PANDA200 MIDI Controller Owner’s Manual 1.
Contents FEATURES .....................................................................................................................................3 INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................................4 FRONT PANEL OVERVIEW .................................................................................................4 REAR PANEL OVERVIEW..................................................................................
FEATURES l l l l l l l 16 trigger pads with velocity. 5xAssignable Dials. 8xAssignable Slider, each slider can be edit by user. 26xAssignable Buttons Function buttons, providing functions like, EDIT, GLOBAL, LEVELS, PRESET, PAD GROUP, and etc. 1xMIDI OUT.（1XMIDI IN）pplied by USB and DC 9V. Compatible with WinXP/Vista/Win7 and Mac OSX. Drive free and hot-plug supported.
INTRODUCTION FRONT PANEL OVERVIEW 1. LCD – The display is used for navigating menus, displaying data, and affecting change on PANDA200’s options and parameters. 2. [VALUE] (Push to Enter) –This dial is used for incrementing and decrementing Presets, parameter values and settings. This dial also functions as an [ENTER] button when it is pressed down. 3. [<] AND [>] BUTTONS – These buttons are used for navigating through fields of menus and options. 4. [PRESET] – This button calls up Preset Mode.
8. [FULL LEVEL]. When [FULL LEVEL] is activated, the pads always play back at a maximum velocity (127),no matter how hard or soft you hit them. 9．[16 LEVEL]. When [16 LEVEL] is activated, you can use the 16 pads to change a selected sound’s velocity in 16 steps. 10. [CONTROL BANK]. The PANDA200 features 2 independent banks of continuous controllers. Effectively, this allows you to control up to 78 independent parameters with the knob, faders and buttons on the PANDA200.
REAR PANEL OVERVIEW 1. DC POWER ADAPTER INPUT –Plug in a 9V–1A DC power adapter if you do not wish to power the PANDA200 through the USB connection. 2. USB CONNECTION – Plug a standard USB cable into this outlet and into the USB port of your computer. The computer’s USB port will provide power to the PANDA200. This connection is used to send and receive MIDI data to and from your computer and may also be used to send MIDI data from your computer to a device attached to the MIDI OUT port of the PANDA200. 3.
HOOKUP DIAGRAM Please refer to the following scenario for connecting the PANDA200. 1.Connect a USB cable from your computer to the PANDA200. The unit will be powered through the USB connection. Alternatively, if you do not wish to use a computer in your setup or if you wish to power the PANDA200 externally, please plug in the included 9V-1A DC power adapter. 2.
OPERATION 1. FULL LEVEL When the [FULL LEVEL] button is activated, the PANDA200 pads always play back at maximum velocity (127). This way, no matter how hard or soft you hit a pad, the PANDA200 will always trigger the sound at its maximum velocity (volume). 2. 16 LEVELS When you press [16 LEVELS], you can use the 16 pads to change a selected pad’s velocity in 16 steps. This allows you to have more control over the velocity of the desired sound.
3. PAD BANK These 3 buttons switch between pad banks A, B, C. You can store different sounds in each one of the 3 different banks, giving you access of up to 48 different sounds you can trigger. When you Press [A], [B], or [C]. The LCD will display the current Pad bank, and the note of each pad is changed. When you edit the Pad data, Enter the global setting and choose save global. All the settings will be saved to the current Pad. 4. PRESET When the [PRESET] button is valid，the PRESET MODE be activated.
*SET BANK M: Use [ < ] or [ > ] button to select Bank M field. While in Bank M field, use [VALUE] dial to select desired value, Pressing [ENTER] to confirm the value. *SET BANK L: Use [ < ] or [ > ] button to select ‘Bank L’ field. While in Bank L field, use [VALUE] dial to select desired value, Pressing [ENTER] to confirm the value. 6. EDIT When you press[EDIT] button，The LCD display‘CTLdata1’ the EDIT MODE be activated. in this mode, you can change the parameters of the pads, knobs and sliders.
6.2 CONTROL EDIT The knobs and sliders can be set to transmit special value of the Control . *SET CONTROL VALUE: Use [ < ] or [ > ] button to select Control VALUE field,The LCD display ‘CTLdata2, While in Control VALUE field, use [VALUE] dial to select desired Controller VALUE. 7. TRANSPORT CONTROL There are 6 buttons used for transport control, [|<<],[<<],[>>],[O],[stop],[play].It is common to set the 6 buttons as Sequencer remote control buttons, it needs to be working with sequencer software.
8. GLOBAL When you press[GLOBAL] button，the GLOBAL MODE be activated, it has 7 pages in this mode，Table 1 shows corresponding function for each page. Page 1 MIDI COMMON CHANNEL Page2 PAD VELOCITY CURVE Page 3 MUTE Page 4 Reset Page5 SAVE GLOBAL Page6 Pad Note output type Page7 Transport type Table 1 8.1 Page1-MIDI COMMON CHANNEL use [ > ] or [< ]button to select MIDI Common Channel page in GLOBAL MODE. Turn [VALUE] dial to select desire MIDI Channel.
8.3 Page3-MUTE In MUTE ON mode, any message cannot be send. Press [ENTER] to switch the MUTE mode. 8.4 Page4 Reset Reset the all the controller, include the pads, knobs, buttons and sliders.. 8.5 Page5-SAVE GLOBAL Use [ > ] or [< ]button to select SAVE GLOBAL page in GLOBAL MODE. You will see ‘SAVE_ALL’ displayed on the screen. Press [ENTER] to save all the global settings. 8.
Question: Does the PANDA200 have internal sounds? Answer: No. The PANDA200 is a MIDI-controller, which means that it does not contain any sounds inside but is instead used to control external sound devices, such as hardware and software synthesizers, sequencers and drum machines. Question: Do I need to use a power adapter if I am using the PANDA 100 with a computer? Answer: No. The PANDA200 will draw power directly from the USB port.
TROUBLESHOOTING PROBLEM CAUSE The display dose not light up. No power. PANDA200 not properly connected. No sound from target device. PANDA200 connected after software application has started. Problem is caused by use of a USB hub. Software application not set to receive MIDI data from the PANDA200. Notes sustain continuously. Footswitch works in reverse. Transport control does not work. PANDA200’S MIDI channel not the same as application’s incoming MIDI channel.
I am only hearing one sound when I hit different pads. 16 Level function is engaged. The pads always play at maximum velocity(127). Full Level feature is engaged. receive mode of your software. When engaged, the 16 Level function will map the last hit pad to all 16 pads. Deactivate 16 Level to return to normal operation. When engaged, the Full Level function will cause all the pads to output maximum velocity, no matter how hard they are hit. Turn off Full Level to return to normal operation.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS GENERAL Display Dimensions(WxDxH) Weight Power custom LCD w/backlight 330mmx300mmx50mm 1.
