Expert Sleepers Silent Way ES-4 Controller v1.7.2 - Manual (Page 12)

Accents
The ‘Accents’ controls allow each even numbered gate output to
be used as a velocity-switched ‘accent’ output for the gate output
immediately below it. This is typically useful with drum synths
which have both a trigger input and an accent input e.g. the
Tip-
Top Audio 808 range of modules.
When a gate output is enabled as an accent, it will be activated by the note for the gate be-
low when the note’s velocity is at or above 64 (mid-range). Note that it retains it’s own
separate ‘Trigger’ control (above), and can still be activated by its own MIDI note.
As a concrete example: in the image above, Accent 1/4 is enabled, meaning gate output 4
on channel 1. This makes output 4 an accent output for output 3. When output 3 is acti-
vated by a MIDI note, if the note’s velocity is 64 or more, then output 4 will be activated
simultaneously.
MIDI Out
This section allows a Gate Ex-
pander output to be used as a
MIDI output. Because the ES-
4’s outputs are derived from
an audio signal, the MIDI
messages sent from an ES-4
are free from the
timing prob-
lems often associated with
regular (e.g. USB) MIDI interfaces.
Note: The MIDI out feature is available when the input sample rate is 48kHz or above. In
particular, it may not work reliably at 44.1kHz, though some users have reported success
at this sample rate with certain hardware.
Channel
Specifies the MIDI channel to receive on. All MIDI messages from this channel are echoed
out to the ES-4’s output. “Off” disables this feature (but not the MIDI clock output, if en-
abled). “Omni” receives messages on all MIDI channels.
Channelise
If set to “Off”, MIDI messages are sent out on the same channel on which they are re-
ceived. If set to a channel number (1-16), the incoming MIDI messages are sent out on the
specified channel.