Steinberg Nuendo 4 MIDI Devices Manual

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Combining subpanels of individual channels
In the example above, we assembled a MIDI device panel 
by building only one panel for 16 identical channels. How-
ever, you often may want individual channels (nodes), 
each coming with its own panels and parameters.
A good example for this would be the TC Electronics Fi-
nalizer, which can be found in the factory panel configura-
tions. 
The Finalizer MIDI device panel.
Import the device and open it by clicking on the Edit (“e”) 
button. You...

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ÖTherefore, even if you set up e. g. ten channels at first 
with the Snapshots option activated in the Channel Set-
tings, once you manually add new channels, the Channel 
Snapshots option is always deactivated for those new 
channels.
If in doubt, select both snapshot options. 
Using snapshots
If you activated a “Snapshots” option during the setup of a 
new device (see “Defining a new MIDI device” on page 10), 
an additional list field appears on top of the Device and 
Panel windows, to...

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Exporting and importing device 
setups
Clicking the Export Setup button allows you to export your 
complete MIDI device setup as a separate XML file. The 
file can then be imported using the Import Setup button. 
This is useful if you move to another studio, install the pro-
gram on a new computer, etc.
ÖExporting the setup will produce one XML file that in-
cludes all of your installed devices. 
On how to export a single device, see “Exporting a single device” on 
page 43.
ÖWhen you...

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4.In the Transmission area, click on the Create SysEx 
button on the right of the Transmission list. 
The Create SysEx window opens. As you can see, you can edit each byte 
on its own, in hexadecimal, decimal or binary – or assign a value to it. 
5.Enter a new name for the parameter, for example “Test 
Parameter”, and click OK to return to the Add Parameter 
window. 
In principle, this is how SysEx messages are set up. The 
tricky part is how to enter the correct values (see “Input 
data...

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Definable values as variables
The definable values (Var 1 and Var 2 in this example) are 
just that – definable as you like. This is done in the For-
mula column of the Add Parameter window.
You can enter parameters, mathematical fomulas with or 
without parameters, and static values.
The allowed mathematical operations are
 “+” (addition)
 “-” (subtraction)
 “*” (multiplication) 
 “()” (parentheses, for small calculations)
ÖNote that the values in the Formula column have to be 
entered...

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Using normal values (Example)
Sometimes, values higher than one byte are necessary to 
address something, e. g. sample numbers (Sample NR) 
from 0-255 (0000 xxxx to 0000 yyyy in binary).
In this case, the value x effectively consists of two bytes, 
called XX and YY here:
F0 23 12 6B PT Fn XX YY F7 
These two bytes need to be set up so that they result in 
one value. For this, you have to change the settings for the 
Normal Value. Proceed as follows:
1.Define a new SysEx message for...

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In the following example we want to define two indepen-
dent values in byte 6:
The first value is “LFO Type” and uses the first three bits 
(the very first bit of every byte is 0 per definition, except for 
the start and end byte of the SysEx message). 
The second value is “LFO Phase” and uses four bits of 
the byte. 
This has to result in a byte 6 structure of “0xxx xxxx“.
Proceed as follows:
1.Create a new Sysex message of length 9. Remove all 
values besides 6 and 7.
2.Click on Value...

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Defining a SysEx device – a tutorial
In this tutorial, we will define a new MIDI device that pro-
vides access to the parameters of a Roland JV-1080 in 
the following steps:
“Creating a new MIDI device” on page 38
“Creating subnodes” on page 38
“Creating several subnodes at once” on page 39
“Adding parameters” on page 39
“Defining SysEx messages” on page 40
“Editing the Formula” on page 41
“Editing Scale Tune 1” on page 42
“Adding parameters to another node” on page 42
Creating a new MIDI...

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3.Repeat the two steps above to create the subnode 
“System Common”, which is also a separate table in the 
MIDI Definition section in the JV-1080 manual and is ref-
erenced by the “System” table.
Creating several subnodes at once
The “System” table contains 17 references to another ta-
ble called “Scale Tune”. So we need to add 17 more sub-
nodes, but this time, we will proceed differently: we’ll 
create 17 similar subnodes at once.
1.Click the “Add Subnodes” button again.
In the dialog...

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Defining SysEx messages
Some devices can be edited by MIDI channel messages 
like Control Change, RPNs or NRPNs. In that case you’d 
only have to select the desired message by clicking in the 
MIDI message field next to the Create SysEx button and 
browse for it. But that is not true for the JV-1080. You 
need to define the MIDI sysex message that allows you to 
access these parameters, therefore:
1.Click the Create Sysex button.
The Create Sysex dialog.
In the MIDI definition part of the...