Instruction Manual

ThankyouforpurchasingtheMIDISolutionsVelocityConverter.
TheMIDISolutionsVelocityConverterallowsvariousvelocitycurvestobeappliedtoNote-Onvelocities.Curvescan
beselectedfrom40presetcurvesoroneuser-definablecurve,andeachMIDIchannelcanbeassignedaunique
curve.TheMIDISolutionsVelocityConverterisMIDI-poweredandrequiresnobatteriesorpowersupplytooperate.
INTRODUCTION
ToprogramtheVelocityConverterconnecttheMIDIOutfromyourMIDIinterfacetotheMIDI oftheVelocity
Converter.TheMIDI oftheVelocityConvertercanbeleftdisconnectedduringprogramming.
OncetheVelocityConverterisprogrammed,itcanbeinsertedwhereveritisrequiredinyourMIDIsetup.Connect
theMIDIOutorThruofthesendingdevicetotheMIDI oftheVelocityConverter,andtheMIDI oftheVelocity
Converter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.
In
Out
In Out
TheVelocityConverter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MIDISolutionswebsite,however
(seewww.midisolutions.com/support.htm).
Uponreceiptofaprogrammingcommand,theVelocityConverter'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.
TheVelocityConverter'sMIDIIndicatorLEDwilllightassoonasthesendingdeviceisturnedon,andflasheswheneverMIDI
datapassesthroughtheunit.Note-OnvelocitiesaremodifiedaccordingtotheVelocityConverter'sprogrammedsettings,all
otherMIDImessagesaresentunchangedtotheMIDIOut.
theProgrammingTools
softwarecreatesthesecommandsautomatically
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Receiving Device
MIDI In
Sending Device
MIDI Out or Thru
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