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Editing the Controls Pads Click the Pads tab to set the MIDI assignments and Colors for Vortex Wireless 2's Pads. Click MIDI or Colors below the Pad number to toggle between the editing options. Click the left or right arrows on the sides of the window to toggle between viewing Pad 1-4 and Pad 5-8. MIDI Type: Click this menu and select one of the following options. The parameters below will depend on your selection. • Note: The pad will send a MIDI Note On message when you press it and hold it and a MIDI Note Off message when you release it. • CC Toggle: The pad will send a CC message with one value when you press it to turn it on and another value when you press it to turn it off. The values will alternate with each press. • CC Momentary: The pad will send a CC message with one value when you press and hold it and another value when you release it. • Program Change: The pad will send Program Change messages. • Panic: The pad will send a MIDI Panic (all notes off) message. MIDI Channel: The pad will send its MIDI messages over this channel. Click this menu and select Channel 1 - Channel 16. Note (when Type is set to Note): The pad will send this MIDI note number when you press it. Click it and enter a number (0-127). Velocity (when Type is set to Note): When this is set to a number from 1 to 127, the pad will send its MIDI Note On message with this velocity regardless of how hard you press it. When this is set to 0, the pad will send its MIDI Note On message with a velocity based on how hard you hit it and the Curve setting. Click it and enter a number (0-127). Curve (when Type is set to Note): The pad will use this velocity curve number to determine what velocity to use depending on how hard you press it. Click this menu and select Curve 1 - Curve 8. See Appendix > Velocity Curves for an illustration of the curves. CC (when Type is set to CC Toggle or CC Momentary): The pad will send its MIDI messages using this CC number. Click it and enter a number (0-127). 6

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Editing the Controls
Pads
Click the
Pads
tab to set the MIDI assignments and Colors for Vortex Wireless 2's
Pads
. Click
MIDI
or
Colors
below
the Pad number to toggle between the editing options. Click the left or right arrows on the sides of the window to
toggle between viewing
Pad 1
–
4
and
Pad 5
–
8
.
MIDI
Type:
Click this menu and select one of the following options. The parameters below will depend on your selection.
•
Note:
The pad will send a MIDI Note On message when you press it and hold it and a MIDI Note Off message
when you release it.
•
CC Toggle:
The pad will send a CC message with one value when you press it to turn it on and another value
when you press it to turn it off. The values will alternate with each press.
•
CC Momentary:
The pad will send a CC message with one value when you press and hold it and another value
when you release it.
•
Program Change:
The pad will send Program Change messages.
•
Panic:
The pad will send a MIDI Panic (all notes off) message.
MIDI Channel:
The pad will send its MIDI messages over this channel. Click this menu and select
Channel 1
–
Channel 16
.
Note
(when
Type
is set to
Note
)
:
The pad will send this MIDI note number when you press it. Click it and enter a
number (
0
–
127
).
Velocity
(when
Type
is set to
Note
)
:
When this is set to a number from
1
to
127
, the pad will send its MIDI Note On
message with this velocity regardless of how hard you press it. When this is set to
0
, the pad will send its MIDI Note
On message with a velocity based on how hard you hit it and the
Curve
setting. Click it and enter a number (
0
–
127
).
Curve
(when
Type
is set to
Note
)
:
The pad will use this velocity curve number to determine what velocity to use
depending on how hard you press it. Click this menu and select
Curve 1
–
Curve 8
. See
Appendix
>
Velocity
Curves
for an illustration of the curves.
CC
(when
Type
is set to
CC Toggle
or
CC Momentary
)
:
The pad will send its MIDI messages using this CC number.
Click it and enter a number (
0
–
127
).