Blackstar Blackfire 200 - Manual (Page 8)

1. The amp must be powered on with either the Standby switch set to on, a jack
in the Input socket, or both.
2. Send the appropriate Program Change message to the amp.
3. Press and hold in the appropriate front panel Channel Select switch for
2 seconds.
The corresponding channel will be selected and its LED will flash three times in quick
succession to indicate it has been assigned to the last received Program Change.
The amplifier will now remember the selection. Repeat the operation until all your
Program Changes have the desired amp channel assigned to them.
MIDI Receive Channel Selection
As mentioned previously, the default mode is set to OMNI and the amplifier will
respond to MIDI Program Changes on all MIDI channels. You may wish to set
the amplifier to respond to Program Changes on just a single MIDI channel. The
Blackfire 200 can be set to respond in this way for any of the first seven MIDI
channels as follows:
1. The unit must be in standby (Power (34) on and Standby (33) off), and no lead
connected to the Input jack.
2. Simultaneously press and hold the Clean (3) and FIRE (17) Select switches.
3. After 2 seconds the LED for FURY (20) will begin to flash continuously (2 flashes
per second) to indicate that the unit is in MIDI Receive Channel Program Mode.
4. Release the Clean (3) and FIRE (17) Select switches and select the required MIDI
channel by using the Channel Select switches as shown in the table below:
The corresponding Channel Select LEDs will illuminate to show the selection and
each press of the Channel Select switches will toggle the state of its associated
LED.
5. To store the desired selection press the FURY (21) Select switch. The FURY (20)
Select LED will flash quickly four times when the operation is complete. The unit
will then revert to normal operation, and will respond only to Program Changes
on the newly selected MIDI Channel.
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MIDI Channel Switching
The Blackfire 200 offers the ability to control channel selection via MIDI Program
Change messages and interfacing with most MIDI controllers is a straight
forward process. The Blackfire 200 can be placed in a MIDI chain allowing you to
simultaneously select a channel on the amplifier and change the patch on a MIDI
effects processor connected to the effects loop. There are 128 available Program
Changes, giving you the possibility to access a vast number of tonal combinations.
To set-up MIDI channel switching, simply connect the MIDI controller’s MIDI Out
socket to the MIDI In socket on the rear of the amplifier. The controller should be
set to transmit Program Change messages (this is usually the case). From new,
a Blackfire 200 amplifier is set to OMNI mode and responds to Program Change
messages on all MIDI channels. Changing ‘patches’ on the controller will change
the selected channel on the amp. The default settings for each Program Change
number are shown in the table below:
Program Change Assignment
To change the default assignments and set the amp up to respond to a different set
of Program Changes:
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Program Channel
Change
1 CLEAN
2 CRUNCH
3 FIRE
4 FURY
5 CLEAN
6 CRUNCH
7 FIRE
8 FURY
9 CLEAN
10 CRUNCH
11 FIRE
12 FURY
13 CLEAN
14 CRUNCH
15 FIRE
16 FURY
17 CLEAN
18 CRUNCH
19 FIRE
20 FURY
21 CLEAN
22 CRUNCH
23 FIRE
24 FURY
25 CLEAN
26 CRUNCH
27 FIRE
28 FURY
29 CLEAN
30 CRUNCH
31 FIRE
32 FURY
33 CLEAN
34 CRUNCH
35 FIRE
36 FURY
37 CLEAN
38 CRUNCH
39 FIRE
40 FURY
41 CLEAN
42 CRUNCH
43 FIRE
44 FURY
45 CLEAN
46 CRUNCH
47 FIRE
48 FURY
49 CLEAN
50 CRUNCH
51 FIRE
52 FURY
53 CLEAN
54 CRUNCH
55 FIRE
56 FURY
57 CLEAN
58 CRUNCH
59 FIRE
60 FURY
61 CLEAN
62 CRUNCH
63 FIRE
64 FURY
65 CLEAN
66 CRUNCH
67 FIRE
68 FURY
69 CLEAN
70 CRUNCH
71 FIRE
72 FURY
73 CLEAN
74 CRUNCH
75 FIRE
76 FURY
77 CLEAN
78 CRUNCH
79 FIRE
80 FURY
81 CLEAN
82 CRUNCH
83 FIRE
84 FURY
85 CLEAN
86 CRUNCH
87 FIRE
88 FURY
89 CLEAN
90 CRUNCH
91 FIRE
92 FURY
93 CLEAN
94 CRUNCH
95 FIRE
96 FURY
97 CLEAN
98 CRUNCH
99 FIRE
100 FURY
101 CLEAN
102 CRUNCH
103 FIRE
104 FURY
105 CLEAN
106 CRUNCH
107 FIRE
108 FURY
109 CLEAN
110 CRUNCH
111 FIRE
112 FURY
113 CLEAN
114 CRUNCH
115 FIRE
116 FURY
117 CLEAN
118 CRUNCH
119 FIRE
120 FURY
121 CLEAN
122 CRUNCH
123 FIRE
124 FURY
125 CLEAN
126 CRUNCH
127 FIRE
128 FURY
English
English
Clean Crunch Fire MIDI CHANNEL
OFF OFF OFF OMNI
ON OFF OFF 1
OFF ON OFF 2
ON ON OFF 3
OFF OFF ON 4
ON OFF ON 5
OFF ON ON 6
ON ON ON 7