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1. EDIT EDIT EDIT gt gt Ge Slider Character Character Character Character Character Character Name to edit 1 2 3 4 5 6 Edit Slider Slider Minimum Maximum Byte Byte Byte Byte Data to edit Level Level 1 2 3 4 EN Button Character Character Character Character Character Character Nano to edit 1 2 3 4 5 6 deed Button Minimum Maximum puo Byte Byte Byte to edit Level Level 1 2 3 Data select Button Character Character Character Character Character Character Name to edit 1 2 3 4 5 6 ae Button Minimum Maximum Been Byte Byte Byte to edit Level Level 1 2 3 Data select SI Function Character Character Character Character Character Character gi ey Al 2 3 4 5 6 Name to edit Edit Function Minimum Maximum Button Byte Byte Byte HAM Level Level made D 2 3 to edit select Function Character Character Character Character Character Character FEE ai 2 3 4 5 6 Name to edit Function Minimum Maximum Buttoni Byte Byte Byte SC ey Level Level made D 2 3 to edit select Character Character Character Character Character Character Character NS DI 2 3 4 5 6 Edit MIDI E
2. 37 NRPNs Explained 54 2e Ee RR S 38 RPNs Explained ec eR c RR ES 39 SysEx Explained llli ess 40 Dealing with SysEx variable data bytes 41 Profiles and 42 Cubase VST users 000 eee eee eee 43 Cakewalk Pro Audio 44 Logic Audio user 45 Saving a Sabse 46 The Virtual Control Freak 47 Control Freak STUDIO EDITION SysEx specification 48 Control Freak ORIGINAL SysEx specification 50 MIDI Analyser 52 Overview of the MIDI message format 53 Specifications sss e ber ERU ERN CU 54 Features and contact 55 CONTROL FREAK CONTROL FREAK INTRODUCTION Foreword Congratulations on your purchase of a Kenton Control Freak Please take the time to read this manual thoroughly as it explains everything you will need to know in order to get the most from your unit Because of its ability to generate any type of MIDI message including SysEx and NRPNs the Control Freak allows you to unlock the full potential of any device that conforms to the MIDI standard Of course all this creative potential is great but the depth and complexity of the MIDI control available can seem rather intimidating at first Don t panic read this manual carefully try some examples and in a short time
3. Press the gt button screen reads Leave this setting as it is Press the STORE key to save your data 36 CONTROL FREAK EXTERNAL INPUTS 1 amp 2 CV to MIDI The external inputs may also be used as CV Gate inputs in order to perform CV to MIDI conversion conversion As the set up procedure is rather extensive Program 60 125 for Control Freak ORIGINAL has been pre loaded with a CV to MIDI demo patch An example of how to program this will be made available on our website When the inputs are configured for CV to MIDI conversion the following network is recommended in order to obtain satisfactory results From Source Sv maximum 470 Ohms Potentiometer 4K7 Resistor Tip Unused Ground To set up first play bottom C on your analogue monosynth and adjust it to play in tune Next play top C two octaves up and adjust the trimmer scaling until this C is also in tune The synth will then accurately convert 1V Oct CV into MIDI Notes CV to MIDI conversion will not work using a Hz V synth as the master Scaling each individual slider may be scaled between 0 and 255 which is particularly useful when using the external inputs However where a slider s value is set above 127 the output MIDI message will not go higher than 127 the data is truncated Playing style to avoid hanging notes care must be taken with the articulation of notes when playing Al
4. Turn the Data Wheel three clicks to the right to display Press the gt key the display will show Turn the Data Wheel to the right clockwise to display D Press the gt key the display will show Turn the Data Wheel one click to to the left to show Press the gt key the display will show Turn the Data Wheel three clicks to the right to display 26 CONTROL FREAK EDITING EXAMPLES Press the gt key the display will show Turn the Data Wheel to the right clockwise until the display shows Press the gt key the display will show Turn the Data Wheel one click to to the left the display will show Press the gt key the display will show Press the STORE key to save your data Press the EXIT key to go back to PLAY MODE At this point you have set the button so that it turns the chord on when pressed To make it turn the notes off again when released continue as follows Press the key from home position to start edit and display the edit menu options Turn the Data Wheel to the right clockwise until the display shows Press the gt key Button to Edit should still be the correct one Press the key leave Minimum Levl at 0 Press the key leave Maximum Levl at 127 Press the gt key the display will show Turn the Data Wheel one click to the right the di
5. COMMANDS Commands NRPNs RPNs When you see the prompt you have the option of the following commands The table below lists all currently available commands and their associated data bytes As may be seen the majority of MIDI and Internal Commands use a command followed by one or two variables MIDI Command Data Byte 1 Data Byte 2 e End of data Controller Controller number Controller value FO Begin SysEx See SysEx Explained Note on Note number Velocity Note off Note number Velocity Program change Program number NRPN MSB only NRPN MSB LSB See below and RPN MSB only NRPN RPNs explained RPN MSB MSB Pitchbend Pitchbend LSB Pitchbend MSB Mono aftertouch Aftertouch amount Poly aftertouch Note number Aftertouch amount Controller Hi Lo Controller number Controller value MSB LSB MTC Quarter frame Message type value kel N Song position pointer SPP Data LSB SPP Data MSB les LAM Song select Song number Internal program Internal program number Set global MIDI channel Global MIDI channel Set internal clock rate Internal clock rate BPM Set real time value 1 Real time value 1 Set real time value 2 Real time value 2 Internal clock start Internal clock stop Internal clock continue F6 Tune request F8 Timing clock FA MI
6. Sends the PB ON DATA message only when the button is pressed Sends the PB ON DATA message when the button is pressed and the PB OFF DATA message when the button is released Sends the PB ON DATA message and PB OFF DATA message on alternate button presses Pressing the button will move to the next screen The initial end of data setting can be changed with the Data Wheel to any of the commands listed on page 21 There is space for up to 45 command or data bytes to be entered here Button Off name This is edited in exactly the same way as Button On name Button Off data Pressing the gt button will take you into the Button Off edit pages which are edited in exactly the same way as the Button On edit pages 13 EDIT MENUS CONTROL FREAK F key operations EDIT MENU 8 EDIT MENU 10 F key On name This allows you to enter a name of up to 16 characters for each F key On F key On names are edited in the same way as slider names Press STORE then EXIT or use SHIFT STORE to jump to F key On data Pressing the button will take you into the F key On edit pages This allows you to select the F key to edit by turning the Data Wheel Pressing the button will move to the next screen This is the minimum value setting for the F key The Data Wheel can be used to change the value if required Pressing the button will move to the next screen This is the maximum value setting
7. Gel lt lt 44 Realtime Realtime Internal value value Clock MIDI number 2 1 Speed Channel select Editing overview Editing is accomplished by use of the left and right arrow buttons and the Data Wheel On power up the Control Freak is at the HOME position where use of the Data Wheel changes the program number The left arrow edit key takes you to four realtime positions where use of the Data Wheel will adjust the Global MIDI channel the Freak s clock speed or the Realtime value 1 or Realtime value 2 These are independent of the program selected Realtime values 1 amp 2 can be affected by min max default values if they are set in Edit program data A single press of the right arrow edit key from the home position allows you to select the parameter you wish to edit where use of the Data Wheel will scroll through the options Further presses of the right arrow edit key allow you to change the parameter indicated again using the Data Wheel to change the value as desired When you have finished editing press STORE then EXIT to return to the HOME position You will be prompted to save your changes if you haven t already saved them Global Program EDIT MODE
8. MIDI CONTROL CENTRES Control Freak STUDIO EDITION amp Control Freak ORIGINAL CONTROL FREAK CONTENTS FOFGWOfTd es rasour eee a UE Seed ARES 1 Connecting UP ec risca cies Gr hie REY 2 Getting Started oves Phe Rhee ha E Dee 3 Switching ON DEENEN 4 The Edit Buttons in Play Mode 5 The Data Wheel in Play 6 How the Freak uses MIDI channels 7 Editing OVELVieW cdm ERR ERRASSE RES 8 Overall Map of Editing 10 Edit Slider 12 Edit Slider Data i iive acr 12 Edit Button 13 Edit Button Data secr 2284 SAGAS dee Re ERS 13 Edit E Key Name lt lt c vtm er RE Exe Sege 14 Edit F key Data ees deme e Ea ek US 14 Edit Program Name Bem ens 15 Edit Program 15 Edit Global Name 17 Edit Global Data 17 Sysex RX Prog Map EE ENEE REIS 18 Sysex Dump Single ER EE er Res 18 sysex Dump Pfogfat i e terors spe ee 18 Sysex Dump Block 19 Copy Single vds SES Bs EEE er 19 Copy Program Skee ewes geen E E 20 Commands s iii ce eer dd bees edad EC 21 Data Variables x 4 222549 SS 22 Editing Examples cs 23 Using the External 34 CV to MIDI 5
9. button will move to the next screen This is the maximum value setting for the slider The Data Wheel can be used to change the value if required Pressing the button will move to the next screen The initial end of data setting can be changed using using the Data Wheel to any of the commands listed on page 21 There is space for up to 45 command or data bytes to be entered here 12 CONTROL FREAK EDIT MENUS Button operations EDIT MENU 4 EDIT MENU 5 EDIT MENU 6 Button On name This allows you to enter a name of up to 16 characters for each Button On Button On names are edited in the same way as slider names Press STORE then EXIT or use SHIFT STORE to jump to Button On data Pressing the gt button will take you into the Button On edit pages This allows you to select the button to edit by turning the Data Wheel If the required button is pressed before entering the editing pages it will automatically become the initial button to edit Pressing the button will move to the next screen This is the minimum value setting for the button The Data Wheel can be used to change the value if required Pressing the button will move to the next screen This is the maximum value setting for the button The Data Wheel can be used to change the value if required Pressing the button will move to the next screen Use the Data Wheel to select the button mode you require
10. 48 55 Function key on 1 to 8 64 71 Function key off 1 to 8 96 103 Program all 8 values return the same program data 112 119 Global all 8 values return the same global data The Control Freak responds with the specified 64 bytes of data For example to request a dump of program 6 button on 3 you would send the following FOh 00h 20h 13h 09h 10h 40h OGh 12h F7h Note that 12h is the hexadecimal equivalent of decimal 18 for selecting button on 3 Request for 64k Block data dump FOh 00h 20h 13h 09h 10h 50h block num F7h where block num is as follows decimal 0 All Slider data data from all 1024 sliders 1 All Button on data 2 All Button off data 3 All Program data Function keys on off Global The Control Freak responds with the specified 64k bytes of data For example to request a dump of all button off data you would send the following FOh 00h 20h 13h 09h 10h 50h 02h F7h Request for 64k Library data dump FOh 00h 20h 13h 09h 10h 60h library num F7h as above except library num can be 0 or 1 only to select library 1 or 2 Request for 256k all 64 programs data dump FOh 00h 20h 13h 09h 10h 50h 06h F7h The Control Freak responds with 256k bytes of data in a packed format where approx 293k bytes of data are actually transmitted Note to actually respond to this dump the memory of the Freak must be completely wiped first To do this turn the Freak on with all four F keys
