Fairlight-CMI

-----Original Message-----
From: chaworth012000 [mailto:christopher.haworth@uk.ibm.com]
Sent: 20 August 2004 09:16
To: Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: Series III MIDI

Following up on yesterday's thread regarding setting up a Series III
to act as a master keyboard with Cubase, the following set-up is the
one that I use to get round the midi-loop problem that the series III
keyboard has when used with an external sequencer with soft-thru set
on.

Please note, these instructions are for v9.34 screens.

1. Go to the System Configuration page: Escape F2
2. Create a 'dummy' instrunment, for example: ic Master_Kbd
3. Press F3 to enter the Midi Map page

You will see that the dummy instrument will be set as default to
receive on channel 1 for each of the 4 midi receive ports (there will
be a vertical line in the first position - channel 1 - in each port
display).

4. Remove this by tabbing the cursor to the field next to the
instrument name which should look something like 1................
and pressing the 'sub' key. This should remove channel 1 and this
field should now be blank i.e. 16 dots. You will also see that the
vertical bar for channel 1 under Port A has disappeared.

5. Repeat the above for Ports B, C and D. Once complete, this has
effectively set the instrument / voice to 'local-off'

6. Save this set-up as a .SY file, which you can load on booting the
Series III.

You can now load voices into this set-up and play them from Cubase /
logic etc. (without causing midi loops), by leaving the cursor on the
dummy 'Master_Kbd' voice in the SC page and selecting the desired
channel from within the host sequencer.

Trust this is useful.

Chris.

--- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, "Peter Connelly \(Core Design
Ltd.\)" wrote:
> Hi Chris,
>
> Thanks...
>
> I am getting no MIDI information at all. The INPUT meter doesn't
light up.
>
> Cheers,
> Peter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Haworth [mailto:christopher.haworth@u...]
> Sent: 19 August 2004 13:22
> To: Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Series III MIDI
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Peter,
>
> Setting up the Series III to act as a master keyboard can be tricky
and the
> manuals are essentially no help with this whatsoever.
>
> I too use Cubase / midex 8 in my set-up and what I ended up doing
was
> setting up a 'dummy' system within the Fairlight which effectively
> 'local-offs' the Fairlight keyboard. The reason for this is that
what
> usually happens when you connect a Series III to an external
sequencer is
> that you get a midi-loop generated when you press a key on the
Fairlight
> keyboard. This is due to the implementation of the keyboard to CPU
> connection, which is effectively posting midi information to input
port D
> on the Fairlight. I load this .sy file each time I boot the
Fairlight and
> then load the instruments / voices into this, which means I can
play the
> Fairlight voices (and all my other gear) from the Fairlight
keyboard within
> Cubase.
>
> BTW I have my Fairlight connected to Ports 1 on the Midex. It is
not clear
> from your mail whether you are just not getting any midi info in
Cubase
> (i.e. the little meter doesn't light up when you press a key or
move a
> control) or whether you are getting the midi loop type problem
described
> above.
>
> If no one else has responded by the end of today, I will document
the
> configuration I use when I get home tonight and will post it to you
> tomorrow.
>
> Best regards,
> Chris.
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>;
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>
>
> Ok, I'm having problems using my Series III keyboard as a
master/controller
> keyboard. I have all the relevant connections to and from my MIDEX
8's. I
> can control the Fairlight from Cubase, ie it receives MIDI
information, but
> it won't send any information from the Fairlight to Cubase. My
other two
> keyboards (XTk & AN1x) work just fine.
>
> I've fiddled with the MIDI Port (A-D) and various other relevant
settings,
> but this makes no difference.
>
> Is there something unique to the Fairlight regarding MIDI or should
it just
> work as any other MIDI controller keyboard?
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated, as usual :-)
>
> Cheers,
> Peter
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