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1. Button 4 Quickly press and release the ProGram Button The LED will stop flashing If you set up a keyboard split have two Slots active and have organs active in both Slots the two Slots act as independent organ manuals The DB 1 drawbars will act upon the Slot that s in focus the slot whose LED 1s flashing When using either a keyboard split or an external lower manual change Slot focus between upper and lower organ manual by using the Slot A Slot B buttons on the Stage 2 control panel You can also program the Top Button to toggle Slot focus for you see the section on programming the Top Button below While in Learn Mode press and hold the Button and press the Slot button that 1s currently not in Focus forcing the Stage to change Slots Then exit Learn Mode Stage Stage EX and Stage 2 prior to 1 40 What is now called a Slot on the Stage 2 used to be called a Panel on the Stage and Stage EX This section will use the Panel nomenclature In order for the DB 1 to control legacy Stage and Stage EX keyboards it must make assumptions based on the MIDI channels it sees during the Learn Mode MIDI channel assignment If it sees one MIDI channel it will operate in single channel mode If the DB 1 sees two MIDI channels during the Learn mode assignment it will assume that you have two organ manuals controlling two Panels For this reason If you do not use multiple organ manuals before assigning the DB 12. will not be liable for consequential special indirect or similar damages or claims including loss of profit or any other commercial damage and in no event will Ocean Beach Digital s liability for any damages to the purchaser or any other person exceed the price paid for the product regardless of any form of the claim Ocean Beach Digital specifically disclaims all other warranties expressed or implied Specifically Ocean Beach Digital makes no warranty that the product 1s fit for any particular purpose This warranty shall be construed interpreted and governed by the laws of the state of California If any provision of this warranty is found void invalid or unenforceable it will not affect the validity of the balance of the warranty which shall remain valid and enforceable according to its terms In the event any remedy hereunder is determined to have failed of its essential purpose all limitations of liability and exclusion of damages set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect 21 Ocean Beach Digital 4876 Santa Monica Ave 7162 San Diego CA 92107 864 DRAWBARS 864 372 9227 www oceanbeachdigital com DB 1 Manual fw ver 2 00 rev a
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4. also been written to FLASH memory so you will not have to perform this step again unless you change your Nord s MIDI channel assignments Stage Stage EX Stage 2 Stage 2 version 1 40 or later You should first verify that the Stage 2 is still using the default values in the MIDI Menu Global MIDI Channel 1 MIDI Slot A Channel OFF MIDI Organ A Channel OFF MIDI Piano A Channel OFF MIDI Synth A Channel OFF MIDI Slot B Channel OFF MIDI Organ B Channel OFF MIDI Piano B Channel OFF MIDI Synth B Channel OFF Send amp Receive Send amp Receive MIDI Prog Change Mode MIDI Ctrl Change Mode If you use an external keyboard as a lower organ manual that keyboard cannot use the Stage s Global MIDI channel You must pick some other MIDI channel Set the external keyboard to transmit on this channel In the Stage 2 s MIDI Menu also set the MIDI Dual KB Channel to this same channel Lastly put the Stage into Dual KB Mode This is all described in the Nord Stage 2 manual by the way To set the DB 1 s MIDI Channel 1 Press and hold the white ProGram Button located on the rear panel Hold this button down until the LED begins to flash Release the button The LED will continue to flash indicating that you are in Learn Mode 2 Press and hold the Burrow While holding the Button play a few notes on the Stage keyboard If you have an external keyboard connected do NOT play any notes on it Release the
5. should see the LED flicker indicating that the unit has power and that it s sending MIDI messages If this isn t happening make sure the Power button 1s on pressed in and that the battery is in good condition Once you ve verified the DB 1 has power you can move on to the next step 2 The Nord must receive the MIDI messages sent by the DB 1 Your Nord has a MIDI indicator LED of its own and it should also flicker when you move the DB 1 s drawbars If not double check your cable connections the DB 1 s MAIN OUT should be connected to the Nord s MIDI IN and the DB 1 s MAIN IN should be connected to the Nord s MIDI OUT You might also try swapping the cables for different ones to make sure it s not a cable problem 3 The DB 1 must receive messages sent by the Nord Similarly when you play note on the Nord move the expression pedal or press the virtual drawbar buttons you should see the DB 1 s LED flicker indicating that it is receiving those messages If not double check the cabling as described above It might also be a Nord MIDI configuration issue the resolution of which is described below If it appears that you have physical connectivity cables are plugged into the correct places you should also verify that the Nord has been configured to send and receive MIDI Note On and CC information All of the Nord models have MIDI menu functions to configure this stuff and to our knowledge the default configurations work fine But
