Sonic Charge Microtonic User Manual

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if you wish to automate parameters with this feature you must also turn on the MIDI
controllers generate parameter automation option.

(see the section on

MIDI Controllers And Keys

for more info)

Notice that there is no way to distinguish MIDI notes that come from your keyboard
from notes that come from MIDI tracks in your host sequencer. Therefore, it may be
a good idea to turn this option off before starting sequencer playback.

MIDI CC generate parameter automation

There are two different techniques for recording parameter automation with plug-
ins. Either you use the parameter automation features in your host

(usually referred

to as reading and writing automation data)

or you record MIDI controller data from a

hardware MIDI controller into your MIDI tracks. Both techniques have their pros and
cons. With some sequencers it is easier to keep MIDI notes and controller data to-
gether by using the latter technique. However, the first technique is generally more
reliable since you can change the MIDI controller mapping without damaging your
recorded automations. If you wish to use the first technique with “automation writ-
ing” and you are using a hardware MIDI controller you should turn this option on.

Improve scaling of MIDI CC values

This option will remap MIDI Controller Change values so that zero is reachable on
bipolar parameters. Also, with this option turned on, MIDI CC on the three fre-
quency parameters will be quantized to whole semitones.

Knobs and buttons send MIDI CC

Enable this option to send MIDI controller data for mapped knobs and buttons back
to your MIDI controller hardware. This is useful if your MIDI controller displays the
current knob settings or if it has motorized faders. Enabling this feature allows you
to keep your controller in sync when you change presets or channel selection in

Mi-

crotonic

. Notice that this feature only works with the

VST version of

Microtonic

hosts that supports routing MIDI from plug-ins to your MIDI interface. Also, some
MIDI controllers do not respond to MIDI CC data for updating displays. In

Pitched

MIDI Mode

(see below)

, controller data will be sent on MIDI channel 1 to 8

(and 10

for global parameters like "Master Volume")

MIDI CC Operate On Selected

Channel is off, or only 10 if it is on. Otherwise in Standard MIDI Mode all controller
data is sent on the selected

Transmit Channel.

Standard MIDI Mode

In standard MIDI mode,

Microtonic

will respond to one specific MIDI channel as

designated by the

Receive Channel choice

(or to all MIDI channels if the Receive

Channel is set to “any”)

If the

Pattern Engine Sends MIDI Notes option is turned on,

Microtonic

will

transmit MIDI notes for the patterns it plays to one specific MIDI channel as desig-
nated by the

Transmit Channel choice.

The keys used for triggering drum channels and selecting patterns can be edited as
described in

MIDI Controllers And Keys

. Default assignments can be found below in

MIDI Keyboard