11. decimal is suffixed with d Hex is suffixed with h The MIDI standard uses 0 255 in the following way 00 7 0 127 variable for data Channel Commands Data 1 0 127 Data 2 0 127 80 Note on channels 1 16 Note number Velocity 90 9F Note off channels 1 16 Note number Velocity AF Poly aftertouch channels 1 16 Note number Aft amount BF Controllers channels 1 16 Controller number Controller value CO CF Programs channels 1 16 Program number DO DF Mono aftertouch channels 1 16 Aftertouch amount EF Pitchbend channels 1 16 LSB MSB System Common Commands FO Begin System Exclusive Company ID data data F7 F1 MIDI time code quarter frame Type Value F2 Song position pointer LSB MSB F3 Song select Song number E F Undefined F5 Undefined F6 Tune request F7 End System Exclusive System Real time Commands F8 Timing clock F9 Undefined FA Clock start FB Clock continue FC Clock stop FD Undefined FE Active sensing FF System reset See System Exclusive explained on page 40 53 SPECIFICATIONS CONTROL FREAK Specifications User interface Connections Accessories Physical data Power Supply Warranty Support Comments Freak STUDIO EDITION Freak ORIGINAL Controls 16 x 60mm sliders 8 x 60mm sliders 16 x data push buttons 8 x data push buttons 8 x e
12. 64 Press the key from home position to start edit and display the edit menu options Turn the Data Wheel to the right clockwise to display EDIT PB Press the key and use the Data Wheel to select the Button to Edit Press the gt key leave Minimum Levl at 0 Press the key leave Maximum Levl at 127 Press the gt key the screen will show Turn the Data Wheel one click to the right the screen will display Press the gt key the screen will display Turn the Data Wheel three clicks to the right the screen will display Press the 7 key the screen will display Turn the Data Wheel one click to to the left the screen will display Press the gt key the screen will display Turn the Data Wheel to the right clockwise until the screen displays You can speed up the process by holding the shift key down whilst you turn the Data Wheel Press the gt key the screen will display Press the STORE key to save your data Press the EXIT key to go back to PLAY MODE When you select Button On off above this tells the button to send a message not only when you press it but when you release it too The default mode is for the button to send a message only when pressed There is a third mode which sends alternate messages each time you press the button this is called toggle 24 CONTROL FREAK EDITING EXAM
13. 8 Note to load 8 channel Freak profiles into the 16 channel Freak you must set the Device Number Gn Edit Global Data to say Dev 8 channel Freak You must then save the change for it to become operational 8 Channel Freak loading 8 channel Freak profile If you do not use Rx Prog Map the profile will by default go into prog 124 It is not currently possible to load 16 channel Freak profiles into the 8 channel Freak 42 CONTROL FREAK CUBASE VST USERS Cubase VST users Controlling Cubase VST from the Kenton Control Freak Since 3 7 PC 4 1 Mac the ability to control various real time parameters within VST has been available using a hardware remote device In the current versions it is only possible to control the volumes pans mutes and solos on the audio mixer plus transport functions this is due to limitations of VST itself not of the Freak However later versions of VST may offer a greater degree of control All new Control Freak units come pre programmed with profiles to control the VST audio mixer Control Freak owners with an earlier software revision than 4501 289 4501 422 for Original Freak will not have these profiles but can download them from our website www kenton co uk where there is also a profile for controlling transport Configuring VST to recognise the Control Freak Firstly it is essential that in VST you select the Roland MCR8 as your remote controller Go to the audio drop down menu and selec
14. Exclusive SysEx Explained SysEx messages contain data that is specific to one manufacturer and usually to one individual product Each manufacturer wanting to use SysEx messages has been assigned a Manufacturer ID number This is always the first byte after the begin SysEx byte FOH as in the example below FOH Manufacturer ID data data data F7H Begin SysEx End SysEx In some cases the Manufacturer ID number may be three bytes instead of one If the first byte after FO is OOH then it is a three byte ID number the two bytes following the 00H define the manufacturer For example Yamaha is one byte 43H whereas Kenton Electronics is three bytes 00H 20H 13H Apart from Begin SysEx FOH ID number and End SysEx F7H the format of the data in the rest of the message is entirely at the manufacturers discretion as long as they all have a zero in the most significant bit all values must be between 0 and 127 Manufacturers are free to use the data in any way they see fit The string below can be seen as a typical example FOH Manufacturer ID SysEx device no Command Parameter Data F7H Begin SysEx XX XX XX XX XX End SysEx All SysEx bytes are usually represented in hex hexadecimal Don t worry because the Freak shows both a decimal and a hexadecimal value in the display when you are in edit mode The hexadecimal value has h after it eg OEh is decimal 14 Three SysEx ID number
15. SC 5 6 1 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 E Character Character Character Character Character Character Character Character Character Character 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Byte Byte Byte Byte Byte Byte Byte Byte Byte Byte Byte onm SC 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Character Character Character Character Character Character Character Character Character Character 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Byte Byte Byte Byte Byte Byte Byte Byte Byte Byte Byte ett SC 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 ve Character Character Character Character Character Character Character Character Character Character 1 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Byte Byte Byte Byte Byte Byte Byte Byte Byte Byte Byte SC 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 f bs Character Character Character Character Character Character Character Character Character Character 1 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Byte Byte Byte Byte Byte Byte Byte Byte Byte Byte Byte att pes 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Se Character Character Character Character Character Character Character Character Character 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Realtime Reatime Reatime Realtime value 1 value 2 value 42 value 2 Sysex Byte Sysex Byte Sysex Byte Sysex Byte Sysex Byte Sysex Byte Sysex Byte Sysex Byte mes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 default minimum maximum default Charac
16. a bit misleading because what they refer to is how the data is sent i e controller 6 only data MSB or both controller 6 data MSB amp controller 38 data LSB The parameter MSB amp LSB are always sent in both types of command NRPN MSB only is the one you would normally use the MSB only part meaning it sends data values on controller 6 only The other called NRPN MSB LSB is for equipment which requires both controller 6 and controller 438 messages to be sent However the product literature will tell you if you need to use this option 38 CONTROL FREAK NRPNs amp RPNs EXPLAINED Non Registered Parameter Numbers or NRPNs are actually made up of multiple continuous controller messages There are only 128 continuous controllers 0 127 of which the last few are reserved for system messages eg 121 reset all controllers However by combining several controllers into an NRPN the potential number of parameters available for control is greatly increased Using an NRPN needs three or four ordinary continuous controller messages 1 Controller 99 with a value of xxx where xxx is the NRPN MSB 2 Controller 98 with a value of yyy where yyy is the NRPN LSB The above specifies the Non Registered Parameter Number you want to modify You then actually set the value of that NRPN by sending a value for controller 6 data entry msb or a combination of controllers 6 data msb and 38 data Isb as follows 3 Controller 0
17. adjusted it or another program set a default value there Note to select Off use the DELETE key top left button Press the gt key to move to the next screen 15 EDIT MENUS CONTROL FREAK These three screens are identical in function to those above but apply to real time byte 2 Pressing the button will move to the next screen Pressing the button will move to the next screen Pressing the button will move to the next screen This screen shows the first byte of an 8 byte Program SysEx header You can enter a string of up to 8 bytes here which can be used in any SysEx string within this program by selecting Progrm Sysex Hdr from the data variables list When you are in play mode and the data is being sent the bytes are read starting with byte 1 and will stop either when all 8 bytes have been sent or when an End of DATA is encountered Press STORE to save any edits then EXIT to return to PLAY MODE 16 CONTROL FREAK EDIT MENUS Global operations EDIT MENU 14 Global name This allows you to enter a startup name This name will be seen on power up and is edited in the same way as slider names Press STORE then EXIT or use SHIFT STORE to jump to Global data Pressing the gt button will take you into the Global edit pages This allows you to set a default for the Global MIDI channel which will be remembered on power off on Pr
18. bit value sent split over 2 bytes The 4 hi bits of each byte are zero and the lo 4 bits contain the data sent least significant byte first as follows 0000 1111 0000HHHH Sx Data OHh OLh 2 8 bit value sent split over 2 bytes The 4 hi bits of each byte are zero and the lo 4 bits contain the data sent most significant byte first as follows 0000HHHH 0000LLLL Sx Ascii M I Lsb 3 8 bit value sent split over 3 bytes eg 123 sent as ascii for 1 then ascii for 2 then ascii for 3 sent most significant byte first Unique to the Korg Wavestation as far as we know Sx 14b signed HL 2 l bit value sent split over 2 bytes The hi bit of each byte is zero and the lowest 7 bits contain the data sent most significant byte first as follows OHHHHHHH OLLLLLLL Sx 14b signed LH 2 14 bit value sent split over 2 bytes The hi bit of each byte is zero and the lowest 7 bits contain the data sent least significant byte first as follows OLLLLLLL OHHHHHHH Checksum 1 Automatically calculates the checksum required for a lot of the newer Roland stuff If you want to get the maximum available data range in the above multiple byte data formats you will need to change the maximum value setting in the header data section of editing from 127 to 255 The Learn function of the Control Freak will recognise SysEx but please note the following When learning SysEx from Roland equipment which needs a checksum byte the byte will be seen as a variable byte
19. by the Freak and consequently will be shown as dat a from siider You need to manually change this to check Sur When learning SysEx from any equipment which needs data sent in any of the above multiple byte formats each variable byte will be shown as data from Slicer You will need to manually change the first one of these to the correct data type and you will have to delete one or more further bytes Refer to the product manual for guidance on this 41 PROFILES AND PROGRAMS CONTROL FREAK What is the difference between profiles and programs Downloading Profiles A program is any one of the 64 memory locations on a Control Freak STUDIO EDITION 128 on Control Freak ORIGINAL whereas a profile is a collection of pre programmed names and data used for controlling a piece of MIDI equipment Put another way profiles are what go into program locations For example the factory preset profile in program 0 is MIDI volumes mutes but it could be put into any of the available programs How do I download profiles from the web and load them in Kenton are continually adding to the hundreds of profiles already on our website These profiles are available for download free from our website at www kenton co uk We also welcome profiles submitted by our customers for the benefit of other users You can email these to us at feedback kenton co uk Click on the download button in the left hand frame This brings up a page in the righ
