F If you use |
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PC Scroll Down (Deprecated)
Similar to PC Scroll Up.
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CC Value Scroll
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Available in firmware v3.8 and onwards only |
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Allows you to send a CC message with a CC Value that is derived from Counters 0-F (or 1 - 16) in the Controller Settings, under the Scroll Counter
tab.
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Under the Scroll Type parameter, there are a few options to choose:
Send Only
Sends the CC message with a specified number. The CC Value is based on the selected counter
Increase by 1 and send
Increases the value in the counter by 1 the selected Step Value and then sends the CC message
Decrease by 1 and send
Decreases the value in the counter by 1 the selected Step Value and then sends the CC message
Update only
Changes the value in the counter to the specified value
Reset only
Resets the counter value to the default value specified in the Controller Scroll Counter settings
PC Number Scroll
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There is an option to wrap-around
, where you can select whether the counter should wrap-around to the min value when it reaches the max value, and vice versa.
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PC Number Scroll
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Available in firmware v3.8 and onwards only |
Description
Allows you to send a PC message with a PC Number that is derived from Counters 0-F found under Controller Settings on the editor, under the Scroll Counter
tab.
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Under the Scroll Type parameter, there are a few options to choose:
Send Only
Sends the PC message with the number based on the selected counter
Increase by 1 and send
Increases the value in the counter by 1 the selected Step Value and then sends the PC message
Decrease by 1 and send
Decreases the value in the counter by 1 the selected Step Value and then sends the PC message
Update only
Changes the value in the counter to the specified value
Reset only
Resets the counter value to the default value specified in the Controller Scroll Counter settings
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There is an option to wrap-around
, where you can select whether the counter should wrap-around to the min value when it reaches the max value, and vice versa.
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It is possible to display the PC Scroll number in the Preset name by entering a placeholder The 16 counters available are 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E and F found under Controller Settings on the editor. If you use |
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CC Waveform Generator
Available from Firmware
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This feature has been updated in Firmware v3.8 |
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v3.9
Invert Waveform
parameter is added to allow the inversion of the selected waveform.
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v3.8
Description
Generates CC messages using up to 4 waveform engines. Each engine can be specified with a Waveform Type, and Min/Max values.
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The full feature is documented here: CC Waveform Generators
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v3.7
Description
Generates CC messages in a selected waveform.
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In the editor, the Interval parameter allows you to select a value between 0 - 127. The value is in multiples of 100ms, so a value of 4 means that the interval cycle is 4 * 100 = 400ms.
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CC Sequencer Generator
Available from Firmware
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v3.9
Invert Waveform
parameter is added to allow the inversion of the selected waveform.
v3.8
Description
Generates CC messages using a specified list of values. The selected CC Sequencer engine will automatically send CC messages based on the list of values defined in the Controller Settings.
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The full feature is documented here: CC Sequencer Generators
Morningstar Device (self) Control
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Other Controls
Keystrokes
Description
Changes to the next bank on your Morningstar MIDI controller.
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Allows you to send keyboard commands to a USB Host such as a computer or iPad. By default, the controller is be loaded with a firmware that exposes a MIDI + Keyboard USB interface.
The message allows you to select up to 2 modifiers and 2 keystrokes.
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Please note that this message does not work while you are in Editor Mode. Toggle out of Editor Mode to enable the full functionalities of this message. |
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Omniport Relay Interface
Description
To control the Morningstar Omniport Relay Interface that is connected to the Omniport.
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Morningstar Device (self) Control
Bank Up
Description
Changes to the previous next bank on your Morningstar MIDI controller.
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Please note that this message does not work while you are in Editor Mode. Toggle out of Editor Mode to enable the full functionalities of this message. |
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Bank
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Down
Description
Jumps to any Changes to the previous bank on your Morningstar MIDI controller.
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Please note that this message does not work while you are in Editor Mode. Toggle out of Editor Mode to enable the full functionalities of this message. |
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Bank Jump
Description
Jumps to any bank of your choice on your Morningstar MIDI controller.
From Firmware In Version v3.
7 onwards9
, you can select what page you want to jump to (whether to Ignore the Bank Preset On Enter
and On Exit
messages when doing a Bank Jump.
You can select what page you want to jump to (Page 1 or Page 2).
