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1. Pitch Bend can be used in one direction Pitch Bend Up or Pitch Bend Down or in both directions Pitch Bend Both where the full function is available and can be tailored with the sensitivity curve Jack Polarity allows switching between the two different wiring configurations described in chapter 5 Selecting the wrong polarity will produce some signal but will not work as expected However it will not damage either the pedal or the controller If the pedal does not behave as expected try the other polarity All the above changes to the settings take immediate effect but are lost when the computer is powered off or the Pedal Controller is removed from the computer To store you settings permanently in the Pedal Controller use the Make permanent button This means your settings are remembered when the Breath controller is unpowered You can now move it to another host with your favorite settings intact Every time you use the Make permanent button the Configuration Utility stores the current parameters in the controller s non volatile memory The Configuration Utility includes the possibilities to Save and Load as many presets as you like This is very convenient since each sample library VST instrument might require different settings The Configuration Utility includes an input monitor function where a dot is travelling along the sensitivity curve indicating the sensor input al TEControl Consulting 7 CONTROL2. User s manual USB MIDI Pedal Controller March 2015 Rev 1 0 x FEC ae E sp MIDI E cte peal Controller TEC TEControl Consulting The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of TEControl No part of this publication may be copied reproduced or otherwise transmitted or recorded for any purpose without prior written permission by TEControl All product and company names are or trademarks of their respective owners TEControl 2015 All rights reserved Ragnarsv 2 23192 Trelleborg Sweden For general information about products info TEControl se For technical questions and enquiries support TEControl se For the most up to date information visit the support pages at our web site http www tecontrol se where you can find documentation and latest software TEControl Consulting 1 TABLE OF CONTENT Contents T Tableofcoritent toe eet sates shassecedastcaucesnessedesunedvaneucotusneseneteststeetsdess 3 2 REON ie eod a teer a ED d On a E t e prd oet 3 3 deraeme E 4 4 JOVeFVIeW uiii nica eet die Pied toit dirait uud ee rere errr ere creer renege 5 5b ua word about pedals e m eee egeta Ed FRATER NE ret QR a P SERRE EE Ege go 6 5 1 Expression pedals uranioa I 6 5 2 Sustain pedals cni erri tacitis ea E FUE ea e RE Aaa 6 GO Getting Stalted aces ies ate cussed suave e es pn aT U
3. 73 01001001 49 Sound Controller 4 default Attack Time 0 127 LSB 74 01001010 4A Sound Controller 5 default Brightness 0 127 LSB 75 01001011 4B ses Controller 6 default Decay Time see MMA RP 9 157 LSB 76 01001100 4C Sound Controller 7 default Vibrato Rate see MMA 0 127 LSB RP 021 7 01001101 4D Sound Controller 8 default Vibrato Depth see MMA 0 127 LSB RP 021 78 01001110 4E Sound Controller 9 default Vibrato Delay see MMA 0 127 LSB RP 021 79 01001111 AF on Controller 10 default undefined see MMA RP 0 127 LSB HM TEControl Ed Consulting 80 01010000 50 General Purpose Controller 5 0 127 LSB 81 01010001 51 General Purpose Controller 6 0 127 LSB 82 01010010 52 General Purpose Controller 7 0 127 LSB 83 01010011 53 General Purpose Controller 8 0 127 LSB 84 01010100 54 Portamento Control 0 127 LSB 85 01010101 55 Undefined 86 01010110 56 Undefined 87 01010111 57 Undefined cx 88 01011000 58 High Resolution Velocity Prefix 0 127 LSB 89 01011001 59 Undefined 90 01011010 5A Undefined Effects 1 Depth 91 01011011 5B default Reverb Send Level see MMA RP 023 0 127 noe formerly External Effects Depth 92 01011100 5C Effects 2 Depth formerly Tremolo Depth 0 127 Effects 3 Depth 93 01011101 5D default Chorus Send Level see MMA RP 023 0 127 formerly Chorus Depth 94 01011110 5E Effects 4 Depth formerly Celeste Detune Depth 0 127 95
