General
The Interactive Controller takes switch (or relay) closures/openings
and converts these into MIDI events. MIDI events may be assigned
to both opening and closing of switches, and the switches may be set in software to be opening/closing type or latching.
Audio Switching
The 'switches' may also be audio. We supply a tone generator
(approx 1.5 x 1.5cm square) which can be powered by battery or from a radio mic pack
which produces a specific telephone tone. If supplied to pin 5 of inputs 1 &
2, the start of the tone acts as the switch on, and the end of the tone acts as the switch off. This means that the switch on and off can be sent by a radio mic system - for example, the radio mic transmitter can be built into a gun, the trigger of which turns
the tone generator on and off, and thus the gunshot sound can be triggered at will.
MIDI Data
The unit operates by using Data Streams that the user has created
and these are assigned to switch actions in performance memories. Each data
stream can be up to 64 bytes long (a MIDI Note On uses 3 bytes of data), and can
be any form of data including Sys Ex.
Performance Memories
Each performance memory has the data for all 8 switches. There
are 64 performance memories in total.
MIDI Output
There are 2 MIDI outputs, and data can be assigned to either,
both or none.
Suggested Uses
The unit has been used to fire sound effects such as the gun
mentioned above, or for door opening/ closing effects. Pressure pads can also trigger
it, as can IR movement sensors. In all these applications, the unit has triggered the
sounds stored on a sampler. Using sysex messages, we have also used it to set up,
load and configure samplers in situations where one button operation is needed,
such as theme parks.
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Inputs |
8x 180 degree 5-pin DIN plugs.
Inputs 1 - 8 have pin 2 common and pin 3 as switch input.
Inputs 1 & 2 also have audio input on pin 5 |
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MIDI |
5-pin DIN - 2x IN, 2xOUT |
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Controls |
8x pad button switches with leds operate the 8 switch
channels in
parallell to the inputs on the rear panel.
The led lights when
either the button is pressed/released or the
input at the back is
closed/opened.
Data Wheel
4 Mode pad buttons with leds - Name, perform, assign, stream.
The
current mode the unit
is operating in is shown by the lit led.
6 function pad buttons - OK, Insert, Cancel, Delete, Cursor
Right
left.
2-line, 40 character LCD |
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Weight |
5kg |
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