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Can someone elaborate on the midi footswitch assign and the tempo controller on page 157.

What are you trying to do?  

(1) You can set the foot switches to different CCs.
Think of the footswitches as Continuous Controllers that have two states: on and off. You can program them to do different things based on these states.

(2) You can use midi controllers (CC = 0 -> 31, Mpr, or PWh)to change the base tempo. For example, you can use one CC to step the tempo up and a different CC to step the tempo down. 

If you set "UP" to PWh, the center = your base tempo, up = tempo up, and down = tempo down. If you set "DOWN" to PWh, the center = your base tempo, up = tempo down, and down = tempo up.

You can do the same thing if you set UP and DOWN to the same CC. For example, I used a slider on a usb keyboard set to transmit CC = 25. The mid point of the slider = the base tempo. Moving it down makes the tempo go down; moving it above midpoint makes the tempo go up from the original base tempo.

When I set UP to CC = 25 and DOWN to CC = 26, moving the slider set to transmit CC = 25 from 0 to 127 increases the tempo from the base tempo. Conversely, moving the slider set to transmit CC = 26 from 0 to 127 decreases the tempo from the base tempo.

Just don't ask me how to set the range of the tempo increase and decrease.

I never did anything with tempo controller before, but a quick test confirms that it works. Thanks for asking. I have thought about trying the tempo controller thing out, but never had a reason to do so. I hope this helps.

Steve




--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "scodoha04" <douglas.harvey@...> wrote:
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> Can someone elaborate on the midi footswitch assign and the tempo controller on page 157.
>

Thanks. Just trying to understand it. Footswitch 3 must come in from externally as cc data but 1 and 2 must be an internal mapping.
  The tempo controller is confusing because any cc regardless of its function can be set as a slider so I guess its more akin to footswitch 3.

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "steve_the_composer" <smw-mail@...> wrote:
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> What are you trying to do?  
> 
> (1) You can set the foot switches to different CCs.
> Think of the footswitches as Continuous Controllers that have two states: on and off. You can program them to do different things based on these states.
> 
> (2) You can use midi controllers (CC = 0 -> 31, Mpr, or PWh)to change the base tempo. For example, you can use one CC to step the tempo up and a different CC to step the tempo down. 
> 
> If you set "UP" to PWh, the center = your base tempo, up = tempo up, and down = tempo down. If you set "DOWN" to PWh, the center = your base tempo, up = tempo down, and down = tempo up.
> 
> You can do the same thing if you set UP and DOWN to the same CC. For example, I used a slider on a usb keyboard set to transmit CC = 25. The mid point of the slider = the base tempo. Moving it down makes the tempo go down; moving it above midpoint makes the tempo go up from the original base tempo.
> 
> When I set UP to CC = 25 and DOWN to CC = 26, moving the slider set to transmit CC = 25 from 0 to 127 increases the tempo from the base tempo. Conversely, moving the slider set to transmit CC = 26 from 0 to 127 decreases the tempo from the base tempo.
> 
> Just don't ask me how to set the range of the tempo increase and decrease.
> 
> I never did anything with tempo controller before, but a quick test confirms that it works. Thanks for asking. I have thought about trying the tempo controller thing out, but never had a reason to do so. I hope this helps.
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "scodoha04" <douglas.harvey@> wrote:
> >
> > Can someone elaborate on the midi footswitch assign and the tempo controller on page 157.
> >
>

See below.

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "scodoha04" <douglas.harvey@...> wrote:
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>   Thanks. Just trying to understand it. Footswitch 3 must come in from externally as cc data
Steve: Yes, based on the manual. (I haven't verified it.) Footswitch 3 routes incoming midi data to patchcords. 

> but 1 and 2 must be an internal mapping.
Steve: 1 and 2 are connected to the footswitch jacks. You can:
(1) Select the FOOTSWITCH JACK FUNCTION for each (See CONTROLLER submenu system):
---Midi FtSw
---Play/Stop
---Play
---Stop/Return To Zero
---Punch In/Out
---Tap Tempo
---Channel +, Channel -
---Sequence +, Sequence -
---Preset +, Preset -
(2) If you have the external footswitches set up as MidiFtSw,  
 you can route them as CCs in the patchcords.

>   The tempo controller is confusing because any cc regardless of its function can be set as a slider so I guess its more akin to footswitch 3.
Steve: I am not sure what you mean here. To me, any slider or knob or switch can be set to various CCs. Also, you are limited to CCs 1 to 31 for the tempo controller on the E-Mu Sequencer.

Steve: More importantly, if you assign one (or two) of the programmable knobs to one (or both) of the tempo controller settings [Up/Down], using the same channel, you will see the tempo go up and down--the same as I described with the use of my usb/midi keyboard.  It will take about a minute or two, and when you turn the knobs, it might be less confusing than trying to explain it.

Hope this helps.
Steve

 
> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "steve_the_composer" <smw-mail@> wrote:
> >
> > What are you trying to do?  
> > 
> > (1) You can set the foot switches to different CCs.
> > Think of the footswitches as Continuous Controllers that have two states: on and off. You can program them to do different things based on these states.
> > 
> > (2) You can use midi controllers (CC = 0 -> 31, Mpr, or PWh)to change the base tempo. For example, you can use one CC to step the tempo up and a different CC to step the tempo down. 
> > 
> > If you set "UP" to PWh, the center = your base tempo, up = tempo up, and down = tempo down. If you set "DOWN" to PWh, the center = your base tempo, up = tempo down, and down = tempo up.
> > 
> > You can do the same thing if you set UP and DOWN to the same CC. For example, I used a slider on a usb keyboard set to transmit CC = 25. The mid point of the slider = the base tempo. Moving it down makes the tempo go down; moving it above midpoint makes the tempo go up from the original base tempo.
> > 
> > When I set UP to CC = 25 and DOWN to CC = 26, moving the slider set to transmit CC = 25 from 0 to 127 increases the tempo from the base tempo. Conversely, moving the slider set to transmit CC = 26 from 0 to 127 decreases the tempo from the base tempo.
> > 
> > Just don't ask me how to set the range of the tempo increase and decrease.
> > 
> > I never did anything with tempo controller before, but a quick test confirms that it works. Thanks for asking. I have thought about trying the tempo controller thing out, but never had a reason to do so. I hope this helps.
> > 
> > Steve
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "scodoha04" <douglas.harvey@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Can someone elaborate on the midi footswitch assign and the tempo controller on page 157.
> > >
> >
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