Kenton LD3PRO User Manual

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pedal input to MIDI

Operating manual

including instructions for use with LD -2

INTRODUCTION

Congratulations on your purchase of the LD-3 (& LD-2) level display units. The LD-3 & LD-

2 are very easy to use, but please tak e a few moments to read t hrough the manual to avoid

any operational difficulties.

CONNECTIONS LD-3

MIDI In

Plug your MIDI synth, controller or sequencer into here..

MIDI Out1 & MIDI out2

These provide a copy of the data received by the MIDI In socket merged with the data generated by
the LD-3 itself.

Pedal Input

Plug your analogue controller pedal into here. This input is a ¼” ster eo jack (TRS) where the sleeve is
ground. You can plug FC-7 (Yamaha) type or EV-5 (Roland) type or switch pedals of either polarity into
here. If you are using the LD-3 between your pedal and your synth, please see loopback below.
The LD-3 can als o be used to generate MIDI from an analogue controller pedal without having to be
connected to a synth. In this case, nothing should be connected to the loopback socket. If you are
working in this mode, select the voltage select parameter “Ult” (volt) and select “INT” as a data value.

Loopback to Synth

If you are using the LD-3 between your pedal and your synth, connect a stereo (TRS) jumper cable
from here to the input on your synth where you would have plugged your analogue controller pedal.
The pedal and synth jacks are connec ted in parallel. If you are working in this m ode, select the voltage
select parameter “ Ult” (volt) and select “EXT ” as a data value. Note that the pedal and synth sockets
will not load down the circuit to the synth. The load imposed by the LD-3 is around 1 megohm , even
with the unit unpowered.

MIDI & Power to LD-2

Plug the 5 pin Din cable from the LD-2 into here. This will supply power and data to the LD-2.
Because this socket s upplies power to the LD-2, it should not norm ally be connected to any other MIDI
device, or should be used with caution. The pins used for the power connection are not norm ally used
by MIDI devices, but som e units do use these pins for r emote power themselves . Obviously the LD-3
should not be connected to one of these devices. Note that the power connection is current limited.

DC IN 9V

This requires a 2.1mm centre positive plug from a 9 volt unregulated plug top type power supply.
Power requirements are around 30mA for the LD-3 alone and up to 100mA if powering the LD-2

CONNECTIONS LD-2

MIDI In

Plug the cable from the “MIDI & Power to LD-2” output of the LD-3 into here. Use a 5 pin Din cable with
all pins wired (some MIDI cables don’t have all pins wired as MIDI doesn’t normally use all of them).

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DISPLAY

The display on the LD-2 has two types of readout. Firstly numbers are displayed in numeric format 0­127 as used by MIDI. Secondly, there is a 20 segm ent bar r eadout where a value of zero will show no
bars, and a value of 127 will show all bars, with intermediate values showing a proportionate number of
bars. When you enter setup mode on the LD-3 (see below) the parameter and data values will show on
the LD-2 display. When you exit setup mode on the LD-3, the MIDI channel and controller number
information is pass ed to the LD-2 and stored in its m em ory also so that you do not have to “learn” new
values when they are changed on the LD-3

USING THE LD-3

First connect the s upplied power adaptor to the “ DC IN 9V” power input sock et on the bac k of the unit,
then connect either your MIDI signal cable to the MIDI In socket and/or an analogue contr oller pedal to
the pedal input. When power is applied to the LD-3, the LED will light with a steady glow.

EDITING THE LD-3

In order to edit the LD-3, you will first have to enter setup mode. To do this , use a s m all scr ewdriver or
matchstick (or similar) to press the setup button. If no more buttons are pressed, the buttons will
remain active f or about 7 seconds . Pr essing any of the SEL DEC or INC buttons will reset the tim eout,
so you should not have any difficulty editing the unit. When you exit setup mode either by pressing the
setup button again, or by timeout, the edited values are saved in a non-volatile storage device, so the
unit will “remember” its assignm ents for the next tim e it is used. W h ilst the LD-3 is in setup m ode, the
LED will flash slowly. It will return to a steady glow when normal running mode is resumed.

Each parameter is acc essed us ing the INC or DEC buttons whilst parameter mode is active. There are
five parameters in the m enu listed in the next section ‘Parameters’. Param eter mode is indicated on
the LD-2 by a dot at the top of the left m ost digit. You will also see the “con” param eter repr esented on
the three digit readout. Whenever setup mode is entered, the parameter always resets to “con”.

Press the INC or DEC button to get to the param eter you require, then press the PARA/VALUE button
to select Value mode. Value m ode is indicated on the LD-2 by a dot at the top of the middle digit. Use
the DECrement (-) and INCrement (+) buttons to edit the value. The DEC & INC buttons will auto­repeat if held down. To select another prameter press the PARA/VALUE button again to return to
Parameter mode. On the next page is a list of parameters and what they do.

When the MIDI channel or Controller number parameters are edited on the LD-3 these are also
passed to the LD-2 and stored in the mem or y there. You consequently do not have to put the LD-2 into
learn mode in order to use the new parameters.

