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DispType (Display Type): Control value displayed as either ON or OFF. The low value setting determines the ON value and
the high value setting determines the OFF value. This is best suited to a bi-state parameter where you want to see whether
it is in an on or off state e.g. phase reverse on a mixer channel.
LED: This is like ON/OFF except that nothing is displayed when the control is in an OFF state.
ON/OFF & LED display types should be used with control type Momentary or Toggle.
For buttons, drum pads and the sustain pedal, the Press Value and Release Value should be set in conjunction with the
BtnType (Button Type) setting (see below).
BtnType (Button Type): This setting is only available for buttons, drum pads and the sustain pedal. Where available, it can
be found on the second page of control settings so scroll up to access it.
It should be set in conjunction with the Press and Release values for the control to determine how the button works.
The options are as follows:
NORMAL: The Press Value is sent when the button is pressed, nothing is sent on release.
MOMENTRY: The Press Value is sent when the button is pressed and the Release Value is sent when the button
is released.
TOGGLE: The Press1 Value is sent when the button is first pressed, nothing is sent on release. The Press2 Value is sent
on the next button press, nothing is sent on release. The Low and High Values will be sent alternately on further button
presses. This setting is useful when you want to control a bi-state parameter such as Track Solo On/Off.
STEP: If this option is selected then an extra setting, StepVal (Step Value), will appear next to BtnType. With the ‘STEP’
option, the value sent each time the button is pressed will step from the From Value to the To Value in steps whose size
are determined by the StepVal setting. When the To Val is reached the next button press will cause the From Val to be
sent and the value will step up again on subsequent presses. Note that the To Value is always sent before returning to the
From Value, even if it takes a jump less than the step size to reach the To Value. For example if a button had the settings
From Value 0, To Value 16 and Step Value 5 then on alternate button presses the value sent would be 0, 5, 10, 15, 16, 0,
5…. If you want a button to step down instead of up then make the From Value larger than the To.
The ‘MOMENTRY’ option is not available for the drum pads because they only respond to a hit and do not have a
mechanism to detect when you release your finger from them. Instead of ‘MOMENTRY’ they have a special ‘VELOCITY’
option. When this is set, the value sent out when you hit the pad will depend on how hard you hit it. The control value is still
constrained within the Low Value and High Value settings. As an example if Low Value is 0 and High Value is 127 then a
soft hit will give a value near 0, a medium hit will give a value near 64 and a hard hit will give a value near 127. If Low Value
is 2 and High Value is 0 then a soft hit will give value 2, a medium hit will give value 1 and a hard hit will give 0.
GEnERAL ContRoL EDIt SEttInGS
Ports: This sets the port routing for the control i.e. where the MIDI messages generated by the control are routed to
when it is operated. The settings can be a combination of: M1, M2, U1, U2
or
KeybPORT: Sent to the Keyboard Port – as set in the Template edit menu.
ComnPORT: Sent to the Common Port – as set in the Template edit menu.
‘KeybPORT’ and ‘ComnPORT’ are special options that allow the port routing for the control to follow one of two common
routing settings that can be accessed from the Template edit menu (Keyboard Port and Common Port). The advantage
presented by these options is that if a number of controls are set to either ‘KeybPORT’ or ‘ComnPORT’ then you can
change the port routing for all of those controls by editing a single parameter, rather than editing the individual setting for
each control. More information on the Keyboard Port and Common Port routing settings can be found in the page 24.
