ICON Inspire 5air Owner's Manual
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SECTION 7GlossaryTerms you will use when operating InSpire-airCC MIDI controller message or control change. CCs aredesignated by a MIDI CC number. For example MIDI CCnumber 7, is used for volume control. Numbers 0-63 arecontinuous controllers, each with a range of values from0-127, while CC's 64-95 are switches, that is ON/OFFcontrols, and 96-127 are unassigned parameters andglobal mode controls.Channels Just like cable television, a lot of possible MIDIinformation going out to one or more receivers via awire. Channels are 1 thru 16.Chorus A de-tuned swirling sound.Device ID A number which identifies each unit linked by MIDI, forthe purpose of sending and receiving System Exclusivemessages. Inspire has a fixed device ID of 127.Expression Varying how loud or soft a sound is, so it doesn't soundmechanical or flat.General MIDI An agreed-upon set of CC numbers that affects GeneralMIDI synthesizers and drum machines. There are 128General MIDI synth sounds in a set, covering acousticinstruments, commonly used synth sounds, drums andpercussion, and sound effects. There is also anagreed-upon Keymap for the keyboard activation ofpercussion sounds.Global Channel Used to send all MIDI messages everywhere, all thetime! (except SysEx messages). Also channels 1 thru 16.Keymap Each key on a MIDI keyboard has a CC number assignedto it. If you want, you can assign a particular function toa key on the keyboard, instead of a slider, knob, or pad.The keymap is essential to playing General MIDI drumand percussion sounds via the keyboard.Linear Functions These are MIDI parameters that have a range of values.For instance, volume has a range from total silence (0)to full on (127). Many synth filter and envelope settings,or effects like reverb and chorus, use linear controls.The term comes from visualizing the range of valuesalong a number line. Faders and knobs are usually usedto control these kinds of CC's42 |
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