20. checksum sent as 2 bytes each having bit 7 0 so original data OOHHHHHH LLLLLLLL is sent as OLLLLLLL OHHHHHHL 64k Library data dump FOh 00h 20h 13h 09h 60h library_num data data checksum_lo checksum_hi F7h as above except library_num can be 0 or 1 only to select library 1 or 2 256k All 64 programs data dump inc function keys amp global approx 293k sent FOh 00h 20h 13h 09h 50h 70h data data F7h 256k bytes of data are sent in a packed format where every 7 bytes of 8 bit data are sent as 8 bytes of 7 bit data The 7 MSBs are sent in the first byte and the following 7 bytes are the original 7 bytes sent with their MSB set to zero Can be used to clone Freaks 3136 byte Complete Program dump program data 16 sliders 16 button on 16 button off 49x64 FOh 00h 20h 13h 09h 70h prog num data F7h where prog_num is a decimal number between 0 and 127 data data 3136 bytes of data sent low 4 bits then high 4 bits so 6272 bytes are actually sent data bytes will have their high 4 bits set to zero i e OOOOLLLL OOOOHHHH 48 CONTROL FREAK SYSTEM EXCLUSIVE Request for 64 byte single data dump also Button Fkey etc 00h 20h 13h 09h 10h 40h prog num slider num F7h where prog num is a decimal number between 0 and 127 where slider num is as follows decimal 0 15 Sliders 1 to 16 16 31 Button on 1 to 16 32 47 Button off 1 to 16
21. enjoy total control of your MIDI equipment MIDI MIDI IN OUT THRU IN OUT THRU 9 12v DC Max 5v DC 9 12v DC Max 5v DC Power in IN1 IN2 Power in IN1 IN2 Control Freak STUDIO EDITION Control Freak oRIGINAL What is the Control Freak The Control Freak is a MIDI hardware controller which allows you to control any piece of MIDI equipment be it a synth soft synth soundcard sequencer or anything else with a MIDI In port The degree to which you can do this depends only on the amount of external MIDI control that particular piece of equipment has been designed to allow What are the benefits of using a Control Freak Many pieces of MIDI gear have no front panel controls of their own others possess on board controls which are frustrating and fiddly to operate The Freak gives you the hands on control you need to access the various parameters on such pieces of equipment instantly and in real time The ability to tweak volumes filters envelopes and other popular effects with such ease can give a new lease of life to your existing MIDI equipment Why pay out for new synth modules when you can unlock the full potential of the ones you already own The Control Freak is also an excellent time saving device One of the most popular uses for the unit is as a control surface for sequencers such as Cubase VST Logic Audio and Cakewalk Pro Audio where the virtual faders on the computer screen can be manipulated from the Freak s real life fader
22. for MIDI channels 1 to 8 on Program 0 and volumes for MIDI channels 9 to 16 on program 1 To select program 1 turn the Data Wheel one click to the right You probably want to do more than just control the volumes of tracks If you have a GS or XG compatible synth or soundcard turn the datawheel a few clicks to the right until you come to the program called GS XG Stuff This program has all the most useful things you need to start getting interesting sounds from your GS or XG equipment For example slider 4 is set up to control Filter cutoff and Slider 5 resonance With your sequencer still playing move these sliders and hear the sound change If this doesn t happen it may be that the song you are using on your sequencer doesn t have anything playing on MIDI channel 1 To change the channel the Freak is sending on press the button once also labelled Global channel The LCD screen should display Turn the Data Wheel one click to the right so it says and try the sliders again Continue until you find a channel that works Channel 10 is a good bet as it is usually the drum channel We will shortly be creating a simple demo sequence for download from the web This will be a MIDI file which has parts that can be readily edited using the Freak PLAY MODE CONTROL FREAK Switching on On power up the LCD illuminates and displays the product name and current software version After a couple of seconds t
23. for the F key The Data Wheel can be used to change the value if required Pressing the button will move to the next screen Use the Data Wheel to select the F key mode you require Sends the FK ON DATA message only when the F key is pressed Sends the FK ON DATA message when the F key is pressed and the FK OFF DATA message when the F key is released Sends the FK ON DATA message and FK OFF DATA message on alternate F key presses Pressing the button will move to the next screen The end of data setting can be changed with the Data Wheel to any of the commands listed on page 21 There is space for up to 45 command or data bytes to be entered here F key off name This is edited in exactly the same way as F key On name F key Off data Pressing the button will take you into the F key Off edit pages which are edited in exactly the same way as the F key On edit pages 14 CONTROL FREAK EDIT MENUS Program operations EDIT MENU 12 Program name This allows you to enter a name of up to 16 characters for each individual program Program names are edited in the same way as slider names Press STORE then EXIT or use SHIFT STORE to jump to Program data Pressing the button will take you into the program edit pages This allows the user to define a MIDI channel for this program Any data which would have used the Global MIDI channel will use this channel instead See page 8 for a deta
24. is taken from slider 16 Byte definable by user in real time Byte definable by user in real time Fixed numeric value of 127 note the hexadecimal value given too Fixed numeric values 126 to 2 Fixed numeric value of 1 Note that if you are entering a controller number at the screen following a controller command the Freak gives you the standard names for the controllers as well as the numeric value There are some additional data variables which are only available when you are entering data following a SysEx command These additional variables appear in between some of the variables listed above and are as follows again in the order you see them as you turn the Data Wheel to the left anti clockwise Obligatory end byte for SysEx message See SysEx explained page 40 See SysEx explained page 40 Format only used by Korg Wavestation as far as we know See SysEx explained page 40 See SysEx explained page 40 See SysEx explained page 40 See SysEx explained page 40 String definable at program level String definable at global level Automatically calculates the checksum mainly Roland 22 CONTROL FREAK EDITING EXAMPLES Editing examples a step by step guide In all the following examples the naming of the slider button has been omitted as it is common to all examples and is described fully on page 12 Further editing examples will be made available on our website Example of making a slider control filter cutoff on th
25. pressed Request for 3136 byte Complete Program dump prog data 16 sliders 16 button on 16 button off 49x64 FOh 00h 20h 13h 09h 10h 70h prog num F7h where prog num is a decimal number between 0 and 127 The Control Freak responds with the specified 3136 bytes of data For example to request a dump of program 33 you would send the following FOh 00h 20h 13h 09h 10h 70h 21h F7h Note that 21h is the hexadecimal equivalent of decimal 33 for selecting the program 49 SYSTEM EXCLUSIVE CONTROL FREAK Details of the Control Freak ORIGINAL System Exclusive Specification The first five bytes of the Freak s own SysEx messages are common to all data types N B the h suffix means hexadecimal 1 OFOh Begin SysEx command 2 00h Company ident first byte 3 20h Company ident second byte 4 13h Company ident third byte 5 08h Product code Control Freak Original 8 slider 64 byte Single data dump FOh 00h 20h 13h 08h 40h prog num slider num data F7h where prog num is a decimal number between 0 and 127 where slider num is as follows decimal 0 7 Sliders 1 to 8 16 23 Button on 1 to 8 32 39 Button off 1 to 8 48 55 Function key on 1 to 8 64 71 Function key off 1 to 8 96 103 Program all 8 values return the same program data 112 119 Global all 8 values return the same global data data data 64 bytes of data sent low 4 bits then
26. set to replace the same slider Ext 41 takes precedence Depending on whether you select a slider or a button function key you are given different options in the Edit Program Data pages If a slider is selected you are given the option of Input Pedal or Input Voltage Pedal should be used if you are using a variable foot pedal as in the example below and Voltage should be used if you are supplying an external voltage eg for CV to MIDI conversion If a button function key is selected you are given the option of Sw On Make low or Sw On Break Hi This is because there are two ways in which switch pedals can work either they make a connection when pressed pulling the voltage down low or they break connection when pressed pulling the voltage up Hi Alternatively you can supply an external switching voltage instead of the switching pedal The voltages supplied must be Zero 5v off or vice versa depending on the setting above 34 CONTROL FREAK EXTERNAL INPUTS 1 amp 2 Using a variable pedal to control MIDI volume using In 1 Although this example uses MIDI volume controller 7 you could substitute another continuous controller eg controller 1 modulation or a different type of MIDI message entirely Remember all you are actually doing is replacing the operation of a slider with a foot pedal therefore anything you can do with a slider you can also do with a peda
27. the display will show 30 CONTROL FREAK EDITING EXAMPLES At this point you have already set the slider to send MIDI volume controller 7 on MIDI Channel 1 Continue as follows to make it also send inverted data on Channel 2 Press the gt key the display will show Turn the Data Wheel one click to the left the display will show Press the gt key the display will show Turn the Data Wheel to the left anti clockwise until the display shows Press the gt key the display will again show Turn the Data Wheel one click to the right the display will show Press the 7 key the display will show Turn the Data Wheel to the right clockwise until the the display shows Press the gt key the display will show Turn the Data Wheel one click to the left and the display will show Press the gt key the display will show Press the STORE key to save your data Press the EXIT key to go back to PLAY MODE 31 EDITING EXAMPLES CONTROL FREAK Example of programming a button to send a System Exclusive Message SysEx For this example we are going to send a General MIDI System On message which comprises six bytes as follows in hexadecimal FOh 7Eh 7Fh 09h O1h F7h Press the key from home position to start edit and display the edit menu options Turn the Data Wheel to the righ
28. time edit item When any of these is General displayed the operation of the Data Wheel changes to control the displayed item The Data Wheel changes the Global MIDI channeL The Data Wheel controls the tempo of the MIDI clock generator built into the Freak The Data Wheel makes changes to R T Value 1 The Data Wheel makes changes to R T Value 2 When you move a slider or press a button a value is displayed on the LCD in decimal format this is suffixed with a d for decimal When you are in edit mode and are required to enter data values the Freak also displays a hexadecimal number suffixed h as well as its decimal equivalent This is because values particularly SysEx are often given in hexadecimal format in the manufacturer s literature When the screen is showing the program name and number you may see one or two up arrows in the top left corner These indicate that the external inputs are active for this program CONTROL FREAK HOW THE FREAK USES MIDI CHANNELS Understanding how the Freak uses MIDI channels In the simplest case you don t need to set any MIDI channel at all in which case the Freak will use the Global MIDI channel factory default 1 You can change this at any time whilst you are in play mode by going to the Real Time Edit section and using the Data Wheel to change the Global MIDI channel To change the Global MIDI channel from the real time edit section press the lt key onc
