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SMART CONTROLLER PORTS

What are “SMART CONTROLLERS”

Typically with most MIDI footcontrollers, when using continuous

controller pedal(s) the “status” of the pedal(s) are not reported

when a new program change command has been sent. This would

most likely cause a discontinuity in volume requiring the user to

step on his volume pedal to correct the change thus updating the

pedal status manually.

The MIDI XChange issues “current status” of both controller

pedal ports upon the recall program change command being sent

out. Also auto enable of these controller messages are detected

when any of the two ports have a pedal attached to them.

Everthing is handled by the MIDI XChange for ease of use.

An example of this would be - when you had reduce the volume of

preset 1 with an expression pedal - when switching to preset 2,

unlike other MIDI controllers, the MIDI XChange will automati-

cally detect the position of the pedal and apply that to the volume

of preset 2 - thus no loud or abrupt volume changes. This is ideal

in a live situation.

The MIDI XChange has two SMART CONTROLLER PORTS -

labeled CC17 (see point 3) and CC7 (see point 4). CC stands for

CONTINUOUS CONTROLLER.

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