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ThankyouforpurchasingtheMIDISolutionsPedalController.
TheMIDISolutionsPedalControllerprovidesa1/4"stereophonejackinputforconnectiontoanexpressionpedalor
potentiometerthatcanbeusedtocontrolthevalueofaselectedMIDIparameterinrealtime.Themessages
generatedbythePedalControllercanbemergedwiththemessagesreceivedatitsMIDIinput.TheMIDISolutions
PedalControllerisMIDI-poweredandrequiresnobatteriesorpowersupplytooperate.
INTRODUCTION
ToprogramthePedalControllerconnecttheMIDIOutfromyourMIDIinterfacetotheMIDI ofthePedalController.
TheMIDI canbeleftdisconnectedduringprogramming,butthepedalshouldbeconnected.
OncethePedalControllerisprogrammed,itcanbeinsertedwhereveritisrequiredinyourMIDIsetup.Firstconnect
thepedaltothepedalinputofthePedalController( ).ConnecttheMIDIOutorThruofthesendingdevicetothe
MIDI ofthePedalController,andtheMIDI ofthePedal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.
ItispossibletoconnectavolumepedaltothePedalControllerratherthananexpressionpedal,butay-adapterthat
breaksoutthePedalController'sstereojacktotwomonojacksisrequired.Connecttheinputofthevolumepedalto
oneofthemonojacks,andtheoutputofthevolumepedaltotheothermonojack.
TheonlyrequirementwhenconnectingapotentiometertothePedalControlleristhatthewiperofthepotentiometer
mustnotbeconnectedtothesleeveofthePedinput.Theotherterminalsofthepotentiometercanbeconnectedto
theeitherthetip,ring,orsleeve(oneterminaltoeach).Optimalpotentiometervaluesare10k-100k.
ThePedal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one
second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pedalisconnectedtotheunitbeforepower-upasitiscalibratedatthistime.ThePedal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.MovingthepedalcausestheunittosendoutMIDImessagesaccordingtoitsprogrammedsettings.
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