29. useful if you need to restore your synth to the original version of its present patch What to expect from the STORE button in PLAY MODE Pressing STORE will send the current slider positions to MIDI Out as a Snapshot This is great for sending data to a sequencer just move the sliders until your synth sounds cool press record on your sequencer and press STORE to send the snapshot What to expect from the left edit button lt in PLAY MODE Pressing the button takes you into the Real time menus These all operate on MIDI in real time The Data Wheel can be used alone or with the SHIFT key to alter data See the following page for an explanation of the Real time menus What to expect from the right edit button gt in PLAY MODE Pressing the button takes you into EDIT MODE This causes the edit LED to light up and will disable MIDI transmission until you exit from EDIT MODE The first time you go to the edit menus after power up the first page of the edit menu will show All subsequent visits to the edit menus will show whichever page you last accessed THE DATA WHEEL IN PLAY MODE CONTROL FREAK What to expect from the Data Wheel in PLAY MODE DATA ENTRY In the home position the Data Wheel is used to scroll through the available programs The display will show the names of the profiles they contain For example Real time Edit Each press of the button displays a different real
30. will move to the next screen The Data Wheel can be used to change the source program if required The bottom line shows the name of the slider button or F key not the program Pressing the button will move the cursor across to the right The initial setting sldr x can be changed using the Data Wheel and the top left three buttons in combination with SHIFT Pressing the button will move to the next screen The Data Wheel can be used to select a destination program Pressing the button will move the cursor across to the right Select a destination slider button F key The initial setting sldr x can be changed as previously described Pressing the button will move to the next screen Pressing STORE will then copy the source data to the chosen destination 19 EDIT MENUS USER MANUAL Copy program This allows you to copy any program to any other program location Pressing the gt button will move to the next screen The Data Wheel can be used to select the source program The bottom line of the display will show the name of the selected program Pressing the button will move to the next screen The Data Wheel can be used to select a destination program The bottom line of the display will show the name of the selected program Pressing the button will move to the next screen Pressing STORE will then copy the source program to the chosen destination 20 CONTROL FREAK
31. 6 data msb with the value that you want the NRPN to be typically Data from slider on the Freak 4 Controller 38 data Isb not required for most pieces of equipment Gf used probably also Data from slider If you assign both Data MSB and Data LSB to Data from slider the Freak will automatically split the slider data it sends into MSB LSB as required it won t go and send the same value for both Notes MSB Most Significant Byte LSB Least Significant Byte Registered Parameter Numbers RPNs explained These are essentially the same as NRPNs except that the parameters they control have been agreed upon by the MMA MIDI Manufacturers Association and JMSC Japan MIDI Standards Committee This means that they are the same for all products that respond to RPNs although there are only a handful of RPNs which have been assigned at present Registered Parameter Numbers MSB LSB Function 00 00 Pitchbend sensitivity 00 01 Fine tuning 00 02 Coarse tuning Using an RPN needs three or four ordinary continuous controller messages as with the NRPN described above 1 Controller 101 with a value of xxx where xxx is the RPN MSB 2 Controller 100 with a value of yyy where yyy is the RPN LSB 3 Controller 06 data msb always required usually assigned in the Freak to data from slider 4 Controller 38 data Isb not required for most pieces of equipment 39 SYSEX EXPLAINED CONTROL FREAK System
32. DI Clock start FB MIDI Clock continue FC MIDI Clock stop FE Active sensing FF System reset Set MIDI channel 1 Set MIDI channel 16 e Invert data internal Freak data commands FO FF MIDI system data commands All others are MIDI channel commands Note that where MSB only and MSB LSB are referred to in the command box below this refers to the Data MSB or Data MSB LSB Parameter MSB and LSB must always be defined and sent For further information see NRPNs explained on page 38 Command Parameter MSB Parameter LSB Data MSB Data LSB NRPN MSB only NRPN Cntrllr MSB NRPN Cntrllr LSB NRPN Data MSB NRPN MSB LSB NRPN Cntrllr MSB NRPN Cntrllr LSB NRPN Data MSB NRPN Data LSB RPN MSB only RPN Cntrllr MSB RPN Cntrllr LSB RPN Data MSB RPN MSB LSB RPN Cntrllr MSB RPN Cntrllr LSB RPN Data MSB RPN Data LSB 21 DATA VARIABLES CONTROL FREAK Data variables Most commands require some data to be entered at the subsequent screens E The following data variables can be used at any of these screens The table lists the data types in the order you see them as you turn the Data Wheel to the left anti clockwise Fixed numeric value of zero Data is taken from local slider Data is taken from another slider in this case slider 1 Other sliders S02 to 515 Freak ORIGINAL only goes up to 508 Data
33. E will dump the chosen data from MIDI Out SysEx dump prog This allows you to dump individual programs to an external storage device Pressing the button will move to the next screen The Data Wheel can be used to select the required program Pressing the button will move to the next screen Pressing STORE will dump the chosen data from MIDI Out 18 CONTROL FREAK EDIT MENUS EDIT MENU 18 EDIT MENU 19 Copy operations EDIT MENU 20 SysEx dump block This allows you to dump various different data blocks to an external storage device Pressing the button will move to the next screen The Data Wheel can be used to select from the available blocks For example Slider block dumps every slider in every program All 64 Programs sends a very large SysEx dump of the entire 64 programs to allow you to clone one Freak from another Note however that you will need to clear the memory of the target Freak first To do this you need to turn it off then turn it on again whilst you hold all four F keys pressed Caution this will wipe any profiles you have in the machine Pressing the button will move to the next screen Pressing STORE will dump the chosen data from MIDI Out Library mode Reserved for future use Copy single This allows you to copy any single slider button or function key data to any other slider button or function key destination Pressing the button
34. PLES At this point you have set the button so that it turns a note on when you press it but now you also need to make it send a note off when you release it so continue as follows Press the key from home position to start edit and display the edit menu options Turn the Data Wheel to the right clockwise until the display shows Press the key Button to Edit should still be the correct one Press the key leave Minimum Levl at 0 Press the key leave Maximum Levl at 127 Press the 7 key the screen will show Turn the Data Wheel one click to the right the screen will display Button Gn Press the gt key the screen will display Turn the Data Wheel four clicks to the right the screen will display Press the gt key the screen will display Turn the Data Wheel one click to to the left the screen will display Press the gt key the screen will display Turn the Data Wheel to the right clockwise until the screen shows Again you can speed up the process by holding the shift key down whilst you turn the Data Wheel Press the gt key the screen will display Press the STORE key to save your data Press the EXIT key to go back to PLAY MODE To use this example first select a note number by using the slider this is shown in the display 60 is a good number to start with as this is
35. ack into the Freak sabi a DU 2 M The above screenshots are from the PC shareware product SysLibEd which you can download from http www october28 com You don t need SysEx knowledge to use it and it works well with the Freak 46 CONTROL FREAK THE VIRTUAL CONTROL FREAK The Virtual Control Freak The virtual Control Freak is a freeware program that allows the user to set up or edit a profile without using the Freak This is useful as you can then save and edit till you are happy with it before you send it to your Freak At the moment it is only an 8 slider program but the 16 slider version will be released soon You can download this program from http www dheard dial pipex com This program saves as a MIDI file so you use your sequencer as you did earlier in the manual for SysEx dumping and receiving to and from your sequencer This shows the startup screen Select a slider or button A sub menu window down drops where you can set up the parameters for that button or slider Read the readme file that comes with the program for setting the program up to receive and send data to and from the Virtual Control Freak Ute Stet hh KENT a SYSTEM EXCLUSIVE CONTROL FREAK Details of the Control Freak stupio Epition System Exclusive Specification The first five bytes of the Freak s own SysEx messages are common to all data types N B the h suffix means hexadec
36. ak in your system it should be inserted between the keyboard and the computer To do this connect the MIDI Out of your keyboard to the MIDI In of the Control Freak and connect the MIDI Out of the Control Freak to the MIDI In of your computer The Control Freak will automatically pass any MIDI it receives at its MIDI In directly to its MIDI out Whenever you move any sliders or press buttons on the Freak this is merged with the MIDI from your keyboard and everything is sent directly to your computer MIDI OUT MIDI IN MIDI OUT MIDI IN MIDITHRU Pen MIDI IN MIDI OUT KEYBOARD CONTROL FREAK COMPUTER SOUND MODULE NO SOUNDS 3 If you have a sound module or other synthesisers connected to the MIDI Out of your soundcard this is not a problem as your sequencer will also pass MIDI received at its MIDI In to its MIDI Out This is often known as Soft Thru MIDI IN MIDI OUT MIDI IN MIDI OUT MIDI IN MIDI THRU MIDI IN Lf MIDI OUT KEYBOARD CONTROL FREAK COMPUTER SOUND MODULE WITH INTERNAL SOUNDS LOCAL OFF 4 Whatever your setup if you want to record the slider and button movements you make on the Freak into your sequencer you need the MIDI Out of the Freak connected to the MIDI In of your computer and whatever you might previously have had plugged into the MIDI In of the computer must now be plugged into the MIDI In of the Freak If you are using a keyboard that has its own internal sounds yo
37. capitals and symbols The top left two buttons act to delete characters and insert spaces The left and right arrow keys act as cursor buttons Pressing STORE while holding SHIFT jumps directly from edit name to edit data pages When editing slider button or function key data pressing LEARN will activate the learn mode and light the Learn LED The Freak will then be ready to receive incoming MIDI data Pressing LEARN again will allow you to check or further edit the received MIDI data prior to STORE When editing MIDI data strings the top left two buttons act to delete and insert bytes When editing slider button or function key data pressing LEARN twice acts as a quick way to erase unwanted MIDI strings prior to entering new data PB Push button one of the buttons above the sliders FK Function key Fkey Function key RX Receive R T Real time CONTROL FREAK EDITING OVERVIEW DATA ENTRY Menu ON JU RW DK Fa oN 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 What you see on the top line of the Freak s screen When you have pressed the gt key to take you into EDIT MODE the Data Wheel can be used to scroll through the various edit menus At present there are 21 edit menu options Description 16 8 sliders and 16 8 buttons These items relate to editing the 16 8 sliders and 16 8 buttons directly above them The Button Off items are optional and
