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Revision "G" manual

Revision "G" manual

2007-11-14 by pranaearth

Hello all. I have had an XL7 for some time, and I never thought to
look online for support! Silly me.
I was wondering if anyone has a revision "G" hardcopy manual? I looked
at mine and it is a revision "A".

Also as a side note, my "On/Off" switch has to be hit like 5 or so
times before it actually turns on the unit. Same goes for turning off
the unit as well.
My 12VDC lamp port burned out years ago, might this have something to
do with it?
If I turn the unit on and off from the back, everything is ok.

Anyway, I'm going to start going through all the back messages to get
caught up.

Thanks for the help,
P

Re: Revision "G" manual

2007-11-15 by gonzinigonz

sounds like the TAC switch is failing, common problem.


--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "pranaearth" <cylon_invader@...> wrote:
>
> Hello all. I have had an XL7 for some time, and I never thought to
> look online for support! Silly me.
> I was wondering if anyone has a revision "G" hardcopy manual? I 
looked
> at mine and it is a revision "A".
> 
> Also as a side note, my "On/Off" switch has to be hit like 5 or so
> times before it actually turns on the unit. Same goes for turning 
off
> the unit as well.
> My 12VDC lamp port burned out years ago, might this have something 
to
> do with it?
> If I turn the unit on and off from the back, everything is ok.
> 
> Anyway, I'm going to start going through all the back messages to 
get
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> caught up.
> 
> Thanks for the help,
> P
>

Re: Revision "G" manual

2007-11-15 by gonzinigonz

oh forgot to say..
download the PX7 manual, its the latest version with the revisions i 
believe.
Its the one i used anyway.



--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "gonzinigonz" <gonzinigonz@...> wrote:
>
> sounds like the TAC switch is failing, common problem.
> 
> 
> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "pranaearth" <cylon_invader@> wrote:
> >
> > Hello all. I have had an XL7 for some time, and I never thought to
> > look online for support! Silly me.
> > I was wondering if anyone has a revision "G" hardcopy manual? I 
> looked
> > at mine and it is a revision "A".
> > 
> > Also as a side note, my "On/Off" switch has to be hit like 5 or so
> > times before it actually turns on the unit. Same goes for turning 
> off
> > the unit as well.
> > My 12VDC lamp port burned out years ago, might this have 
something 
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> to
> > do with it?
> > If I turn the unit on and off from the back, everything is ok.
> > 
> > Anyway, I'm going to start going through all the back messages to 
> get
> > caught up.
> > 
> > Thanks for the help,
> > P
> >
>

XL7 Knob assign to alesis micron

2007-12-08 by Dacian Victor

Hi everyone,
i have an xl7 for almost a year and a half, and
recently i buyed an alesis micron mini synth for
playing live.The alesis sounds are really great but
hard to shape, due to the lack of knobs on the micron.
I tryed to use the programable knobs from xl7 to
assign thrugh midi alesis micron filters and others to
shape the presets.
I did't succed! I'm doing it exactly from the manual,
but no result.
The midi notes are working allright. Well they
play.But no knob messaging, i have no ideea way.
Pleeeeease help!

///thanks, Daci


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Re: [xl7] XL7 Knob assign to alesis micron

2007-12-08 by Greg Waltzer

Make sure you have "knobs output midi" turned on in the midi menu.

Dacian Victor wrote:
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>
>
> Hi everyone,
> i have an xl7 for almost a year and a half, and
> recently i buyed an alesis micron mini synth for
> playing live.The alesis sounds are really great but
> hard to shape, due to the lack of knobs on the micron.
> I tryed to use the programable knobs from xl7 to
> assign thrugh midi alesis micron filters and others to
> shape the presets.
> I did't succed! I'm doing it exactly from the manual,
> but no result.
> The midi notes are working allright. Well they
> play.But no knob messaging, i have no ideea way.
> Pleeeeease help!
>
> ///thanks, Daci
>
>

Re: [xl7] XL7 Knob assign to alesis micron

2007-12-08 by Dacian Victor

Thank's Greg, for the very quick answer.
  Yes the knobs output midi is turned on, and also the midi change is on.
  Did you succed to transmit knob messges?
  I'm not sure for what or how i use "Ctrl:??" from Controller>> Programmable knobs >> 
  and for what or how i use Realtime Controller A: .. B: ..

