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1. DEVICE NUMBER NOTE RECORDING RECEIVE CHANNEL UTIL DevNum RecChn 000 001 This screen allows the assignment of a global device ID Many MIDI products use system exclusive command strings that have a device number as one of the bites These numbers are used to differentiate the unit from an identical unit on the same MIDI stream Being able to chance these numbers globally allows you to use one set of PC1600X presets for multiple units of the same product Instead of hard coding these values into the strings it is possible to designate a dv device numbers byte in the strings then adjust this parameter to function as the Global setting 21 Peavey PC1600X User Manual rev h The RecChn parameter is used when recording note messages into button strings The Note Recording Receive Channel parameter simple determines which channel notes will be accepted on For more information check out the Note Stream Recording section on page 28 MIDI TRANSMISSION DELAY Sometimes a device can t handle MIDI data as fast as the PC1600x can generate it This can happen when sending scenes dumping presets or during any other operation that sends large amounts of data There are two types of MIDI delay available to yon They both default to zero and shouldn t be set otherwise unless a problem is occurring with a receiving unit UTIL DevNum RecChn 000 001 The first 1s a PER SysEx message delay which 1s inserted after the PC1600X sends an EOX byt
2. device number byte can be designated that references the Global settings in the Utility section When the PC1600x sees a gc in the string it will transmit the Utility menu s ChOut setting When it sees a dv in the string it will transmit the DevNum variable FDROI String FO 00 00 IB gc F7 Additionally the gc designation can be used with MIDI Channel messages In this case the gc will channelize the preceding byte as opposed to being sent as a separate byte For display the status and gc bytes are connected by a hyphen to show that they are being combined into a single byte The following example is how this would be displayed 32 Peavey PC1600X User Manual rev h FDROI String CO ge pr The zero after the C will get replaced by the ChOut setting in the Utility menu LEARN MODE If a system exclusive message is received while a fader string is being edited the underline cursor must be presents the PC1600x will automatically replace the existing fader string with the system exclusive message received SAVING YOUR EDITS Use the following steps to save your edits 1 Press the Edit button 2 Use the data wheel or no down buttons to scroll to the last option Name save preset 3 Press Enter 4 To rename use the left right buttons to select character positions and the Up Down buttons to edit the character Note Faders also can be used to select character positions 3 Press Enter 6 C
3. or bites The first byte contains bits 8 11 the second byte contains bits 4 7 and the third byte contains bits 0 3 of the parameter This is a rarely used format 3 bytes Nibs lo to hi This format requires three pr bytes The first byte contains bits 0 3 the second byte contains bits 4 7 and the third byte contains bits 8 11 of the parameter This is a rarely used format 4 bytes Nibs hi to lo This format requires four pr bytes The first byte contains bits 12 15 the second byte contains bits 8 11 the third byte contains bits 4 7 and the fourth byte contains bits 0 3 of the parameter 4 bytes Nibs lo to hi This format requires four pr bytes The first byte contains bits 0 3y the second byte contains bits 4 7y the third byte contains bits 8 11 and the fourth byte contains bits 12 15 of the parameter 2 byte BCD Nibs hi to lo This format requires two pr bytes The first byte contains the value of the tens digit parameter while the second byte contains the ones digit of the parameter This is sometimes used for parameters ranging from 0 99 or 0 0 9 9 This is a rarely used format 2 byte BCD Nibs lo to hi This format requires two pr bytes The first byte contains the value of the ones digit parameter while the second byte contains the tens digit of the parameter This is sometimes used for parameters ranging from 0 99 or 0 0 9 9 This is a rarely used format NOTE If a string has more pr b
4. BTN16 Chnl Note Vel 01 C4 Rem As mentioned earlier the Rem designation indicates that velocity will be determined from remote MIDI input if a button is pressed locally on the PC1600x itself or a Program Change is received the rv byte value or Rem setting will be determined by the position of the fader above the button even if it did not follow a 9x or an 8x The fader position number will always be ranged from 0 127 or 1 127 if within a note streams It will not be affected by the fader s Min and Max parameters NOTE Since the rv velocity will use the fader position when the button is pressed on the PC1600x it is useful to use rv even when not using the remote feature It gives you a method of inserting the fader position 0 127 only into any button string Use it for program number note number etc If the fader is not being used for something else however it is probably better to program the message into the fader then set the button to Send Fader LEARN MODE If a system exclusive message is received while a button string 1s being edited the cursor must be visible the PC1600x wilt automatically replace the existing button string with the system exclusive message received Note recording 1s also possible with this function See below for more information NOTE STREAM RECORDING To make chord programming easier the PC1600x can now record note streams into button strings This allo
5. Pressing the Exit button while a parameter is flashing will always stop that parameter from flashing Pressing the Exit button when no parameter is flashing will always leave the current menu Several presses of the Exit button will return you to the main page The Enter button is used in several places to cause a function to be executed Except for the main page Enter appears in the Upper or Lower right corner of the display if it 1s to be used The programmable Faders Buttons and attached CV Pedals are all used to transmit MIDI messages In addition the Data Wheel can duplicate the action of a fader or CV input 17 Peavey PC1600X User Manual rev h Utility Menu NAVIGATION 1 Press the Utility button to access the utility pages 2 Use the Up Down direction buttons or the data wheel to scroll through the different utility oases 3 When the correct utility page is displayed use the Left Right direction buttons to activate the desired parameter on this page A parameter is active when the field blinks 4 Use the Up Down direction buttons or data wheel to edit the value of the parameter while the parameter is blinking 5 Press the Exit button once or use the Left Right direction buttons to do select stop all fields from blinking Now return to step 2 to edit a different parameter or press the Exit button a second time to return to the main page VIEW ANGLE amp MIDI CHANNEL The VIEW parameter adjusts the contras
6. See page 21 for more information on this feature 16 Peavey PC1600X User Manual rev h Interface 101 INTERFACE 101 The user interface 1s based around the 20 x 2 display and the four navigation arrow buttons Like most devices the PC1600X is very easy to use as soon as you learn how Fortunately with the PC1600X the interface is both straightforward and simple to learn Most features of the PC1600X can be programmed by understanding only a few basic concepts The Edit Utility Scene and Copy buttons are used to access various menus The Up Down direction buttons serve three major functions 1 When no parameters are flashing these buttons select different Data within a menu 2 When a parameter is flashing on a particular page the Up Down buttons set the parameter s value On all pages except the main page the Data Wheel has the same function as the Up Down buttons 3 They are used to chance presets when on the main page The Left Right direction buttons select the parameter to be adjusted for a given Page If other pages are available within the menu scrolling past the left most or right most parameter causes all parameters to stop flashing Note The Up Down and Left Right buttons are auto scrolling they will repeat at a fixed rate If you hold one down To speed up the scrolling press the opposite direction button after pressing the first 1 e press and hold the down button Then press the Up button to decrement much faster
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8. A button can be assigned to toggle between any two MIDI message strings These messages are Entered in hexadecimal form To program the two strings 1 From the button function pace select String toggle Next deselect then press the up direction button The following page will be displayed BTNI6 String 1 FO 00 F7 36 Peavey PC1600X User Manual rev h 2 Enter the first string 3 Exit from editing the first string then Dress the up direction button to edit the second string displayed as follows BTNI16 String 2 FO 00 F7 4 Edit the second string as necessary ASSIGNING STRING DEVICE IDS AND MIDI CHANNELS TO GLOBAL SETTINGS Many devices use SysEx command strings that include a MIDI channel or device number as one of the bytes This practice is beneficial to the user since it allows separate SysEx control when differentiating one unit from an identical unit on the same MIDI stream Instead of hard coding these values into the stings a gc global channel or dv device number byte can be designated that references the Global settings in the Utility section When the PC1600x sees a gc in the string it will transmit the Utility menu s ChOut setting When it sees a dv in the string it will transmit the DevNum variable FDRO1 String FO 00 00 1B gcF7 Additionally the gc designation can be used with MIDI Channel messages In this case the gc will channelize the pre
9. In its default state the PC1600x will echo Program Changes but not respond to them To make it respond you must go to the MAP Curr Midi map screen and switch on one of the three maps instead of Off Then the PC1600X will respond to Program Changes on its MIDI IN channel ChIn parameter on the first utility screen according to the mar Mapping allows each of the 128 MIDI program change messages 0 127 to recall any preset or send any scene Follow the stems below to select which preset is recalled or which scene is sent in response to a received program chance message 1 Press the Utility button 2 Use the Up Down buttons or data wheel to access the following page MAPI Prog 000 gt prs000 Preset Name Here 3 First cursor right to the digit after MAP Editing this value selects which MIDI map will be edited This 19 Peavey PC1600X User Manual rev h should not be confused with the current MIDI map described below 4 Cursor right again to the third field which displays a preset or scene number this is the preset number recalled or scene sent when the program change value in the second field is received If a preset is selected the bottom line will display the preset name When a scene is selected the associated preset number will be displayed Note Program Change Mapl and Map2 default to recall presets 0 49 with received Program changes 0 49 Program Change Map3 defaults to send Scenes 0 99 with receive