38. der button We recommend you familiarise yourself with the next section before you edit the Freak If however you are in a hurry to get going you can skip this section and jump straight to the examples on page 22 EDITING THE CONTROL FREAK CONTROL FREAK Editing Overview Defining objects to edit The and edit buttons In any edit menu Editing names Editing data Clearing data Abbreviations The main editing commands are grouped together here for easy reference Moving a slider before entering edit mode will define it as the Slider to Edit This also works with Push buttons but not the F keys The lt and gt buttons are used to navigate through the individual edit pages Pressing STORE will save any edits at any time Slider 16 8 operates as a second Data Wheel Pressing SHIFT whilst moving the Data Wheel will accelerate the Data Wheel by a factor of four Pressing EXIT will return you to PLAY MODE However if you have made any changes and they have not been stored you will see the prompt 4 You are then given the choice between SHIFT EXIT or STORE options or pressing the gt button which will re enter the relevant edit pages Holding SHIFT while pressing EXIT will leave edit mode at any time All current edits will be lost the user will not be prompted Use the Data Wheel to select lower case letters and numbers Use SHIFT Data Wheel to select
39. diting push buttons 8 x editing push buttons Data entry wheel Data entry wheel Power switch Power switch Displays LCD 2x16 back lit LCD 2x16 back lit 4 LED indicators 4 LED indicators Inputs Power socket d c Power socket d c 2 1mm centre positive 2 1mm centre positive MIDI In 5 pin DIN type MIDI In 5 pin DIN type Ext1 1 4 stereo jack socket Ext1 1 4 Stereo jack socket Ext2 1 4 stereo jack socket Ext2 1 4 Stereo jack socket Outputs MIDI Out Thru 5 pin DIN type MIDI Out Thru 5 pin DIN type Operating manual Operating manual Mains power adaptor UK Only Mains power adaptor UK Only Dimensions 432mm x 163mm x 58mm 269mm x 163mm x 58mm Weight 3Kg 2 5Kg 9V dc 9 250mA The Control Freak must be powered from a suitable power adaptor This should be 9 volts DC regulated or unregulated at 250mA or greater terminated with a 2 1mm DC jack connected centre to positive UK models are supplied with a mains adaptor but overseas customers must source locally The Control Freak comes with a 12 month back to base warranty from purchase date Customer must arrange and pay for carriage to and from Kenton Electronics Control Freak profile updates for a wide range of devices are available from our website www kenton co uk Email your comments and ideas to feedback kenton co uk 54 CONTROL FREAK FEATURES Features Further Information Contact Written by 16 or 8 fully programmable slide
40. e Global MIDI channel In this case we are assuming that filter cutoff can be controlled with controller 74 This is by no means always the case but the method holds good for any other controller message such as MIDI volume or pan etc just by selecting a different controller number when prompted Press the gt key from home position to start edit and display the edit menu options Turn the Data Wheel to the right clockwise to display EDIT Hi Press the key and use the Data Wheel to select the Slider to Edit Press the key leave Minimum Levl at 0 Press the key leave Maximum Levl at 127 Press the 7 key the screen will display Turn the Data Wheel one click to the right to display Controll Press the gt key the screen will display Turn the Data Wheel to the right clockwise to display You can speed up the process by holding the SHIFT key down whilst you turn the Data Wheel Press the gt key the screen will display Turn the Data Wheel one click to the left to display Press the 7 key the screen will display Press the STORE key to save your data Press the EXIT key to go back to PLAY MODE 23 EDITING EXAMPLES CONTROL FREAK Example of making a button send note on amp off on the Global MIDI channel taking the note number from the local slider the one directly beneath the button at a fixed velocity of
41. e and you will see the following screen Use the Data Wheel to select the required Global MIDI channel You can then press the key to return to the home position or continue using the sliders buttons whilst still in the real time edit mode This Global MIDI channel will remain in force until the unit is turned off You can change the default for the Global MIDI channel from the Edit Global data section see page 17 There are however two other ways of setting a MIDI channel both of which override the Global MIDI channel The MIDI channel can be assigned at PROGRAM level in which case any data which would have used the Global MIDI channel will use this channel instead The default for this however is for it to be unassigned in which case the display will show the The MIDI channel can also be assigned at slider button level This is the highest priority and will override any previous MIDI channel At any point whilst editing slider button data where you are prompted to enter a COMMAND you can force a MIDI channel All MIDI from that point on will use the designated MIDI channel You can even set a MIDI channel more than once within the same slider button See the example on page 29 MIDI channels set in this way remain in effect until another Set MIDI Channel command is issued or all the data for that particular slider button has been sent In other words a MIDI channel set in this way does not get carried over to another sli
42. ed with Use the Data Wheel to select the MSB value given in the product literature e g 1 5 ress the gt key again and you will be prompted with Use the Data Wheel to select the LSB value given in the product literature e g 8 ress the gt key again and you will be prompted with se the Data Wheel to select au Press the key again and then press store and then press exit Actually the above has already been done for you in one of the supplied profiles If you want to see how this has been done go to the program containing GS XG stuff and look at slider 4 which is called GS Filter Cutoff Go into edit slider data and keep pressing the gt key while you look at the data presented in the display Sometimes the product literature gives the parameter numbers in hex hexadecimal Don t worry because the Freak shows both a decimal and a hexadecimal value in the display when you are in edit mode The hexadecimal value has h after it eg OEh is decimal 14 just use whichever is applicable For those of you who still want to know more read on NRPNs use two numbers to specify the parameter that you wish to modify eg filter cutoff and then use data entry which is controller 6 or sometimes 6 amp 38 to set the value for the specified parameter There are two commands on the Freak for NRPN one is called NRPN MSB only and the other is called NRPN MSB LSB These names are possibly
43. elect a velocity by using the slider this is shown in the display 64 is a good number to start with Note that a velocity of zero is treated as a note off so if you have the slider at the bottom of its travel you will not hear anything Press the button and a chord will be sent release the button and the notes will be released Shortcut after you have programmed the PB On data you could simply copy the PB On data to the PB Off data for the same button and change the notes on to notes off 28 CONTROL FREAK EDITING EXAMPLES Example of sending on multiple MIDI channels from one slider How to make a slider send MIDI volume on two MIDI channels at the same time In the example below we re using MIDI Channels 1 amp 2 Press the gt key from home position to start edit and display the edit menu options Turn the Data Wheel to the right clockwise until the display shows EDIT zi Press the gt key and use the Data Wheel to select the Slider to Edit Press the key leave Minimum Levl at 0 Press the key leave Maximum Levl at 127 Press the 7 key the display will show Turn the Data Wheel to the left anti clockwise until the display shows Press the gt key the display will again show Turn the Data Wheel one click to the right and the display will show Press the gt key the display will show Turn the Data Wheel to the right clockwi
44. essing the button will move to the next screen This allows you to set a default tempo which will be remembered on power off on Pressing the button will move to the next screen This allows you to set a SysEx device number for the Freak itself and also to set the Control Freak STUDIO EDITION to accept Control Freak ORIGINAL profiles You then use SysEx RX prog map to choose destination programs for incoming profiles Range 1 16 and Dev 8 ch Freak You can usually leave this at 1 unless you want to load 8 channel Freak data in which case turn the Data Wheel one click anticlockwise to show Dev 8 ch Freak Then press STORE to activate Pressing the button will move to the next screen Even numbered 8 channel profiles will go into the left sliders 1 8 Odd numbered profiles will go into the right sliders 9 16 This screen shows the first byte of an 8 byte Global SysEx header You can enter a string of up to 8 bytes here which can be used in any SysEx string within any program by selecting Global Sysex Header from the data variables list When you are in PLAY MODE and the data is being sent the bytes are read starting with byte 1 and will stop either when all 8 bytes have been sent or when an End of DATA is encountered Press STORE to save any edits then EXIT to return to PLAY MODE 1 The MIDI channel and Int clock tempo settings can be altered in real time by accessing the Real time edit
45. he LCD changes to show on the Freak STUDIO EDITION or on the Freak ORIGINAL The Control freak is now in PLAY MODE Introduction to controls in Play Mode MIDI IN MIDI OUT LEARN DELETE INSERT LEARN SLIDER BUTTON ON F KEY ON BUTTONOFF FKEYOFF m SHIFT STORE EDIT gt ACOEL SNAPSHOT GLOBAL RESET CHANNEL EN Sliders and buttons Moving a slider or pressing a button will display its assigned name and its value as a decimal number on the LCD the MIDI Out LED will also light up to show that it is sending data The Data Wheel can be used to scroll through the 64 or 128 programs and the 8 multi function buttons beneath the LCD operate as follows Function keys F keys The four buttons directly below the LEDs can be used by themselves or in conjunction with the SHIFT button to act as programmable function keys and can generate any MIDI or internal data commands Function key settings are Global and do not change with the programs These F keys have been pre programmed to provide Internal Clock controls and basic MMC control of sequencers and recording devices however the factory defaults can be changed to provide other user defined operations The factory default settings for F keys are Without SHIFT With SHIFT 1 Continue internal clock 5 MMC Rewind 2 Stop internal clock 6 MMC Stop 3 Start internal clock 7 MMC Play 4 Internal prog go to prog 0 8 MMC Fast Forward In
46. hese cases instead of the Note Off in the example above 33 EXTERNAL INPUTS 1 amp 2 CONTROL FREAK Using the Each external input can be used to connect either a variable or switch type foot pedal external to replace the operation of a slider button or F key The external input settings are selected inputs in Edit program data see page 15 for details of how to assign an input When an external input is configured to operate as a slider the input replaces the chosen slider which is then rendered non operational although only in the chosen program When an input is configured to work as a button it works in parallel with the button so either can be used When a slider is selected the tip of the jack is pulled up internally to 5v through about 470 ohms and the ring of the jack becomes the variable input The main body of the jack is the ground connection 10K Ohm Foot Pedal Ground Tip is pulled up to 5 Volts internally When a button or function key is selected you can use a mono jack plug since the ring connection is ignored and the switching is detected by the tip which is pulled up internally to 5v through about 5k ohms When either of the external inputs is assigned to a particular program two arrows in the top left hand corner of the LCD denote which is active for example on the Control Freak STUDIO EDITION Of on the Control Freak ORIGINAL When both external inputs are
47. high 4 bits so 128 bytes are actually sent data bytes will have their high 4 bits set to zero i e OOOOLLLL OOOOHHHH n b values must always be sent even if not required i e prog num for function keys 64k Block data dump FOh 00h 20h 13h 08h 50h block num data data checksum checksum hi Eih where block num is as follows decimal 0 All Slider data data from all 1024 sliders 128 x 8 1 All Button on data 2 All Button off data 3 All Program data Funtion keys on off Global data data 64k bytes of data sent low 4 bits then high 4 bits so 128k bytes are actually sent data bytes will have their high 4 bits set to zero i e OOOOLLLL OOOOHHHH checksum_lo hi 14 bit additive checksum sent as 2 bytes each having bit 7 0 so original data OOHHHHHH LLLLLLLL is sent as OLLLLLLL OHHHHHHL 64k Library data dump FOh 00h 20h 13h 08h 60h library num data data checksum_lo checksum_hi F7h as above except library_num can be 0 or 1 only to select library 1 or 2 256k All 128 programs data dump inc function keys amp global approx 293k sent FOh 00h 20h 13h 08h 50h 70h data data F7h 256k bytes of data are sent in a packed format where every 7 bytes of 8 bit data are sent as 8 bytes of 7 bit data The 7 MSBs are sent in the first byte and the following 7 bytes are the original 7 bytes sent with their MSB set to zero Can be used to clone Freaks 1600 byte Complete Prog
