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midiclk out Will make the H8000FW output a MIDI clock signal that represents its
internal tempo (SETUP/ tempo ). This is a high accuracy signal to which other equipment
can synchronize.
That’s it for MIDI globals. If you press the midi SOFT KEY one more time, you’ll see
parameters pertaining to the serial port’s setup.
→ See Setting Up the Serial Port on page 141.
EXTERNAL MODULATION AND TRIGGER MENU PAGES
Many aspects of the H8000FW’s operation can be controlled by "external" signals. These
"external" signals include MIDI signals and signals at the rear panel foot pedal jacks 1 and
2 (see External Controllers on page 94 to set these controllers up). External "modulation"
involves altering a parameter value over a range of values. For example, you could
modulate a delay from 5 milliseconds to 25 milliseconds. At different points in time, the
delay will be 5 milliseconds, 25 milliseconds, and all of the values in-between. An external
"trigger," on the other hand, has only two states. It is not continuous. For example, you
could trigger a gate to open. The gate can be either open or closed. A trigger switches the
parameter from one state to the other.
The various external modulation and trigger menu pages you will encounter are all
variations on a common theme. Although the length of this section might lead you to
think otherwise, all you’re really doing on these menu pages is selecting the external
controller that will modulate or trigger a parameter. If the external controller you select
involves MIDI, then you will also have to deal with MIDI channels and (possibly) MIDI
control numbers. This adds length to our discussion, but it shouldn’t add complexity.
In the case of external modulation menu pages, we’re doing one more thing: we’re scaling
the external controller to suit the range of modulation we would like. Again, the concept
is simple, but we’ll have to get a little wordy in the process of describing it. Apologies . . .
For the sake of providing an example, we’re
going to externally modulate the knob
parameter found in the program Interface
Modules. To load it, set the parameters on the
Criteria menu page in the SETUP area as shown here.
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