10. The Copy functions can be accessed by pressing the COPY button When pressing COPY from the main screen the Copy area is used to copy presets and scenes only When accessing it from the EDIT menu a wide variety of source types can be copied This includes a fader CV input button data wheel set up string or preset name COPYING FROM THE MAIN MENU The Copy function is used to copy from one preset to another or from one scene to another To perform a copy 1 Press the Copy button from the main page to access the following page lt Preset Name gt 2 Cursor left or right until the first field is active 3 Use the Up Down direction buttons or the data wheel to select the source preset or scene When this field is active the bottom line displays a preset name if a preset is selected 4 Cursor right to select the destination preset or scene If a preset 1s selected the preset name will appear on the bottom line when this field is active 5 Press the Enter button to perform the copy COPYING FROM THE EDIT MENU When in the Edit mode any copy of the edit buffer can be defined by copying FROM any existing preset or the current edit buffer In other words you start from a destination preset and copy items to its edit buffer To perform a copy 1 Select the destination preset Move to any area in the Edit mode 2 Press the Copy button to access the following type of page Copy Enter 3 Cursor left or right until the first fie
11. a gc global channel byte or a dv device number byte in the strings then just go to UTILITY and change the ChOut 1st screen and DevNum 7 screen parameters Whenever the PC1600x sees a gc in a string it will transmit the ChOut parameter minus 1 0 15h When it sees a dv it will transmit the DevNum parameter 0 127 OOh 7Fh Additionally the gc designation can be placed after a channel status byte 80h through EFh In this case the gc will channelize the status bite as opposed to it being sent as a separate byte The status and gc bytes will be connected by a hyphen to show that they are being combined into a single byte upon transmission The following screen would program fader 1 to send Program Changes on the global out channel The zero after the C will get replaced by ChOut 1 0 F therefore making it meaningless A CF would make no difference to the fader function FDROI String CO gc pr To program one of these values in a string fader CV button or set up edit the byte value up to FD or FE at which point you will see dv or ac on the display respectively instead of FD or FE NOTE In button and setting strings the first byte of the string cannot be a dv or gc This allows the user to send the raw values add undefined and few active sensing over MIDI if desired by programming them as the first byte 28 Peavey PC1600X User Manual
12. an incoming program change when a MIDI map is enabled A footswitch assigned to duplicate the Up Down buttons can also be used to change presets while on this page Lastly a system exclusive message can be used to change presets see Appendix A Sending current values Pressing the Enter button while on the main page will send the current message for each fader and CV input The display will read Sending Faders CVs This allows the PC1600X to cancel a soloed fader or update external devices An Example Suppose the current preset is programmed to send MIDI volumes on each channel and the PC1600X is connected to a sequencer Pressing Enter from the main page at the start of a sequence allows all initial volumes of the sequence to be recorded Simple set the position of all defined faders start the sequencer recording then press Enter All following fader movements will track smoothly from this initial setting Resetting Replace or Update more with the EXIT button A fader defined as a continuous controller can be out in a mode that allows it to replace or update a matching controller message passing through the PC1600x As soon as the fader moves and sends its message the PC1600X begins filtering matching incoming messages Press the Exit button from the main display page to cancel this filtering allowing the incoming message to pass through the PC1600X The display will confirm this operation with Replace Update Reset
13. continuous controller message whenever the fader moves The MIDI channel can be set to any specific channel or to the main transmit channel set in the Utility section The controller number can be set to any value from O to 120 29 Peavey PC1600X User Manual rev h The Min parameter determines the value sent when the fader is in its lower most position next to the button The Max parameter determines the value sent when the fader is in its upper most position Simply exchange the values in these two parameters to reverse the polarity of a fader The Mode parameter determines how matching incoming controller messages will be handled The three modes are as follows Merge Incoming controller messages that match a fader are always passed through the PC1600x The MIDI data generated from fader movement is merged with the data passing through the unit Replace Incoming controller messages that match a fader are passed through the PC1600x until the fader is moved The matching incoming controller messages are filtered until the Exit button 1s Pressed while on the Main Page This mode allows direct replacement of data in an existing stream of controller messages Update Incoming controller messages that match a fader are passed through the PC1600x until the fader is moved The data sent when the fader first moves will always match the last value that passed through the PC1600x regardless of the position of the fader The matchi
14. deselected press exit press the up direction button to access the screen recall screen SCENE RECALL Setup Scene P Off A scene can be part of the set up string When this condition exists any time the preset 1s recalled the scene data will be transmitted Since the memory area for scene storage is fixed and separate from the preset memory this function provides an efficient way to transmit data Previously this information would have been stored in the set up MIDI string which would have been both tie and memory intensive Note that when a scene 1s Selected for the result scene its associated preset 1s indicated in the lower left corner MIDI STRING 1 With parameters deselected press EXIT Press the up direction button to access the string on the following page Setup String 2 Edit the MIDI string just like a button string The left right direction buttons are used to select a specific byte while the Up Down direction buttons and the data wheel are used to edit a digit of the string Pressing the up button when between bytes inserts a new byte and pressing the down button deletes a byte If no bytes are displaced no string will be sent LEARN MODE If a system exclusive message is received while a set up string is being edited the cursor must be visible the PC1600X will automatically replace the existing set up string with the system exclusive message received 44 Peavey PC1600X User Manual rev h Copy Functions
15. echoed to the MIDI OUT back 14 Peavey PC1600X User Manual rev h Fast Start This section is designed to set you up and running quickly Connection The PC1600X MIDI command station is ideal for digital workstations sequencer control or remote MIDI editing Your specific application will dictate the proper MIDI connection The PC1600x is connected one of three ways Directly to a Device PL WG OK A Ta ME NAAA AAA AAA ULA 1111111111111 PC 1600x computer PE IG OOK A AJTEAVEJ LA DA GALA LA LA DA A ii PC 1600x Spectrum Bass Between Devices PE DESEN osccrarosianco FIELMEY arras IN wk Y 1 naso e W CO re UE eg Aa Sr mm 1 m er zam mol ron me computer PC 1600x Spectrum Bass ater PC IG OOK ween zonmano zramm AFIEAMEY LAS RRR SRERSS ERE SG Z i MA DPM C8p PC 1600x Spectrum Bass II Two Way PE a ee wan ana mon SEE PEPE eee et computer PC 1600x 15 Peavey PC1600X User Manual rev h Overview Overview The display shown below is an example of the main display of the PC1600X Pressing the EXIT button several times will return to this page from any menu Information shown on this page includes the current preset number Current preset name and information about the last fader or button moved 00 Volume with mute Fdr01 C1 Changing presets The PC1600x has 50 presets numbered 0 49 The current preset can be chanced using the Up Down buttons or by
16. rev h CAUTION Risk of electrical shock DO NOT OPEN CAUTION To reduce the risk of electric shock Do NOT REMOVE COVER No user serviceable parts inside Refer servicing to classified service personnel WARNING To prevent electrical shock or fire hazard do not expose this appliance to rain or moisture Before using this appliance read the operating guide for further warnings PC1600X Firmware Versions 2 1 Had some small fixes over 2 0 Not documented as well as latter ones so you might want to update if you have 2 0 Yamaha style checksums supported in SysEx Not just Roland checksums strings Added a version request message so computer Fixed the scene receive MIDI message to take all editors could ask the unit which software 100 scenes not just the first 50 It also fixed the version it has MIDI maps to be able to point to all the scenes NOTE most users don t need anything past 2 1 Introduction Peavey PC1600X User Manual rev h Congratulation on your purchase of the PC1600X MIDI Control Station This is THE MIDI command station for digital workstations seguencer control or remote MIDI editing As a matter of fact the PC1600x will edit and control just about ANY MIDI device Fifty factory presets give a good representation of its power and all fifty are completely user programmable MIDI data is transmitted using the following controllers 1 Sixteen programmable 60mm faders Which can be assigned to transmit c
17. zeros and ones 1280 6432 8 4 2 1 0 With binary the value is either On 1 or Off 0 These values are known as bits short for binary digits Typically bits come in groups of eight which are referred to as bytes They Look Like This 1111 1111 0000 0000 0011 1010 1010 1011 51 Peavey PC1600X User Manual rev h But how is the value of binary numbers determined Check out the chart above and then look at the sample below 0000 0000 0 0000 0001 1 0000 0010 2 0000 0100 4 0000 1000 8 0000 1111 lt 15 1111 1111 256 128 644 32 1648414412411 You might have noticed that there are 256 possible values from a byte all On 256 all Off 0 By the way 4 bits or half a byte is known as a nibble see computer folks have a sense of humor How many values are possible with a nibble you got it 16 all On 15 all Off 0 simply adding or subtracting them is problematic Converting decimal to binary isn t much fun either Quick what s the binary letter for 148 see what I mean BTW 1001 0100 128 16 41 Fortunately there is a number system that makes dealing with binary much easier Hexadecimal With hexadecimal you can work with one nibble at a time which greatly simplifies conversion Instead of the ten values used in decimal notation hexadecimal uses sixteen Hmm That should ring a bell yes a nibble can represent u
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19. 313 AJAV3d 30 2 NUOdd V Ta GV 97 jan K i A a ag NOILVYLS CIIN YNN CI CHAN ELICI SL IA 13 Peavey PC1600X User Manual rev h Back Panel 1 Power Supply Input Use only the 16 VAC 1000ma adapter provided Peavey part 709006601 Caution Use only the 16VAC Power Supply provided with this product If the original Power Supply must be replaced consult your Peavey dealer or the factor for the correct replacement Failure to use the correct Power Supply could result in fire shock hazard extensive circuit damage decreased performance non operation loss of gigs frustration cursing marital problems and an all around bad day 2 Power Switch Turns the PC1600X On and Off 3 CV 2 Footswitch 1 amp 2 This input accepts a control voltage foot pedal in addition to a single or dual footswitch The foot pedal is programmable per preset and functions the same as a fader Each footswitch can be assigned to one of the following functions up Inc down Dec Enter or duplication of a button 1 16 Polarity 1s automatically detected at Power On 4 CV 1 This input accepts a control voltage foot pedal and is programmable to function the same as a fader 5 MIDI OUT This transmits all data generated internally This also acts as a MIDI THRU for all unfiltered messages received by the PC1600X 6 MIDI IN This accepts commands to be interpreted by the PC1600x It also accepts data to be
