User`s manual

GLOBAL SETTINGS

BASE CHANNEL

Here you set which MIDI channels the Machinedrum will respond and send data to.

Follow these steps to set the MIDI base channel.

1. Select the MIDI row in the GLOBAL EDIT menu. Then select BASE CHANNEL and

ress [ENTER/YES].

2. Select base channel using the [UP] and [DOWN] arrow keys. Press [ENTER/YES] to

make the actual selection.

The MIDI base channel is the first MIDI channel that the SPS-1 MKII/SPS-1UW MKII will

listen to and send data to. If the base channel is set to 1, the Machinedrum will use chan-

nels 1 through 4 to send and recognise MIDI data. The reason for using four channels is to

allow for easy access of control change messages to all parameters.

By using four channels in total, we have avoided using “non-registered parameters”

(“NRPN”), which are usually hard to make good use of from keyboards and from many

computer sequencers. In appendix B and C, we will look closer at how to control the

Machinedrum externally.

• If the MIDI base channel is turned below “1-4” it will display “--”. The Machine-

drum will the not send out or react to MIDI data. System common and System real

time MIDI messages, such as MIDI timing and MIDI synchronization, are not

affected. Use the “--” setting when you want to control other synthesizers but not

have them react to the internal sequencer of the Machinedrum. You can of course

still control other synths using the MIDI machines.

MAP EDITOR

You can use the MAP EDITOR to setup MIDI control over the playback of drum sounds and

patterns when receiving external MIDI notes. External MIDI notes can also be used to trig-

ger drum sounds, patterns and to start and stop playback of the sequencer.