Excelsior MIDIVOX III Series Quick start guide

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EXCELSIOR ACCORDIONS
SOFTWARE UPGRADE FOR MIDIVOX "Serie III" ACCORDIONS & EVK-1
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MVOX3_13 May 1996
PREVIEW
The new MVOX3_13 software release for MIDIVOX "Serie
III" accordions upgrades your accordion or EVK-1's, adding
very interesting and useful functions to your instrument:
1) Midi "Bank Select Messages" (Control Change #0 and
Control Change #32) can now be programmed and
transmitted, thus allowing to select sounds beyond the
standard 128 (up to 16384 banks of 128 sounds each can be
selected).
2) A transposer function (+/- 12 half-tones) can be
enabled separately on each section.
3) A "Program Change Filter" function is available to
inhibit Program Change message transmission from User
Memories, on each section separately, thus allowing a more
effective use of the User Memories.
4) The factory-preset "key velocity" parameter, which is sent
at any time a key or button is pressed, is now user-
programmable, in each section separately, and programmed
values can be stored in the User Memories.
5) A new footswitch function has been added ("St" -
Temporary Section Switching) to allow fast switching of the
TRBL1 and TRBL2 sections.
6) Two selectable volume response curves (LOgarithmic or
Linear) are now available to program the action of the swell
pedal when used as volume control (Control Change #7) .

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OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
No variations have been introduced to the original
exhisting features and functions - except for what explained in
the note below - thus the following instructions can be
regarded as an integration to the MIDIVOX III, Jan. 95, Owner's
Guide.
NOTE: Functions "LOADc" and "SAVEc", explained in Appendix
A.1 of the Owner's Guide, are not available any more
within the new release MVOX3_13 .
BANK SELECT
The standard Midi "Program Change" message was originally
designed to select up to 128 sounds, which at the time Midi
started seemed to be enough for the then expanders'
capabilities.
Since then technology has advanced, electronic musical
instruments have become more and more sophisticated and the
number of sounds which could be synthetized have increased
dramatically.
To overcome the limit of 128 selectable sounds, a new command
was introduced, which was called "Bank Select".
This command allows to select any bank of 128 sounds, among
a total of a theoretical 16130 banks.
Of course the most of expander units or keyboards, nowadays,
have rarely more than 4 banks but ... who knows the future?
Bank Select is achieved by means of a couple of Midi
Messages, known as "Control Change #0" and "Control Change #32"
(or CC00, CC20 - referring to their hexadecimal equivalent).
Both those messages contain information (number) of the bank
which is to be selected, and they must be sent before the Program
Change message, which selects the particular sound we want,
within the selected bank.
More information on the use of the Bank Select controls can
be desumed by your expander's user guide.
How To Program CC00 And CC20 Controls In The Midivox III
a) Press FUNCT several times until the display reads "C0nn",
where "nn" stands for any combination of numbers and/or
letters.
b) Select the section where you want to select a particular

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bank, pressing TRBL1, TRBL2, ecc.
c) Press UP or DWN to set the desired bank number (get the
right number from the expander's user guide), keeping in
mind that numbers shown on the MIDIVOX display are in
hexadecimal notation - same way as reported in the most of
expander user guides -, thus 09 is followed by 0A, 0B, 0C,
0D, 0E, 10, and so on (10 hexadecimal = 16 decimal).
Maximum allowed value is 7F (= 127 decimal).
Once CC00 values have been correctly set in all sections,
press FUNCT once more to set all values for CC20 control, in
the same way as above.
The bank selection becomes effective when a new sound is
selected by means of the numbered pushbuttons, in Play Mode, or
recalling a previously stored User Memory.
By the way it is possible to "force" the transmission of the
Bank Select messages in Function Mode, whilst programming the
CC00 and CC20 numbers, just pressing the TREBLE CANCEL
pushbutton.
In this case, the CC20 and CC00 messages will be sent to
the expander, along with the sound number previously selected in
Play Mode.
CC00 and CC20 numbers can be stored into the User Memories.
TRANSPOSER
The TRANSPOSER function is used to transpose or change the
pitch of the entire instrument by halftones.
The transposer value is the same for all sections; it is
possible anyway to enable the action of the TRANSPOSER function
on each section separately, thus you can have, for instance,
only the TRBL1 section actually transposed.
The transposer value can range from -12 up to +12 (halftones)
How To Program The Transposer Settings
a) Press several times the FUNCT button until the display
reads "tPnn" where "nn" stands for the current transposer
value.
b) Set the desired value pressing the UP or DWN button -
negative values (-1, -2, etc.) will be shown as "t-nn".

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c) Select the sections where you want the transposer action to
be effective, switching on any of the section buttons (TRBL1,
TRBL2, etc.).
The transposer settings can be stored into the User Memories.
PROGRAM CHANGE FILTER
The Program Change Filter is used to deactivate the
"Program Change" and "Bank Select" Midi message
transmission on any particular section, when a User Memory is
recalled.
Thus it is possible to create and store combinations which
select sounds only at the right hand, for instance, leaving the
bass and chord sounds unaltered.
Also, it is possible to re-organize our own combinations
(User Memories), having some of those to change the left hand
sounds only, others the right hand sounds.
How To Set The Program Change Filter
a) Press several time the FUNCT button until the display
reads "PCFL".
b) Select the sections where the filter must be
effective, switching on any of the section buttons.
KEY VELOCITY
The Midi "Key Velocity" parameter which is sent along with
the pitch code any time a key is pressed, can be programmed
separately for each section to give the sound more effectiveness.
How To Set The "Key Velocity" Value
a) Press the FUNCT button several times until the display
reads "vLnn", where "nn" stands for the currect key velocity
value
b) Select the section where the key velocity value has to be set.
c) Press the UP or DWN buttons to set the desired value.
PLEASE NOTE:

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The Key Velocity value shown on display ranges from "00" to
"99". This is a relative value: "00" corresponds to an absolute
value of 28, "99" corresponds to 127, which is the maximum
allowed by Midi Standards.
The factory preset absolute value is 64 (the display reads "36").
All set values can be stored into the User Memories
FOOTSWITCH FUNCTION "St"
The footswitch "St" function is similar to the exhisting
"Sc" function, which is used to switch the TRBL1 and TRBL2
sections by means of any of the footswitches.
The difference comes from the fact that the "St" function
is "temporary" - it operates as long as the footswitch is
kept pressed.
Let's make an example: the TRBL1 section is on and playing. If
the footswitch #1 is programmed as "St", when the footswitch
itself is pressed, and as long as the footswitch is kept pressed,
the TRBL1 section goes off and the TRBL2 section comes on and
plays.
As soon as the footswitch is released, the TRBL2 goes off and
the TRBL1 section comes on again.Thus it is possible to change
sound very quickly, and even for a few notes, which is a useful
feature for a lot of music genders.
How To Program The "St" Function
Programming is accomplished in the same way as for all the
other footswitch functions - see Owner's Guide par. 4.4 and
followings.
The display shows "St" when this function is selected.
VOLUME RESPONSE CURVE
The volume response curve affects the action of the pedal
when this one is programmed as volume control (Control Change
#7).
If the logarithmic curve has been selected, small variations
in the pedal position cause large volume variations.
If the linear curve has been selected instead, small variations
of the pedal position cause small volume variations.

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How To Select The Desired Volume Response Curve
a) Press several times the FUNCT pushbutton until the
display reads "PSLO" - or "PSLI".
"PSLO" means that the LOgarithmic curve has been set,
"PSLI" that the LInear curve has been set.
b) To change the curve setting, press the UP or DWN buttons.
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