Doefer MCV8 User Manual - CY KONG
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1. MC V8 8 CHANNEL MIDI TO CV INTERFACE USER MANUAL Version 3 1 UUEPFER MUSIKELEKTAONIK GMSH Lenbachstr 2 D 82166 Gr felfing Tel 089 85 55 78 Fax 089 854 16 98 MCV8 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 CONNECTIONS Rear Panel 2 SWITCHING THE MCV8 ON 3 Operation 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 3 5 3 6 PRESETS OUTPUTS CHANNEL EVENT CONTROLLER NUMBER PARAMETERS e Connect the 220 240V AC power input to a 220 240V AC wall outlet e Connect MIDI IN of the MCV8 with MIDI OUT of the MIDI transmitter MIDI Master Keyboard Synthesizer Sequencer e The MIDI THRU of the MCV8 may be connected with the MIDI IN of other MIDI devices optional e The 8 CV and GATE Outputs of the MCV8 are connected to the CV and Gate Trigger inputs of the synthesizer modules to be controlled by the MCV8 e Notallthe CV and GATE outputs of the MCV8 need to be used e The factory adjustment of the CV outputs is 1 00V Octave To change or readjust the scale you have to insert a small screw driver into the the small hole labeled ADJ UST left of the MIDI THRU jack and turn the potentiometer setting to the desired value Voltage Settings The factory setting for the GATE outputs is 5V voltage gate If you want to change the setting you have to remove the cover plate Before opening the case you have to disconnect the MCV8 from mains under all circumstances For each GATE output you may find a jumper behind the correspo2. e Poly 8 P8 8 Voice polyphonic factory preset All 8 CV outputs are Pitch Outputs controlled by MIDI note on off on the same MIDI channel e Poly 4 P4 4 Voice polyphonic factory preset The CV outputs 1 4 are Pitch Outputs controlled by MIDI note on off on the same MIDI channel The CV outputs 5 8 are the corresponding Velocity Outputs controlled by the velocity values of the note on off events e Poly 2 P2 2 Voice polyphonic factory preset CV 1 and 2 are Pitch Outputs on the same MIDI channel CV 3 and 4 are the corresponding Velocity Outputs CV 5 is the monophonic After Touch Output and CV 6 7 8 are Controller Outputs e Single 8 S8 8 Voice monophonic factory preset Each CV output is a Pitch Output on a different MIDI channel e Single 4 S4 4 Voice monophonic factory preset The CV outputs 1 4 are Pitch Outputs on 4 different MIDI channels The CV outputs 5 8 are the corresponding Velocity Outputs e Single 2 S2 2 Voice monophonic factory preset CV 1 and 2 are Pitch Outputs on 2 different MIDI channels CV 3 and 4 are the corresponding Velocity Outputs CV 5 and 6 are the monophonic After Touch Outputs CV 7 and 8 are Controller Outputs e Default Controllers are o CTR1 Modulation Midi CC 1 o CTR2 Volume Midi CC 7 o CTR3 Balance Midi CC 8 USER PRESETS US These are actual User Configuration when parameters in the Menus 2 6 are changed The update will be performed whe
3. e To leave the menu selected another menu button has to pressed e After that you enter the GATE DISPLAY MODE e This mode is indicated by in the Display e inthis mode the 8 LEDs are visual indicators of the 8 Gate Outputs e To enter anew menu while in another menu you have to press the new menu button twice as the first operation enters the GATE DISPLAY MODE 3 1 PRESETS This menu serves to call up one of the Factory Presets P8 P4 P2 S8 S4 2 or one of the User Presets 1 8 and to store one of the SIX User Presets 1 6 Calling up a Preset Select the desired preset with the Up Down buttons while the PRESET LED is illuminated Storing of one of the 6 User Presets e Pressing the PRESET button once more while the PRESET LED is illuminated causes all 8 LEDs to be illuminated as a warning e Select with the Up Down buttons one of the 6 User Memories 01 06 e Pressing the PRESET button a 3rd time causes the storage of the actual configuration of all MCV8 parameters into the selected User Presets number 01 06 e f you don t want to trigger the store function while the 8 LEDs are illuminated you have to press one of the other menu buttons 2 6 In this case the store function will not be performed MCV8 3 1 PRESETS Continued Presets The presets are defined as followed FACTORY PRESETS Poly 8 P8 Poly 4 P4 CV2 CV Poly 2 P2 Mono 8 S8 CV3 CV Mono 4 S4 VELI Mono 2 S2 CV2
4. 1V The maximum pitch travel relative to this 1V output voltage is 1V 4V as the maximum range O to 5V If you want to use the pitch bend function you should play in the mid range i e about 2 or 3 octaves above the reference key to have enough voltage travel for the pitch bend function
5. ameter is selected by using the UP DOWN buttons The parameters LE gA bEand Hz are digital i e they take only one of 2 states like On Off To toggle between the 2 states the menu button is used The state is indicated by the decimal point These parameters apply to each output individually The parameters nFand bH allow a wide range of values The actual value of the parameter appears for a short time before the display shows nF or bH These two parameters are global e they affect the entire MCV8 and are valid for all outputs The LEGATO parameter LE is important only for monophonic applications It can be selected whether a new gate or trigger pulse is generated when playing LEGATO Do not mix up this parameter with the event types co no LEGATO applies to the Gate Output co no to the CV Output The GATE POLARITY parameter gA determines whether the gate outputs have normal polarity i e 5 7 5V for note on OV for note off or inverted polarity i e OV for note on 5 7 5V for note off e fthe gate output is set to switched trigger S Trig the function is opposite e If the synthesizer module connected to MCV8 sounds when releasing the key of the keyboard the GATE POLARITY has to be changed The PITCH BEND parameter bE selects whether incoming MIDI Pitch Bend events affect the Control Voltage This parameter has meaning only if V Oct mode is chosen The CHARACTERISTIC TYPE parameter HZ defines whether the CV output