6. Drawbar Controller DB I User Manual Ocean Beach Digital www oceanbeachdigital com B 1 pros be bea out ocean Power Button Battery Door mai A o lop Button DIP Switches Thank You Thank you for your purchase of the DB 1 Drawbar Controller from Ocean Beach Digital The DB 1 Drawbar Controller was created specifically to complement the Nord and will greatly enhance the experience of playing organ sounds on these keyboards Now you can finally reach over and grab a handful of drawbars just like you would on a B 3 A lot of effort was put into making the DB 1 as easy to set up as possible However the various Nord organ keyboards use different MIDI mappings for drawbar events so the DB 1 needs to know which Nord you are using This is accomplished by setting some small switches called DIP switches inside the battery compartment It is necessary to set these switches in the correct position for the DB 1 Drawbar Controller to work correctly with your keyboard It may also be necessary to program the MIDI channel depending on your keyboard setup Please note if you do not configure the DB 1 Drawbar Controller correctly it will not work for your setup And nobody wants that So please take care to follow the steps in this manual to set everything up You will only need to configure your DB 1 Drawbar Controller s once and then these settings are stored permanently unless you change them later
7. I connections should look like this optional external sound module i D The MIDI connections are as follows DB 1 Drawbar Controller MAIN OUT to Nord MIDI IN b DB 1 Drawbar Controller MAIN IN from Nord MIDI OUT c DB I Drawbar Controller AUX OUT to external sound module optional d DB 1 Drawbar Controller AUX IN from external keyboard triggering Nord optional Step 3 Making all the MIDI connections two DB 1 Drawbar Controllers If you have two DB 1 Drawbar Controllers regardless of which Nord you have your MIDI connections should look like this optional external sound module optional keyboard acting as lower organ manual idi nnn upper drawbars Upper Drawbar MAIN OUT to Nord MIDI IN Upper Drawbar MAIN IN from Nord MIDI OUT Upper Drawbar AUX OUT to Lower Drawbar MAIN IN Upper Drawbar AUX IN from Lower Drawbar MAIN OUT Lower Drawbar AUX OUT to external sound module optional Lower Drawbar AUX IN from external keyboard triggering Nord optional Step 4 Check for Power The DB 1 was designed to run when possible using the voltage present on the MIDI signal coming in the MAIN MIDI IN jack For this reason if you plan to run off MIDI bus power you need to make both MAIN MIDI IN and OUT connections as described above That generally seems to work just fine for simple setups 1e nothing else connected via MIDI except your Nord and the DB 1 If your setup inv
8. One quick note throughout this manual you will encounter terms like Nord Electro Stage EX and so on These are all trademarks of Clavia DMI AB the Swedish company that manufactures these keyboards The DB 1 Drawbar Controller is manufactured in San Diego California by Ocean Beach Digital Words like Nord and Electro are used for descriptive purposes in order to explain how to use this DB 1 Drawbar Controller with their various products You should understand that the two companies not affiliated 1n any way nor should you infer any such affiliation Once again thank you for your purchase We hope you enjoy your new DB 1 Drawbar Controller Getting Started OK you re probably eager to get going with your new DB 1 Drawbar Controller so we ll try to make this as quick and painless as possible Here are the five steps you need to follow Determine your keyboard amp drawbar configuration set the DB 1 Drawbar Controller DIP Switch es accordingly Make all your MIDI connections Check for power Teach your DB 1 Drawbar Controller s what MIDI channel s to use WwW N E That s it So we will tackle each of these steps one at a time step 1 Determining your keyboard and drawbar configuration Because you just bought this DB 1 Drawbar Controller it s probably safe to assume that you have a Nord keyboard that you want to connect it to There are three families of Nord keyboards this Controller c
9. an talk to The Electro family Electro Electro 2 Electro 3 Electro Rack The Stage family Stage Stage EX Stage 2 e The organ family C1 C2 and as luck would have it these three families use different MIDI messages for drawbar commands Also you may be using one or two DB 1 Drawbar Controllers with your keyboard and that affects how you set up your Drawbar Controllers So the first step 1s to figure out what your configuration 1s Are you using one DB 1 Drawbar Controller with an Electro Are you using two Drawbar Controllers with a C1 That sort of thing If you re using two DB 1 Drawbar Controllers you will need to designate one controller as the Upper manual drawbars and the other one the Lower manual drawbars Step 2 Setting the DIP Switches Inside the battery compartment of your DB 1 Drawbar Controller there s a set of four small white switches called DIP switches For each Drawbar Controller in your setup you will need to put those switches in the correct position Otherwise your controller will send the wrong MIDI commands and all kinds of crazy things will happen You don t want that The photos and descriptions that follow describe the switches as viewed from the rear of the Drawbar Controller looking down into the battery compartment So the MIDI jacks should be facing towards you and the front of the unit away from you We are only concerned with the three left most switches as viewed from the rear of th