When the ‘Last Used Bank’ option is set to Yes, the device will jump to the last used bank. For example, if you banked up from Bank 3 to Bank 4, and you use Bank Jump with ‘Last Used Bank’ engaged, the device will jump back to Bank 3.
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Please note that this message does not work while you are in Editor Mode. Toggle out of Editor Mode to enable the full functionalities of this message. |
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Bank Change Mode
Description
Puts your Morningstar MIDI controller into a state where you can scroll up and down banks with dedicated switches and then select the bank you want to use.
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Please note that this message does not work while you are in Editor Mode. Toggle out of Editor Mode to enable the full functionalities of this message. |
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Toggle Page
Description
Each bank on your MIDI controller has 2 pages. Toggle Page allows you to toggle between these 2 pages. By default, your MIDI controller will display page 1. By toggling page, the second page of presets (3 for the MC3, 6 for the MC6, 8 for the MC8) will be displayed on the screen, and you can control them with the foot switches.
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MIDI Thru
Description
Sets the global Midi Thru feature on your Morningstar MIDI controller on or off.
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Select Expression Message
Description
You can select individual messages in each expression preset to be active with this function. There are 16 messages in each expression preset. If, for example, you set Msg1
and Msg2
to be active on Expression 1, each time you move your expression pedal in Exp1
input, only Msg1
and Msg2
will be sent out.
This setting is global and applied to all banks. It will be reset to all active when the device power cycles.
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Looper Mode
Description
This message toggles your controller in and out of Looper mode. Looper mode increases the sensitivity of your switches to the maximum, so that messages sent out are instantaneous with no latency. This is useful if you are using your Morningstar MIDI controller to control time-sensitive functions such as Record/Play/Stop looper functions.In firmware v3.2 onwards, instead of Toggle on/off, we added a selection to allow users to select whether they want to use toggle, or independently set Looper Mode to On or Off.
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Set Toggle
Description
Changes the toggle state of your presets.You can choose whether to Engage
or Disengage
the toggle positions. Engage
will engage the preset (change the toggle position to 2), while Disengage
will disengage it (change the toggle position to 1). You can select which presets to apply this change to.
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Please note that this message does not work while you are in Editor Mode. Toggle out of Editor Mode to enable the full functionalities of this message. |
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Toggle Preset
Description
This setting toggles a Preset between positions 1 and 2, and can be useful if you want to toggle a Preset with a specific action.
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To use this, be sure to leave the Preset-level toggle setting off. If not, any action engaged on the preset will toggle the preset.
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Delay
Available from Firmware
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Adds a delay between between messages
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Engage Preset
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This message type allows you to engage another Preset in the same or different bank. You can choose what Preset, Bank and Action to engage.
Other Device Controls
Strymon Bank Up
Description
Bank up on your Strymon Timeline, Möbius and Bigsky
Strymon Bank Down
Description
Bank down on your Strymon Timeline, Möbius and Bigsky
AxeFX Tuner
Description
Upon engagement, your Morningstar MIDI controller will send a CC#15 message with value 127 to the selected channel. CC#15 controls the tuner function on the AxeFX. After which, the tuner page will load. Upon exit, your Morningstar MIDI controller will send a CC#15 message with value 0 to disengage the AxeFX tuner.
Things to note
Turn off MIDI Thru on your AxeFX.
Enable SysEx send on your AxeFX.
Connect your AxeFX MIDI out to your Morningstar MIDI controller MIDI In
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Please note that this message does not work while you are in Editor Mode. Toggle out of Editor Mode to enable the full functionalities of this message. |
Kemper Tuner
Description
Upon engagement, your Morningstar MIDI controller will engage the tuner function on the Kemper Profiler and start communicating with it to display the tuner data on the screen.
Things to note
Connect your Kemper MIDI out to your Morningstar MIDI controller MIDI In
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Please note that this message does not work while you are in Editor Mode. Toggle out of Editor Mode to enable the full functionalities of this message. |
Expression Pedal
Expression CC
Description
Sends a CC
message with a minimum and maximum range
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Utility
Available from Firmware
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Description
This message contains general utility functions such as
Set Message Scroll Counter
Set the pointer to the selected message if using the Preset Message Scroll feature
Clear Global Preset Toggles
Clears the toggle states (including
Global Preset Toggles
) of all presets in all banks
Increase MIDI Clock BPM by 1
Decease MIDI Clock BPM by 1
Set Scroll Counter Values
Manage the
Scroll Counter
values
Mask MIDI Outputs
Allows you to, instead of sending MIDI messages out through all MIDI Outputs, limit (or mask) the MIDI outputs.