6. characteristics are of the V Octave type decimal point Off or Hz V type decimal point On e V Octave is used by most of the synth manufacturers Moog ARP Oberheim Roland Sequential Curcuits EMS Doepfer e Hz V is used only by some Korg or Yamaha synthesizers If Hz V is selected incoming MIDI pitch bend events do not affect the CV output The NOTE REFERENCE parameter nF determines the MIDI note number for OV CV output in V Octave mode When entering this submenu the MCV8 is looking forward to an incoming MIDI note event The MIDI note number received is displayed You have to leave this menu after adjusting the note reference by pressing the UP DOWN buttons or another menu button Otherwise any incoming MIDI note event changes the note reference It is not possible to play in this submenu as each incoming note event is assumed to be the new note reference The PITCH BEND TRAVEL parameter bH determines the travel of the CV voltage triggered by incoming MIDI pitch bend events MCV8 is looking for 2 consecutive incoming MIDI note events The difference between the 2 note numbers of the events define the CV travel A difference of 12 i e 1 octave corresponds to 1V travel a difference of 1 i e 1 semitone to 1 12 V As the CV outputs range from 0 to 5V you have to pay a little attention when using the pitch bend function If you play a note on your keyboard which is one octave above the reference note the CV output for this note is
7. n case of co a new CV would be generated when the next note event on Channel 1 appears It is suggested to choose co for Monophonic applications as otherwise note events seem to disappear if you are not playing strictly Staccato i e releasing the last key before pressing the next on the keyboard In Polyphonic modes you may choose no or co depending on which type of assignment of incoming note events to CV outputs you prefer 3 5 CONTROLLER NO This is a Submenu to Menu 4 EVENT if the event type CL controller is selected in Menu 4 To set the Controller No to the desired value the UP DOWN buttons are used If the Controller No is 100 or higher the decimal point is illuminated as an indication to add 100 to the value displayed Attention Please change the given parameter in this menu only if the event type CL was assigned in Menu 4 to the output Otherwise unforeseen actions of the MCV8 may occur as this parameters affects the second byte of incoming MIDI events MCV8 In this menu all other parameters are displayed Some of the parameters apply to the output selected in Menu 2 some are Global Parameters valid for the entire MCV8 3 6 PARAMETERS Display Parameter Legato On Off Gate Polarity bE Pitch Bend On Off only in V Oct mode HZ Type of CV Characteristic V Oct or Hz V MIDI Note Reference for 0V CV in V Oct mode Pitch Bend Travel of CV only in V Oct mode The desired par
8. n leaving the menu where the parameters were changed When turning on the MCV8 this configuration is selected automatically e User Presets 01 06 These are the 6 User Presets defined by the user MCV8 3 2 OUTPUT In this menu one of the 8 outputs is selected with the UP DOWN buttons The settings in the Menus 3 6 apply to the output selected in Menu 2 3 3 CHANNEL In this menu the MIDI channel of the output selected in Menu 2 is adjusted with the UP DOWN buttons 3 4 EVENT In this menu the MIDI event assigned to the output selected in Menu 2 is adjusted with the UP DOWN buttons The following events are available Display Event Note On Off Normal Note On Off Continuous Dynamic Velocity Controller Monophonic After Touch The difference between no and co is the following e f co is chosen a new Control Voltage corresponding to the incoming MIDI note event is generated in any case e If no is selected the Control Voltage is generated only if there is a free output for the new MIDI note event on this channel If all CV outputs assigned to no on this MIDI channel are already occupied the incoming note event is ignored For example if only one CV output is assigned to note event on MIDI channel 1 in case of no there is no new CV generated when playing legato i e playing a new note while the key of the former note is still pressed as the output is already occupied with the first note event I
9. nding GATE jack Each jumper can be set in one of 3 ways 5V voltage 7 5V voltage gate or switch trigger jumper removed e g for MOOG synthesizers A label on the bottom of the MCV8 will show you the 3 versions of jumper settings Which type of Gate is required for your synthesizer you may find in the user s guide of your synthesizer 2 SWITCHING THE MCV8 ON The MCV8 is switched on with the ON OFF switch at the rear panel near the 220V power jack After power on the message MCV8 3 X appears scrolling character by character on the display X is the actual sub version number of the software As not all characters can be shown exactly some characters appear reduced some different characters appear in the same way e g M as n W as U B 8 G 6 S 5 After that the display turns to indicating the GATE DISPLAY MODE see below When turning on the MCV8 the parameters stored in the User Memory US are called up The User Memory contains the last configuration of the MCV8 before the unit was turned off For details see Chapter 3 1 PRESETS MCVS 3 Operation e The 8 buttons on the front panel correspond to 8 menus e The last two keys are the increment decrement keys rather than real menu keys e These keys are used to change settings in the real menus 1 6 e Pressing one of the buttons 1 6 will access the corresponding menu e The LED s serve as visual indicators of the menu selected
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