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22. All the way from present numbering systems to polyphony these hex numbers pop up in a variety of places Now we have a basic understanding of hex numbers so what do we do with them Hexadecimal messages create a variety of different types of MIDI messages This gives you the ability to talk to your synthesizer directly Check out the MIDI 101 article for specific hex messages that you can use Also next month we ll be looking at Status and Data bytes Don t miss it 53 Peavey PC1600X User Manual rev h Appendix F MIDI 101 When most of us use MIDI the actual messages that move through the MIDI cable are often of little concern After all we are too busy making music to be bothered with such technical things However occasionally it becomes necessary to work with MIDI messages and therefore it is handy to understand how they work and how to use them Let s look at four types of MIDI messages Channel Messages System Exclusive Messages System Common Messages System Real Time Messages But first MIDI messages are displayed using hexadecimal notation see Hex article on page 30 Getting a basic handle on this numbering system is half the trick in working with MIDI messages Channel Messages Let s take a look at channel messages These are so named due to the fact that the MIDI channel is imbedded into the message itself The receiving MIDI device must be set to the same channel or the message will be ignore
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24. Scene This new button function allows any scene to be sent from any of the 16 buttons Fader ID With a button programmed to Off Fader ID pressing the button displays the fader name Remote Control All 16 buttons can now be triggered externally via MIDI notes or program change messages This is particularly handy for control from a footpedal Note Capture This makes it easy to capture clusters of notes chords and assign them to a button Left Arrow Mute Button When the left arrow button is pressed the PC 1600 will not generate any MIDI messages Preset Initialization This new utility feature allows a preset to be returned to an initialized state This is handy for programming from scratch or freeing up more dynamically allocated preset memory Enhanced Scene Features Preset Identity The scene display now indicates the associated preset number Scene Initialization This new scene function allows an existing scene to be initialized which disassociates it with any preset Setup String Additions Scenes A scene can now be assigned to each preset Anytime the preset is recalled the scene will be transmitted Flexible Bank Select Bank Select editing is now expanded to include MSB or LSB programming New Factory Presets New factory presets present a wide range of applications The only Physical change is a larger Encoder Wheel Notes 1 PC1600 Front Panel Sheet 1 of 1 Left edge of page cut off W0OCRI
25. acter Therefore shortening the names frees up memory Preset names however have a fixed length so this wouldn t apply 23 Peavey PC1600X User Manual rev h Scenes ABOUT SCENES A scene allows a snapshot to be taken of the current preset number fader positions amp CV settings These are saved in one of the 100 scene locations Sending a scene will transmit the information for each fader CV Pedal just as it was saved The scene will be sent referencing the preset that was active when the scene was saved not the preset active when the scene is sent Example If the current preset is configured to control digital tracks each fader can be used to adjust the mix on a specific track When all faders are set to a desired setting save this as a scene continue to adjust the faders and save scenes as necessary During a performance the scenes saved can easily be sent to the mixer recorder or sequencer system even if a different PC1600x preset is being used Repeatedly pressing the Scene button will toggle between the SCENE Send Store and INITIALIZE pages Note The original preset that was active when the scene was saved must still be in the same preset location within the PC1600X for the correct messages to be transmitted SENDING A SCENE 1 Press the Scene button until the following clave is displaced SCENE Send Enter p 00 2 Use the Up Down direction buttons or the data wheel to select a scene Note The associate
26. are used to edit a digit of the string Pressing the Up button when Between Bytes inserts a byte and pressing the Down button deletes the byte to the right of the cursor 3 Replace with pr any byte that will be determined by the fader position This 1s done by incrementing the byte until pr is displaced When the string is finished press Exit 4 Access the minimum and maximum parameters by pressing the up direction button when the underscore cursor 1s not displayed FDRO1 Min Max 0 127 5 Cursor over to either parameter and edit the value Use the fader to set the parameter to the approximate value necessary Use the data wheel or the Up Down buttons to Enter the exact value 6 When neither field is flashing press the up direction button to access the parameter format page 31 Peavey PC1600X User Manual rev h FDRO1 Param format Single Byte 7 The value selected here determines how the pr bytes will be filled with the parameter value Refer to your unit s owner s manual to determine which format to use For a detailed description of the parameter formats see Appendix B DEALING WITH CHECKSUM VALUES Some products call for checksum bytes in their SysEx implementation in order to specify a byte as checksum A cs can be added to the string To program just edit the byte up to what would normally be FC displayed in 1ts place will be cs Here 1s an example string with an ext
27. ated preset 1s indicated in parentheses in the lower left corner 3 Press the Enter button to initialize the scene The scene number will automatically increment to the next scene allowing several scenes to be initialized quickly Pressing ENTER will clear any values recorded by a stored scene After initialization the preset link will change to p Of course if at first you see p the scene is already initialized PRESET SET UP STRING SCENE EDITING A scene can be assigned to each preset when this condition exists any time the preset is recalled the scene data will be transmitted Since the memory area for scene storage is fixed and separate from the preset memory this function provides an efficient way to transmit data For more information see the preset set up string info on page 32 25 Peavey PC1600X User Manual rev h About Presets k Editing Each preset contains a variety of information 16 fader messages 16 button messages 2 CV messages A group of set up messages that are transmitted each time a preset is selected recalled Data Wheel Link Fifty unique presets are available for editing however we have pre programmed each of them with a variety of sample presets to give you application examples UNIT INITIALIZATION Initialization restores all 50 factor presets and erases any settings you might have made resets the global settings and deletes any programmed scene se
28. cate most of the front panel buttons 1 on the PC1600x Examples of footswitch uses include 2 Changing presets on the PC1600x by assigning the footswitches to Inc or Dec 3 Saving and sending scenes by assigning a footswitch to copy the Enter button 4 Starting and stopping a sequencer by assigning a button to toggle between Start and Stop messages and assigning the footswitch to copy that button 5 Sending note messages to drum machines allows drum Darts to be played with a footswitch Assign a button to send a note message and assign a footswitch to copy that button 6 Muting an effect by duplicating a button message that mutes a fader To assign a footswitch 1 Press the Utility button 2 Use the Up Down buttons or Data Wheel to access the following page UTIL Ftswl Ftsw2 Off Off 3 Select the correct footswitch field using the left and right direction buttons 4 Use the Up Down buttons or the data wheel to select which button the footswitch will emulate The polarity of the footswitch is automatically determined on power up If a footswitch is installed after the PC1600X is powered up or if the footswitch 1s depressed during power up the polarity of the footswitch may be incorrect Simply switch the power off wait a few seconds and turn the power back on with the footswitch installed but not pressed This will correct the polarity Note Assigning a footswitch will automatically disable the CV 2 input
29. ceding byte as opposed to being sent as a separate byte For display the status and gc bytes are connected by a hyphen to show that they are being combined into a single byte The following example is how this would be displaced FDRO1 String CO ge pr The zero after the C will get replaced by the ChOut setting in the Utility menu RESPONDING TO REMOTE VELOCITY MESSAGES When using Note mode the Button Remote page in the Utility menu is set to Type Notes To play MIDI notes or chords the PC1600x per note can be programmed use a fixed velocity or to use the velocity that comes in via MIDI e g from velocity sensitive note pedals or keyboards If the button is programmed as a single note set the velocity variable to rv for Remote BTN16 String 90 60 rv If playing a chord a button is programmed to transmit several notes via a MIDI string edit the string and set the velocity bites up to FF which accesses rv remote velocity in the string instead of the FF Whenever the PC1600x sees an rv in a button string and the most recent status byte in the string was a Note On 9x for attack velocity or Note Off 8x for release velocity it will substitute the incoming velocity This is one example 37 Peavey PC1600X User Manual rev h If the button is programmed to transmit a single note on message using the button Note On function vs a MIDI string the screen would be displayed similar to this
30. cene function allows an existing scene to be initialized which dissociates 1t with any preset Setup String Additions Scenes A scene can now be assigned to each preset Any time the preset 1s recalled the scene will be transmitted Flexible Bank Select Bank Select editing is now expanded to include MSB or LSB programming New factory Presets Fifty presets are available that present a wide range of applications 10 Peavey PC1600X User Manual rev h NS ASIA pd a po 3 ae iz ae co KE 1 a pri an Ca Ten Ce pe eB AE 11 Peavey PC1600X User Manual rev h Front Panel 1 16 Faders Each of the programmable faders can be assigned the following functions No Message Continuous Controller Master fader MIDI string 2 16 Buttons Each of the programmable buttons can be assigned the following functions Fader ID Fader Mute Fader Solo Program Change Note on Note off MIDI String MIDI String Press and Release MIDI String Toggle Send Fader Send Scene 3 Data Wheel This is a high resolution device which allows fine adjustment of any fader or control voltage value The data wheel can be linked to a fader or Control Voltage input and duplicate its programming It can also transmit the value of the last fader moved 4 Display Window This is a 20 character by 2 line Liquid Crystal Display LCD with adjustable contrast 5 Direction Buttons The Up Down Left Righ