In the example below, the controller is sending CC#1 to the DIN5 MIDI Output only, and CC#3 to the USB MIDI Port 1 only.
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Manage Message Scroll
Set/change message scroll direction
Set number of messages to be sent with each scroll step
Here is an example on how to scroll through 2 messages:
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Trigger Messages
Description
Select messages from other Presets in the same Bank to trigger. This allows you to execute more than the 16 message limit in each Preset but utilising unused messages in other preset. Only the message parameters are inherited (the Toggle Pos and Action parameters are not). The selected messages will be triggered regardless of action or toggle position.
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Other Device Controls
Strymon Bank Up
Description
Bank up on your Strymon Timeline, Möbius and Bigsky
Strymon Bank Down
Description
Bank down on your Strymon Timeline, Möbius and Bigsky
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AxeFX Tuner
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Only works with the MC6MKII and MC8. This will not work with the MC3 as it does not have a MIDI IN port. |
Description
Upon engagement, your Morningstar MIDI controller will send a CC#15 message with value 127 to the selected channel. CC#15 controls the tuner function on the AxeFX. After which, the tuner page will load. Upon exit, your Morningstar MIDI controller will send a CC#15 message with value 0 to disengage the AxeFX tuner.
This feature works for only the AxeFX III
and the FM3
. There is an option to select the device in the Editor.
Things to note
Turn off MIDI Thru on your AxeFX.
Enable SysEx send on your AxeFX.
Connect your AxeFX MIDI out to your Morningstar MIDI controller MIDI In
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Please note that this message does not work while you are in Editor Mode. Toggle out of Editor Mode to enable the full functionalities of this message. |
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Kemper Tuner
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Only works with the MC6MKII and MC8. This will not work with the MC3 as it does not have a MIDI IN port. |
Description
Upon engagement, your Morningstar MIDI controller will engage the tuner function on the Kemper Profiler and start communicating with it to display the tuner data on the screen.
Things to note
Connect your Kemper MIDI out to your Morningstar MIDI controller MIDI In
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Please note that this message does not work while you are in Editor Mode. Toggle out of Editor Mode to enable the full functionalities of this message. |
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Fractal Integration
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Only works with the MC6MKII and MC8. This will not work with the MC3 as it does not have a MIDI IN port. |
Description
Allows you to pull Preset and Scene names from the AxeFX III and display them into the controller, along with the ability to select the Preset and Scenes with the corresponding switches.
For Preset Select
, you can specify a starting preset number, and when the integration is engaged, the controller will retrieve the name of that specified preset number from the AxeFX III as Switch A, and that preset number + 1 as Switch B, and so on.
For Scene Select
, the controller will retrieve the scene names of the current preset on the AxeFX III and display them on the controller. You can then select the scenes with the switches on the controller (Switch A = Scene 1 and so on).
For Preset + Scene
, the controller will first display the Preset Select
mode, and when a preset is selected, the controller will engage that preset on the AxeFX III, and then move on to Scene Select
mode.
Things to note
Connect your AxeFX MIDI Out to the controller MIDI In, and controller MIDI Out to your AxeFX MIDI In. Turn off MIDI THRU on the controller so that any MIDI messages that are sent don’t travel in a loop.
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Morningstar ML10X
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This message type sends out a SysEx message to the ML10X. Some MIDI devices do not pass SysEx messages though, like the Line 6 HX Stomp and Hologram Microcosm. If you are having troubles controlling the ML10X with this message type, please check if your MIDI devices in-between the controller and ML10X can pass SysEx messages through. |
Description
Allows you to control a Morningstar ML10X Loop Switcher.
The Device ID setting needs to match the Device ID of your ML10X. If it is set to Omni, it will broadcast to all Device IDs.
The Type setting will determine what type of control message to send.
Set Loops
Selected loops will be engaged while unselected loops will be disengaged.