4. CHANGE NUMBERS The following table lists all currently defined Control Change messages and Channel Mode messages in control number order Adopted from MIDI by the Numbers by D Valenti Electronic Musician 2 88 updated by the MIDI Manufacturers Association Registered Parameter Numbers RPNs are an extension to the Control Change message for setting additional parameters Appended at the bottom is a table of all currently defined RPNs Control Changes and Mode Changes Status Bytes 176 191 NDS Value Control Function ye Dec Binary Hex Value Used As 0 00000000 00 Bank Select 0 127 MSB 1 00000001 01 Modulation Wheel or Lever 0 127 MSB 2 00000010 02 Breath Controller 0 127 MSB 3 00000011 03 Undefined 0 127 MSB 4 00000100 04 Foot Controller 0 127 MSB 5 00000101 05 Portamento Time 0 127 MSB 6 00000110 06 Data Entry MSB 0 127 MSB 7 00000111 07 Channel Volume formerly Main Volume 0 127 MSB 8 00001000 08 Balance 0 127 MSB 9 00001001 09 Undefined 0 127 MSB 10 00001010 0A Pan 0 127 MSB 11 0000101 1 0B Expression Controller 0 127 MSB 12 00001100 0C Effect Control 1 0 127 MSB 13 00001101 oD Effect Control 2 0 127 MSB 14 00001110 OE Undefined 0 127 MSB 15 00001111 OF Undefined 0 127 MSB 16 00010000 10 General Purpose Controller 1 0 127 MSB 17 00010001 11 General Purpose Controller 2 0 127 MSB m TEControl Ed Consulting 18 00010010 12 General Purpose Controller 3 0 127 MSB 19 00010011 13 General Purpose Controller
5. 01 79 See MMA RP 015 0 0 off 127 122 01111010 7A Channel Mode Message Local Control On Off on 123 01111011 7B Channel Mode Message All Notes Off 0 124 01111100 7C Channel Mode Message Omni Mode Off all notes off 0 125 01111101 7D Channel Mode Message Omni Mode On all notes off 0 Note This equals the number of channels or zero if the 126 01111110 7E Channel Mode Message Mono Mode On poly off all notes off numberot channels equals the number of voices in the receiver 127 01111111 7F Channel Mode Message Poly Mode On mono off all notes off 0 16 TEControl Consulting 8 DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY Declaration of Conformity Suppliers Name TEControl Supplier s Address Ragnarsv 2 23192 Trelleborg Sweden Supplier s email info tecontrol se declares that the product USB Midi Pedal Controller conforms to the following EMC EN 55022 2010 EN 55024 2010 RoHS EN 50581 2012 The product herewith complies with the requirements of the RoHS Directive 2011 65 EU the EMC Directive 2004 108 EC and carries the CE marking accordingly The product herewith is exempt from the specific technical standards and other requirements contained in Part 15 of the FCC rules according to FCC 15 103 g Trelleborg 31 03 2015 Owner TEControl y TEControl E d Consulting
6. 01011111 5F Effects 5 Depth formerly Phaser Depth 0 127 ae 96 01100000 60 Data Increment Data Entry 1 see MMA RP 018 N A 97 01100001 61 Data Decrement Data Entry 1 see MMA RP 018 N A 98 01100010 62 Non Registered Parameter Number NRPN LSB 0 127 LSB 99 01100011 63 Non Registered Parameter Number NRPN MSB 0 127 MSB 100 01100100 64 Registered Parameter Number RPN LSB 0 127 LSB 101 01100101 65 Registered Parameter Number RPN MSB 0 127 MSB 102 01100110 66 Undefined 103 01100111 67 Undefined 104 01101000 68 Undefined 105 01101001 69 Undefined 106 01101010 6A Undefined 107 01101011 6B Undefined 108 01101100 6C Undefined 109 01101101 6D Undefined 110 01101110 6E Undefined 111 01101111 6F Undefined ta TEControl _ Consulting 112 01110000 70 Undefined 113 01110001 71 Undefined 114 01110010 72 Undefined 115 01110011 73 Undefined 116 01110100 74 Undefined 117 01110101 75 Undefined 118 01110110 76 Undefined 119 01110111 TT Undefined Note Controller numbers 120 127 are reserved for Channel Mode Messages which rather than controlling sound parameters affect the channel s operating mode See also Table 1 120 01111000 78 Channel Mode Message All Sound Off 0 Channel Mode Message Reset All Controllers 121 011110
