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Oliviercool « A universal MIDI controller »
Published on 11/21/08 at 00:52This is a MIDI control surface. I finally studied a little closer and I see that Peavey is very universal. It has 16 faders, 16 buttons, 2 connectors for pedals volume and a data wheel.
Each one of them except for the dial data, it is possible to assign any MIDI control standard and most used of them such as the volume is already preprogrammed in the form of options assign. For the data wheel, you can link it to one of the faders, buttons or pedals or the last of them used. It is possible to program the system exclusive messages in hexadecimal format and it even has a "learning function" that allows the capture of exclusive messages in the device memory, which makes it frighteningly universal is a real chameleon.
Well, I'm not a super ace MIDI programming but it looks to be simple to program, if only to know how to trigger the transmission of messages or proprietary know the hex codes for each command supported on the receiving MIDI device. And most of the manuals of any MIDI device has at least a list of supported commands and their hexadecimal codes. In addition, the 50 memory locations, 42 are filled with factory presets which the original settings can be easily found either by reloading the backup via the DUMP function either by resetting the device. These are 42 examples of the application and the settings are not in ROM, which allows to change easily. The buffer, which is the memory where the selected preset is in force on the device does not clear off the device when the data are stored, which saves load each time a preset back before the extinction.
It's just a pity he did not as 16 knobs endless: some commands would have been smarter to be able to control via knobs, like the PAN, the cutoff, etc. and it would have been useful as the faders are motorized ... But hey, a strong point it catches up weak point: once the position of the faders set correctly, you can send your / your MIDI devices the position of each fader and button, and this simply by pressing the ENTER key, which to initialize the settings of your piece before it is played. And that, I'm not sure that all MIDI controller does.
The manual includes a section containing a French translation ^ ^ but it lacks examples and it must refer to the English section for illustrations.
Peavey does not seem to want to develop other surface MIDI, it's a shame.
For now, I use it primarily as a mixer for MIDI drum machines, the groovebox or arrangers. Small and ergonomic (except the jog button is too big in my opinion), it goes everywhere such as between my keyboard and my computer screen ... ^ ^
Each one of them except for the dial data, it is possible to assign any MIDI control standard and most used of them such as the volume is already preprogrammed in the form of options assign. For the data wheel, you can link it to one of the faders, buttons or pedals or the last of them used. It is possible to program the system exclusive messages in hexadecimal format and it even has a "learning function" that allows the capture of exclusive messages in the device memory, which makes it frighteningly universal is a real chameleon.
Well, I'm not a super ace MIDI programming but it looks to be simple to program, if only to know how to trigger the transmission of messages or proprietary know the hex codes for each command supported on the receiving MIDI device. And most of the manuals of any MIDI device has at least a list of supported commands and their hexadecimal codes. In addition, the 50 memory locations, 42 are filled with factory presets which the original settings can be easily found either by reloading the backup via the DUMP function either by resetting the device. These are 42 examples of the application and the settings are not in ROM, which allows to change easily. The buffer, which is the memory where the selected preset is in force on the device does not clear off the device when the data are stored, which saves load each time a preset back before the extinction.
It's just a pity he did not as 16 knobs endless: some commands would have been smarter to be able to control via knobs, like the PAN, the cutoff, etc. and it would have been useful as the faders are motorized ... But hey, a strong point it catches up weak point: once the position of the faders set correctly, you can send your / your MIDI devices the position of each fader and button, and this simply by pressing the ENTER key, which to initialize the settings of your piece before it is played. And that, I'm not sure that all MIDI controller does.
The manual includes a section containing a French translation ^ ^ but it lacks examples and it must refer to the English section for illustrations.
Peavey does not seem to want to develop other surface MIDI, it's a shame.
For now, I use it primarily as a mixer for MIDI drum machines, the groovebox or arrangers. Small and ergonomic (except the jog button is too big in my opinion), it goes everywhere such as between my keyboard and my computer screen ... ^ ^