31. channel set in the Utility menu 3 Cursor over to the Program field to set the program number NOTE ON OFF A button can be assigned to send a note on message when the button 1s pressed and a note off message when the button is released The MIDI channel can be set to any specific channel or to the main transmit channel set in the Utility section The note number can be set to any note from C 1 to G9 The velocity can be set to any specific value 1 127 determined by the current fader position fair or determined by incoming MIDI velocity Rem when button remote is used To set the parameters 1 From the button function page select Note on off Next deselect then press the up direction button The following page will be displaced BTN16 Chnl Note Vel 01 C4 127 2 Cursor over to the ChIn field and set the MIDI channel Incrementing the channel number above 16 will display ChOut which references the global MIDI channel 3 Cursor over to the Note field to set the note number 4 Cursor over to the Vel field to set the velocity value Incrementing the velocity value above 127 will 35 Peavey PC1600X User Manual rev h display Fdr This option allows the current position of the fader to set the note on velocity Pressing the up button again will display Rem This substitutes the incoming MIDI velocity when the button is activated via a MIDI note on message When pressed locall
32. commands 2 bite 7 bits hi to Io This format requires two pr bytes The first byte contains bits 7 13 of the parameter and the second byte contains bits 0 6 of the parameter 2 byte 7 bits lo to hi This format requires two pr bytes The first byte contains bits 0 6 of the parameter and the second byte contains bits 7 13 of the parameter This is the format used for a MIDI pitch bend command The MIDI sample dump standard also specifies parameters in this format 3 byte 7 bits hi to Io This format requires three pr bytes It is similar to the format 2 Byte 7 bits hi to lo except extended to three bytes This is a rarely used format 47 Peavey PC1600X User Manual rev h 3 byte 7 bits lo to hi This format requires three pr bytes It 1s similar to the format 2 Byte 7 bits lo to hi except extended to three bytes This is a rarely used format 2 bytes Nibs hi to Io This format requires two pr bytes The first byte contains bits 4 7 of the parameter and the second byte contains bits 0 3 of the parameter This is a common format used to send parameters ranging from 0 255 or 128 to 127 2 bytes Nibs Io to hi This format requires two pr bytes The first byte contains bits 0 3 of the parameter and the second byte contains bits 4 7 of the parameter This 1s a common format used to send parameters ranging from 0 255 or 128 to 127 3 byte Nibs hi to lo This format requires three
33. d Channel messages are either two or three bytes in length with the first byte being the status byte This signifies the message type and MIDI channel The byes that follow are known as data bytes and contain the actual value of the message Let s take a look at channel messages n MIDI channel xzvalue System Exclusive Messages SysEx System Exclusive messages speak to specific synthesizers sound modules or other MIDI devices That is why they are referred to as exclusive messages For example if SysEx messages for the Spectrum Synth are sent to the Spectrum Organ the module will ignore the messages Only the Spectrum Synth will respond to Spectrum Synth SysEx messages All SysEx messages start with FO Start of SysEx message and end with F7 End of SysEx message The anatomy of a typical message is as follows SysEx messages are used to edit parameters on a MIDI device remotely yet in real time Devices such as the PC 1600 can be programmed to transmit SysEx and other MIDI messages using faders buttons pedals and a data wheel 54 Peavey PC1600X User Manual rev h System Common Messages System common messages are important but not that common I had to say it The system common messages are System Real Time Messages System real time messages are important for applications such as sequencing They are unique in such that they can occur anywhere in a MIDI stream even in the middle of other m
34. d Program changes 0 99 PROGRAM CHANGE ENABLE AND CURRENT MAP STATUS The current MIDI MAP parameter selects which map incoming program chances will use Incoming program chances can be ignored completely by setting the current map number to Off To set the current map number 1 Press the Utility button 2 Use the no down buttons or data wheel to access the following Dace MAPI Curr MIDI map Off 3 Cursor right once to activate the field and use the Up Down direction buttons or data wheel to edit the marl number 4 To ignore all incoming program changes decrease the current map number until off is displayed DUMPING INTERNAL DATA ALL internal data can be transmitted over MIDI to be saved on an external device The MIDI Dump page allows the following data to be transmitted ALL presets All scenes All global variables The current preset Everything To transmit this information 1 Press the Utility button 2 Use the Up Down buttons or data wheel to access the following page UTIL dump Enter Everything 3 Cursor right once to activate the field and use the Up Down direction buttons or data wheel to edit the type of data to be transmitted 4 Press the Enter button to transmit the data Note Data dumps can also be requested remotely using the appropriate SysEx message see Appendix A 20 Peavey PC1600X User Manual rev h ASSIGNING FOOTSWITCHES A footswitch can be assigned globally to dupli
35. d of a specific fader 1 Press EDIT then select Data Wheel Press Enter to move to the following page Wheel Link None 2 Use the Up Down buttons or the data wheel to select a fader or CV input Also moving a fader or CV input will cause them to be selected 3 Increment until Last moved is displayed to make the data wheel always edit the last fader or CV input that was moved 42 Peavey PC1600X User Manual rev h Defining The Preset Set Up String When a preset 1s selected recalled each MIDI channel can send out an associated bank select message Program change message and volume message The preset string can also be linked to a scene in addition to an 80 byte programmable string BANK PROGRAM VOLUME To program these options 1 Press Edit then select Setup string Next press Enter to access one of the three set up pages The bank select program chance and volume for each channel are available on the first page Setup Bank Prog Vol Ch01 Off Off Off 2 Cursor right to the Ch field Changing this field causes the bank program and volume fields to display the information for the selected channel 3 Cursor right to the Bank field This field displays the bank number to be sent for this channel Decrementing this field below zero off causes no bank message to be sent When the Bank parameter is set to 0 127 the full Bank Select message is transmitted with a zeroed MSB and the Bank n
36. d preset 1s indicated in the lower left corner in parentheses 3 Press the Enter button to send the scene The scene will be sent using the preset which was current when the scene was saved The scene number will automatically increment to the next scene allowing several scenes to be sent quickly STORING A SCENE 1 Recall the desired preset to be used 2 Set all faders and CV inputs to the correct positions 3 Press the SCENE button until the following page is displaced SCENE Store Enter p 00 4 Use the Up Down direction buttons or the data wheel to select the scene number to save Note The associated preset is indicated in parentheses in the lower left corner 5 Press the Enter button to save the scene The scene number will automatically increment to the next scene allowing several scenes to be stored quickly 24 Peavey PC1600X User Manual rev h Note A scene saves the current position of each fader and CV input Data wheel movements and soloing muting a fader have no effect on the data stored in a scene or sent by a scene SCENE INITIALIZE Allows an existing scene to be initialized which disassociates it with any preset therefore making it send nothing This screen is displayed as follows 1 Press the Scene button until the following page is displaced SCENE INITIALIZED p 00 Enter 2 Use the Up Down direction buttons or the data wheel to select a scene Note The associ
37. dal as the master fader as shown 1 Set the function to Mater Fader next press the up direction button when the function field is not blinking the following page will be displayed FDRO1 Master of Fader01 No 2 Cursor right once to activate the Master of field Set this field using the Up Down direction buttons the data wheel or the current fader Moving any fader will select the fader moved 3 The Yes or No on the right shows whether the fader in the Master or field is being controlled by the current master fader To toggle between Yes and No simply press the right direction button The Master of field will remain active MIDI STRINGS Any MIDI message can be assigned to a fader by Entering the message as a hexadecimal string A legible parameter format allows the current fader position to be inserted into the message in one of many different formats A programmable minimum and maximum parameter value allows the parameter to span practically any range To define a MIDI message string 1 Select the function String Next press the up direction button when the function field is not blinking The following page will be displayed FDROI String FO 00 F7 2 To edit the string use the four direction buttons the data wheel and the current fader The left right direction buttons are used to select a specific byte while the Up Down direction buttons the data wheel and the current fader
38. ds or MIDI Note On Note 0 messages 1 e MIDI fied foot pedals For example use your note pedals to play chords instead of single notes With preprogrammed velocity or the velocity from the pedals Reserve keys on your keyboard for sending SysEx messages Or use your Program Change pedal board to send more complex MIDI messages like SysEx or multiple Program Changes The possibilities are virtually unlimited Move to the utility screen displayed below Pick the emulation cache Off Notes PreCh the MIDI channel you are sending these messages on 1 16 and the starting value 0 127 The starting value is the base note number or base program number depending on the emulation type The base value will emulate button 1 while the next 15 values will emulate buttons 2 15 The incoming message will not be echoed even if the button is Off NOTE Middle C on a MIDI keyboard is note number 60 3Chl 22 Peavey PC1600X User Manual rev h BUTN Type CH Start REMI Off 01 000 When the type is set to Notes Note On messages will emulate a button press while Note Off messages including Note On with velocity 0 of course will emulate a button release In PrgCh mode Program Chance messages will emulate a button press immediately followed by the release You probably won t find much use for a Prs Rls string when emulating in PrgCh mode use normal or toggled strings instead INDIVIDUAL PRESET INITIALIZATION When creati
39. e F7h This puts delays in between SysEx messages The delay can be set from 0 to 100 ms Try raising this number in 5 ms steps if a unit chokes on SysEx data from sending scenes By choking we mean that the unit got a MIDI receive error got hung or dust didn t do everything that it should have Don t set this number higher than needed The maximum value of 100 ms will make a scene with 16 SysEx messages take almost 2 seconds to send The other type of delay is a Per byte delay which is inserted after every byte that the PC1600x sends This delay can be set from 0 to 1000 us 1 ms in 10 us steps If a computer or MIDI librarian is letting a buffer overflow when you re backing up your PC1600x data try setting this delay between 100 and 500 as needed A value of 320 will essentially split the MIDI speed in half You ll probably want to lower the delay when you re done and only raise it when needed The Delay screen is displayed as follows MIDI PerMsg PerByte Delay 000ms 000ms Note These delays only affect MIDI data that the PC1600X generates internally Data that 1s received from MIDI IN to MIDI OUT is not delayed REMOTE BUTTON SET UP The 16 programmable buttons are useful for sending any type of message to just about any MIDI device You can access the button messages remotely by sending simple messages into the PC1600X All you need 1s a MIDI keyboard pedal board or any other MIDI controller that sends Program Change comman