  My micron said: "Receive failed. Please try again." 
But the notes are playing!!!

  What should i do???
  thank's again

       
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Re: [xl7] XL7 Knob assign to alesis micron

2007-12-08 by Greg Waltzer

You don't need to use the realtime controllers A, B etc. Those are for 
use within the XL7 patches.
 From the "controllers" menu, go to programmable knobs.
Set the "CTRL" field to be the midi CC you want to transmit.
Set the "Ch" to be the channel that the micron is receiving on.
And on the right side of the display, set to "ext" or "both".
Do the above for each knob you  want to transmit.

Dacian Victor wrote:
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>
>
> Thank's Greg, for the very quick answer.
> Yes the knobs output midi is turned on, and also the midi change is on.
> Did you succed to transmit knob messges?
> I'm not sure for what or how i use "Ctrl:??" from Controller>> 
> Programmable knobs >>
> and for what or how i use Realtime Controller A: .. B: ..
>
> My micron said: "Receive failed. Please try again."
> But the notes are playing!!!
>
> What should i do???
> thank's again
>
>
>

Re: [xl7] XL7 Knob assign to alesis micron

2007-12-08 by Dacian Victor

ok.. i see, i set them in this mode
is transmiting some CC(but just 0, 10, 11 ... the rest seem empty??), 
also is transmiting only for one channel, the channel on which the notes are playing ..
  do you know from where i can get a complete list of the CC?
thank's.. hope to succed//:)
   
  
Greg Waltzer <egwaltzer@...> wrote:
          You don't need to use the realtime controllers A, B etc. Those are for 
use within the XL7 patches.
From the "controllers" menu, go to programmable knobs.
Set the "CTRL" field to be the midi CC you want to transmit.
Set the "Ch" to be the channel that the micron is receiving on.
And on the right side of the display, set to "ext" or "both".
Do the above for each knob you want to transmit.

Dacian Victor wrote:

>
>
> Thank's Greg, for the very quick answer.
> Yes the knobs output midi is turned on, and also the midi change is on.
> Did you succed to transmit knob messges?
> I'm not sure for what or how i use "Ctrl:??" from Controller>> 
> Programmable knobs >>
> and for what or how i use Realtime Controller A: .. B: ..
>
> My micron said: "Receive failed. Please try again."
> But the notes are playing!!!
>
> What should i do???
> thank's again
>
>
> 



                         

       
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Re: [xl7] XL7 Knob assign to alesis micron

2007-12-08 by Greg Waltzer

I don't know about the midi implementation of the Micron. The manual 
doesn't say much.
You might have to do some research on that, to find out what CCs it will 
respond to.
Or, you could figure it out by trial and error. Try asking on the Micron 
mailing list.
For general information about midi try here:
http://www.borg.com/~jglatt/tutr/miditutr.htm