10. annels E1 E9 nor OFF It has been reported that the does not respond to CC messages including drawbar commands when using the E channels similarly make sure the Lower MIDI chanel is set to 1 16 but to a different channel than Upper make sure Continuous Controller Mode 15 set to Sr Send and Receive make sure Program Change Mode 15 set to Sr Send and Receive For C2 Organ make sure the Swell Channel is set to 1 16 and not OFF make sure the Great Channel is set to a different channel than the Swell channel and not OFF make sure Control Change CC Mode 15 set to Sr Send and Receive make sure Program Change Mode 15 set to Sr Send and Receive make sure the Local Control Mode 15 not set to E external device It has been reported that the C2 does not respond to to CC messages including drawbar commands in Local Mode E in the System menu make sure the Organ Trig Mode 15 set to n normal It has been reported that the C2 also does not respond to CC messages when in Fast Trigger Mode 19 California Proposition 65 Warning This product contains chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm Wash hands after handling Electromagnetic Compatibility Ocean Beach Digital declares that this product complies with the following standards regulating emissions and immunity FCC Part 15 Class B EN550022 Class B EN55103 1 EN55103 2 ICES 003 Ocean Beac
11. ber up to four MIDI Program Changes that you designate as Auto Sync presets These presets are stored by selecting Programs on your Nord while in Learn Mode and with the Top Button held down so the procedure is very similar to how MIDI Channel and the Tor Burrow are programmed 1 Press and hold the white ProGram Button located on the rear panel Hold this button down until the LED begins to flash Release the button The LED will continue to flash indicating that you are in Learn Mode Press and hold the Burton While holding the Button select the desired preset s using the Nord s control panel Release the Button Quickly press and release the ProGram Button The LED will stop flashing ete E Note if you are using two DB 1 Drawbar Controllers you only need to perform this procedure on the Upper Manual Drawbar Controller Now when you select the designated preset s all of the DB 1 s drawbar positions will be automatically re sent to the Nord effectively re syncing the Nord with the positions of the physical drawbars on your DB 1 Drawbar Controller If you are using a single DB 1 Drawbar Controller to control two organ manuals the Upper manual will automatically be selected for you 13 Learn Mode summary In earlier sections of this manual we have described various settings that can be stored using Learn Mode Here s a quick summary of all those settings To enter Learn Mode press and hold the white PR
12. ble Most of our customers have found that a single drawbar module connected to a single keyboard works fine under MIDI bus power But you may need to use a battery if you have a more complicated MIDI setup or if you are using multiple DB 1s By the way we also provided a way to make the power switch off position really truly off That s what the rightmost DIP switch 1s for You ll probably never need to use it When power switch is off DB 1 When power switch is off DB 1 draws power from MIDI bus cannot draw power from MIDI bus Step 5 Setting the MIDI channel one DB 1 Drawbar Controller This procedure varies slightly depending on your keyboard configuration so please read carefully Electro family with one DB 1 Drawbar Controller The short answer MIDI channel selection happens automagically for Electro and Electro 2 setups and also for Electro 3 setups that don t use an external keyboard as a lower organ manual That seems to be the majority of DB 1 buyers If you re among this group you re done already You can skip this step The long answer the DB 1 defaults to MIDI channel 1 at boot but automatically switches to whatever channel you are using This makes life very easy for most Electro owners But if your Electro is on MIDI channel 6 you will need to play something before the DB 1 starts transmitting on channel 6 If that s an annoyance you can set the MIDI channel explicitly And if you re using an Electro 3 with a sec