40. e chancing the Global Setting all messages are changed Expanded Button Facilities Send Fader This feature provides an easy way to send specific fader values when a button is set to send faders it must be pressed to enable a fader value to be transmitted Fader movement is used to select a specific value and the button is pressed to send it By the way continuing to hold the button down will enable the fader to work as usual Send Scene This new button function allows any scene to be sent from any of the 16 buttons Fader ID With a button programmed to Off Fader ID Dressing the button displays the fader name Remote Control AlI 16 buttons can now be triggered externally via MIDI notes or program change messages This is particularly handy for control from a foot pedal Note Capture This makes it easy to capture clusters of notes cords and assign then to a button Left Arrow Mute Button When the Let Arrow button is pressed the PC1600X will not generate any MIDI messages Only non filtered messages arriving at the MIDI In will be echoed Preset Initialization This new utility feature allows a preset to be returned to an initialized state This is handy for programming from scratch or freeing up more dynamically allocated preset memory Enhanced Scene Features Preset Identity The scene display now indicates the associated preset number 9 Peavey PC1600X User Manual rev h Scene Initialization This new s
41. ended display to show you the entire string FDROI String FO 41 10 70 12 00 00 01 PR CS F7 The PC1600x will compute the checksum as follows Adds up all bytes from byte 5 or higher see below when FO 1s byte 0b to the last byte before the cs Note byte 5 is typically the start of the data portion of the SysEx Takes the 2 s complement flips all the bits then adds 1 Uses the least significant 7 bits of the result as the checksum byte The 8th byte is always zero With some SysEx messages the unit ID byte 3 and command ID byte 4 could be extended beyond a single byte by using leading zeroes before the non zero bite In this case the PC1600x s checksum calculation will start later in the string accordingly at byte 5 number of leading zeroes Note The cs computation is unavailable in button and set up strings In these cases the checksum must be calculated and inserted into the string as a constant by the programmer Be sure and refer to your product owner s manual for the necessary values massages ASSIGNING STRING DEVICE IDS AND MIDI CHANNELS TO GLOBAL SETTINGS Many devices use SysEx command strings that include a MIDI channel or device number as one of the bytes This practice is beneficial to the user since it allows separate SysEx control when differentiating one unit from an identical unit on the same MIDI stream Instead of hard coding these values into the strings a gc global channel or dv
42. er keyboard or other MIDI device and take your music to another level 5 Peavey PC1600X User Manual rev h Contents What s New With The X 9 Front Panel Description 12 Back Panel Description 14 Fast Start 15 Connection Overview Changing Presets sending Current Values Resetting Replace Update Mode Interface 101 Utility Menu 18 Navigation View angle and MIDI Channel MIDI Filter Preset Mapping Program Change Enable and Current map Status Dumping Internal Data Footswitch Assignments Device Number and Note recording Receive Channel MIDI Transmission delay Remote Button Set up Individual Preset Initialization Memory usage Scenes 24 About Scenes Sending A Scene storing A Scene Scene Reset initialization Preset setup string Scene editing About Presets and Editing 26 Initialization Reset Unit Preset Edit Introduction Naming and Saving A Preset Exiting Edit Mode Accessing Global setting with Special MIDI messages 6 Peavey PC1600X User Manual rev h Contents Editing The Faders 29 Defining and Naming No Message Continuous Controller Master Fader CV MIDI strings Dealing with Checksum Values Assigning String Device IDS and MIDI Channels to Global settings Learn Mode Saving Your Edits Editing The Buttons 34 Defining and Naming Off Fader ID No message Mute Solo Fader Program Change Note On Off MIDI Strings String Prs Rls String Toggle Assigning String Device IDs And MIDI Channels To Global Settings R
43. esponding To Remote Velocity Messages Learn Mode Send Fader Note Stream Recording Send Scene Saving Your Edits Editing The CV Pedals Footswitches and Data Wheel 42 CV1 amp CV 2 What Type Of Control Voltage Pedal Footswitch see Utility section for more information Data Wheel Defining The Preset Setup String 43 Bank Program Change V olume About Bank Select Scene Recall MIDI String Learn Mode 7 Peavey PC1600X User Manual rev h Contents Copy Menu 45 Copying From The Main Menu Copying From The Edit Menu Appendix A System Exclusive Messages 46 Appendix B Parameter Formats 47 Appendix C MIDI Implementation Chart 49 Appendix D MIDI Controller Listing 50 Appendix E Taking The Vex Out OF HEX 51 Appendix F MIDI 101 54 Appendix G Schematic 56 8 Peavey PC1600X User Manual rev h What s New With The X The X stands for expanded We ve started with the modular PC1600 and added extensive new features along with a NEW look Expanded SysEx Control Checksum Now it is possible to designate a byte as cs for checksum calculations Global Channel Bytes Many MIDI products use SysEx messages that include a MIDI channel and or device ID This is of course handy for differentiating among multiple units of the same type Normally chancing this byte would require editing of each fader button individually Now a new byte can be a part of the string that specifies the global MIDI setting or Global device ID By simpl
44. essages These one byte messages include These messages make up the majority of MIDI messages involving synthesizers samplers sequencers etc Don t hesitate in using these messages to make real time changes in your musical performance 55 Peavey PC1600X User Manual rev h Appendix G Schematic PC1600 PC1600X What is the difference between the original PC1600 and the PC1600x Expanded SysEx Control Checksum Now it is possible to designate a byte as cs for checksum calculations Global Channel Bytes Many MIDI products use SysEx messages that include a MIDI channel and or device ID This is of course handy for differentiating among multiple units of the same type Normally changing this byte would require editing of each fader button individually Now a new byte can be a part of the string that specifies the global MIDI setting or global device ID By simply changing the global setting all messages are changed Improved SysEx Transfers New MIDI delay parameters to slow down the MIDI stream if you have a unit that chokes on the data at full speed Expanded Button Facilities Send Fader This feature provides an easy way to send specific fader values When a button is set to send fader it must be pressed to enable a fader value to be transmitted Fader movement is used to select a specific value and the button is pressed to send it BTW continuing to hold the button down will enable the fader to work as usual Send
45. he main page at any time Press Exit several times until the main page is reached If changes were made to the preset the preset number will be replaced with This is an indication that the preset in the edit buffer has been modified but not saved Press Edit to return to the Edit mode if the chances are to be saved Changing presets results in the following display Enter Exit without saving Press ENTER to confirm that you don t want to save your edits Press Up Down from the main page to leave this preset This will cause any chances that were made to be discarded However if you don t edit another preset recovery is possible Edits which were discarded can be recovered from the main page Increment the preset number above preset 49 and the preset number is replaced by Pressing Edit returns to the Edit mode with the edit buffer exactly as it was last time the Edit mode was exited even if the unit had been Dowered down Amazing 27 Peavey PC1600X User Manual rev h ACCESSING GLOBAL SETTINGS WITH SPECIAL MIDI MESSAGES Many MIDI products use system exclusive command strings that have a MIDI channel or device number as one of the bytes These numbers are used to differentiate the unit from an identical unit on the same MIDI stream Being able to change these numbers allows you to use one set of PC1600X presets for multitude units of the same product Instead of hard coding these values into the strings you can designate
46. hoose the destination for the save with the Up Down buttons or the data wheel 7 Press Enter to save to the location displaced at the bottom of the display To return to the main page at any time press Exit several times until the main page is reached If changes were made to the preset the preset number will be replaced with zz This is an indication that the preset in the edit buffer has been modified but not saved Press Edit to return to the Edit mode if the changes are to be saved Press up or down from the main page to leave this preset This will cause any changes that were made to be discarded Note Edits which were discarded can be recovered from the main page if no other preset has been edited seven after a Dower down Increment the preset number above preset 49 and the preset number is replaced by Pressing Edit returns to the Edit mode with the edit buffer exactly as it was last time the Edit mode was exited 33 Peavey PC1600X User Manual rev h Editing The Buttons DEFINING AND NAMING When a button 1s selected to be edited the first page displayed selects the function of the button A button can be assigned to the following functions Off Fader ID Mute fader Solo fader Program chance message Note on off message MIDI string MIDI string with button Dress MIDI string with button release Toggle between two MIDI strings Send Fader Send Scene To set the function of a button 1 Press EDIT then press a but
47. ke when sending very precise control chances into a sequencer When a fader s button is programmed as Send Fader moving the fader will not cause a MIDI transmission You will however see the data value on the top preset screen as you would normally except that there will be an M in the lower right corner of the LCD telling you that the fader is temporarily muted After you move the fader to the desired position press the button to send the message you will see the M disappear signaling that the message was sent You can also use the Data Wheel to change the value before 1t 1s actually sent if I is linked to the fader either directly or with Last Fader Pressing a Send Fader button will switch to the Last Fader Moved even if the fader itself was not moved You can also set a normal Sweep from the fader by holding the button while moving the fader or data wheel In this case the M will not be on the LCD signaling that the message 1s being transmitted BTNOI Function Send Fader NOTE When using faders to send continuous controller messages the replace and update modes will be unaffected by fader movements when the button 1s not pressed In other words the incoming controller won t get filtered until the local controller is REALLY transmitted SEND SCENE You can send any scene from one of the 16 buttons This 1s useful when you know that you re going to transmit particular scenes from a prese