Dacian Victor wrote:
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> ok.. i see, i set them in this mode
> is transmiting some CC(but just 0, 10, 11 ... the rest seem empty??),
> also is transmiting only for one channel, the channel on which the 
> notes are playing ..
> do you know from where i can get a complete list of the CC?
> thank's.. hope to succed//:)
>
>
> Greg Waltzer <egwaltzer@... <mailto:egwaltzer%40comcast.net>> 
> wrote:
> You don't need to use the realtime controllers A, B etc. Those are for
> use within the XL7 patches.
> >From the "controllers" menu, go to programmable knobs.
> Set the "CTRL" field to be the midi CC you want to transmit.
> Set the "Ch" to be the channel that the micron is receiving on.
> And on the right side of the display, set to "ext" or "both".
> Do the above for each knob you want to transmit.
>
> Dacian Victor wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Thank's Greg, for the very quick answer.
> > Yes the knobs output midi is turned on, and also the midi change is on.
> > Did you succed to transmit knob messges?
> > I'm not sure for what or how i use "Ctrl:??" from Controller>>
> > Programmable knobs >>
> > and for what or how i use Realtime Controller A: .. B: ..
> >
> > My micron said: "Receive failed. Please try again."
> > But the notes are playing!!!
> >
> > What should i do???
> > thank's again
> >
> >
> >
>
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Re: [xl7] XL7 Knob assign to alesis micron

2007-12-10 by Dacian Victor

Thank's for aswering...
  Ufff, it's getting complicate ....
  Alesis Micron use NRPN messages!!!! Why is so complicate?
   
  I found this on a forum:
  ---------
  Re: [micron] How do you use a MIDI controller to edit Micron Patches? 
  
 
  Hi Aaron

> I also wish to know more about how to send NRPNs to the Micron. It is
> not clear to me what numbers need to be sent,

It's all a bit confusing isn't it! First off I do know that people have
successfully setup the Behringer BCR2000 as an external editor for the
Micron. And the BCR does handle transmitting NRPNs. Somebody in this group
infact (Godrich?) So it's possible! However, I don't want one and you
haven't got one. I really like the look of the Photon X25. I love the pitch
wheel on the Micron and the X25 has a pitch and mod wheel like it.

>
>> > The micron sends and receives NRPNs, if you want CCs, you must
>> edit the
>> > mod matrix for each patch to affect a CC to a parameter.
>> [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/alesis-ion/message/14219]>
> This is a reference to selecting specific CCs in the mod matrix to
> control specific parameters. Sure, this should work, but you are
> limited to 12 (?) mod inputs and you have to assign them on a patch-
> by-patch basis.

Yes, just tried this with limited success. Limited for the reasons you
mention but also because not all patch parameters are available (waveform
type for example) and the notion of level and offset means you're working
around a given value rather than the range of all values. If you get what I
mean.

> other than NRPNs, which are actually a kind of CC.
>> ... which would seem to exclude the notion that transmitting an NRPN
>> involves stringing together a number of MIDI CCs on a single knob?
> NRPNs consist of multiple messages sent together.

Yeah. Did you see my link in the previous post
http://www.philrees.co.uk/nrpnq.htm? I think I get how NRPNs work. Two MIDI
CC messages to indicate an NRPN is on the way and what one it is then
another MIDI CC (or two depending on the value range) saying what value that
NRPN should take.

> Anyway, I hope that someone with more knowledge chimes in on this
> subject. I would like to send NRPNs with my Ozonic,

BUT ... how that relates to your Ozonic or my possible purchase of a Photon
X25 I'm not sure! I had a BCR2000 for a little while and for a given knob
you explicitly stated whether you were simply sending MIDI CC or an NRPN. So
it was quite straightforward in that sense.

I've just been looking around the files section and found Ohmstudiste's
folder. It has a Micron NRPN list but also a MidiOx mapping file. I'm going
to investigate this further. I assume it maps MIDI CCs to NRPNs. This is
cool but it's not a direct solution as it requires a computer and MidiOx
running.

It's a shame because if one truly gets fed up with the limited hands-on
editing facilities of the Micron it's tempting to go "oh I should have
bought an Ion". But! That doesn't solve anything as there's loads of cool
features on the Micron I'd really miss that aren't on the Ion (patterns,
drums etc).

Ooh ... can an Ion edit Micron patches? Nah that's just getting silly!

Jim
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Can use XL-7 NRPN messages?