13. e DB 1 Depending on when your DB 1 was manufactured the DIP switches may be toggle paddle style switches or they may be sliding switches Both styles are shown here As you can see they are very similar but use the one that most closely resembles the switches in your DB 1 All the DIP switch configurations are summarized on the next page Note that the first group of three are the settings when you re using a single DB 1 Drawbar Controller and the second group of three are for when you re using two of them one DB 1 controlling both Nord manuals Electro Electro 2 Electro 3 down down down MIDI channel is set automatically Stage Stage EX Stage 2 down down up MIDI channel s must be programmed in Learn mode C1 C2 down up down MIDI channels must be programmed in Learn mode two DB 1 s one for upper and one for lower each manual for C1 C2 upper for Electro E2 E3 down up up MIDI channel must be programmed in Learn mode lower manual for Electro E2 E3 up down down MIDI channel must be programmed in Learn mode Stage Stage EX Stage 2 up down up MIDI channel must be programmed in Learn mode GSi VB3 user defined via SYSEX up up up MIDI channel polarity and Control Change number are programmed via System Exclusive message Step 3 Making all the MIDI connections one DB 1 Drawbar Controller If you have one DB 1 Drawbar Controller regardless of which Nord you have your MID
14. h Digital declares under its sole responsibility that the Product Drawbar Controller DB 1 complies with Part 15 of FCC rules Operation 1s subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation 20 Disposal of Waste Equipment This symbol on the product or on its packaging indicates that this product must not be disposed of with your other household waste Inappropriate disposal may be harmful Instead it is your responsibility to dispose of your waste equipment by handing it over to a designated collection point for the recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment The separate collection and recycling of your waste equipment at the time of disposal will help to conserve natural resources and ensure that it is recycled in a manner that protects human health and the environment For more information about where you can drop off your waste equipment for recycling please contact your local city office your household waste disposal service or the shop where you purchased the product Warranty Information Ocean Beach Digital warrants this product under normal use to be free of defects in materials and workmanship for a period of one 1 year from date of purchase so long as the product is owned by the original purchaser with proof of purchase either from Ocean
15. he Panel that is not in focus The drawbar commands will still be received by the Stage s hidden organ engine but you won t see the LED bargraphs change on the control panel because those bargraphs always represent the Panel in focus Whew Ok you re now ready to play Step 5 Setting the MIDI channel two DB 1 Drawbar Controllers The procedure is the same for all keyboard configurations You must teach each DB 1 Drawbar Controller separately what MIDI channel to use for its corresponding manual upper and lower We start with the Upper drawbar controller 1 On the Upper DB 1 Drawbar Controller press and hold the white PRocRAM Button located on the rear panel Hold this button down until the LED begins to flash Release the button The LED will continue to flash indicating that you are 1n Learn Mode 2 Press and hold the Upper DB 1 Drawbar Controller s Top Button While holding this button play a few notes on the upper manual only Release the button 3 Quickly press and release the ProGram Button on the Upper DB 1 Drawbar Controller The LED will stop flashing Now repeat the procedure for the Lower manual 4 On the Lower DB 1 Drawbar Controller press and hold the rear panel PRocRAM Burrow until the LED begins to flash Release the button The LED will continue to flash indicating that you are in Learn Mode 5 Press and hold the Lower DB 1 Drawbar Controller s While holding this button play a few notes o
16. it s possible at some point these menu settings have changed so you ll want to bust out your Nord s manual and go to the MIDI menu sections towards the back of the manual The things you want to look for are described on the next page 17 Troubleshooting continued Here are the things to look for For all keyboard models make sure that you have the MIDI cables connected to the correct jacks Even if you connect the cables backwards the DB 1 may still be able to run off MIDI power so don t be fooled by this make sure DB 1 MAIN OUT goes to Nord MIDI IN and Nord MIDI OUT goes to DB 1 MAIN IN For Electro and Electro 2 e make sure that the MIDI channel is set to 1 16 and not off For Electro 3 e make sure the MIDI channel is set to 1 16 and not OF make sure Control Change CC Mode is set to Sr Send and Receive e make sure Program Change Mode 15 set to Sr Send and Receive For Stage 2 double check the MIDI menu settings described in the Stage 2 section of this manual For Stage and Stage EX e make sure the MIDI Panel Channel is set to 1 16 and not Off e make sure the MIDI Organ A B Channel is set to 1 16 and not Off e make sure MIDI Control Change Mode is set to Send amp Receive e make sure MIDI Prog Change Mode is set to Send amp Receive 18 Troubleshooting continued For C1 Organ make sure the Upper MIDI channel is set to 1 16 It should not be set to one of the E ch
