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	The ASR-X and MIDI Controllers by John Dougherty Outside Systems
	The following tables contain information that will allow you to control the track parameters of your ASR-X from a midi sequencer that supports the reception and transmission of midi controllers. The track parameters listed do not include midi volume, pan, and expression. Nor do they contain other midi controllers like sustain, modulation, and pedal. If you would like to see a complete list of the midi controllers, click here. The first table contains information concerning normal midi controller transmission and reception with a few remarks. The second table details the X's reception of midi NRPN's with a few more remarks and there is a detailed explanation of midi NRPN's below this second table. Keep in mind that the X's midi timing will become sluggish if it is sent a lot of controller data within a short amount of time. If you do any type of hard quantized sequencing, you'll definitely hear the difference. Note: I have no experience using the X's internal sequencer. Therefore, I have no idea if the X's sequencer will record the controller data presented in the tables. If you have this experience and would like to share some of it with us, I'd be happy to post your results. Contact: Outside Systems. Note: All of the track parameters and midi controller numbers are for the black ASR-X with OS 2.67. I don't know if things have changed for the X Pro and its latest OS release. If you do know that there is a difference between the two, please let me know and I'll post another set of tables for the X pro. Contact: Outside Systems. Note: All of the information listed on this page is documented in the X's manual.   Common Midi Controllers ASR-X Track Parameter Midi Controller # Trans Recv Remarks Filter Cutoff 074 o o na Filter Resonance 077 o o na Glide Mode 065 x x 5 Glide Time (Portamento) 005 o o na Amp Env Attack 073 o o na Amp Env Decay 076 o o na Amp Env Release 072 o o na Normal LFO Rate 075 o o na Fx Bus Select 091 x o 3 Patch Select 070 o o 1 Track Mute 119 x o 2 Track Midi Out 123 o o 4 O: Yes; X: No Remarks: 1. A value of: 32 = Left; 64 = Right; 127 = Both; 0 = Neither 2. A value of: 0-63 = Unmute; 64 = Remove from solo group; 65-127 = Mute 3. A value of: 0 - 127 Steps through the Fx Buses. 4. A value of: 0 = Disable; 127 = Enable 5. This controller does not work with the X. Ensoniq seems to think it does.   Midi NRPN's ASR-X Track Parameter NRPN Trans Recv Remarks Fx Bus Select LSB 033 x o 7 Filter Env Attack LSB 017 x o na Filter Env Decay LSB 018 x o na Filter Env Release LSB 019 x o na Octave Shift (-4 oct to +4 oct) LSB 011 x o 6 Pitch Table LSB 021 x o 8 LFO Depth LSB 009 x o na LFO Delay Time LSB 010 x o na Sync LFO & Noise LSB 025 x o 9 Normal LFO Rates LSB 008 x o na Glide Mode LSB 031 x o 10 Glide Time (Portamento) LSB 032 x o na Amp & Filter Env Vel Sensitivity LSB 020 x o na Mute LSB 036 x o 11 O: Yes; X: No Remarks: 6. The values for this controller ranges from 60 - 68. 7. A value of: 0 - 10 steps through the different Fx buses including the Aux buses. 8. There are a total of 48 different pitch tables available within the X. 9. A value of: 0 - 12 steps through the different divisions. 10. A value of: 0 = Prog; 1 = Off; 2 = On 11. A value of: 0 = Muted; 1= Unmuted; 2 = Solo Muted; 3 = Solo   How To Use Midi NRPN's With The ASR-X LSB is midi controller number 98. The value of midi controller 98 (0-127) selects the Asr-X's track parameters. Midi controller 6 (Data Entry) changes the value for the selected ASR-X track parameter. For example: Filter Env Attack (LSB 017) Transmit Controller 98 with a value of 17 (This selects the Filter Env Attack track parameter) Transmit Controller 6 with different values 0 - 127 (This changes the Filter Env Attack parameter) Note: If you wish to change 2 or more LSB track parameters at the same time, you would have to send controller 98 with each controller 6 so that the X would know which track parameter to change.   Midi RPN's ASR-X Track Parameter NRPN Trans Recv Remarks Semitone Shift LSB 002 x o na Fine Tuning LSB 001 x o na O: Yes; X: No   How To Use Midi RPN's With The ASR-X MSB is midi controller number 101. The value of this controller is always (0). LSB is midi controller 100 and you would use a value of 001 or 002. Midi controller 6 (Data Entry) changes the value for the selected ASR-X track parameter. For example: Semitone Shift (LSB 002) Transmit Controller 101 with a value of 0. Transmit Controller 100 with a value of 2. Transmit Controller 6 with different values 0 - 127

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