2007-12-12 by Dacian Victor

Can use XL-7 NRPN messages????
  thanks

Dacian Victor <dacian_victor@...> wrote:
          ok.. i see, i set them in this mode
is transmiting some CC(but just 0, 10, 11 ... the rest seem empty??), 
also is transmiting only for one channel, the channel on which the notes are playing ..
do you know from where i can get a complete list of the CC?
thank's.. hope to succed//:)


Greg Waltzer <egwaltzer@...> wrote:
You don't need to use the realtime controllers A, B etc. Those are for 
use within the XL7 patches.
From the "controllers" menu, go to programmable knobs.
Set the "CTRL" field to be the midi CC you want to transmit.
Set the "Ch" to be the channel that the micron is receiving on.
And on the right side of the display, set to "ext" or "both".
Do the above for each knob you want to transmit.

Dacian Victor wrote:

>
>
> Thank's Greg, for the very quick answer.
> Yes the knobs output midi is turned on, and also the midi change is on.
> Did you succed to transmit knob messges?
> I'm not sure for what or how i use "Ctrl:??" from Controller>> 
> Programmable knobs >>
> and for what or how i use Realtime Controller A: .. B: ..
>
> My micron said: "Receive failed. Please try again."
> But the notes are playing!!!
>
> What should i do???
> thank's again
>
>
> 

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Re: [xl7] Can use XL-7 NRPN messages?

2007-12-12 by Aaron Eppolito

Not really.  Since NRPNs are just regular CC messages, you theoretically could assign three knobs to do it, but you really wouldn't want to.


For a quick tutorial on NRPNs, envision them like this:  A NRPN is three different controller messages, two to specify what parameter (kinda like your house address), and one to actually change the value.  You have to send "Bn 63 xx Bn 62 yy Bn 06 zz" where n is the channel, xx and yy are the two parameter numbers, and zz is the value.  Note those are in hex.  Decimal would be 99 and 98 for 63 & 62.


Bn = cc message
63 (99 decimal) = NRPN parameter select MSB
62 (98 decimal) = NRPN parameter select LSB
06 = Data entry


You'd have to set one knob up to control 99, one to control 98, and one to control 06.  You'd have to pick the right parameter with the first two knobs, then use the data knob to control the value.


In essence?  Impossible.  Sorry!


-Aaron
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From: Dacian Victor <dacian_victor@...>
To: xl7@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 1:07:49 AM
Subject: [xl7] Can use XL-7 NRPN messages?


 
  Can use XL-7 NRPN messages????
  thanks

Dacian Victor <dacian_victor@...> wrote:
          ok.. i see, i set them in this mode
is transmiting some CC(but just 0, 10, 11 ... the rest seem empty??), 
also is transmiting only for one channel, the channel on which the
 notes are playing ..
do you know from where i can get a complete list of the CC?
thank's.. hope to succed//:)


Greg Waltzer <egwaltzer@...> wrote:
You don't need to use the realtime controllers A, B etc. Those are for 
use within the XL7 patches.
From the "controllers" menu, go to programmable knobs.
Set the "CTRL" field to be the midi CC you want to transmit.
Set the "Ch" to be the channel that the micron is receiving on.
And on the right side of the display, set to "ext" or "both".
Do the above for each knob you want to transmit.

Dacian Victor wrote:

>
>
> Thank's Greg, for the very quick answer.
> Yes the knobs output midi is turned on, and also the midi change is
 on.
> Did you succed to transmit knob messges?
> I'm not sure for what or how i use "Ctrl:??" from Controller>> 
> Programmable knobs >>
> and for what or how i use Realtime Controller A: .. B: ..
>
> My micron said: "Receive failed. Please try again."
> But the notes are playing!!!
>
> What should i do???
> thank's again
>
>
> 

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Re: [xl7] Re: Can use XL-7 NRPN messages?

