Tascam 2488 Reference Manual

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1 – MIDI Control/Program Change messages4 TASCAM 2488 Reference ManualEffect parameter change MIDI messagesUse the following MIDI channels to send messagesto the 2488 effects (see the User’s Guide for furtherdetails about the types of effect available on the2488):Channels 1 through 8 are used for mic effects. TheBank Select controller is used with channel 14 tochoose which group of eight channels or inputs isaffected.Bank 0: Mixer channels 1 though 8Bank 1: Mixer channels 9 through 16Bank 2: Mixer channels 17 through 24Bank 3: Inputs A through HChannel 9 is used to control the stereo dynamics pro-cessor effect.Channel 10 is used to control the single effect.Channel 11 is used to control the multi-effect.The way in which the effects are controlled is by theuse of NRPN (non-Registered Parameters).Controller 98 is used for the LSB of each NRPN, andcontroller 99 for the MSB.In effect settings where more than one effect may beselected, the same NRPN may produce a differentoutcome, depending on the selected effect.NOTEAll values, etc. listed in these tables are in decimalnotation.Example effect parameter changeThis example shows the MIDI bytes (in hexadecimalnotation) needed to set the ratio of a compressoreffect on mixer channel 9.Note how Control Changes 6 and 38 (decimal) areused for data entry.Control Changes 96 and 97 (decimal) are used forincrement and decrement as well.The ratio of the compressor on mixer channel 9 isnow set to a value of 0.MIDI message(hexadecimal) MeaningBD 00 01 Sends a Control Change 0 (Bank Select)message on channel 14 to select bank 1B0 63 00 Sends NPRN MSB to 2nd channel in group(mixer channel 9) on MIDI channel 1B0 62 01 Sends 1 as NPRN LSB to 2nd channel ingroup, which controls the ratio whencompressor is selected as mic effectB0 06 00 Data entry Control Change LSB on MIDIchannel 1B0 26 00 Data entry Control Change MSB on MIDIchannel 1