48. l strings can be altered simultaneously When the PC1600X sees a gc in the string it will transmit the ChOut setting When it sees a dv in the string it will transmit the DevNum variable see the Device Number section in this chapter 18 Peavey PC1600X User Manual rev h MIDI FILTER Selecting which MIDI messages will pass from MIDI IN to MIDI OUT is handled by the MIDI filter utility Individual messages or all MIDI messages can be filtered allowing only certain incoming messages to sass to the MIDI OUT The following messages can be filtered All MIDI overrides all others when set to filter All Notes Mod Wheel Foot Pedal Volume Sustain Reset Controllers ALL Notes Off Program Change Polyphonic Aftertouch Channel Aftertouch Pitch Bend System Exclusive System Common System Real time To set the status of a filter 1 Press the Utility button 2 Use the Up Down buttons or data wheel to access the following page UTIL Midi Filter Notes Pass 3 Press the right direction button once to edit the filter tulle Use the Up Down buttons or data wheel to display the different filter types The field on the right displays whether the data is filtered or passed to the MIDI OUT jack 4 To toggle between pass and filter simply press the right direction button while the filter type field is active The filter type field remains active until the left direction or Exit button 1s pressed PRESET MAPPING
49. ld is active Use the Up Down direction buttons or the data wheel to set the source cache This can be a fader CV input button data wheel set up string or preset name Moving any fader or button selects that device 4 Cursor right to the second field This selects the destination for the copy Any preset or the current edit buffer can be used as a source preset 5 Cursor right to the third field This field selects the destination within the current edit buffer 6 Press the Enter button to perform the copy Remember Copied messages must be saved to become a permanent part of the preset For more information review the Saving Your Edits section of the Editing the Buttons chapter 45 Peavey PC1600X User Manual rev h Appendix A PC1600x System Exclusive Messages Recall Preset FO 00 00 IB OB ch 00 pp F7 When this is received the PC1600x will switch to the preset specified by pp regardless of the current MIDI mapping Send Recv All presets FO 00 00 IB OB ch 01 data F7 This message is sent and received by the PC1600x It contains all preset data including the current edit buffer Send Recv All scenes FO 00 00 IB OB ch 02 data F7 This message is sent and received by the PC1600x It contains all scene data Send Recv All globals FO 00 00 IB OB ch 03 data F7 This message is sent and received by the PC1600x It contains all MIDI maps and all other global variables Send Recv Current edit buffe
50. ng incoming controller messages are filtered until the Exit button is pressed while on the main page This mode allows seamless modification of data in an existing stream of controller messages To define a fader as a continuous controller 1 First set the function to Controller press the left right or Exit button to deselect the edit field then press the up button to move to the following page FDROI Chnl Num 16 007 2 Cursor over to the Chnl field and set the MIDI channel for the controller message Incrementing the channel number above 16 will display ChOut When ChOut is selected the controller message will be transmitted on the global MIDI transmit channel from the Utility menu 3 Cursor over to the Num field to set the controller number to be transmitted See Appendix C for a list of MIDI Controller numbers 4 With no parameters flashing press the up direction button to access the following page FDROI Min Max 000 127 5 Cursor left or right to the Min or Max field and edit the value as necessary range 0 127 6 With no parameter flashing press the up direction button to access the mode page 30 Peavey PC1600X User Manual rev h FDROI Mode Merge 7 Cursor rig or left to access the Mode parameter select either Merge Replace or Update Master Fader CV Several faders can be aroused together and controlled by another fader This is done by defining a single fader or CV pe
51. ng new presets it is perfectly fine to edit existing presets However if you prefer to start with a Clean Slate a preset initialization function is available in the utility menu 1 Press the Utility button 2 Use the Up Down buttons to move to the following screen UTIL Init a Preset 00 Volume with mute 3 Select the Preset number you wish to re initialize 4 Press ENTER then you will be asked ARE YOU SURE 5 Press ENTER again to confirm initialization The preset will be renamed initialized Note All presets share the same block of memory which gets divided among the available presets This utility is very handy for freeing up memory since you can reinitialize presets that are not needed MEMORY USAGE PC1600x presets are dynamically allocated allowing a single preset to be very large when necessary If too many larvae presets are created the PC1600x will run out of preset memory When this occurs some memory must be freed by removing reinitializing or re defining presets The memory usage display help determine which presets to modify To use the memory usage display 1 Press the Utility button 2 Use the Up Down buttons or data wheel to access the following page UTIL Memory Free 6324 4 Use the Up Down buttons or the data wheel to view the amount of free memory and the amount of memory used by each preset Note The names of faders CV inputs and buttons only use memory per char
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53. oming into it in a variety of ways Three modes are available 1 Merge Fader movements are merged with incoming data 2 Replace Same as above except that when the fader is moved incoming data 1s filtered and replaced by data generated by the fader Fader position determines the value transmitted 3 Update When the fader is moved its data matches the last value of the incoming data regardless of fader position This allows seamless modification of the incoming data MIDI Filtering The PC1600x contains an extensive MIDI filtering section Programmable Set up string Along with all of the faders buttons settings a MIDI Set up string can be transmitted when a preset is selected This string can send Bank select Program Change and Volume settings for ALL 16 channels In addition a scene and a MIDI string of up to 80 bytes can be sent Easy Synth Programming The PC1600x will accept presets Pre programmed for editing We ve made this as Painless as possible by designing specific presets for the PC1600x that are stored in the Spectrum Synth Spectrum Organ and Spectrum Bass LL You simply transfer them to the PC1600x and you instantly have fader and button control over all the parameters Now without ever having to deal with hexadecimal SysEx messages you can edit presets quickly and spend more time getting work done 4 Peavey PC1600X User Manual rev h The PC1600x will revolutionize your MIDI set up Hook it up to your comput
54. ontinuous controller data like volume pan or any MIDI String i e Channel System Messages Also any fader can be the master over any of the other faders To simplify operation each fader can be individually named 2 Sixteen programmable buttons which can be assigned as fader mute fader solo program change note on off MIDI string MIDI string with button press amp release 2 messages MIDI string toggle 2 messages fader send scene send and fader identify Like the faders each button can be named Also buttons can be accessed remotely via Note or Program Change messages 3 Data wheel The Data Wheel can be linked to a fader or Control Voltage input and duplicate it s Programming It can also transmit the value of the last fader moved 4 Two Control Voltage Pedal Inputs The 1600x allows you to plug in and assign CV pedals These are assigned like the faders The CV 2 jack can also sub as a dual footswitch input The PC1600x has even more under the hood 100 scenes Just in case there comes a time when you would like to save your fader s physical position like when mixing the PC1600x offers 100 scenes that can be saved and recalled as needed This feature is extremely useful for MIDI light controllers MIDI mixing MIDI controllers etc Three Merge Modes When MIDI connections place the PC1600x between the source of data sequencer etc and the destination tone modules etc it can merge with controller data c
55. own Increment the preset number above preset 49 and the preset number is replaced by S Pressing Edit returns to the Edit mode with the edit buffer exactly as it was the last time the Edit mode was exited 41 Peavey PC1600X User Manual rev h CV Pedals Footswitch amp Data Wheel EDITING CV 1 CV 2 The CV 1 and CV 2 inputs will accept a Control Voltage foot pedal Press EDIT then select CV 1 or CV 2 Press ENTER to move to the function edits page CV 1 function No Message Control voltage inputs are programmed like the faders Refer to the Editing the Faders chapter describing how to define a fader Note The dual footswitch parameters must be disabled turned off for CV 2 to work correctly WHAT TYPE OF CONTROL VOLTAGE PEDAL IS REQUIRED Any 0 10 volt control voltage pedal or 1OK potentiometer pedal unpowered should work As of this writing both Roland EV 5 EV 10 and Ensonig CVPI offer control voltage pedals that will work with the PC1600x DUAL FOOTSWITCH EDITING The dual footswitch is set up globally in the Utilities menu each pedal can be programmed to control Up Down Enter Button functions EDITING THE DATA WHEEL The data wheel is programmed by linking it to a fader or CV input When the data wheel is linked to a Fader CV input it will adjust that parameter using the current Fader CV position as a starting point The data wheel can also be set to link to the last Fader CV moved instea
56. p to 16 values After the familiar 0 thru 9 hexadecimal uses the letters A thru F to represent 10 thru 15 Check out the chart featuring hex and s decimal equivalents Hexadecimal 0 1 1275 14 gt 1617 89 JA JE ID JE JE CMI io Mm S jo EEE CA e S A Decimal Hexadecimal Decimal 50 20 TWENTY IN DECIMAL IS EQUIVALENT TO 14 ONE FOUR IN HEX Keep in mind that the largest hex number available from two digits is FF 255 Note it is common to use symbols to identify hexadecimal numbers Examples 7F include 7Fh 7FH 7F 0x7F 52 Peavey PC1600X User Manual rev h UGH Why go to this much trouble a We love confusion b We re techno wiz bangs c We re rocket scientists d It s the best Way Take a byte Actually it really is the best way When a byte is sliced in half two nibbles a maximum of 16 values per nibble are possible This obviously translates well into a hex number An eight bit number therefore easily translates into TWO hex digits Since eight bit binary numbers are referred to as a byte the two digit hex representation is also called a byte A nibble translates nicely into one hex value Just cut the byte into two nibbles then assign a hex value to each You end up with hex numbers like these Note h signifies hexadecimal number Those Familiar Hex Numbers You ve probably noticed many decimal numbers used by synthesizers that reveal hexadecimal activity