7. 4 0 127 MSB 20 00010100 14 Undefined 0 127 MSB 21 00010101 15 Undefined 0 127 MSB 22 00010110 16 Undefined 0 127 MSB 23 00010111 17 Undefined 0 127 MSB 24 00011000 18 Undefined 0 127 MSB 25 00011001 19 Undefined 0 127 MSB 26 00011010 1A Undefined 0 127 MSB 27 00011011 1B Undefined 0 127 MSB 28 00011100 1C Undefined 0 127 MSB 29 00011101 1D Undefined 0 127 MSB 30 00011110 1E Undefined 0 127 MSB 31 00011111 1E Undefined 0 127 MSB 32 00100000 20 LSB for Control 0 Bank Select 0 127 LSB 33 00100001 21 LSB for Control 1 Modulation Wheel or Lever 0 127 LSB 34 00100010 22 LSB for Control 2 Breath Controller 0 127 LSB 35 00100011 23 LSB for Control 3 Undefined 0 127 LSB 36 00100100 24 LSB for Control 4 Foot Controller 0 127 LSB 37 00100101 25 LSB for Control 5 Portamento Time 0 127 LSB 38 00100110 26 LSB for Control 6 Data Entry 0 127 LSB 39 00100111 27 ans e 7 Channel Volume formerly Main 0 127 LSB 40 00101000 28 LSB for Control 8 Balance 0 127 LSB 41 00101001 29 LSB for Control 9 Undefined 0 127 LSB 42 00101010 2A LSB for Control 10 Pan 0 127 LSB 43 00101011 2B LSB for Control 11 Expression Controller 0 127 LSB 44 00101100 2C LSB for Control 12 Effect control 1 0 127 LSB 45 00101101 2D LSB for Control 13 Effect control 2 0 127 LSB 46 00101110 2E LSB for Control 14 Undefined 0 127 LSB 47 00101111 2F LSB for Control 15 Undefined 0 127 LSB 48 00110000 30 LSB for Control 16 General Purpose Controller 1 0 12
8. 7 LSB 49 00110001 31 LSB for Control 17 General Purpose Controller 2 0 127 LSB 50 00110010 32 LSB for Control 18 General Purpose Controller 3 0 127 LSB 51 00110011 33 LSB for Control 19 General Purpose Controller 4 0 127 LSB 13 TEControl Consulting 52 00110100 34 LSB for Control 20 Undefined 0 127 LSB 53 00110101 35 LSB for Control 21 Undefined 0 127 LSB 54 00110110 36 LSB for Control 22 Undefined 0 127 LSB 55 00110111 37 LSB for Control 23 Undefined 0 127 LSB 56 00111000 38 LSB for Control 24 Undefined 0 127 LSB 57 00111001 39 LSB for Control 25 Undefined 0 127 LSB 58 00111010 3A LSB for Control 26 Undefined 0 127 LSB 59 00111011 3B LSB for Control 27 Undefined 0 127 LSB 60 00111100 3C LSB for Control 28 Undefined 0 127 LSB 61 00111101 3D LSB for Control 29 Undefined 0 127 LSB 62 00111110 3E LSB for Control 30 Undefined 0 127 LSB 63 00111111 3F LSB for Control 31 Undefined 0 127 LSB 64 01000000 40 Damper Pedal on off Sustain oo E 65 01000001 41 Portamento On Off seo 66 01000010 42 Sostenuto On Off p MM ER 67 01000011 43 Soft Pedali On Off cud 264 on 63 68 01000100 44 Legato Footswitch Normal 264 Legato 63 off 69 01000101 45 Hold 2 264 on 70 01000110 46 Sound Controller 1 default Sound Variation 0 127 LSB 71 01000111 47 Sound Controller 2 default Timbre Harmonic Intens 0 127 LSB 72 01001000 48 Sound Controller 3 default Release Time 0 127 LSB
9. RS ro EMEN RH EIE SRI 7 6 1 In StallatiOT socer ectetuer tene ith Lei nente aa E a a E E RE Eia 7 6 2 BICI EU I 7 6 3 Configuration Utility eee cteo ss cin esci eo ep eec e erae ete enden kk esa ce YER Reg A 7 6 4 HOW CO pr gt aM staccsieeisnc M 10 7 Control change NUMDELS cecccssscecsseceecseeeceeecesseeeesseeecsseeeeceeeeeceeeeeseeaeeseeeeseeaes 12 8 Declaration of conformity esses eee nene rR 17 2 REVISIONS Rev Date Major changes 1 0 31 March 2015 First issue i TEControl Consulting 3 INTRODUCTION With the introduction of the USB MIDI Pedal Controller we are now able to provide users with the possibility to connect their existing expression and sustain pedals to the computer The Pedal Controller offers the possibility to modify the sensitivity of the pedal and convert the signal to a MIDI CC Control Change of your choice and transmitting it to the computer as a MIDI class compliant USB device The TEControl team is very happy to be able to serve the MIDI community by providing innovative MIDI controllers We intend to keep this business concurrent with both new developments and possibly provide back compatibility with older equipment All this said we encourage suggestions for improvements and new products The TEControl team 4 TEControl Consulting 4 OVERVIEW The USB MIDI Pe
