M-Audio UC-33e User Guide

Evolution UC-33 Advanced User Guide

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.

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.

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.

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

(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

Data Msb

(Press Twice)

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Assignable MIDI Buttons

ASSIGN Description Program

(Press Twice)

0-119 Standard MIDI CC's - Toggle Value 2 Toggle Value 1

120-127 Channel Mode Messages - Toggle Value 2 Toggle Value 1

128 Pitch Bend Sensitivity - Sensitivity value 129 Channel Fine Tune - Tuning amount 130 Channel Coarse Tune - Tuning amount 131 Channel Pressure - Pressure amount 132 RPN Coarse Value RPN LSB RPN MSB 133 RPN Fine Value RPN LSB RPN MSB 134 NRPN Coarse Value NRPN LSB NRPN MSB 135 NRPN Fine Value NRPN LSB NRPN MSB 136 Master Volume* - 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 145 Program/Bank Preset Program Bank LSB Bank MSB 146 MIDI CC (on/off) MIDI CC Button release value Button press value 147 Note (on/off) Note Velocity off Velocity on 148 Note (on/off toggle) Note Velocity off Velocity on 149 MMC Command*** - Command select. 150 Reverb type ** - Type 151 Reverb time ** - Time 152 Chorus type ** - Type 255 Controller Off**** - - -

Bank LSB (Press

Twice)

Data Msb (Press

Twice)

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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Assigning MIDI CC’s

Once the controller you want to edit has been selected, you can change the assigned MIDI cc number in the following way:

1. Press ASSIGN. The LCD will flash the CC symbol. The 3 digit display will indicate the currently assigned MIDI cc number.

2. Type in a new MIDI cc value using the numeric keypad or '+' and '-' buttons. The MIDI controller number you select will be assigned to the currently selected

controller, shown by the number on the small, 2-digit display.

Example: After pressing ASSIGN, the display shows the cc symbol and in this case displays that currently the MIDI cc 07 is assigned to fader/rotary controller number 33.

Assigning An Individual MIDI Channel

1. Select the controller you want to edit as described earlier.

2. Press CHANNEL. The LCD will display the CHAN symbol and the 3-digit display will show the

current channel assignment of the selected controller, preceded by a 'c'. The small 2-digit display will show the currently selected controller for assignment.

3. Type the MIDI channel number (01-16) you want the controller to send to, using the numeric keypad or the +/- keys.

If the controller is assigned to channel 00, it will transmit on the global channel.

Changing The Global MIDI Channel

The UC-33’s global MIDI channel affects only the controllers that have the individual MIDI channel assigned to value 00, as described in the previous section.

Here is how you change the global MIDI channel:

1. Press GLOBAL CHANNEL (ASSIGN and CHANNEL together).

The LCD will display the KEYBOARD and CHAN symbol. The 3-digit display will show the currently selected global channel, preceded by a 'c'.

2. Type in the MIDI channel number (01-16) using the numeric keypad or the +/- keys.

Example: MIDI channel 01 is assigned as global MIDI channel.

Using a combination of global MIDI channel and individually assigned MIDI channels can be a great way of navigating through your system. With multitimbral instruments such as Reason, it can be easier to just change the global MIDI channel on the UC-33 in order to jump to the next device, rather than operating the software.

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Setting Toggle Values For The Buttons

The 14 assignable buttons can each be assigned to toggle between two values. You may for instance want to send out value 15 when you first press the button followed by value 74 when you press the button for a second time. This is how you do it:

1. Press the Function button labelled DATA MSB 2 times.

2. Type in 15 using the numerical keypad or the +/ - keys.

3. Press the Function button labelled DATA LSB 2 times.

4. Type in 74 using the numerical keypad or the +/ - keys.

If you want the button to send the same value every time you press it, simply type in the same value both times.

RPN/NRPN, GM 1+2 SysEx & Other Messages

As already described, the standard MIDI controller numbers range from 0 to 131. We have extended the list of MIDI cc's that can be assigned to the controllers of the UC-33 to include RPN/NRPN, MMC and General MIDI 1&2 SysEx messages.

These advanced messages are as easy to program as a regular MIDI cc instruction by entering values 132 to 152 when programming MIDI cc’s. The charts on page 8 and 9 (or Appendix B) show you what number correspond to each message

To program the values required for these advanced messages, the UC-33 requires you to press the PROGRAM, DATA LSB and DATA MSB buttons twice respectively. Pressing only once will send the program and bank change instructions “on the fly” as described earlier.

Lets look at a couple of examples to see how this works. Please refer to the chart in Appendix B so you get to grips with the principle:

Assigning MMC Control To A Button

1. Select the button you want to control the MMC message.

2. Press “ASSIGN” on the UC-33.

3. Type in “149” using the numerical keypad. This is the number that correspond to the MMC instruction, as per the chart on

page 8 and 9.

4. Press “Channel” once.

5. Type in “127”, using the numerical keypad. This ensures that the message is set to all device ID numbers. For more

information about this, please read “About SysEx Messages & Device ID” on page 13.

4. Press the “DATA LSB” button twice.

5. Enter a number from the chart on the next page to select the MMC message you want:

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