57. r FO 00 00 IB OB ch 04 data F7 This message 1s sent and received by the PC1600x It contains only the current edit buffer This combined with the Recall preset SysEx command will allow any preset to be obtained from an outside source Request everything FO 00 00 IB OB ch 10 F7 The PC1600x will respond to this message with Send Recv All presets Send Recv All scenes Send Recv All globals Request All presets FO 00 00 IB OB ch 11 F7 The PC1600x will respond to this message with Send Recv ALL presets Request ALL scenes FO 00 00 IB OB ch 12 F7 The PC1600x will respond to this message with Send Recv All scenes Request All Globals FO 00 00 IB OB ch 13 F7 The PC1600x will respond to this message with Send Recv All Globals Request edit buffer FO 00 00 IB OB ch 14 F7 The PC1600x will respond to this message with Send Recv Current edit buffer Write edit buffer FO 00 00 IB OB ch 20 DD F7 When the PC1600x receives this message it saves the current edit buffer to the preset specified by pp 46 Peavey PC1600X User Manual rev h Appendix B ABOUT PARAMETER FORMATS Parameter formats determine how the variable pr bytes in a fader string are computed by the PC1600x The single byte format is the most basic It allows for 128 distinct values usually 0 to 127 0 7Fh in hex Remember a MIDI data Byte is essentially only 7 bits since the eighth bit can t be set that would make it a MIDI Status byte When this
58. range isn t large enough the data must be represented with more than one byte the PC1600x supports up to 4h After these bytes are sent to a MIDI device that device must translate all the bytes into a single value There is no industry standard for this translation so the PC1600x is able to send the data in several formats to support the most popular translation methods The choice of parameter format will tell the PC1600x three important things 1 The number of bytes that make up the data value 1 4 2 The size and weighting of each byte 4 Bit binary Nibs or nibbleized 7 Bit Binary 4 Bit BCD Binary Coded Decimal 3 The order of numerical significance high to low or low to high To determine the proper parameter format for your receiving device Consult your owner s manual or SysEx documentation Remember to make sure that the number of pr bytes in your MIDI string matches the number in the parameter format For example if you choose 2 Byte Nibs Hi gt lo you must have at least two pr bytes in the string If you choose to put more than two in the string the 2 byte data value will repeat as necessary This is useful if you want to use a single fader to program two different parameters simultaneously as long as they have the same format and range of course Single byte This format requires only one pr byte and is used for numbers ranging from 0 1 27 or 64 to 63 This is the format used for most MIDI
59. re slaving its own chord before playing its own cord also letting you release the button without releasing the chords Just remember to program one of the buttons as an All Notes Off only so you can silence the sound source when needed You may find that the ALL Notes Off command doesn t work correctly in your system There are some Synths MIDI devices out there that do not respond to the All Notes Off message and even some that respond to 1t incorrectly Some units will Kill the notes abruptly instead of releasing them as a Note Off would and some others will apply the message to all notes in the unit not just the ones that were generated on the same MIDI channel as the ALL Notes Off message itself If your Synth devices respond correctly great If not You ll have to send matching Note Off commands after the Note On commands The PC1600x wont record Note Off streams but there is a fairly easy way to handle this for the Gated mode After recording the chord into the press string record the same chord into the release string and then either change the 9X at the start of the string to an 8x Which will give you control over release velocity or change all the velocity bytes to zero which will convert the Note On s to Off s 39 Peavey PC1600X User Manual rev h SEND FADER This feature allows you to send single messages as opposed to sweeps of messages from the faders This is desirable in many cases li
60. red Parameter Number MSB Ca R Gol LA NO 50 Peavey PC1600X User Manual rev h Appendix E Taking The Vex Out Of Hex When Working With MIDI Messages MIDI of course is an acronym for Musical Instrument Digital Interface Contrary to the opinion of some MIDI was not created to complicate matters but to allow musicians to do what was once thought to be impossible Never the less the Digital part of MIDI means the actual messages are digits numbers Fortunately MIDI numbers often refer to aspects of musical performance As a matter of fact MIDI is not too different from music notation For example each symbol represents something done musically To play written music you actually translate what s on the page into a musical performance With MIDI the computers inside MIDI devices actually translate your playing into MIDI Speak which is then forwarded to connected devices This MIDI Speak includes messages such as what note you played How hard it was played how long it was played Held etc Most of the time this is of little concern since MIDI software and instruments often allow plug amp play operation However occasionally an understanding of MIDI messages can be very handy The Numbers MIDI messages can he described in any of three numbering systems below Binary Decimal Hexadecimal Computers and therefore the processors inside MIDI devices use the binary system where data consists of
61. rev h Editing The Faders DEFINING AND NAMING When a fader is selected to be edited the first page displayed selects the function of the fader A fader can be assigned to the following functions No Message Continuous Controller Master Fader MIDI string To set the function of a fader 1 Access the following fader function display by pressing Edit from the main page then moving fader 01 Next press ENTER FDRO1 Function No Message 2 Cursor right to select the function for the fader it will blink Press the Up Down buttons to access any of the four choices No message Controller Master fader or String 3 Press EXIT to deselect the item Except when No messages is selected access to additional parameters and naming for this fader 1s available by pressing the up direction button when the function field 1s not blinking After assigning a function to the fader the fader can be named To name the fader 1 With no parameters flashing press the up direction button until the following page 1s displayed FDRO1 Name lt Name gt 2 Use the left right direction buttons to select the character in the fader name Next press the Up Down direction buttons data wheel and or the current fader to change edit the character NO MESSAGE A fader can have its function set to No message s with this option moving the fader will of course have no action CONTINUOUS CONTROLLER A fader can be programmed to send a
62. t It saves you from having to go to the SCENE page choose the scene and then send it with the ENTER button Choose Send Scene as the button function and the next screen will allow you to nick the desired scene BTNOI Function Send Scene BTNOI Scene p 32 02 SAVING YOUR EDITS Use the following steps to save your edits 1 Press the Edit button 2 Use the data wheel Up Down buttons or press button 16 to scroll to the last option Name save preset 3 Press Enter 4 To re name use the left right buttons to select character positions and the Up Down buttons to edit the character Note Faders also can be used to select character positions 3 Press Enter 6 Choose the destination preset will be overwritten 40 Peavey PC1600X User Manual rev h 7 Press Enter again to save to the location displaced at the bottom of the display To return to the main page at any time press Exit several times until the main page is reached If chances were made to the preset the preset number will be replaced with this is an indication that the preset in the edit buffer has been modified but not saved Press Edit to return to the Edit mode if the changes are to be saved Press up or down from the main page to leave this preset This will cause any changes that were made to be discarded Note Edits which were discarded can be recovered from the main page if no other preset has been edited even after power d
63. t direction buttons are used to navigate through the user interface The Up Down buttons also serve as increment and decrement buttons to edit parameter values and chance presets The left arrow button also doubles as a MIDI mute button 6 Edit Button This button accesses all parameters stored within a preset 7 Utility Button This accesses all global functions of the PC1600X 8 Copy Button The Copy button is used to copy from one preset or scene to another It is also used to copy individual messages 9 Scene Button Scenes are snapshots of the current fader and CV values in addition to the current preset number This button 1s used to save store and initialize 10 Enter button This button is used to execute functions whenever Enter appears in the Upper or Lower right hand corner of the display When the main page is displayed pressing this button sends the current message for each fader and CV input The display will read Sending Faders CV s 11 Exit button This button is used to escape from any menu Pressing Exit several times will always return you to the main page Pressing Exit from the main menu page can reset the controller filtering of the update replace merge modes The display will read Replace update reset 12 Peavey PC1600X User Manual rev h sp SINY 224 JO Si 1 V4 40 VSWAYUab jAVJENS OLINYASANG IJAN SNEWS Y SSVT V 204 SIANTI JHE HHM S3fRaVIOD INA SHI VSANIJAVW SW NVIGlaJW 800 SANOXL2
64. t of the display to allow for different lighting conditions or viewing angles to adjust the view angle 1 Press the Utility button 2 If not displayed use the Up Down buttons or Data Wheel to access the following page UTIL View Chm ChOut O 01 Ol 3 Cursor right once to activate the View field and use the Up Down direction buttons or data wheel to edit the view angle Separate MIDI channels can be set for incoming MIDI messages and transmitted MIDI messages The Chin parameter is used to set the receiving MIDI channel of the unit The PC1600X will only respond to incoming messages received on this channel The ChOut parameter is used to set the transmitting channel of the unit Any messages set to transmit on the main channel use this parameter Use the same procedures listed above to access the MIDI parameters Note For the PC1600X to receive the SysEx messages as listed in Appendix A the Chin value set on this screen must match the channel byte in the message Many devices use SysEx command strings that include a MIDI channel or device number as one of the bytes This practice is beneficial to the user since it allows separate SysEx control when differentiating one unit from an identical unit on the same MIDI stream Instead of hard coding these values into the strings a gc global channel or dv device number byte can be designated that references the global setting By altering this Utility setting al
65. the notes and retrigger the whole chord You will not see the note stream on the screen until after you press the ENTER button The string will start with a 9x where the x is the note record channel 1 followed by the first note number then the first note velocity etc Only one status byte we re using running status here The velocity bytes can be changed to rv so that the incoming MIDI velocity or fader position gets substituted allowing Dynamic remote button playing The following screen shows a dynamic C major triad on Channel starting with Middle C BTNOI String 90 3C rv 40 rv 43 rv So now that we know how to trigger chords remotely how do we turn them off There are two ways to do it The easy and memory efficient method is to use the MIDI ALL Notes of command This is a channelized command that tells a Synth MIDI device to release all of the notes that were triggered on that channel The command is defined as continuous controller 123 7Bh with a data value of zero AL Notes Off command for channel 1 BO 7B 00 channel 2 Bl 7B 00 You can use Prs Rls strings with the chord on the press and the All Notes Off message same channel of course on the release This will act like a normal Gated triggering system like a keyboard You could also insert the All Notes Off command in regular Press Only strings ahead of the chord so pressing any button will release the previous chord befo
