Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

Thanks Jesper !
It does change from the usual conversations we have here.
Good to speak about technical reality & use, instead of speculation & fantasy.

it's necessary useful atsome point or another, especially with this enigmatic
beast that is the MTM.

good pragmatic job ! :-)




Selon derrick simpson <atmospherics4@...>:

> This is just what I wondered about...now clear...I can use MTM to set
> up note mapping to mallet's lowest octave and have program change
> command to activate SDS V when needed.
> Thanks,
> Derrick
>
> On 7/4/10, jesper <jesper@...> wrote:
> > 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...
> >
> > ---
> > So here we go:
> > ---
> >
> > 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*
> >
> > ---
> >
> > Hope this helps someone... now or in the future! :D
> >
> > --
> > electronically yours, jesper
> >
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> >
> >
>
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