48. iled look at channel assignments Pressing the button will move to the next screen This allows you to assign Ext 1 input signals received at the jack socket to control any slider button or F key Use the Data Wheel to select a slider button or F key destination for the signal from the Ext 1 input Press the gt key to move to the next screen If a slider was selected at the previous screen you now have the choice of Or Alternatively if a button or F key was selected at the previous screen you now have the choice of For a fuller explanation of using the external inputs sce page 34 This screen and the following one are identical in use to the Ext control In 1 section above but are for Ext contrl In 2 Press the gt key to move to the next screen This allows the user to define a minimum value for real time byte zl When in real time edit mode the data wheel will not let you select a value less than this Press the gt key to move to the next screen This allows the user to define a maximum value for real time byte zl When in real time edit mode the data wheel won t let you select a value greater than this Press the gt key to move to the next screen This allows the user to define a default value for real time byte 1 This is the value that real time byte 1 will take up every time you select this program however if Off is selected the byte will just stay at the value it was when you last
49. imal 1 OFOh Begin SysEx command 2 00h Company ident first byte 3 20h Company ident second byte 4 13h Company ident third byte 5 09h Product code Control Freak Studio 16 slider 64 byte Single data dump FOh 00h 20h 13h 09h 40h prog num slider num data F7h where prog num is a decimal number between 0 and 127 where slider num is as follows decimal 0 15 Sliders 1 to 16 16 31 Button on 1 to 16 32 47 Button off 1 to 16 48 55 Function key on 1 to 8 64 71 Function key off 1 to 8 96 103 Program all 8 values return the same program data 112 119 Global all 8 values return the same global data data data 64 bytes of data sent low 4 bits then high 4 bits so 128 bytes are actually sent data bytes will have their high 4 bits set to zero i e OOOOLLLL OOOOHHHH n b values must always be sent even if not required i e prog num for function keys 64k Block data dump FOh 00h 20h 13h 09h 50h block num data data checksum checksum hi F7h where block num is as follows decimal 0 All Slider data data from all 1024 sliders 64 x 16 1 All Button on data 2 All Button off data 3 All Program data Funtion keys on off Global data data 64k bytes of data sent low 4 bits then high 4 bits so 128k bytes are actually sent Data bytes will have their high 4 bits set to zero i e OOOOLLLL OOOOHHHH checksum_lo hi 14 bit additive
50. it button to enter EDIT MODE Use the Data Wheel to select Enter a suitable name as previously described Press SHIFT STORE to jump directly to PB on data Leul G Press the LEARN button Press and hold a key on your keyboard Press the LEARN button again Press the button to view the button state OP Ene de EE E Use the Data Wheel to select Press the STORE button to save data Press the EXIT button to return to PLAY MODE Press the gt edit button to enter EDIT MODE Use the Data Wheel to select Enter a suitable name He Press and hold a key on your keyboard Press LEARN Release the key on your MIDI controller Press LEARN again Press the STORE key to save your data Press the EXIT key to go back to PLAY MODE Learn will always insert Set MIDI Chan command for the MIDI channel the data was received on If you want to use the Global channel at this point press the DELETE key 2 You could use Copy Single instead See page 19 Copy the PB On to PB Off for the same button Then edit the PB Off data and change the Note On command to Note Off Note some keyboards controllers send Note On message with a Velocity of 0 instead of a Note Off message They are functionally identical but the Control Freak will of course show Note On on t
51. ixing desk inside a cakewalk and right click on slider 1 n gr amp cn Reap je RH zt te OONENENEERN rot ott this will bring up a sub menu gi mier del CIL Click on remote control This opens E e sos cae 29 up the remote control toolbox where Se i T ium you can set up your controller D oes cM i For now select controller and set it to number 7 this is volume control Set the MIDI channel to channel 1 Press OK This has set up your slider The slider in cakewalk will now respond to slider 1 on the Control Freak program 0 volumes ch 1 16 for additional channels repeat procedure as above and increase the MIDI channel as you go MIDI ch 2 3 4 etc For people using Yamaha s DSP factory the same procedure as above applies for setting up volumes on the audio mixing desk 44 CONTROL FREAK LOGIC AUDIO USERS Logic Audio users Logic Audio users can control the midi desk from the Kenton Control Freak Bring up the GM mixing desk inside Logic and the mixer is ready to go This is done by using the Freak s factory default profile Program 0 volumes ch 1 16 for volume control and the Freak s factory default profile Program 1 pans ch 1 16 for pan controls For control on the chorus and reverb you can switch to other Freak factory defaultprograms where you can assign sliders to
52. ket Press the gt button to move to the next screen Use the Data Wheel to select Press the STORE key to save your data HPDHTIHG MEMORY 35 EXTERNAL INPUTS 1 amp 2 CONTROL FREAK Setting a button to act as a sustain pedal This is most useful if this button is then assigned to an external switch pedal Select Edit PB On Name screen reads ED Use the Data Wheel to select a button and give the button a name in the usual way eg Sustain On Hold SHIFT and press STORE this takes you directly to Press the gt button twice screen reads Use the Data Wheel to select Button On Off Press the gt button screen reads Use the Data Wheel to select Press the gt button screen reads Use the Data Wheel to select Press the gt button screen reads Use the Data Wheel to select Press the STORE key to save your data Use the Data Wheel to select Edit Use the Data Wheel to select the same button as before and edit the name in the usual way eg Sustain Off Hold SHIFT and press STORE this takes you directly to Press the gt button twice screen reads Use the Data Wheel to select Press the gt button screen reads Use the Data Wheel to select Press the gt button screen reads Use the Data Wheel to select
53. l Choose a slider to replace eg Program 0 Slider 1 which already sends MIDI volume on Channel 1 This slider already does what you want now you need to make the external variable pedal do it instead of the slider Select Edit Program Data screen reads Press the gt button twice screen reads Use the Data Wheel to select slider 1 screen reads the slider you are replacing with a variable pedal plugged into the In 1 jack socket Press the gt button to move to the next screen Use the Data Wheel to select Input Pedal screen reads 1 Press the STORE key to save your data UPDAHTIMG MEMORY Note the pedal will now control MIDI volume on channel 1 and the slider will be inoperative whilst you are using Program 0 The pedal assignments only apply to a single program so if you want them to apply to several programs you need to set them up in each one Using a switch pedal for control of volume mute and reset using In 42 Choose a button to replace eg Program 0 Button 1 which already sends mute and reset on Channel 1 This button already does what you want now you need to make the external pedal do it instead of the button Select Edit Program Data screen reads rri Press the gt button four times screen reads Use the Data Wheel to select button 1 the button you are operating with a switch pedal plugged into the In 2 jack soc
54. l The Control Freak responds with the specified 64k bytes of data For example to request a dump of all button off data you would send the following FOh 00h 20h 13h 08h 10h 50h 02h F7h Request for 64k Library data dump FOh 00h 20h 13h 08h 10h 60h library num F7h as above except library num can be 0 or 1 only to select library 1 or 2 Request for 256k all 128 programs data dump FOh 00h 20h 13h 08h 10h 50h 06h F7h The Control Freak responds with 256k bytes of data in a packed format where approx 293k bytes of data are actually transmitted Note to actually respond to this dump the memory of the Freak must be completely wiped first To do this turn the Freak on with all four Ekeys pressed Request for 1600 byte Complete Program dump prog data 8 sliders 8 button on 8 button off 225x64 FOh 00h 20h 13h 08h 10h 70h prog num F7h where prog num is a decimal number between 0 and 127 The Control Freak responds with the specified 1600 bytes of data For example to request a dump of program 33 you would send the following FOh 00h 20h 13h 08h 10h 70h 21h F7h Note that 21h is the hexadecimal equivalent of decimal 33 for selecting the program 51 MIDI ANALYSER MODE CONTROL FREAK MIDI Analyser Mode The Control Freak also has a MIDI analyser function This feature allows you to see what types of MIDI messages are being transmitted by your master keyboard or sequencer I
55. matically sends two bytes of data the first containing the low four bits and the other the high The Pro 2000 happens to want the bytes sent in this order There is another similar function available on the Freak called Sx Data OHh OLh which sends the two bytes in the revcrse order as some other manufacturers need them this way round instead 40 CONTROL FREAK SYSEX EXPLAINED Dealing with SysEx variable data bytes There are several ways in which different manufacturers want their variable data sent The Freak has got several data options available for dealing with these When you are in edit mode entering SysEx data you are offered several new choices for variable data bytes in addition to the options available for controller messages and the like These are mentioned in the reference section but the following explains what these are and where you would use them Displayed on LCD No of What it is bytes sent Data from Slider 1 Data from local slider 0 127 Sx 4x4 nibl ILhH 4 16 bit value sent split over 4 bytes The 4 hi bits of each byte are zero and the lo 4 bits contain the data sent least significant byte first as follows 0000 1111 OOOOLLLL 0000hhhh 0000HHHH Sx 4x4 nibl HhLI 4 16 bit value sent split over 4 bytes The 4 hi bits of each byte are zero and the lo 4 bits contain the data sent most significant byte first as follows 0000HHHH 0000hhhh OOOOLLLL 0000 1111 Sx Data OLh OHh 2 8
56. menu lt Any changes made will be temporary and on power off on will default to the settings made in Global data as described above 17 EDIT MENUS CONTROL FREAK RX TX Dump operations EDIT MENU 16 EDIT MENU 17 SysEx RX prog map This allows you to redirect incoming profile dumps to any internal program Pressing the button will move to the next screen The Data Wheel can be used to select a destination program for the incoming profile Then just send the data to the Freak from your computer Note this function is only active while this screen is displayed SysEx dump single This allows you to dump individual slider button or F key information to an external SysEx storage device Pressing the button will move to the first screen The Data Wheel can be used to change the source program if required The bottom line of the display will show the name of the selected slider button or F key Pressing the button will move the cursor across to the right The initial setting sldr x can be changed with the top left three buttons in combination with SHIFT and the Data Wheel to select any slider button or F key Fl F2 F3 Without SHIFT Slider Button On F key On With SHIFT Slider Button Off F key Off The bottom line of the display will show the name of the selected slider button or F key Pressing the button will move to the next screen Pressing STOR