66. ton to select it in this example button 16 Press Enter to access the following dated BTN16 Function Off Fader ID 2 Press the right direction button to select the function 1t will blinks then use the Up Down buttons or data wheel to select the desired function 3 Use the up direction button when the function field 1s not blinking to access other parameters Press either of the left right direction arrows or exit to de select stop the blinking After assigning a function to the button the button can be named To Name the button 1 With no parameter selected and a function other than Off Fader ID selected press the up direction button until the following page is displayed BTNI 6 Name lt Name gt 2 Use the left right direction buttons to select the character in the button name and the Up Down direction buttons Data Wheel and or the fader above the button to edit the character OFF FADER ID NO MESSAGE Whenever one of the 16 programmable buttons is programmed as Off Fader ID it will identify its associated fader when on the top of the preset screen For example pressing button 16 would cause the PC1600x to display Fdr16 fader name This allows you to see what the fader is going to do if it is named before moving it without having to look at the edit screens 34 Peavey PC1600X User Manual rev h MUTE SOLO FADER A button can be assigned to mute the associated fader Pressing the bu
67. ttings If you re sure you want to do this use the following procedure 1 Turn Power Off 2 Hold down the Utility and Enter buttons while turning the Power On 3 Memory initialized is displayed Note It is not possible to undo the initialization procedure INDIVIDUAL PRESET INITIALIZATION When creating new presets 1t 1s perfectly fine to edit existing presets However 1f you prefer to start with a Clean Slate a preset initialization function is available in the utility menu 1 Press the Utility button 2 Use the Up Down buttons to move to the following screen UTIL Init a Preset 00 Volume with mute 3 Select the preset number you wish to reinitialize 4 Press ENTER then you will be asked ARE YOU SURE 5 Press ENTER again to confirm initialization The preset will be renamed initialized Note ALL presets share the same block of memory which gets divided among the available presets This utility is very handy for freeing up memory since you can reinitialize presets that are not needed The Memory Usage page is also in the Utility Menu 26 Peavey PC1600X User Manual rev h EDIT INTRODUCTION Access the main edit maple at any time by pressing the Edit button The field on this page selects the item to be edited The following choices are available Fader 01 Fader 16 CVI lt CV2 Button 01 Button 16 Data wheel Set up string Name save preset The up and down direction b
68. tton will mute the fader by sending the minimum value for the fader and then disable the fader When muted moving the fader will have no effect When the button is pressed again the current fader message is sent and the fader is enabled To program a button to mute the associated fader simple select Mute fader for the button function A button can be programmed to Solo the associated fader my simply selecting Solo Fader function for the button With this function pressing the button will send the minimum value for each fader except the button s associated fader To restore any fader simply move the desired fader To cancel the Solo entirely simply press Enter button with the main page displayed PROGRAM CHANGE A button can be assigned to send a program chance message each time it is pressed The MIDI channel can be set to any MIDI channel or to the main transmit channel set in the Utility section The program number can be any value from 000 to 127 To set these two parameters 1 From the button function page select Program Chng Next deselect then press the up direction button The following page will be displayed BTNI6 Chnl Program 01 000 2 Cursor over to the Chin field and set the MIDI channel for the program change message Incrementing the channel number above 16 will display ChOut When ChOut is selected the program change message will be transmitted on the Global MIDI
69. umber in the LSB Some products use the MSB directly to chance bands ignoring the LSB Because of this the PC1600Xs Bank parameter can be incremented further past 127 This new range is shown as 001m 127m When one of these values is used the Bank will be sent as the MSB and the LSB won t be sent For example bank 002n on Channel 1 would be transmitted as follows Hex D 0 1 NOTE There is no 000m choice in the list To switch an MSB unit to bank 0 use the 000 LSB selection since that will send a zeroed MSB along with the zeroed LSB More About Bank Select MIDI specifies the Bank Select message as a full 14 bit controller message Two 7 bit controllers combined into a 14 bit number The MSB Most Significant Byte 1s controller 0 while the LSB Least Significant Byte is controller 32 20h The bank number is computed as MSB 128 LSB hence to switch to bank 2 on Channel 5 the MIDI message would look like this Hex B4 o 00 po AAA CCHO CCH32 4 Cursor right to the Prog field This field displays the program number to be sent for this channel Decrementing this field below zero off causes no program message to be sent 5 Cursor right to the Vol field This field displays the volume to be sent for this channel Decrementing this field below zero 0 causes no volume message to be sent 43 Peavey PC1600X User Manual rev h 6 Repeat the above steps as necessary for each channel 7 With parameters
70. uttons or the data wheel can be used to scroll through the above choices Moving any Fader CV input or Button will cause that item to be displayed when the desired item is displayed press the Enter button to access the parameters specific to that item Shortcut For a time saving shortcut try moving a fader CV input button or the Data Wheel while holding the edit button Releasing the edit button will immediately access the selected item Sideways Navigation is possible when switching to a device that is set to the same function This will allow you to jump to a different device and be at the same screen as the previous device NAMING amp SAVING A PRESET Go to the Edit menu Use the Data Wheel or Up Down arrow keys to move to the Name save Prs page Press ENTER Use the Left Right direction buttons to select the character in the name and the Up Down buttons or data wheel to edit the character To make editing faster each fader edits a different character of the name Pressing ENTER from this page accesses the SAVE TO page The bottom line of this page displays the number and name of the destination preset to be overwritten The data wheel and Up Down buttons maybe used to change the storage destination Pressing the Enter button from this page will save the preset and return to the main page by pressing the Exit button you will be returned to the Edit name page EXITING EDIT MODE To return to t
71. ws you to play a chord into the PC1600x to program a button instead of inserting all of the numbers in manually To set up note recording you must first enable the feature by telling the PC1600x which MIDI channel you will be sending the note data over This parameter screen 1s located in the Utility menu alone with the MIDI Device Numbers MIDI DevNum RecChn 000 000 After setting the channel go to any button s string editing screen String Prs RIs or toggle and hit the left or right arrow button to put the underline cursor on the screen BTNOI String 90 3C 7F The recording will be triggered by any Note On received on the specified channel Any Note Off received on that channel will erase the string allowing you to experiment until you find the right group of notes Any other MIDI commands will not affect the recording When finished press the ENTER button while continuing to hold the chord if you re using 2 handed chords you can plug a footswitch into the PC16000x and set it to emulate the ENTER button see the 6th screen under UTILITY 38 Peavey PC1600X User Manual rev h NOTE Any Note Off will erase the whole chord even though the other notes may still be sounding If you play 3 notes release of them then add another still 3 soundings then press ENTER the last note will be the only one recorded Therefore whenever you are going to release any notes because the chord is not yet complete release all
72. y Rem will act like the Fdr setting and velocity will be determined by fader position MIDI STRINGS A button can be assigned to transmit just about any MIDI message when pressed These messages are Entered in hexadecimal form or captured via MIDI see Learn Mode on page 24 To define a button MIDI string 1 From the button function page select String Next deselect and press the up direction button The following page will be displayed BTNI6 String FO 00 F7 2 Use the left and right direction buttons to select a byte to be edited When the cursor is on a digit the up down direction buttons data wheel and or associated fader will edit the digit Pressing the up button when between bytes insets a byte and pressing the down button between bytes deletes a byte STRING PRS RLS A button can be assigned to transmit any MIDI messages when Dressed and any other MIDI message when released These messages are Entered in hexadecimal form To program the Press and Release String 1 From the button function page select String Prs Rls Next deselect then press the up direction button The following clave will be displayed BTN16 Press String FO 00 F7 2 Enter the MIDI string 3 After editing the Press string s press Exit Press the up direction button to move to the release string displayed as follows BINI6 Ris String FO 00 F7 4 Enter the Rls String STRING TOGGLE
73. ytes than a format requires the extra pr bytes will cause the parameter to be repeated This allows the parameter to appear several times in a single string 48 Peavey PC1600X User Manual rev h Appendix C MIDI Implementation Model PC1600X Date 6 97 Version 2 0 Soeur Basic Default Memorized Channel Changed Default Messages Altered Messages O X Altered TT Note True 1 127 X Velocity Note On Recognized for button emulation Note Off O x can be with a String After Key s A Pitch TARTAS Control 0 amp 32 Bank Select ome erase x Program True O 127 O 127 Mappable System EN NI n onn Song Select Sends A Scene System Song Position Common Song Select Tune System Clock Real Time Command i E On Off Messages All Notes Mode 1 OMNI ON POLY Mode 2 OMNI ON MONO 0 Yes Mode 3 OMNI OFF POLY Mode 4 OMNI OFF MONO X No ke O x x oi Off Active Sense Reset O x O O m 49 Peavey PC1600X User Manual rev h Appendix D Controller Number Listing Decimal l o JO Bank Select do jav Modulation Wheel n Apo Breath Controller EN E Undefined n A Foot Controller SoS PortamentoTime n 6G DataenryMSB en So ETT Oo Undefined n sll OB Expression Controller v 13 pp i Effect Control 2 A LH EST 68 4 Legato Footswitch 0 3F Normal 40 7F Legato AA old vv o o J60 Data Increment n 9 62 NonRegistered Parameter Number LSB 9 00001637 NonRegiste

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