M-Audio UC33e Advanced user guide

Evolution UC-33 Advanced User Guide

Evolution UC-33e Advanced User Guide
Contents - UC-33 Advanced Guide
About The Advanced User Guide...............................................................	2
Terminology................................................................................................	2
On The Fly Operations
Sending Program Changes On The Fly..................................................................	4
Sending Bank Changes On The Fly .......................................................................	4
Sending Snap Shot ................................................................................................	4
Muting All Controllers .............................................................................................	5
Draw Bar Mode ......................................................................................................	5
Programming & Editing The UC-33
Introduction To UC-33 Programming Options ........................................................	8
Selecting A Controller For Editing ..........................................................................	9
Assigning MIDI CC’s ............................................................................................	10
Assigning An Individual MIDI Channel .................................................................	10
Changing The Global MIDI Channel ....................................................................	10
Setting Toggle Values For the Buttons.................................................................	11
RPN/NRPN, SysEx And Other Advanced Messages...........................................	11
Assigning MMC Control To A Button....................................................................	11
Assigning RPN/NRPN To A Fader/Rotary Controller ...........................................	12
Assigning A Note To A Button..............................................................................	13
About SysEx Messages & Device ID....................................................................	13
Non-Volatile Memory............................................................................................	14
Memory Dump......................................................................................................	14
Assigning A Device ID To The UC-33 ..................................................................	14
Resetting The UC-33 To The Factory Default Setting..........................................	14
MIDI In/Out & MIDI Messages Explained
MIDI In & MIDI Out Signal Flow Diagram .............................................................	16
About The MIDI In Port.........................................................................................	16
About The MIDI Out Port......................................................................................	16
Program & Bank Changes Explained...................................................................	17
RPN/NRPN’s Explained .......................................................................................	17
SysEx Explained ..................................................................................................	18
The Evolution Librarian
About The Librarian Software ..................................................................	20
Installing The Librarian Software..............................................................	20
Setting Up The Librarian Software ...........................................................	21
Librarian Overview ...................................................................................	21
Organising Presets Received From A Device..........................................	21
Viewing The Contents Of A Memory........................................................	22
Saving A Setup.........................................................................................	22
Loading A Setup.......................................................................................	22
Future Development Of The Librarian......................................................	22

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Contents - UC-33 Advanced Guide, Cont'd.
Appendix A-G & Factory Preset List
Appendix A - MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART ..................................................	24
Appendix B - Assignable MIDI CC’s on the UC-33..............................................	25
Appendix C - Hexadecimal Conversion Chart ......................................................	27
Appendix D - Useful MIDI data.............................................................................	28
Appendix E - Standard MIDI Controller numbers (MIDI CC's)............................	29
Appendix F - Roland GS and Yamaha XG NRPN Support to Roland JV/XP .......	30
Appendix G - General MIDI Reverb and Chorus Types .......................................	31
Appendix H - UC-33 Preset List ...........................................................................	32

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About The Advanced Guide

In the UC-33 Advanced Guide we have made the assumption that you have been through the UC-33 Getting Started Guide which should have been supplied in printed form with your UC-33. If you do not have this guide, please contact your local distributor or download it from our website www.evolution.co.uk

The Getting Started Guide should insure that you are now familiar with the basic operation of the UC-33 so that we now can focus on more in-depth features.

First however, we need to explain some terminology we use throughout the guide.

Terminology

Edit Mode:

Edit Mode describes the short period after a function button has been pressed during which the parameters of that function can be altered. The numeric keypad can be used to alter a parameter during this time. No data is sent out of the UC-33 when it is in Edit mode except for program and bank changes. LCD symbols shown in Edit mode will flash to show you that a particular parameter can be edited. If a number is part entered, and a new controller turned, that number will become the relevant parameter number for the new controller and the 3 second editing period will re-trigger.

Default mode :

Default Mode describes the state of the UC-33, when no function buttons have been pressed within the last 3 seconds. In Default mode, the LCD will show the controller symbol, and the 2 digit display will show the last selected controller. The 3 digits display the currently assigned MIDI CC number.

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“On The Fly”

Operations

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Sending Program Changes On The Fly

You can at any one time send out a program change message to you sound card, sound module, instrument or whatever other device will receive this standard MIDI message. The program change will be sent on the global MIDI channel.