2007-12-15 by Dacian Victor

thank you guys for your answer, 
  i will start getting more closer to micron and to program it directly,.. 
seem to complicated, even imposible.
  see you later
   
  
steve_the_composer <smw-mail@...> wrote:
          Nice explanation of CCs/NPRNs, Aaron. 

I haven't seen the micron's midi specs, but let's assume by dialing 
up the right NRPN micron patch editing can be done withe the XL-7's 
knobs. 

A year or so ago, I did a simple 4 x 4 monitor (16 channel midi data 
display) using SynthEdit. I used it simply to monitor data flow on 16 
channels simultaneously as I routed data to external gear. 

Using the same technique, (again, assuming the NPRN method works to 
edit micron parameters), someone might be able to build a SynthEdit 
[or other software] module to monitor two knobs setting up the 
MSB/LSB values. This would take out the guesswork, though it would 
require either a table or a fantastic memory to know which values 
affect which parameter.

Another option (using the embedded sysex technique) might be to 
create a bank of sequences to set up the values--one sequence for 
each parameter. If the sequences are named after each parameter, 
someone could simply dial up patterns with embedded sysex that set 
the knobs as needed.

In theory, both methods should work. Unfortunately, without a micron, 
I cannot test them. Perhaps over Xmas break I will test this with 
some old Roland gear that responds to a handful of NPRNs.

--Steve

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, Aaron Eppolito <synthesis77@...> wrote:
>
> Not really. Since NRPNs are just regular CC messages, you 
theoretically could assign three knobs to do it, but you really 
wouldn't want to.
> 
> 
> For a quick tutorial on NRPNs, envision them like this: A NRPN is 
three different controller messages, two to specify what parameter 
(kinda like your house address), and one to actually change the 
value. You have to send "Bn 63 xx Bn 62 yy Bn 06 zz" where n is the 
channel, xx and yy are the two parameter numbers, and zz is the 
value. Note those are in hex. Decimal would be 99 and 98 for 63 & 
62.
> 
> 
> Bn = cc message
> 63 (99 decimal) = NRPN parameter select MSB
> 62 (98 decimal) = NRPN parameter select LSB
> 06 = Data entry
> 
> 
> You'd have to set one knob up to control 99, one to control 98, and 
one to control 06. You'd have to pick the right parameter with the 
first two knobs, then use the data knob to control the value.
> 
> 
> In essence? Impossible. Sorry!
> 
> 
> -Aaron
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Dacian Victor <dacian_victor@...>
> To: xl7@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 1:07:49 AM
> Subject: [xl7] Can use XL-7 NRPN messages?
> 
> 
> 
> Can use XL-7 NRPN messages????
> thanks
> 
> Dacian Victor <dacian_victor@...> wrote:
> ok.. i see, i set them in this mode
> is transmiting some CC(but just 0, 10, 11 ... the rest seem 
empty??), 
> also is transmiting only for one channel, the channel on which the
> notes are playing ..
> do you know from where i can get a complete list of the CC?
> thank's.. hope to succed//:)
> 
> 
> Greg Waltzer <egwaltzer@...> wrote:
> You don't need to use the realtime controllers A, B etc. Those are 
for 
> use within the XL7 patches.
> From the "controllers" menu, go to programmable knobs.
> Set the "CTRL" field to be the midi CC you want to transmit.
> Set the "Ch" to be the channel that the micron is receiving on.
> And on the right side of the display, set to "ext" or "both".
> Do the above for each knob you want to transmit.
> 
> Dacian Victor wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > Thank's Greg, for the very quick answer.
> > Yes the knobs output midi is turned on, and also the midi change 
is
> on.
> > Did you succed to transmit knob messges?
> > I'm not sure for what or how i use "Ctrl:??" from Controller>> 
> > Programmable knobs >>
> > and for what or how i use Realtime Controller A: .. B: ..
> >
> > My micron said: "Receive failed. Please try again."
> > But the notes are playing!!!
> >
> > What should i do???
> > thank's again
> >
> >
> > 
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