From: tmoravan@netcom.com (Tom Moravansky)



Miscellaneous MIDI information, for the manually-challenged OSCar owners :-)
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Hold down the SPACE push-button after power-on and the OCTAVE DISPLAY will
show the state of 5 MIDI options.

(from the left-most LED -- LED ON is ENABLED):

Performance wheel signals enabled
Program change
Key on/off
Sequencer and arpeggiator
Omni mode

(no LED status displays for:)

Timing clock option
Pull-off note
channel assignment


CHANGING THESE THINGS
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transmit/receive wheel data: hold SPACE and press key "-11".  Note that the
                             OSCar only transmits positive data for the mod
                             wheel, even if rolled down.

program change: hold SPACE and press key "-9".  OSCar only transmits or
                receives the first 36 programs in a change request.

transmit/receive key on/off: hold SPACE and press key "-6".  Note that this
                             enables/disable BOTH receive and transmit.  Also,
                             notes outside the range will be transposed by
                             whole octaves until the fall in the range.

sequencer/arpeggiator: hold SPACE and press key "-4".  They are transmitted
                       AS WELL AS keyboard signals.

omni receive mode: hold SPACE and press key "-2".

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(no visible status)

timing clock: hold SPACE and press key "20".  This manual method can be used at
              any time but it can also be remotely enabled and disabled by
              special MIDI messages (Start, Stop messages).  The standard MIDI
              timing clock is 24 clocks per quarter-note.  Using External
              Trigger set to 12 is usually the most appropriate setting.

pull-off note: hold SPACE and press key "22".  The OSCar normally responds 
               when the sounding key is released but another key is still held
               down.  Using this "pull-off" style of playing is highly
               desirable with monophonic instruments and the OSCar wouldn't be
               the same without it.  However, when the OSCar is being used to
               "fatten up" the sound of a polyphonic instrument, it is 
               sometimes desirable to avoid the pull-off response and only
               respond to new keys going down.

channel assignment: hold SPACE and pressing a key in the range of 1-16.  If
                    omni mode is off, both send and receive occur on the
                    selected channel.  Set to channel 1 on power-on.

all notes off:  press and release the SPACE button turns all keys of the
                OSCar OFF, regardless of how they came on.  Also transmits a
                "all notes off" message if keybaord signals are enabled.