1.Press the PROGRAM button.

2.Type in the program number you wish to send, using the numerical keypad or the +/- keys.

Example: The LCD display the PROG symbol in the left hand corner Indicating that the PROGRAM button has been pressed. The program value sent is 00 and its sent on the global MIDI channel 01.

You can also program the assignable buttons to send out fixed program messages to individual MIDI channels. For further information regarding this method, please go to pages 5 to 9.

Global MIDI channel: For more information, please go to page 10.

Sending Bank Changes On The Fly

If your receiving device has more than 128 presets, you may be able to access the additional banks by sending out bank change LSM and MSB messages.

1.Press the DATA LSB or DATA MSB button.

2.Type in the bank number you wish to send, using the numerical keypad or the +/- keys.

Please check the documentation for your receiving device to ensure that it will respond to these messages. For more information about LSB and MSB, please see the chapter “Program and Bank Changes Explained” on page 17 in this manual.

Sending Snap Shot

Press the +/- buttons together to send a SNAP SHOT of the current UC-33 controller assignments and their values.

When you send a snapshot, the LCD will display the SNAPSHOT symbol. The data for an individual controller will be sent on which ever channel that controller has been assigned to.

Snap Shot is one way of synchronizing the receiving device with the UC-33 and can be used as a creative tool, with interesting and surprising results.

The data sent when SNAP SHOT is pressed, can be viewed in your sequencers list editor. Set your sequencer to record and press SNAP SHOT. Then open the list editor and ensure its set to display controller data.

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Muting All Controllers

To Mute all faders and rotary controllers, press the CTRL MUTE buttons.

This allows you to alter the position of the controller without affecting the settings of your software. CTRL MUTE does not affect buttons, and as soon as an assignable button or a function key is pressed, the controllers are turned back on. Alternatively, you can press the CTRL MUTE buttons again to turn the controllers back on.

When you first press the CTR MUTE buttons, you will see the LCD display ’OFF’. Changing the position of a controller with controller mute engaged, the LCD will always display OFF to indicate no data is being sent out by the UC-33. To cancel the controller mute function, simply press a function key (or keys) or one of the assignable buttons.

This is a very useful feature if you are switching between presets on the UC-33 with the controllers out of position. You will be able to move the controller to a position relative to the software’s controller value, rather than causing the software’s controller value to jump.

You can also use this feature for creative mixing and interesting DJ type control. If for instance you use the UC-33 as a conventional volume mixer, try engaging the controller mute function, change the volume up or down of various channels and press the SNAP SHOT buttons. This form of mixing is very dynamic and can not be done using a conventional mixer.

Draw Bar Mode

Pressing the CHANNEL and RECALL Buttons engages DRAW BAR mode. In DRAW BAR mode, the sliders of the UC-33 will be reversed – such that 0 is at the top, while 127 is at the bottom.

To engage DRAW BAR mode, press the two buttons labelled

CHANNEL and RECALL.

When DRAW BAR mode is engaged, the LCD display indicates this by displaying the FADER symbol. Press the CHANNEL and RECALL buttons to disengage DRAW BAR mode. DRAW BAR MODE is meant for use with Hammond organ type synths that have draw bars. Try this mode out with the Native Instruments B4 (demo version included on the CD-ROM).

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Programming

Editing

The UC-33

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Introduction To UC-33 Programming Options

Each of the UC-33’s 47 controllers can send MIDI cc, RPN/NRPN, GM 1&2 SysEx and even be assigned to individual MIDI channels.

MIDI cc (continuous controller) numbers are part of the standard MIDI specifications and are typically used to control the real-time changing of parameters in musical equipment. For a complete list of standard MIDI controller numbers from 0 to 131, please see Appendix E on page 29.

Any of the 47 real-time controllers on the UC-33 can be assigned to a MIDI cc number however the 14 assignable buttons have slightly different options from the 9 faders or 24 rotary controllers.

The following 2 charts show all the transmit messages you can program for each

of the 33 fader/controllers and 14 assignable MIDI buttons respectively. We show you this already at this stage, so you can follow the principle of programming the UC-33 controllers in the following instructions and examples.

Please pay extra attention to the differences between how you program the faders or controllers and how you program the buttons.