17. l DB 1 You will probably want to connect your master controller s output to the AUX MIDI IN jack and the DB 1 s MAIN MIDI OUT to your sound module or virtual tonewheel software This will allow you to use the DB 1 s internal MIDI Merger to merge your drawbar movements into the MIDI stream generated by your master controller keyboard Note also that the DB 1 can only grab power from the MAIN MIDI IN jack so you would need to use the 9v battery for power in this configuration 16 Troubleshooting If you re reading this section apparently Trouble has befallen you and so must be shot This section will guide you through the necessary steps First let s take a step back and look at the big picture The DB 1 works by sending MIDI messages to your Nord and it also must be able to receive messages from the Nord for programming If the setup steps at the beginning of this manual didn t get things going for you any one of several things could be the cause In order for the DB 1 to function the following conditions must all be met e The DB 1 must have enough power to operate e The Nord must receive the MIDI messages sent by the DB 1 e The DB 1 must receive messages sent by the Nord So let s work our way down the list 1 The DB 1 must have enough power to operate The easiest way to remove any uncertainty is to connect a fresh 9 volt battery to the DB 1 and press the Power button in When you move the DB 1 drawbars back and forth you
18. n Electro if you use two manuals you might want the Button to toggle between Upper and Lower manual To set this up 1 Press and hold the white ProGram Button located on the rear panel Hold this button down until the LED begins to flash Release the button The LED will continue to flash indicating that you are in Learn Mode 2 Press and hold the Button 3 While holding the Button press the button on the Nord s control panel whose function you would like to assign to the Burrow 4 Release the Button 5 Quickly press and release the PRoGRAM Button The LED will stop flashing The Tor Button has just learned the MIDI Control Change message associated with whatever Nord button you pushed This assumes that the Nord button you pushed causes a MIDI Control Change message to be send Most of the Nord s toggle state buttons do this You should now be able to push the Button and see that it duplicates the function of the Nord button you just assigned to it 11 Programming the Tor Button Continued Send All Function The Button can be programmed to resend all drawbar data whenever it s pressed This 1s useful 1f you want to have the drawbars set to one registration and then bring up a patch set to some other registration You can play the patch with the stored registration and then instantly change the entire registration by pushing the Top Botton The Top Button is programmed for Se
19. n the lower manual only Release the button 6 Quickly press and release the Lower DB 1 Drawbar Controller s PRocRAM Button The LED will stop flashing You have now taught each of the DB 1 Drawbar Controllers its MIDI channel This information has been written to FLASH memory so you will not have to perform this step again unless you change your Nord s MIDI channel assignments You will need to keep track of which DB 1 Drawbar Controller 1s upper and which 1s lower You ll get unexpected results 1f you later swap them without reprogramming them Time to Play That s it Go play some music As you move each drawbar you should see the LED display for the corresponding virtual drawbars move up and down If not carefully double check the procedures in the five setup steps Also please note that that the Stage and the Electro only display one set of virtual bar graph drawbars at a time but these keyboards internally can support two organ manuals each having their own drawbar registration The DB 1 attempts to control the organ manual that 15 in focus on the control panel and it attempts to keep track of panel focus changes by listening to the MIDI messages being sent by your Nord There may be some exception cases where the Nord has silently changed panel focus undetected and the DB 1 starts controlling the virtual drawbars that are not currently being displayed These exception cases have been avoided where possible to do so 10 Prog
20. nd AII by exiting Learn Mode while holding the Top Button down 12 Drawbar Auto Sync An advantage of Clavia s virtual drawbar system 1s the ability to have the virtual drawbars jump to a pre programmed set of drawbar positions organists call this a registration whenever you select a preset Now that you have real drawbars when you call up this preset the virtual drawbars will jump to whatever registration was stored for that preset but the physical drawbars of course will not Imagine that you have all the drawbars in your DB 1 Drawbar Controller pushed in and you call up a preset on your Nord that has an 888888888 registration where all of the drawbars are pulled out The DB 1 Drawbar Controller normally does not generate any MIDI traffic unless you do something the Nord s control panel will not reflect the actual positions of your DB 1 drawbars As you move each of the drawbars on your DB 1 Drawbar Controller the Nord s virtual drawbars will snap to the correct position and when you ve moved all of the drawbars the two will be back in sync And some folks like that And it s also possible to use the Button Send function to resend everything at once described earlier in the manual A third option 1s Auto Sync You can program the organ preset to resynchronize automatically with the DB 1 drawbar positions whenever the preset 1s selected sorta like the B and Bb presets on an old console organ The DB 1 can remem
