Muse Research Receptor manual v1.2 - Manual (Page 193)

17: MIDI Control of Plugin Parameters 193 Receptor Manual
Editing Plugin Parameters with MIDI Controller Messages
The advantage of using MIDI Controller Messages for parameter editing is that they’re easier to program into
a sequencer or MIDI control surface and they’re compatible with a greater variety of control surfaces. The
disadvantage is that the quantity of available MIDI Controller numbers is limited and, as such, their functions
change depending on which plugin is instantiated in which slot. For dedicated control of any parameter in any
plugin, regardless of which slot instantiates it, you should use MIDI NRPN values as discussed in “Editing
Plugin Parameters with MIDI NRPN Messages” on page 191. This section discusses how you can use MIDI
Controller Messages to edit plugin parameters.
Controlling the First 16 Parameters of Any Source Plugin
As discussed in Chapter 8, “Graphic UI - Edit View”, you can map any plugin parameter to Receptor’s front
panel and define the order in which you want those parameters displayed. You may use MIDI CC messages to
access the first 16 parameters of any Source plugin on any of Receptor’s 16 Instrument Channels.
Specifically, MIDI controllers 16-31 are used to control the first 16 front panel parameters for an instantiated
Source plugin.
For example, if you wanted to edit the second parameter mapped to the front panel for the Source plugin
assigned to Instrument Channel 3, you would send a value between 0-127 for CC 17 on MIDI Channel 3 (since
each MIDI channel controls each like-numbered Receptor Instrument Channel).
MIDI CC (MSB)
(Decimal)
MIDI CC (LSB)
(Decimal)
Receptor Function
16 48 Front Panel Parameter #1 (MIDI Ch = Instrument Ch)
17 49 Front Panel Parameter #2 (MIDI Ch = Instrument Ch)
18 50 Front Panel Parameter #3 (MIDI Ch = Instrument Ch)
19 51 Front Panel Parameter #4 (MIDI Ch = Instrument Ch)
20 52 Front Panel Parameter #5 (MIDI Ch = Instrument Ch)
21 53 Front Panel Parameter #6 (MIDI Ch = Instrument Ch)
22 54 Front Panel Parameter #7 (MIDI Ch = Instrument Ch)
23 55 Front Panel Parameter #8 (MIDI Ch = Instrument Ch)
24 56 Front Panel Parameter #9 (MIDI Ch = Instrument Ch)
25 57 Front Panel Parameter #10 (MIDI Ch = Instrument Ch)
26 58 Front Panel Parameter #11 (MIDI Ch = Instrument Ch)
27 59 Front Panel Parameter #12 (MIDI Ch = Instrument Ch)
28 60 Front Panel Parameter #13 (MIDI Ch = Instrument Ch)
29 61 Front Panel Parameter #14 (MIDI Ch = Instrument Ch)
30 62 Front Panel Parameter #15 (MIDI Ch = Instrument Ch)
31 63 Front Panel Parameter #16 (MIDI Ch = Instrument Ch)
MIDI Fine Control: Receptor supports both “coarse” and “fine” MIDI controls. Keep in mind, when you look
over the previous table, that you can send both coarse and fine controls to these 16 parameters via MIDI. The
MSB values (16-31) are the coarse controls and will be the values you most often use to change parameters.
The LSB values (48-63) are used to fine-tune a value. In most instances, you will not hear much of a difference
when you vary a fine control, but it’s supported for just those instances (such as controlling a filter’s resonance),
where fine control can make an audible, but subtle difference.