Doepfer Regelwerk (device no longer available) - Manual (Page 15)

Doepfer Musikelektronik GmbH User manual V1.0 REGELWERK V1.2 ✽ ✾ ✿ ❀
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REGELWERK is a complex piece of
equipment designed to produce MIDI events.
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REGELWERK provides an easy way of
generating almost any kind of MIDI event.
It can, for instance, alter or originate
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MIDI note events,
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controller events,
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polyphonic aftertouch,
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monophonic aftertouch,
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program changes, or
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pitch bend.
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Each MIDI event is defined by bytes showing
what type of event it is, what MIDI channel it
refers to, and one or two values which define
the amount of effect the event has.
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For instance with note events, one byte
defines the pitch (note number), and the
other defines the loudness (velocity).
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For controller messages, the controller
number and the amount will be specified.
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Polyphonic aftertouch is defined in the same
way as a note value, and is connected with a
particular note number.
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Monophonic aftertouch produces a value like
monophonic velocity.
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Program change simply produces a program
change number.
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Pitch bend messages are theoretically
composed of two numbers, but in practice
one of them is always 0.
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REGELWERK produces no sounds of its own,
but serves solely as a complex controller for
any MIDI event processing equipment –
synths, samplers, sequencers, etc. - or as a
master clock for any equipment with a SYNC
input.
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REGELWERK 's guts are its array of front
panel controls, such as the two rows of 24
buttons, the 24 faders, and so on, which,
within certain limits can control almost any
MIDI event you wish.
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REGELWERK additionally offers some of the
potential afforded by a software MIDI
sequencer. You can't compare it exactly,
because it has a much reduced and limited
range of functions, but
REGELWERK gains
some of its special appeal exactly from this
slimming-down – by offering many dedicated
physical controls, and enabling immediate
real-time access to a wide range of MIDI
control.
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The closest parallel to the REGELWERK' s
Sequencer mode is probably the drum edit
page in a software sequencer.
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REGELWERK 's main roles are as a MIDI
fader box and a pattern sequencer:
8.1 Fader/ sequencer mode
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In principle, both modes are autonomous,
and work simultaneously.
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To access one or other of the modes, the
buttons at the extreme right of the 16 menu
access buttons (bottom right of the
REGELWERK ) are used.
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In Fader Mode all 24 faders are configured to
control fader events.
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The lower 24 (Key On-Off) buttons control
Key On-Off events and/or the Mute function.
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The upper 24 buttons select one fader at a
time.
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In Sequencer Mode faders 9 - 24 control the
pitch or velocity of Steps 1-16 in a similar
fashion to an analogue sequencer.
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The lower buttons 9-24 control Track Select
and/or Track On functions. The upper
buttons 9 - 24 control Gate On / Off for Steps
1 - 16.
8.2 MIDI Fader Mode
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Press the Fader Mode button.
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In Fader Mode the display works like a little
MIDI monitor, showing (in words or
abbreviations) which MIDI events the current
fader is controlling and/or transmitting.
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Pressing any of the Fader Select buttons
selects the chosen fader, displays its current
value / setting, and enables it to send MIDI
data.
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You can also select a fader by using the
alpha dial.
8.2.1 Fader events
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Each of the REGELWERK 's 24 faders can
have a sentence of three values associated
with it – or in String Mode a sentence of up to
30 values (with even more in future software
updates).
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These packets of data are then sent out over
MIDI whenever the user performs the
associated action – like moving a relevant
fader. The values chosen to be affected by a
fader's position can be inserted practically
anywhere in the MIDI data string.
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The range of values for the fader position can
go from 0 (right at the bottom of the fader's
travel) to 127 (right at the top) with a normal
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