21. oGRAM Button located on the rear panel Hold this button down until the LED begins to flash slowly This should take approximately three seconds Release the button The LED will continue to flash slowly indicating that you re in Learn Mode Once you re in Learn Mode the DB 1 Drawbar Controller listens for certain MIDI events and remembers them The things that can be learned this way are MIDI Channel except for Electro with one DB 1 Drawbar Controller e Button function except for C1 C2 with one DB 1 see About the Button above e Program Changes for Drawbar Auto Sync The things learned in Learn Mode are written to FLASH memory This memory 15 retained even when there s no power so you will only need to reprogram things in Learn Mode if your keyboard configuration changes or if you decide to move your organ presets around To exit Learn Mode quickly press and release the small white PGM button on the rear panel The LED will stop flashing slowly and will resume flashing only when MIDI 1s sent or received Clear Memory The things learned in Learn Mode can be un learned by using the Clear Memory function which restores everything to the factory defaults To perform the Clear Memory function press and hold the small white PRoGRAM Button on the rear panel After about three seconds it will flash slowly but continue to hold it down After approximately 8 more seconds it will flash quickly Release the button All of
22. olves the use of the AUX MIDI connections it may be necessary to use a 9v battery Power up your Nord and double check the MIDI connections described above The DB 1 s power button operates differently from other power buttons you ve encountered button 1s in DB 1 draws its power from the internal 9v battery not included button 1s out DB 1 draws its power from the MIDI bus Whenever the DB 1 has power the LED will flicker whenever you move a drawbar If you don t see this or if the DB 1 appears to be operating erratically try installing a fresh 9v battery and putting the power button in the in position whenever the DB 1 is in use When inserting the battery into the battery compartment take care not to accidentally bump any of the DIP switches into different positions And when whenever there s no battery in place you should use the protective battery terminal cover to prevent the battery harness contacts from inadvertently shorting against anything inside the drawbar controller Some Words About MIDI Bus Power This DB 1 Drawbar Controller has been designed to run off MIDI bus power when possible But you should understand that there 15 no MIDI Specification for drawing power off the MIDI bus This 15 really unfortunate as 1t s quite handy for a small device such as this one Ocean Beach Digital has gone to great lengths to minimize the current consumption of the DB 1 so that it can run under MIDI bus power in as many scenarios as possi
23. ond keyboard as a lower organ manual you will need to teach the DB 1 what MIDI channels you are using The procedure is simple 1 Press and hold the white ProGram Button located on the rear panel Hold this button down until the LED begins to flash Release the button The LED will continue to flash indicating that you are in Learn Mode 2 Press and hold the Button While holding the Button play a few notes on the Electro keyboard If you have an Electro 3 and 1f you are using an external keyboard as a lower organ manual play a few notes on that keyboard also Release the Button 4 Quickly press and release the ProGram Button The LED will stop flashing You will only need to do this once C1 or C2 with one DB 1 Drawbar Controller You need to teach the DB 1 Drawbar Controller which MIDI channels are used for the upper and lower manuals To do this 5 Press and hold the white ProGram Button located on the rear panel Hold this button down until the LED begins to flash Release the button The LED will continue to flash indicating that you are in Learn Mode 6 Press and hold the Butron While holding the Top Button play a few notes on the upper manual then play a few notes on the lower manual 7 Release the Button 8 Quickly press and release the PRoGRAM Button The LED will stop flashing That s it The DB 1 Drawbar Controller now knows what MIDI channels you re using This information has