57. middle C Press the button and a note on will be sent release the button and a note off will be sent In the above example you could easily have used a fixed value for the note and a variable value for the velocity instead 25 EDITING EXAMPLES CONTROL FREAK Example of making a button send a chord on the Global MIDI channel taking the velocity from the local silder the one directly beneath the button For this example we will send middle C and the major third and fifth above it These correspond to MIDI note numbers 60 64 and 67 Press the 7 key from home position to start edit and display the edit menu options Turn the Data Wheel to the right clockwise until the display shows EDIT Press the key and use the Data Wheel to select the Button to Edit Press the gt key leave Minimum Levl at 0 Press the key leave Maximum Levl at 127 Press the gt key the display will show Turn the Data Wheel one click to the right the display will show Press the gt key the display will show Turn the Data Wheel three clicks to the right and the display will show Press the gt key the display will show Turn the Data Wheel to the right clockwise until the display shows M Press the gt key the display will show Turn the Data Wheel one click to the left to display D Press the gt key the display will show
58. n this way the Control Freak may be used as a powerful diagnostic tool if you have a problem with your MIDI set up To enter analyser mode you must power on the Control Freak whilst holding the SHIFT button The Firmware version will then be displayed until the shift key is released The display will then show CHANnel NOTE and VELOCity and will display the relevant data below the heading Using the F1 F2 F3 and F4 function keys different types of received messages may be displayed F1 Short press CLock STATUS and SYSEX data received for checking MIDI clock F2 Short press CHANnel PROG and BANK displays program change as received F3 Short press CHANnel CONTroller and VALUE displays controller information F3 Long press CONTROLLER IDENTity displays the name and number of the received controller F4 Short press CHANnel NOTE4 and VELOCity as above note information Although pitchbend and after touch are not strictly controllers when controller number is selected they will also be displayed when received Tf controller values is selected and pitchbend or after touch are received their values will also be displayed 52 CONTROL FREAK OVERVIEW OF THE MIDI MESSAGE FORMAT Overview of the MIDI message format To make it easier to understand MIDI data is usually represented in either decimal base 10 or hexadecimal base 16 numbers On the Freaks
59. operate the reverb and chorus with controller data Jb ta pate Fe ume _ ae p Yamaha dsp factory owners can use the audio mixer inside logic Audio in exactly the same way pz SAVING A SYSEX FILE CONTROL FREAK Saving a SysEx File How to save a SysEx file without a sequencer It is possible to save your profiles without using a sequencer Instead you can use a dedicated SysEx editor Set the Freak to the type of SysEx dump you would like to do single program or block before you press store Open up your SysEx editor and make sure the input is set to your sound card De EM Den Ve eh ETATE NI Serbo m 1 ir pda 1 Ri Serer Tiwi HT fu Press store on the Control Freak and you will see the data passed to the SysEx editor Save the set up Your profile is now im M 1 m F saved and can be restored to the ex ei EG Freak at any time es rmi r eee ed BE EN To restore a Control Freak profile Im e pem ye x load your saved SysEx EM Dauer Uma Dk Edit on the menu bar Des Copy in to out Now select the output of your sound card and select send on your SysEx editor ae 9 2 Sat You will now see the green light on the Control Freak flash and then update its memory The profile has been put b
60. pply to that message You can reset MIDI Channels as many times as you like in any slider button Example of sending increasing MIDI volume message on one MIDI channel and sending decreasing MIDI volume message on another MIDI channel all from one slider How to make a slider send MIDI volume on two MIDI channels at the same time with one increasing whilst the other decreases In other words a pan from one channel to another In the example below we re using MIDI Channels 1 amp 2 it is very similar to the previous example but with the addition of an Invert Data command Press the key from home position to start edit and display the edit menu options Turn the Data Wheel to the right clockwise until the the display shows EDIT SLI Press the gt key and use the Data Wheel to select the Slider to Edit Press the gt key leave Minimum Levl at 0 Press the key leave Maximum Levl at 127 Press the gt key the display will show Turn the Data Wheel to the left anti clockwise until the display shows Press the gt key the display will again show Turn the Data Wheel one click to the right the display will show Press the gt key the display will show Turn the Data Wheel to the right clockwise until the display shows Press the gt key the display will show Turn the Data Wheel one click to the left
61. ram dump program data 8 sliders 8 button on 8 button off 225x64 FOh 00h 20h 13h 08h 70h prog num data data F7h where prog num is a decimal number between 0 and 127 data data 1600 bytes of data sent low 4 bits then high 4 bits so 3200 bytes are actually sent data bytes will have their high 4 bits set to zero i e OOOOLLLL OOOOHHHH 50 CONTROL FREAK SYSTEM EXCLUSIVE Request for 64 byte single data dump also Button F key etc 00h 20h 13h 08h 10h 40h prog_num slider_num F7h where prog_num is a decimal number between 0 and 127 where slider_num is as follows decimal 0 7 Sliders 1 to 8 16 23 Button on 1 to 8 32 39 Button off 1 to 8 48 55 Function key on 1 to 8 64 71 Function key off 1 to 8 96 103 Program all 8 values return the same program data 112 119 Global all 8 values return the same global data The Control Freak responds with the specified 64 bytes of data For example to request a dump of program 6 button on 3 you would send the following FOh 00h 20h 13h 08h 10h 40h 06h 12h F7h Note that 12h is the hexadecimal equivalent of decimal 18 for selecting button on 3 Request for 64k Block data dump FOh 00h 20h 13h 08h 10h 50h block num F7h where block num is as follows decimal 0 All Slider data data from all 1024 sliders 1 All Button on data 2 All Button off data 3 All Program data Funtion keys on off Globa
62. rs 16 or 8 fully programmable buttons 8 fully programmable function keys 4 x 2 with the shift button 4 multi function edit buttons Data entry wheel 2 line LCD screen MIDI In Out Thru with merge function 2 x 1 4 external input jacks capable of CV to MIDI conversion 64 user memories for STUDIO EDITION 128 for ORIGINAL MIDI clock generator MIDI analyser mode Advanced learn mode Individual names for every slider button function key and program Sliders and buttons can send any MIDI message including multiple and inverted messages Buttons can function in three different ways Button On button toggle or Button On Off SysEx dump of presets blocks and individual sliders buttons etc to external devices Full Roland checksum support Snapshot function sends all current slider positions to MIDI Out Reset all controllers function Hundreds of presets are already available from www kenton co uk Further information and additional examples will be made available on our website Kenton Electronics Brookfarm House Station Road South Wimbledon London SW19 2LP UK Tel 44 0 20 8544 9200 Fax 44 0 20 8544 9300 Paul Gregson Dave Millichamp Anthony Barden Peter Herman John Smout John K Price 55
63. s This removes the need for tedious adjustments by mouse and is a far more intuitive way of working What is the principle of operation of the the Control Freak In most control strings used to control equipment be they SysEx messages controller messages or NRPNs there is usually one byte which actually specifies the new value required With SysEx particularly out of typically around 12 bytes often only one or two bytes need to change to give you the change in sound The rest are there to specify the manufacturer the synth model the type of message and which parameter you want to change When setting up a slider or button to control something most of the bytes have fixed values when it comes to the variable data bytes these can be set up to take their value from the slider INTRODUCTION CONTROL FREAK MIDI OUT MIDI IN Including the Control Freak in your MIDI setup Connecting up CONTROL FREAK KEYBOARD WITH INTERNAL SOUNDS 1 In the most basic setup where you have only a keyboard synthesiser connect the MIDI out of the Freak to the MIDI in of your synthesiser MIDI OUT MIDI IN MIDI OUT PS MIDI IN KEYBOARD CONTROL FREAK COMPUTER NO SOUNDS 2 In a simple setup where you typically have a controlling keyboard connected to a computer which has a sound card installed you would normally have the MIDI Out of your keyboard connected directly to the MIDI In of your computer To include the Control Fre
64. s have been set aside for special purposes 7DH for non commercial use e g schools research etc where the product will not be released to the public 7EH for Non Real Time use 7FH for Real Time use e g MIDI machine control MMC MIDI show control MSC For you to be able to program SysEx strings into the Freak to control any piece of equipment you will definitely need the appropriate product literature for that equipment This can often be found at the back of the product manual or may be available either on request from the manufacturer or from their website From then on it depends on the individual product literature how easy or difficult they have made it to program the Freak In the ideal case manufacturers give the whole string you need to enter this can easily be entered into the Freak just as it is Unfortunately some manufacurers make it more difficult than it needs to be by splitting the information up so you have to collate the stuff you need from various parts of the product manual A typical example of a SysEx string is that which the Kenton Pro 2000 MIDI CV converter uses to change the speed of LFOI FOH OOH 20H 13H 02H 20H 01H 05H data data F7H where the two data bytes in this case are actually an 8 bit value 0 255 split into two bytes of 4 bits each because this is the way the Pro 2000 wants it The two bytes are entered on the Freak by entering Sx Data OLh OHh once only In other words setting Sx Data OLh OHh auto
65. se until the display shows Press the gt key the display will show Turn the Data Wheel one click to the left the display will show At this point you have set the slider to send MIDI volume controller 7 on MIDI Channel 1 Continue as follows to make it also send on Channel 2 Press the gt key the display will show Turn the Data Wheel to the left anti clockwise until the display shows Seb HIDI chan 2 Press the gt key the display will again show Turn the Data Wheel one click to the right the display will show Press the 7 key the display will show Turn the Data Wheel to the right clockwise until the display shows Press the gt key the display will show Turn the Data Wheel one click to the left and the display will show 29 EDITING EXAMPLES CONTROL FREAK Press the gt key the display will show Press the STORE key to save your data Press the EXIT key to go back to PLAY MODE As you can see from the above you have to send the message twice Setting the channel then sending the message then setting a new channel and sending the message again You can send any combination of messages up to the maximum the Freak allows that is until you can t press the gt key any more 45 bytes NB the Set MIDI Channel command must come before a MIDI message if you want it to a
66. splay will show Press the gt key the display will show Turn the Data Wheel four clicks to the right the display will show Press the gt key the display will show Turn the Data Wheel to the right clockwise until the display shows Press the gt key the display will show Turn the Data Wheel one click to to the left the display will show Press the 7 key the display will show Turn the Data Wheel four clicks to the right the display will show Press the gt key the display will show rri 27 EDITING EXAMPLES CONTROL FREAK Turn the Data Wheel to the right clockwise until the display shows Data Us Press the gt key the display will show Turn the Data Wheel one click to to the left the display will show Press the gt key the display will show Turn the Data Wheel four clicks to the right and the display will show Press the gt key the display will show Turn the Data Wheel to the right clockwise until the display shows D Press the gt key the display will show Turn the Data Wheel one click to to the left the display will show D Press the gt key the display will show Press the STORE key to save your data Press the EXIT key to go back to PLAY MODE To use this example first s
