Amptone Lab MIDI Strip User manual

USER MANUAL
ENGLISH
MIDI CONTROLLER KIT
FOR ELECTRIC GUITAR

INSTALLATION
MIDI Strip is intended to be installed by professional luthiers and guitar repair/custom shops only. It requires significant
woodworking, as well as having appropriate tools and being able to use them in a safe manner. AmpTone Lab cannot be
held responsible for any damages that may occur during installation.
MAIN CAVITIES
MIDI Strip comes in a form of an easy to assemble kit which needs to
be installed inside an electric guitar body. After planning where you are
going to place all the components, the best place to start installation is
making a cavity at the back of your guitar. This cavity will hold the MIDI
Strip controller unit. It should be 16 mm deep and its diameter should
be approximately 60 mm. You may prefer to make the rectangular
cavity instead – in this case its dimensions should be approximately
60 x 50 mm.This cavity should placed directly under the strip’s connector.
After routing this cavity, you will need to connect it with the touch strip
on the guitar top. To do so, drill a 10 mm hole from your guitar body
top right to this cavity. After that you can place and mount the touch
strip – strip’s connector will go through this hole.
CONTROL CAVITY
MIDI Strip comes with additional components, which need to be
connected to the controller unit. These components are hold button,
on-o toggle switch, battery clip, rotary encoder, MIDI connector
and status LED (connecting the LED is not necessary).
The aforementioned components can be installed wherever you feel
comfortable with having them. The best place for most of them is
the control cavity where your guitar pots are located. As far as MIDI
connector goes, the most convenient place for it is right next to your
guitar output jack. After mounting these components, all that is left is
to connect all components to their respective connectors on the MIDI
Strip controller unit.
BACK VIEW
HOLES DIAMETERS
60 mm
10 mm
Component Hole diameter
(1) Rotary encoder 6 mm
(2) MIDI connector 15 mm
(4) Pushbutton switch 12 mm
(5) On-o toggle switch 5 mm
(6) Resistive strip 10 mm
(7) Status LED 7 mm

Mode Default devices MIDI ch. Touch strip Touch event Rotary encoder
1 Korg KP2, KP3, KP3+,
Kaossilator Pro,
Kaossilator Pro+
1 MIDI CC12 (0-127)
MIDI CC13 (0-127)
MIDI CC92
(0; 127)
Program Change
(0-127)
2DigiTech Whammy 4,
Whammy 5, Whammy
DT, Bass Whammy
2 MIDI CC10 (0-127)
MIDI CC11 (0-127)
MIDI CC0
(0; 127)
Program Change
(0-127)
3 MIDI hardware
synthesizers, MIDI
software synthesizers
3 Note On, Note O
MIDI notes range: 60-71 (C4-B4)
Notes velocity: 100
MIDI CC14
(0; 127)
Program Change
(0-127)
4 MIDI drum machines,
MIDI drum samplers,
MIDI drum synthesizers
10 Note On, Note O
MIDI notes: 36, 38, 46, 49 (bass
drum, snare, open hi-hat, crash)
Notes velocity: 100
MIDI CC15
(0; 127)
Program Change
(0-127)
SETUP AND USAGE
For a direct connection between MIDI Strip and the
controlled device, you need to use a standard MIDI cable
(DIN5). You can connect it to any MIDI device which
reponds to MIDI Strip messages (see the MIDI table below).
HOLD MODE: The pushbutton activates controller’s
Hold mode. When hold mode is active, MIDI Strip will
not be sending messages related with touch action.
REVERSE MODE: If you are not happy with the
minimum and maximum positions on the touch strip,
it is possible to reverse their positioning. To activate
or deactivate reverse mode, hold the MIDI Strip
pushbutton while starting it up.
SWITCHING PROGRAMS: MIDI Strip allows you to
switch between programs of the controlled device. To
do so, you need to twist the rotary encoder. MIDI Strip
sends Program Change messages within 0-127 range.
SWITCHING MODES: MIDI Strip oers 4 dierent
controller modes, each sending dierent MIDI message
set (see the MIDI table below). To switch between
modes, press and hold the rotary encoder for 1 second.
Mode will be indicated by the number of LED ashes.
COMPATIBILITY: MIDI Strip uses default settings of
devices used in modes 1 and 2. You may, however, need
to reset the device’s MIDI channel. Please refer to this
device’s manual to nd out how to set the MIDI channel.

Congratulations on the purchase of MIDI Strip, a guitar MIDI controller kit.
INCLUDED ITEMS
Items included in the box:
•MIDI Strip controller unit
•Resistive strip with frame
•Pushbutton switch
•Rotary encoder (with pushbutton)
•MIDI connector
•Status LED
•On-o toggle switch
•Battery clip
•Components extension wires
•9V battery (non-rechargeable)
•Screw set
•This document (User Manual)
MORE INFORMATION
For more information on MIDI Strip,
please contact us or head over to our
website www.amptonelab.com.
WHAT IS MIDI STRIP?
MIDI Strip is aMIDI controller mounted
in an electric guitar body. It enables
user to control any MIDI device using
the controller’s touch-sensitive strip.
COMPATIBILITY
MIDI Strip message sets are congured to
work with the following devices:
•Korg Kaoss Pad KP2
•Korg Kaoss Pad KP3
•Korg Kaoss Pad KP3+
•Korg Kaossilator Pro
•Korg Kaossilator Pro+
•DigiTech Whammy 4
•DigiTech Whammy 5
•DigiTech Whammy DT
•DigiTech Bass Whammy
•MIDI synthesizers
•MIDI drum synths/samplers
MIDI Strip will also work with any MIDI
software and hardware, as long as it
responds to its transmitted messages.
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