24. ramming the BUTTON The purpose of the Tor Button depends on your keyboard configuration Single DB 1 Drawbar Controller with C1 C2 the Button acts as a toggle which selects whether the drawbars are controlling the upper or lower organ manual This button 1s not programmable so you can skip to the next section single DB 1 Drawbar controller with Electro family and single DB 1 Drawbar Controller with Stage family and second keyboard set up as a lower organ manual if you programmed two MIDI channels into your DB 1 Drawbar Controller the Button will act as a toggle which selects which manual the drawbars are controlling but it can be reprogrammed to do other things For all other keyboard configurations the Burrow does nothing initially but can be reprogrammed The Tor Button can be programmed to send most MIDI Control Change CC messages to the Nord Subsequent pushes of the button will toggle between sending a data value of 0 and sending 127 hex 7F which is the maximum MIDI value The Burrow is programmed by sending it a MIDI CC message while in learn mode while holding the Button down similar to how MIDI channels are programmed Many of the Nord s front toggle panel functions work by sending either 0 or 127 for some MIDI CC so you can program the Button to duplicate any of these functions For example you might want the Button to toggle the speed of the rotary simulator Or on a
25. s MIDI channel make sure that you only have Panel A active and that you have turned off all the Piano Organ Synth MIDI channel overrides in the MIDI menu as shown in the Stage 2 section above The DB 1 will keep track of whether it sees Note On events on one or two MIDI channels during the Learn process To set the MIDI Channel 1 Press and hold the white ProGram Button located on the rear panel Hold this button down until the LED begins to flash Release the button The LED will continue to flash indicating that you are in Learn Mode 2 Press and hold the Button While holding the Button play a few notes on the Stage keyboard If you have an external keyboard connected or a split point set play notes on the upper keyboard or split then on the lower keyboard or split Release the Button 4 Quickly press and release the ProGram Button The LED will stop flashing If the DB 1 sees one MIDI channel during this process it will assume that you want to control one Panel and the Top Button defaults to doing nothing but can be reprogrammed as described later 1n the manual If it sees two MIDI channels it will remember both channels and the Top Button will toggle between MIDI channels allowing you to toggle control between both Panels But keep in mind on legacy Stage and Stage EX instruments the DB 1 cannot control which Panel is in focus on the Stage control panel That means the DB 1 could end up controlling t
26. the user setup data has now been cleared and the factory defaults have been restored You will need to repeat Step 5 to reprogram the MIDI channel Rubber Feet Your DB 1 Drawbar Controller comes with self adhesive rubber feet These feet are remarkably grippy and should help your drawbar controller stay parked where you want it Peel four of the feet off of the rubber backing and apply them near the outside corners of the bottom of the drawbar controller enclosure If you find that the 9 volt battery rattles inside the battery compartment you can use one of the feet to stop that from happened Just apply it to the bottom of the battery door and it ll stop the battery from moving around 14 Configuring the DB 1 with other MIDI tonewheel organs and modules The DB 1 was designed to be particularly easy to set up with Nord keyboards but it can used with other keyboards organ modules and virtual organ software as well However Not all keyboards with drawbar organ sounds respond to drawbar commands Many keyboards and modules just play an organ sample with no ability to control the individual drawbar positions So adding drawbars to such an instrument will not magically give it the power to make drawbar adjustments There is no MIDI standard for drawbar events Even among the various Nord models different MIDI CC values are used which 1s why the DB 1 has DIP Switches to select specific Nord products It s unlikely that non Nord ke
27. yboards will respond to Nord drawbar MIDI commands in a useful way One exception to this is EVB3 which comes bundled with MainStage In EVB3 parlance keyboard mappings are called MIDI Modes and there 1s a MIDI Mode which emulates the Nord Electro mapping Click on the MIDI Mode field and select NE The DB 1 s DIP switches should be configured for Single DB 1 controlling Nord Electro Another excellent and very popular virtual tonewheel system 1s GS1 VB3 The DB 1 s default MIDI CC mapping in User Defined mode 15 set to the VB3 defaults with the BurroN preconfigured to toggle rotary speaker speed Thus the DB 1 1s compatible with VB3 right out of the box with no programming necessary Most virtual organ software can be trained to learn MIDI CC values and assign those commands to specific drawbars That might be the easiest way to configure such a setup to work with the DB 1 But you can also configure the DB 1 directly The DB 1 s drawbars and Top Button can be configured to send MIDI CC on any MIDI Channel This programming can be performed using the DB 1 Configurator which can be downloaded for free on the Ocean Beach Digital website 15 Internal MIDI Routing You may find this block diagram of the DB 1 s internal MIDI routing useful Note that it is the AUX MIDI IN that is merged with the DB 1s internal drawbars 5 c r a AUX MIDI OUT MIDI IN MIDI OUT MIDI IN drawbars Ocean Beach Digita
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