67. t clockwise until the display shows EDIT Press the key and use the Data Wheel to select the Button to Edit Press the gt key leave Minimum Levl at 0 Press the gt key leave Maximum Levl at 127 Press the gt key leave Button ON only Press the gt key the display will show Turn the Data Wheel two clicks to the right and the display will show Press the gt key the display will show Turn the Data Wheel to the right clockwise until the display shows Data Wal FER 12 amp You can speed up the process by holding the shift key down whilst you turn the Data Wheel Press the gt key the display will show Turn the Data Wheel to the right clockwise until the display shows Press the gt key for Byte 3 Turn the Data Wheel to the right clockwise until the display shows Ds Press the gt key for Byte 4 Turn the Data Wheel to the right clockwise until the display shows iz Turn the Data Wheel two clicks to the left and the display will show Press the gt key the display will show Press the STORE key to save your data il Press the EXIT key to go back to PLAY MODE NB the byte number indication on the top line begins with the byte after the FOh 32 CONTROL FREAK EDITING EXAMPLES Example of programming a button to learn Note On Off messages Press the gt ed
68. t VST remote In the VST remote window select Roland MCR8 Set input to be from your soundcard Note Your Freak must be set to MIDI channel 16 or VST will not see it Kenton profiles are already set to the correct channel Plug in instruments such as the Five and Model E can also be controlled with the Control Freak L Profiles will be available from our website shortly Yamaha DSP Factory DSP Factory owners can also control the DSP mixing desk inside VST from the Control Freak This is done by using a program called Auto DSP which can be downloaded from www msmcleod demon co uk Before you start VST run the Auto EET Start VST and you will find that the DSP program and select your Seege ER DSP mixer now responds to program MIDI In device gt Tr volumes on the Freak All other j rom a 7 F jam a parameters on the DSP Factory card reg can be controlled with the Freak you just have to set them up how you want Aaa ts Ilf been ed Then click on enable automation Finally click on default EE L TUER ee mo 43 CAKEWALK PRO AUDIO USERS CONTROL FREAK Cakewalk Pro Audio users Cakewalk users can control the mixing desk from the Freak Just follow the simple procedure that follows Open up the m
69. t hand frame offering various options Click on Control Freak profiles Follow the instructions on screen to view the contents of the various profiles on offer or download them You are presently offered the choice of downloading profiles one at a time or downloading all the profiles in section as a zip file The zip file contains the mid files you require to load into your sequencer If you download the individual profiles you will need to change the extension from bin to mid because they have been changed in order to stop your browser from trying to play them You should be offered the choice of saving the bin files and at the same time you should have the facility to rename them as they are being saved Use a MIDI lead to connect the MIDI output of your sequencer to the MIDI input of the Freak Open your MIDI sequencer program then load the mid file you want Always start with an empty song otherwise you may end up with two or more files loaded Select RX prog map on the Freak see page 18 and select the destination program Hit the play Button On your sequencer it s as simple as that 16 Channel Freak loading 16 channel Freak profile If you do not use Rx Prog Map the profile will by default go into prog 63 Ensure the Device Number in Edit Global Data is set to 1 16 Channel Freak loading 8 channel Freak profile If you do not use Rx Prog Map the profile will by default go into prog 62 left hand section sliders buttons 1
70. ter Character Character Character Character Character Character Character Character 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Sysex Sysex Sysex Sysex Byte Byte Byte Byte 5 6 1 8 11 EDIT MENUS CONTROL FREAK Slider operations Normal With SHIFT pressed EDIT MENU 2 Slider name This allows you to enter a name of up to 16 characters for each individual slider Pressing the button will move to the next screen This allows you to choose the slider to edit by turning the Data Wheel If the required slider is moved before entering the editing pages it will automatically become the initial slider to edit Pressing the button will move to the next screen Use the Data Wheel to select lower case letters and numerals Use SHIFT Data Wheel to select capital letters and symbols The two top left buttons act to delete characters and insert spaces respectively The lt and gt buttons work as cursor controls Press STORE to save the name entered then EXIT to return to PLAY MODE or use SHIFT STORE to jump to Slider data Pressing the gt button will take you into the slider edit pages This allows you to select the slider to edit by turning the Data Wheel Pressing the button will move to the next screen This is the minimum value setting for the slider The Data Wheel can be used to change the value if required Pressing the
71. though the Control Freak sends an All notes off message when each key is released in order to avoid this effect it should be noted that some older synths eg Yamaha DX 7 do not respond to this standard MIDI message 123 but to message 127 instead IMPORTANT When using the inputs for voltage to MIDI conversion the input range must be restricted to the operational range of 0 to 5v DC 37 NRPNs amp RPNs EXPLAINED CONTROL FREAK Non Registered Parameter Numbers NRPNs explained It is worth mentioning that you really don t need to know how NRPNs actually work in order to program the Freak to send them Because of the Freak s friendly editing system all you need is the Non Registered Parameter Numbers given in the manufacturer s product literature just enter these numbers when prompted and the Freak will do the rest You might have the information printed in your manual or you may need to get it from the manufacturer s website The easiest way to explain how to go about programming NRPNs is with an example For instance to change filter cutoff on a GS XG instrument uses an NRPN this is listed in the product literature as follows Non Registered Parameter Number for Filter Cutoff NRPN MSB 01 NRPN LSB 08 Go into edit for the slider or button you want to program as described in the editing section of this manual Select NRPN MSB only from the command menu then press the gt key You will be prompt
72. u may want to use them in your setup too In more advanced setups there may be situations where Thru boxes merge boxes and switch boxes will be useful Kenton maintain a stock of these items together with a full range of MIDI leads CONTROL FREAK GETTING STARTED Getting Started In order to get you started many of the programs on the Freak have been pre loaded at the factory with useful features For example program 0 contains a profile which is set up so the sliders control MIDI volumes on channels 1 16 1 8 for Original Control Freak and the buttons control Mutes Connect the power supply to the Freak if you are in the UK one will have been supplied otherwise you must source one locally For details see specifications on page 54 Turn the power switch on and the Control Freak will be in PLAY MODE Probably the best way to familiarise yourself with the Freak is to experiment with some of the pre loaded factory profiles Turn the Data Wheel to see some of the profiles which are available If you are using a computer and a sequencer load a song on the sequencer and start it playing Select program 0 then move the sliders on the Freak and you will be able to change the volumes of the tracks on the sequencer The buttons have also been set up so they alternately mute channels and then bring them back to the volume set on the slider The Freak STUDIO EDITION has a slider for each MIDI channel and the 8 slider Freak has volumes
73. various edit modes the function keys have other preset uses These however cannot be altered by the user Edit buttons The four buttons above the Data Wheel are known as the Edit buttons but these are also useful in PLAY MODE as shown on the following page You can program the Freak to display your own name here if you wish see page 17 CONTROL FREAK THE EDIT BUTTONS IN PLAY MODE What the edit buttons will do for you in PLAY MODE STORE SNAPSHOT RESET EDIT GLOBAL CHANNEL What to expect from the SHIFT button in PLAY MODE 1 Pressing SHIFT will stop the sliders and buttons sending any MIDI until it has been released This is useful if you want to know which slider or button does what Press and hold SHIFT then push one of the buttons above the sliders This will display the button name on the top line of the LCD and the slider name on the bottom line The Button On name is displayed when pressed The Button Off name if used is displayed when released Holding SHIFT also allows you to move a slider to a new position without actually sending any MIDI 2 Pressing SHIFT while turning the Data Wheel will accelerate the Data Wheel by a factor of 4 3 Pressing SHIFT and any of the 4 function keys below the LEDs will give you access to F keys 5 8 4 Pressing SHIFT and STORE will send a Reset all controllers message on the current Global MIDI Channel to MIDI Out This is
74. will only be used if the button state is set to on off or toggle The sliders and buttons along with various other related data are grouped together in a program see below F keys These items relate to editing of the four buttons below the LEDs which together with the SHIFT button gives you Function keys 1 8 Function key data is global and does not change with the programs Function key off items are optional as described above Programs These items relate to program name program MIDI channel external input jacks 1 amp 2 Realtime bytes 1 amp 2 and Program Sysex Header for each program Global settings The global data section relates to power on name Global MIDI channel internal Clock tempo SysEx device number and Global SysEx Header Program mapping Allows you to choose destination programs for incoming profiles You may want to use this when you download profiles from our website SysEx dump utilities These allow you to dump individual sliders buttons programs or blocks of data Note a block all sliders or all buttons for example Library mode Currently unimplemented Copy utilities Copy single allows you to copy any slider button to any other slider button Copy program allows you to copy any program to any other program location These 21 edit menu items are explained in more detail on the following pages OVERALL MAP OF EDITING SYSTEM CONTROL FREAK PLAY MODE EDIT EDIT EDIT EDIT
75. xt In 1 Ext In 1 Ext In 2 Ext In 2 Reatime Reatime Channel sldr butn operating sldr butn operating value 1 value 1 assign assign mode assign mode minimum maximum Ge Character Character Character Character Character Character Character Name n 2 3 4 5 6 7 Edit Global Internal Device Sysex Sysex Sysex Sysex Global MIDI clock rate Number Byte Byte Byte Byte Data Channel BPM D 2 3 4 n s Rx Remap to rogram Map Program Sysex Slider Push Dump ilm m Button or Store key Single g F key to send Sysex Push Dump es m Store key Program 9 to send Sysex Push Dump Store key Block to send Slider Push Kc SCH Zeie Se H Button r SQUE key F key to copy From Slider Slider Push Adee Program Button or Pro Ge Button Store key g Li F key g F key to copy Copy From To Push Program Store key Program Ap to copy 10 CONTROL FREAK OVERALL MAP OF EDITING SYSTEM EDIT MODE EDIT EDIT EDIT EDIT EDIT EDIT EDIT EDIT EDIT EDIT EDIT EDIT EDIT 1 gt 1 gt 1 gt 1 gt 1 1 gt 1 1 Character Character Character Character Character Character Character Character Character Character 1 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Byte Byte Byte Byte Byte Byte Byte Byte Byte Byte Byte ett

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