10. dal Controller is designed for musicians who want to connect standard expression and sustain pedals to their computers and add improved expression and realism to their performance and recordings The USB MIDI Pedal Controller offers enhanced controllability and flexibility by allowing sensitivity shaping and assignment to any MIDI channel and either CC pitch bend or aftertouch While the aftertouch is straight forward we have included three pitch bend modes positive negative and both where the full function is available and can be tailored to usability with the sensitivity curve The USB MIDI Pedal Controller supports both expression and sustain pedals and is configurable for the two most common pedal wirings A monitor function simplifying the sensitivity adjustment is provided This way palayers can optimize the sensitivity to their own style of playing The attack and decay controls can be set from 0 to several seconds This allows very smooth swells With the downloadable Configuration Utility all the parameters described above can be configured Saving and loading presets is supported and very easy Signal processing algorithms guarantee full resolution over the configured sensor input range The event driven MIDI output streaming filters out redundant data not to overflow your MIDI input and assures lowest latency MIDI messages are transmitted only when input changes cause a change in the output value The USB MIDI Pedal Contro
11. hen started the Configuration Utility will check for a connected Pedal Controller If not found the lower portion of the window will display an error message Waiting for controller d TEControl Consulting 2 TEControl MIDI Pedal Controller l m X File Help E Sensitivity Pedal o Bending Il j Symmetry Sensor Min Sensor Max J MIDI Min MIDI Max J Attack Filter Decay Filter Reset sensitivity MIDI Channel 1 X MIDI Message Control Change s MIDI CC 11 Expression Y ack Polarity Tip2Wiper Ring Supply y Make permanent 9 Save preset Load preset j MIDI Output Sensor Input 2 20 41 Welcome to MIDI Pedal Controller Utility version 1 0 O 22 20 41 Copyright 2015 TEControl All rights reserved 22 20 41 Pedal Controller 1 0 19260000 connected Pedal Controller 1 0 19260000 connected Figure 1 Default settings e The left part of the window shows the current sensitivity curve stored in the controller and can be adjusted with the sliders in eo All parameters can be adjusted with the sliders and drop down menus available here o The Configuration Utility includes the possibilities to Save and Load as many presets as you like This is very convenient since each sample library VST instrument or keyboard synthesizer might require different settings The Save preset butto
12. ller does not require installation of drivers or software It will work with the default settings straight out of the box with both Windows and Mac OS A Configuration Utility is available for both Mac and Windows and can be downloaded from our website and installed on your computer The input is a 1 4 stereo TRS instrument jack and the output is through a USB MIDI class compliant device that connects directly to any computer USB port The USB MIDI Pedal Controller is intended to be used with existing expression and sustain pedals No pedal is included TEControl Consulting 5 AWORD ABOUT PEDALS 5 1 Expression pedals The most common expression pedals consist of a _ foot operated potentiometer that has its three terminals connected to either a 1 4 stereo TRS instrument jack or an in line cable plug There is no established standard for expression pedals and manufacturers use different ways to connect the potentiometer to the 1 4 stereo TRS instrument jack or in line cable plug The two most common connections are CW CW Sleeve Sleeve wiper Wiper Tip nt a Ri Tip CCW CCW Ring p and cw CW Sleeve Sleeve Wiper Wiper Ring Ring S CCW Tip Tip CCW Furthermore the resistance of the potentiometer i e between CW and CCW is varying between manufacturers but most of them have a value between 10 50 kQ It is normal for equipment using expression pedals as inputs to pro