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PARAMETERS

Parameter name: Displays as: Range: Default:

MIDI controller number Con 0-119 7
Select the controller number (cc) the LD-3 will transmit
MIDI transmit/receive channel Chn 1-16 1
Selects the MIDI channel the LD-3 will transmit MIDI data on
Pedal type select PEd roL, YAh, SP1,SP2 roL
Selects what type of pedal the pedal input is configured for.

RoL selects a Roland type pedal such as the EV-5, with power to ring and output from tip.
YAh selects a Yamaha type pedal such as the FC-7, with power to tip and output from ring.
SP1 selects a switch type pedal (mono jack) where make = data 127, break = data 0.
SP2 selects a switch type pedal (mono jack) where break = data 127, make = data 0.

Voltage int/ext select ULt int, ext int
Selects whether power is supplied by an external source (ext) such as a synth when used with

loopback, or internally (int) when used without loopback.
Manual calibration cAL 0-127 0
Allows you to set a manual calibration value for the pedal you are using. Increasing this value will

increase the data value output for any given pedal position. If your pedal does not give 127 at its
maximum position, increase this value until it does . Alternatively use auto-calibration described below.
Note that the actual number shown is m eaningless except that a higher value will give a greater data
output from any given pedal position

Soft Thru on/off select thr on, off on
Selects whether MIDI messages received at the MIDI In socket are echoed to the MIDI Outs.
Resend controller on prog change roP on, off off
Selects whether the MIDI data read from the pedal is re-sent whenever a valid program change is

received. A program change is valid if it is on the MIDI channel selected above (chn).

AUTO-CALIBRATION

To use auto calibration, start with your pedal at the ¾ position, then press and hold the setup button
until the LED starts to flash quickly. It will flash slowly for the first 3 to 4 seconds and then begin to flash
fast. At this point you can release the setup button and then push the pedal gently to its full-on position.
At this point you can either wait for the mode to time-out, or press the setup/exit button to return to
normal running mode.

FACTORY DEFAULTS

If you want to reset your LD-3 to its factory default settings, you can do so by applying power to the unit
whilst holding the setup button pressed.

`dEF` (factory defaults) will be displayed when this has been done. The default settings are given in the
last column above.

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LIST OF MIDI CONTROLLER NUMBERS (CCs)

Controller Number Control Function

0 Bank select MSB
1 Modulation wheel or lever
2 Breath controller
3 Undefined
4 Foot controller
5 Portamento time
6 Data entry MSB
7 Main volume
8 Balance
9 Undefined
10 Pan
11 Expression controller
12 Effect control 1
13 Effect control 2
14-15 Undefined
16-19 General purpose controllers (1-4)
20-31 Undefined
32-63 LSB for controllers 0-31
64 Damper pedal (sustain) (Hold 1)
65 Portamento on/off
66 Sostenuto
67 Soft pedal
68 Legato footswitch (val 0-63=normal 64-127=legato)
69 Hold 2
70 Sound controller 1 (default=sound variation)
71 Sound controller 2 (default=timbre/harmonic content)
72 Sound controller 3 (default=release time)
73 Sound controller 4 (default=attack time)
74 Sound controller 5 (default=brightness)
75-79 Sound controllers 6-10 (no defaults)
80-83 General purpose controllers (5-8)
84 Portamento control
85-90 Undefined
91 Effects 1 depth (formerly external effects depth)
92 Effects 2 depth (formerly tremolo depth)
93 Effects 3 depth (formerly chorus depth)
94 Effects 4 depth (formerly celeste (detune) depth)
95 Effects 5 depth (formerly phaser depth)
96 Data increment
97 Data decrement
98 Non-registered parameter number LSB
99 Non-registered parameter number MSB
100 Registered parameter number LSB
101 Registered parameter number MSB
102-119 Undefined
120-127 Reserved for channel mode messages

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SPECIFICATIONS LD-3

Power Input 2.1mm DC power jack
Power 9V DC unregulated 100mA (when powering LD-2)
MIDI In, Out1, Out2, LD-2
Pedal & Synth inputs ¼” stereo jack (TRS) – 1 megohm input inpedance
Display none – uses LD-2 display
Weight 400 grams
Dimensions 183 x 110 x 40 mm
Non-volatile memory EEPROM (no back-up battery required)

SPECIFICATIONS LD-2

Power Supplied from the LD-3 via the Din lead – pin 1=ground / pin 3 = +5V
MIDI In only - 5 pin Din socket (also supplies power from the LD-3)
Display 3 x 7 segment display and 2 x 10 segment bargraph
Weight 285 gms
Dimensions 119 x 54 x 40 mm
Non-volatile memory EEPROM (no back-up battery required)

WARRANTY

The LD-3 & LD-2 come with a 12 month (from pur chase date) back to base warranty, (i.e. customer
must arrange and pay for carriage to and from Kenton Electronics).

www.kenton.co.uk

Kenton Electronics Limited

Brookfarm House, Station Road, South Wimbledon, London, SW19 2LP, UK

Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone]

rev# LD-3=1130 LD-2=1120 e. & o. e.  27th August 2006

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