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MT16 MIDI to Trigger / Gate converterInputs: Outputs: Power supply: Controls: Indicators: Size: |
Introduction
The MT16 is an advanced MIDI to triggering module. It allows triggering of a range of analogue devices; drum voice modules, envelope modules, analogue sequencers, analogue drum machines, and anything else with a gate, trigger or clock input.
It has 16 separate outputs, so 16 devices can be independently triggered via separate MIDI keys.
Use
Connecting
Connect the MIDI sequencer or other MIDI device to the MIDI input of the MT16. Connect MT16 trigger outputs to device you wish to trigger.
Programming
Programming the MT16 is a very simple proceedure.
Press the LEARN button. All LEDs will light. Then press a MIDI key.
The MT16 will set its MIDI receive channel (which will be the same for all outputs) to the MIDI channel the keyboard is transmitting on.
The outputs are pre-assigned, output 1 starting at middle D.
Uses
Triggering Drum Voices
The most logical use for the MT16 is for easy programming of Concussor drum voice modules via a MIDI sequncer. Electronic percussion patterns can be quickly created using for example Cubase's grid editor or a rhythm sequencer such as the Akai MPC2000.
Gating Envelopes
The MT16 is infact a MIDI to Gate unit, therefore it retains sustain information. When you hold a MIDI key down, the trigger output will stay on (+5V) till the key is released. This makes the MT16 ideal for controlling envelopes.
Devices with Clock Inputs - MT16 is more advantagous than using a MIDI-Sync device!
The MT16 offers a much more flexible way of synchronising analogue sequencers and drum machines than using a MIDI-Sync device. MIDI-Sync devices have the problem that they run continually when your MIDI sequencer is running. Therefore you cannot stop and re-start your analogue sequencers mid-song. Using the MT16 this problem can be overcome. By programming a bar of 16th notes and looping the bar, straight away you have created a clock signal that your analogue sequencers can lock on to. But there are several important advantages - you can have up to 16 clock signals, they can all be different divide ratios by changing the note pattern (so you could say have one sequencer running half the speed of the other). The string of notes does not have to be a steady pattern, it can be a syncopated rhythm, clocking you analogue sequencers in a particular changing pattern you decide.
Concussor
Modular Synthesizer from Analogue Solutions
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