User manual TC ELECTRONIC S6000OPERATION

[. . . ] . 23 . 23 . 23 . 23 TC Icon Software Editor for PC & MAC Presentation . . 20 Engine - Edit Page General introduction to operate parameters in algorithms User Fader Group . . 22 TC Electronic, Sindalsvej 34, DK-8240 Risskov tcdk@tcelectronic. com Operation English version Rev 3. 00 1 BASIC OPERATION - SYSTEM 6000 Fig 1 Fig 2 Introduction This section of the manual is a general introduction on how to operate System 6000 via the TC Icon. The basic System 6000 consists of a Mainframe with a DSP card and up to three I/O cards, plus a TC Icon remote with Remote CPU. [. . . ] Send Program Change Select whether the Frame should send program changes to MIDI out when presets are recalled via TC Icon or the TC Icon Software editor. Read Control Change Select whether the Frame should Read Control Changes messages. Send Control Change Options here are Single (7 bit) or Double (14 bit) precison. Read SysEx - Send SysEx These two parameters determine whether the Frame should read and send SysEx. 13 FRAME - SYSTEM - MAIN External MIDI Control - of Fader Parameters From software version 2. 5, all fader assignable parameters can be remote controlled via MIDI Control Change Messages. To be able to control Faders you must create a dedicated Fader User Group holding these parameters. Page 20 in this manual section explains how to create User Fader Groups. Single Precision - Double Precision We support both single (7bit) and double precision (14 bit) Controller Data, but you should notice that best resolution is achieved using 14 bit Controller Data. By controlling parameters with Single precision you will be able to control in 128 steps for a complete parameter range. For most applications this will be quite fine and this is also the precision most external controllers and especially sequencers support. However, System 6000 supports the 14 bit precision standard that has a considerably higher resolution: 128x128=16384 steps. To achieve this resolution via an external fader control the external controlling device must be able to handle two controllers at the same time on the same MIDI channel. The scheme below shows which controllers to assign to which Faders for both Single Precision and Double Precision situations. Single precision: FADER 1 MIDI FADER 2 MIDI FADER 3 MIDI FADER 4 MIDI FADER 5 MIDI FADER 6 MIDI CC CC CC CC CC CC 70 71 72 73 74 75 Sound Sound Sound Sound Sound Sound Controller Controller Controller Controller Controller Controller 1 2 3 4 5 6 Double precision, LSB: (Note that both LSB and MSB must be sent for double precision) FADER 1 MIDICC 48 General Purpose Controller FADER 2 MIDICC 49 General Purpose Controller FADER 3 MIDICC 50 General Purpose Controller FADER 4 MIDICC 51 General Purpose Controller FADER 5 MIDICC 52 Undefined FADER 6 MIDICC 53 Undefined Double precision, MSB (Note that both LSB and MSB must be sent for double precision) FADER 1 MIDICC 16 General Purpose Controller FADER 2 MIDICC 17 General Purpose Controller FADER 3 MIDICC 18 General Purpose Controller FADER 4 MIDICC 19 General Purpose Controller FADER 5 MIDICC 20 Undefined FADER 6 MIDICC 21 Undefined #1 #2 #3 #4 #1 #2 #3 #4 MSB value indicates the actual double parameter change. So sending a LSB will not change the value, but only cache this value for later use when receiving the MSB part. The LSB must therefore be sent before the MSB. 14 FRAME - SYSTEM - MAIN Setting up Make sure to select MIDI channel settings corresponding to the channels your external controller is using for each Engine. Recording · On the TC Icon go to the Frame/System/Main/MIDI page, and set up the Send/Receive parameters as follows: Send CC Receive CC : ON : OFF · Make sure that in the Protools MIDI menu, the MIDI THRU function is disabled to avoid a MIDI loop while in recording mode (as explained in the previous column). · Make sure you have your MIDI Input devices correctly configured in Protools. · Create new MIDI Track · Set the MIDI Output channel of that track in the Mixer window · Add New MIDI controllers, and choose the right Controller numbers from the list (see next page) · Record the MIDI automation data using the Icon faders or external MIDI faders/knobs A few things to take into consideration when using the TC Icon Faders to record automation into your sequencer: Make sure that the record enabled MIDI track does not echo back the MIDI Input to the System 6000. Otherwise the System 6000 will receive double MIDI CC values, which creates a MIDI loop and un-smooth automation data. The following example explains how to avoid this on a Protools System. If you are using other systems you should look for similar features or use the feature introduced in System 6000 Software version 2. 5 (see below): Example · In DigiDesign Protools in the MIDI menu you disable MIDI THRU. This way when the track is record enabled, the incoming events are not echoed to the Output. · In case your sequencer or MIDI data recorder does not offer the possibility to mute the track while recording you can use a new feature to avoid a MIDI loop with the System 6000. [. . . ] (see next page) Be aware that until Save is pressed Edited SMPTE information is not yet stored in the Event list. For convenient indication the Save key will be red as soon as any alteration of the current Event list is present. Cursor Modify/Insert - Edit Event Settings Operation · To access Event settings press Modify in the Edit page. · Setup all parameters for the Event you are about to Modify or Insert. [. . . ]