Engage Loops
Selected loops will be engaged
Bypass Loops
Selected loops will be bypassed
Toggle Loops
Selected loops will be toggled i.e. If a loop is already engaged, it will be bypassed, and vice versa
Scroll Up
Scroll up a preset
Scroll Down
Scroll down a preset
Select Preset
Jump to a selected bank and preset
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Relay Switching
Description
Controls Relay Ports on the MC6 PRO for relay switching. As explained and demonstrated in this video.
Controls the the Morningstar Relay Interface if it is connected to an Omniport on the MIDI controller.
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Preset Rename
Description
Changes the switch name. Limited to only 4 characters on MC3, MC6 MKII and MC8.
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Expression Pedal
Expression CC (Linear)
Description
Sends a CC
message with a minimum and maximum range
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Expression CC (Scaled)
Description
Sends a CC
message with a minimum and maximum range with a scaling parameter, which allows you to scale the expression response closer to the head or tail, which can give you a logarithmic or exponential response.
A Scaling factor
of 0 gives a Linear response.
A negative Scaling factor
scales the response closer to the maximum value, so you will a more exponential-like response.
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A positive Scaling factor
scales the response closer to the minimum value, so you will get a more logarithmic-like response
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CC Toe Down
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Description
Sends a CC
message each time the expression pedal hits the toe down
position
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CC Heel Down
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Description
Sends a CC
message each time the expression pedal hits the heel down
position
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Toe Down Toggle Channel
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Description
Sends a Toggles the MIDI channel for a selected Expression CC message between 2 values each time the expression pedal Expression hits the toe down position
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position.
Parameters
Message Number: Select the expression message number you want this message to change
Channel 1: First channel value
Channel 2: Second channel value
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Toe Down Toggle CC
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Description
Sends a Toggles the CC Number for a selected Expression CC message between 2 numbers each time the expression pedal Expression hits the heel toe down position
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Parameters
Message Number: Select the Expression message you want to affect
CC 1: First CC Number
CC 2: Second CC Number
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Send CC on Engage
Available from Firmware
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Description
Toggles the MIDI channel for a selected Expression CC message between 2 values each time the Expression hits the toe down position.
Parameters
Message Number: Select the expression message number you want this message to change
Channel 1: First channel value
Channel 2: Second channel value
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Sends a CC MIDI message with a specified value and MIDI Channel when the Expression preset is first engaged
Parameters
CC Number
CC Value
MIDI Channel
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Send PC on Engage
Available from Firmware
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Description
Toggles the CC Number for a selected Expression CC message between 2 numbers each time the Expression hits the toe down position.
Parameters
Message Number: Select the Expression message you want to affect
CC 1: First CC Number
CC 2: Second CC Number
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Sends a PC MIDI message with a specified MIDI Channel when the Expression preset is first engaged
Parameters
PC Number
MIDI Channel
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Send CC on Disengage
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Sends a CC MIDI message with a specified value and MIDI Channel when the Expression preset is first engagedwhen the Expression pedal that is engaging the preset stops moving for 100ms.
Parameters
CC Number
CC Value
MIDI Channel
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Send PC on
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Disengage
Available from Firmware
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Sends a PC MIDI message with a specified MIDI Channel when the Expression preset is first engagedpedal that is engaging the preset stops moving for 100ms.
Parameters
PC Number
MIDI Channel
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Waveform Engine Speed
Available from Firmware
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Description
Sends a CC MIDI message with a specified value and MIDI Channel when the Expression pedal that is engaging the preset stops moving for 100ms.
Parameters
CC Number
CC Value
MIDI Channel
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Allows you to control the speed of a running Waveform Engine. The Min and Max multiplier values are approximate divisions or multiplies of the BPM the engine is running at, so a value below one will slow the BPM down, and a BPM above 1 will make the BPM run faster.
Parameters
Engine Number
Min Multiplier
Max Multiplier
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Sequencer Engine Speed
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DescriptionSends a PC MIDI message with a specified MIDI Channel when the Expression pedal that is engaging the preset stops moving for 100ms
Allows you to control the speed of a running Sequencer Engine. The Min and Max multiplier values are approximate divisions or multiplies of the BPM the engine is running at, so a value below one will slow the BPM down, and a BPM above 1 will make the BPM run faster.
Parameters
PC Engine NumberMIDI Channel
Min Multiplier
Max Multiplier