Operation Manual

2.4 Signal Flow 21
It is important to note how the MIDI signal received by the synthesizer is parsed. Signal
received from the MIDI input or MIDI player module, is interpreted in terms of the fretting hand
(usually left hand) and picking hand (usually right hand) of a guitar player. MIDI notes with
number ranging between 40 (E1) and 70 (B[4) are associated with the fretting hand and their
corresponding signal is sent to the chord detector. Notes with number ranging between 72 (C5)
and 84 (C6) are special strumming keys, used to trigger different picking hand techniques, and are
therefore used to control the strumming engine. The use of these strumming keys is explained in
more details in section 3.