Owner's Manual

Deep Editing & MIDI Control: MIDI BASICS
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volume pedals of the Floor Board also transmit MIDI controller messages via MIDI
when used with your POD. To minimize “zipper” noise when controlling
parameter changes via MIDI, try making gradual, rather than sudden
changes to POD settings.
MIDI Sysex Commands - Sysex stands for “System Exclusive.” Sysex
commands are special commands that only a particular device understands – they
are ‘exclusive’ to that device – as opposed to the more generic kind of program,
controller, and other messages that almost all MIDI devices understand. POD uses
Sysex to transmit the sounds that are programmed in its memory to another
device, or to receive new sounds from another device. This exchange of data is
typically called a “dump.” The emagic SoundDiver software included on your
POD Tools CD uses Sysex commands to dump POD programs to your computer
for backup and editing, and to send programs from your computer to POD. You
can also have your POD exchange sounds with a POD, POD Pro, or Flextone II
series amplifier via Sysex directly, by hooking one to the other with a MIDI cable.
The following sections tell you how all this works.