User Manual

ThankyouforpurchasingtheMIDISolutionsBreathController.
TheMIDISolutionsBreathControllerisaYamahaBC3A toMIDIinterfacethatcanbeusedtocontrolthevalueofa
selectedMIDIparameterinrealtime.ThemessagesgeneratedbytheBreathControllercanbemergedwiththe
messagesreceivedatitsMIDIinput.TheBreathControllerisMIDI-poweredandrequiresnobatteriesorpower
supplytooperate.
INTRODUCTION
ToprogramtheBreathControllerconnecttheMIDIOutfromyourMIDIinterfacetotheMIDI oftheBreath
Controller.TheMIDI andBC3A inputcanbeleftdisconnectedduringprogramming.
Oncethe ControllerhasbeenprogrammeditcanbeinsertedwhereveritisrequiredinyourMIDIsetup.
ConnecttheYamahaBC3A tothe Controller's input.ConnecttheMIDIOutorThruofthesending
devicetotheMIDI ofthe Controller.The Controllerdrawspowerfromthedevicethatisconnectedto
itsMIDIinput,soevenifthe ControllerdoesnotneedtoreceiveMIDImessagesfromthisdevicethe
connectionisstillrequiredinorderforthe Controllertodrawpower(the Controller'sEchoparameter
canbeprogrammedtoOFFtopreventanyunwantedincomingMIDImessagesfrombeingechoedtothe
Controller'sMIDIOut).ConnecttheMIDI ofthe ControllertotheMIDIInofthereceivingMIDIdevice.Itis
recommendedthatthenumberofMIDISolutionsproductspoweredbyasingleMIDIOutorThrubelimitedtofour.
The ControllerisprogrammedbysendingitMIDISystemExclusiveprogrammingcommandsfromacomputer
withaMIDIinterface.Thesecommandsaredescribedindetailonthefollowingpages.
Uponreceiptofaprogrammingcommand,the Controller'sMIDIindicatorLEDflashesrapidlyforaboutten
secondstoindicatethatthesettinghasbeenstored.Settingsareretainedafterpowerisremoved,andtheunitcan
thenbeinsertedwhereveritisrequiredinyourMIDIsetup.
EnsurethattheBC3A isconnectedtothe Controllerbeforeitispoweredupasitscircuitryissampledatthis
time.The Controller'sMIDIIndicatorLEDwilllightassoonasthesendingdeviceisturnedon,andflashes
wheneverMIDIdatapassesthroughtheunit.ApplyingbreathpressuretotheBC3A causestheunittosendoutMIDI
messagesaccordingtoitsprogrammedsettings.
Thefollowingprocedurewillhelpyouobtaintheoptimalsettingsforthe and controlsoftheYamaha
BC3A:Startbysettingthe toapproximatelythehalfwaypoint.Thenincreasethe fromzerountilthe
BreathControllerjuststartstotransmitMIDIdata(theLEDwillflicker).AtthispointdecreasetheOffsetslightly.Then
applybreathpressuretotheBC3A totestthesesettings.RepeattheaboveprocedureofadjustingtheOffsetwith
differentGainsettingsuntilyouhavedeterminedtheoptimalGainandOffsetpositions.
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