These include Note On and Off (treated as one message), Aftertouch, Control Change, Program Change, Pitch Bend, System Common, System Real Time, System Exclusive and All Notes Off. Processors A and B can be programmed to filter out unwanted MIDI messages. It's a good idea to work out what equipment you're going to plug where and name the sockets accordingly. You may have to run through the procedure a few times before it begins to gel. An arrow in the main display shows if Merge is on or off and the references to Processor A in the In line in the display turn to M for Merge. Merging any of the MIDI Ins is possible, and is accomplished by merging the output of Processor B with that of A. You can name everything except the A and B processors and the F socket which are designated, naturally, A and B Processor Out and socket F. To help you remember what gear is connected to which socket, you can name the Ins and Outs. This may appear a bit convoluted but there's a reason for it, which we'll get to in a moment. In fact socket F can only be assigned to a Processor which, in turn, can be assigned to a MIDI Out on the left of the display.
Socket F appears on the right of the display where it can be assigned to Processor A or B. You can switch off routing to a socket altogether, assign it one of the six In sockets on the back or to one of the processors labelled A and B (more about these in a moment). Hit Enter and you get a list of the eight MIDI Out sockets waiting to be assigned In sockets.
ANATEK MIDI PATCHBAY PATCH
The menu you need is Edit MIDI Patch Routing & Merge. A second MIDI Out 8 socket is mapped onto MIDI Out 8 on the back and a MIDI In F (for Front) is the equivalent of MIDI In 7. On the front panel are two extra pairs of audio ins and outs which are mapped onto sockets 15 and 16 on the back.
There's also a fuse and a power socket - the lead is not fixed to the unit.
ANATEK MIDI PATCHBAY MAC
On the back of the unit are six MIDI In sockets, eight MIDI Outs, 16 pairs of unbalanced audio in and out jacks, in and out SMRTE sockets, a Mac interface and a female DB9 connector for use with Anatek's 6 Slider Remote (not supplied) which provides inputs for variable MIDI controllers. To the right of the diamond are six function buttons used to move forwards and backwards through the menus, enter a sub-menu, execute the current command, reset the data to its lowest possible value and to exit from a menu. Use these to increase and decrease the value of parameters and to move the LCD cursor from one parameter to another. To the right of the display are four cursor buttons arranged in a diamond. If you can't see this from the other end of the studio you need glasses. An extra large 16 x 2-character LCD tells you what the current menu/sub-menu is and indicates the parameters which you can alter. There are 13 main menus and most have only three sub-menus so it's difficult to get lost. Operation is based on the tried and tested system of menus and sub-menus. Let's see how quickly we can run through a description of parts. Inside its 2U-high rack-mount exterior lies a multi-function machine.
It'S all very well decentralising government but it's far easier dealing with one bureaucrat than half a dozen, don't you think? The SMP16 is a bit like that - a centralised office, not a bureaucrat.
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