Boss Audio Systems GS-10 - Manual (Page 75)

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Chapter 8 Using the GS-10 with External MIDI Devices Connected
Section 8
Controlling Recorders and Sequencers
Remotely from the GS-10 (Remote Control)
If you have a MIDI-controllable recorder, sequencer, or other
such external MIDI device connected to the GS-10, you can
connect a foot switch to the EXP PEDAL CTL 1,2 jack and use
it for remote control of the external MIDI device.
Setting the Messages Used for
Controlling Devices
The GS-10 features three kinds of messages (MIDI messages)
that are used for controlling external MIDI devices, and you
can select messages in accordance with the connected device.
fig.08-270
1. Press [SYSTEM] a number of times, then press
PARAMETER [ ] [ ] so that “MIDI:Remote
Ctrl” is displayed.
fig.08-280d
2. Use the PATCH/VALUE dial to select the message
according to the connected external MIDI device.
When set to Standard
MIDI System messages are transmitted.
When set to Advanced
Some computer applications allow recording and
playback functions such as Start and Stop to be assigned
to specified MIDI messages.
When this setting is selected, Note messages used in
sending commands for remote control to the application
and Note messages for assigning various functions are
transmitted together with the Standard messages.
Use the software to set the operations to be performed by
means of these Note messages.
* Settings examples are given on p. 76 and p. 77. Please refer to
these examples.
* Note messages are transmitted over the selected transmission
channel (p. 69).
When set to MMC
MIDI Machine Control is transmitted.
3. Press [EXIT] to return to the Play screen.
STOP FC
START FA
1 3
1 2
STOP 90 00 00 90 02 01 90 02 00 90 00 00 FC
START 90 00 00 90 04 01 90 04 00 90 00 00 FA
STOP F0 7F 7F 06 01 F7
START F0 7F 7F 06 02 F7
About Note Messages
When START is activated, the following messages are
output.
fig.08-281
Messages are similarly output for Reset/Stop/Play/Rec.
The following shows the correspondence between the
functions and the Note messages used in assigning them.
* The note name (Key) may differ depending on the
application used and the settings; you may wish to refer to
the relevant manual for details.
Note# Note Name (Key)
Reset 05 F -1
Stop 02 D -1
Play 04 E -1
Rec 07 G -1
Note# 00 On Note# 04 On Note# 00 Off Note# 04 Off
Note Messages for Assigning Functions: Note#04 (E -1)
Note Messages for Remote Control: Note#00 (C -1)