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Hi list,

After all my fiddling around with the MTM I was asked to
describe the setup and settings. The MTM manual must be one of the worst
written manuals in my library and I have quite a few. Here comes a step
by step tutorial to help you setting it up as a midi trigger converter,
controlled from a master keyboard (or similar).

Terminology in this tutorial:

[word] indicates button named "word"
(word) display readout
∗word∗ indicates the result of what you're doing

Hardware setup as in my studio (relevant parts for this):

∗ pedal or other controller attached to midi master keyboard
∗ master midi out -> MTM midi in

Note: The MTM has no problems accepting far more complex chains. My
signal reaches the MTM first after some thru's and sequencer etc...

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So here we go:
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SETTING UP THE MTM TO ACCEPT MIDI ON CHANNEL 16 WHERE CHANNEL 1 RESPONDS
TO VELOCITY ON LOWEST C UP TO CHANNEL 7 RESPONDING TO LOWEST F#.

Press [on] (no shit - what a start!)
After power up it comes to rest at (play patch)
Press [all/default] until the (F) disappears from the display top right.
Press [patch]
Press [edit] ∗takes us into editing mode∗
Press [process] followed by [no] or [yes] until the display shows (01)
Press [edit] ∗takes us out of editing mode∗
Press [route]
Press [edit] ∗takes us into editing mode∗
Press [process] followed by [no] or [yes] until the display shows (99)
∗easiest imho, just stepping down, but any between 21 and 99 will do∗
Press [edit] ∗takes us out of editing mode∗
Press [effect]
Press [edit] ∗takes us into editing mode∗
Press [process] followed by [no] or [yes] until the display shows (01)
Press [edit] ∗takes us out of editing mode∗
∗all this is mainly to determine that nothing is messed up prior to
editing. My units was set up by former owners and they seemed to be
drummers∗

Press [route]
Press [edit] ∗takes us into editing mode∗
Press [no] or [yes] if necessary, to show (99)
Press [trig in] followed by [no] or [yes] until the display shows (01)
Press [midi chan/note] followed by [no] or [yes] until the display shows
(16)
∗can be any number, but in my case it's 16. Please note that you cannot
cycle this sequence∗
Press [midi note] followed by [no] or [yes] until the display shows (C3)
∗This is, in my case, lowest C. Double check with your own master
keyboard, but the MTM seems to one octave off compared to my master and
two octaves off compared to Cubase on Atari. This caused massive
confusion first time I tried to solve the puzzle∗
Press [trig out] followed by [no] or [yes] until the display shows (01)
∗now input 1 is routed to output 1, you can fiddle with this in your own
way later, if you prefer it another way... stay with me now∗ :D
Press [store] followed by [no] or [yes] until the display shows (99)
∗we did this earlier, but I chose to include it for double safety,
(01)-(20) are factory presets and unusable for us deadly∗
Press [store]
∗confirms the action∗

Continue from "Press [trig in]" above, but choose (02), [midi chan/note]
(16), [midi note] (C3#), [trig out] (02) and end with the storing sequence.
∗the MTM have a lousy short term memory, so better safe than sorry and
save often∗ :)

Continue with inputs (03)-(07) like above and make sure that all are set
the same for ins and out, all uses midi channel (16) and are spread
across the octave as (D3) to (F3#).

Press [edit] ∗takes us out of editing mode∗

SETTING UP THE MTM SO THAT THE MIDI CONTROL CHANGE DEVICE (I E PEDAL OR
SIMILAR) CONTROLS CHANNEL 8 (HIHAT)

Press [midi] ∗takes us into editing mode∗
Press [option/select] three times (midi ch8)
Press [yes] until it says (HIHAT)
Press [yes] until it says (16)
Press [option/select] followed by [no] or [yes] to select midi control
change channel
∗I haven't got the channel specs here, but choose whichever you prefer.
You can also program control changes into your sequencer if that seems
more handy. See the manual for the sequencer!∗
Press [midi] ∗takes us out of editing mode∗
∗this hihat setting overrides all other trigger settings regarding
channel 8∗

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Hope this helps someone... now or in the future! :D

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electronically yours, jesper

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