Faders & Controllers Faders & Controllers

ASSIGN	Description	Data Lsb	Data Msb
		(Press Twice)	(Press Twice)
0-119	Standard MIDI CC’s	-	-
120-127	Channel Mode Messages	-	-
128	Pitch Bend Sensitivity	-	-
129	Channel Fine Tune	-	-
130	Channel Coarse Tune	-	-
131	Channel Pressure	-	-
132	RPN coarse	RPN LSB	RPN MSB
133	RPN fine	RPN LSB	RPN MSB
134	NRPN coarse	NRPN LSB	NRPN MSB
135	NRPN fine	NRPN LSB	NRPN MSB
136	Master Volume GM*	Volume LSB	Volume MSB
137	Master Pan*	Pan LSB	Pan MSB
138	Master Coarse Tune*	Tuning LSB	Tuning MSB
139	Master Fine Tune*	Tuning LSB	Tuning MSB
140	Chorus Mod rate**	Mod rate	-
141	Chorus Mod Depth**	Mod depth	-
142	Feedback**	Feedback level	-
143	Send to Reverb**	Reverb send level	-
144	Pitch Bend	Pitch shift LSB	Pitch shift MSB
255	Controller Off****	-	-

*General MIDI SysEx messages - for details please see pages 8 & 18.

**General MIDI 2 SysEx messages

***MMC Sysex messages, for details please see page 11.

****This value cannot be typed in using the numerical keypad. Type in

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Assignable MIDI Buttons

ASSIGN	Description	Program	Bank LSB (Press	Data Msb (Press
		(Press Twice)	Twice)	Twice)

0-119	Standard MIDI CC’s	-
120-127	Channel Mode Messages -
128	Pitch Bend Sensitivity	-
129	Channel Fine Tune	-
130	Channel Coarse Tune	-
131	Channel Pressure	-
132	RPN Coarse	Value
133	RPN Fine	Value
134	NRPN Coarse	Value
135	NRPN Fine	Value
136	Master Volume*	-
137	Master Pan*	-
138	Master Coarse Tune*	-
139	Master Fine Tune*	-
140	Chorus Mod rate**	-
141	Chorus Mod Depth**	-
142	Feedback**	-
143	Send to Reverb**	-
144	Pitch Bend	-
145	Program/Bank Preset	Program
146	MIDI CC (on/off)	MIDI CC
147	Note (on/off)	Note
148	Note (on/off toggle)	Note
149	MMC Command***	-
150	Reverb type **	-
151	Reverb time **	-
152	Chorus type **	-
255	Controller Off****	-

Toggle Value 2	Toggle Value 1
Toggle Value 2	Toggle Value 1
Sensitivity value	-
Tuning amount	-
Tuning amount	-
Pressure amount	-
RPN LSB	RPN MSB
RPN LSB	RPN MSB
NRPN LSB	NRPN MSB
NRPN LSB	NRPN MSB
Volume LSB	Volume MSB
Pan LSB	Pan MSB
Tuning LSB	Tuning MSB
Tuning LSB	Tuning MSB
Mod rate	-
Mod depth	-
Feedback level	-
Reverb send level	-
Pitch shift LSB	Pitch shift MSB
Bank LSB	Bank MSB

Button release value Button press value

Velocity off	Velocity on
Velocity off	Velocity on
Command select.	-
Type	-
Time	-
Type	-
-	-

Selecting A Controller For Editing

Before you can assign a MIDI cc to one of the UC-33’s controllers, you will need to select it for editing. There are 2 methods for doing this:

1.Press CONTROL SELECT. The LCD will display the CONTROLLER symbol.

The symbol will be flashing to indicate the controller settings can be altered. The 3-digit display will show the number of the currently selected controller, proceeded by a 'C', or an 'F' if the controller is a fader.

2.Type in the number of the controller using the numeric keypad, or the +/-

buttons.

Move a fader/rotary controller.

Simply moving a fader/rotary controller will make it the currently selected controller, ready for editing.

You can also select any of the 4 assignable buttons labelled with the transport bar icons by simply pressing them. It is however not possible to select any of the 10 numerical buttons by pressing them, since during edit mode, they are used to enter numerical values. To program these buttons, please use the first method.

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