13. n lets you save the settings of both sensors to a file location and file name of your choice The filename extension tpc is added by default o Located at the bottom of the window is a message window which reports the response of your actions as well as potential error messages TEControl P Consulting In your DAW player etc the Pedal Controller must be selected as a MIDI input device in order to work You must also configure the MIDI input of the track you are playing or recording to MIDI omni All MIDI inputs or similar function that configures the track to respond to all MIDI controllers This is necessary to allow you to control the instrument from both keyboard and Pedal Controller Please keep this in mind before contacting support To solve the problem either restart your sample player or try the following e Select the CC that might be left at zero e While applying pedal pressure change the CC to e g 1 mod wheel e Repeat if you have more CCs left at zero 7 TEControl Consulting 6 4 How to program The 8 sliders of the Configuration Utility let you tailor the response from input to output MIDI CC aftertouch or pitch bend value With the Bending and Symmetry sliders you can change the linear response to various shapes The Input Min sets the threshold of the input signal i e any signal below the threshold will not cause any change in the output CC value The Input Max can be used to se
14. t the level of pedal depression to apply in order to achieve max output value With the Output Min you can set the output CC value to be used for input signals below the input threshold This is useful if you don t want the CC value to drop to zero The Output Max sets the maximum MIDI CC value to be sent The Attack Filter and Decay Filter sliders let you set the respective time constants individually Setting the sliders fully left give you the fastest response and setting them fully right allows time constants of several seconds This is very useful for semi automatic swells The Reset sensitivity button resets the sensitivity to linear with full input and output ranges With the MIDI Channel drop down list you set the MIDI channel to be used for the transmittal of the MIDI message The MIDI CC drop down list lets you select the actual continuous controller to be used e g CC1 Modulation Wheel CC2 Breath Control etc See annex for a complete list The MIDI CC is effective only when Control Change is selected in the MIDI Message drop down list In the MIDI Message drop down list you can in addition to the above mentioned Control Change also select Aftertouch Pitch Bend Up Pitch Bend Down and Pitch Bend Both Note that when either Aftertouch or any of the Pitch Bend options are selected the MIDI CC drop down is grayed out Aftertouch is what the MIDI specification refers to as channel pressure ad TEControl Consulting
15. vide a supply voltage to the pedal and receive back a voltage proportional to the position of the wiper 5 2 Sustain pedals Sustain pedals are normally used for piano keyboards and are basically just an on off switch or contact closure They use a 1 4 mono TRS instrument jack or in line cable plug 5 TEControl Consulting 6 GETTING STARTED 6 1 Installation Connect your pedal to the USB MIDI Pedal Controller and the latter to a USB port on your computer No software or driver installation is required It will show as a Pedal Controller in your applications and is fully functional with the default settings although depending on your pedal you might need to invert the jack polarity using the configuration utility see below 6 2 Default settings The Pedal Controller comes pre configured with default settings and will work straight out of the box The default settings are as follows e Bending and Symmetry set to linear sensitivity e Input and output ranges set to maximum e Attack and decay filters disabled e MIDI Channel 1 e MIDI Message Control change e MIDI CC 11 expression e Jack Polarity Tip Wiper Ring Supply 6 3 Configuration Utility To change the default settings download the latest version of the Pedal Controller Configuration Utility from the TEControl website unzip it and run the installer Settings can only be changed from a computer not from a keyboard synthesizer W
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