Novation XioSynth Midi Implementation Manual

Some controllers adhere to the normal midi-specified use (e.g. modwheel, pan) but most are used arbitrarily and therefore may clash with assignments of other products. We have tried to avoid misuse of some “standard” controllers which could cause problems. Unless noted, all controllers are transmitted and received. Unless notes all parameters have the range 0-127. *** Denotes a signed value where 64 represents zero. Unless noted, this is -64…0…+63 stored as 0…64…127. Another example is -12…0…12 stored as 52…64…76. --- Denotes controller is not used. The term “pulse width” is properly applied when square wave is selected. For other waveforms, read “pulse width” as “double waveform phase effect”. Double waveform phase offset is zero when the signed pulse width position parameter is 64 (meaning 0). Common parameters are transmitted and received on the Synth MIDI Channel, set in the Synth Global Menu on the XioSynth. # MIDI-SPECIFIED USE XIOSYNTH USE 0 bank msb IGNORED/TRANSMITTED WITH VALUE 0 1 modwheel msb MODWHEEL 2 breath msb BREATH CONTROL (receive only) 3 undefined msb ARP PATTERN (0…6 = up, down, ud1, ud2, order, chord) 4 foot controller msb --- 5 portamento time msb PORTAMENTO TIME 6 data entry msb used for NRPN data values 7 volume msb MIDI VOLUME (transmit only) 8 balance msb PREGLIDE SEMITONES *** -12…+12 (0=preglide disabled) 9 undefined msb ARP/GENERAL SYNC RATE (64-191 bpm) (common) 10 pan msb PAN POSITION *** 11 expression msb EXPRESSION PEDAL 12 effect control 1 msb NON-SYNC PAN RATE 13 effect control 2 msb SYNC PAN RATE 0…34 (non-sync, 32 Triplet…12 Bars) 14-15 --- 16 gen. controller 1 msb MODWHEEL DISTORTION *** 17 gen. controller 2 msb DISTROTION COMPENSATION 18 gen. controller 3 msb MODWHEEL DELAY SEND 19 gen. controller 4 msb NON-SYNC DELAY TIME 20 undefined msb SYNC DELAY TIME 0…19 (non-sync, 32 Triplet…12 Bars) 21 undefined msb DELAY FEEDBCAK 22 undefined msb DELAY STEREO WIDTH 23 undefined msb DELAY RATIO 24 undefined msb MODWHEEL REVERB SEND 25 undefined msb REVERB DECAY 26 undefined msb MODWHEEL CHORUS SEND 27 undefined msb NON-SYNC CHROUS RATE 28 undefined msb SYNC CHROUS RATE 0…34 (non-sync, 32 Triplet…12 Bars) 29 undefined msb CHORUS FEEDBACK 30 undefined msb CHORUS MOD DEPTH 31 undefined msb CHORUS MOD CENTRE POINT 32 bank lsb BANK SELECT 0…1

41 undefined lsb OSC1 CENT *** -50…+50 42 pan lsb OSC1 BENDWHEEL PITCH AMOUNT *** 43 expression lsb OSC1 LFO1 PITCH AMOUNT *** 44 effect control 1 lsb OSC1 MOD ENV PITCH AMOUNT *** 45 effect control 2 lsb OSC1 PULSE WIDTH POSITION *** (0=50% or in-phase double wave) 46 undefined lsb OSC1 LFO2 PULSE WIDTH MOD *** 47 undefined lsb OSC1 MOD ENV PULSE WIDTH MOD *** 48 gen. controller 1 lsb OSC2 SEMITONE *** -12…+12 49 gen. controller 2 lsb OSC2 CENT *** -50…+50 50 gen. controller 3 lsb OSC2 BENDWHEEL PITCH AMOUNT *** 51 gen. controller 4 lsb OSC2 LFO1 PITCH AMOUNT *** 52 undefined lsb OSC2 MOD ENV PITCH AMOUNT *** 53 undefined lsb OSC2 PULSE WIDTH POSITION *** (0=50% or in-phase double wave) 54 undefined lsb OSC2 LFO2 PULSE WIDTH MOD *** 55 undefined lsb OSC2 MOD ENV PULSE WIDTH MOD *** 56 undefined lsb OSC3 SEMITONE *** -12…+12 57 undefined lsb OSC3 CENT *** -50…+50 58 undefined lsb OSC3 BENDWHEEL PITCH AMOUNT *** 59 undefined lsb OSC3 LFO1 PITCH AMOUNT *** 60 undefined lsb OSC3 MOD ENV PITCH AMOUNT *** 61 undefined lsb OSC3 PULSE WIDTH POSITION *** (0=50% or in-phase double wave) 62 undefined lsb OSC3 LFO2 PULSE WIDTH MOD *** 63 undefined lsb OSC3 MOD ENV PULSE WIDTH MOD *** 64 sustain pedal SUSTAIN 65-67 --- 68 legato footswitch UNISON DETUNE 69 hold 2 INDIVIDUAL OSCILLATOR RANDOM DETUNE 70 sound controller 1 PORTAMENTO MODE (0=exp, 1=lin) 71 sound controller 2 --- 72 sound controller 3 OSC1 LEVEL (to filter) 73 sound controller 4 OSC2 LEVEL (to filter) 74 sound controller 5 OSC3 LEVEL (to filter) 75 sound controller 6 NOISE LEVEL (to filter) 76 sound controller 7 OSC 1*2 RINGMOD LEVEL (to filter) 77-79 --- 80 gen. controller 5 lsb NON-SYNC LFO1 SPEED 81 gen. controller 6 lsb SYNC LFO1 SPEED 0…34 (non-sync, 32 Triplet…12 Bars) 82 gen. controller 7 lsb LFO1 DELAY (GRADUAL ONSET TIME/ONE-SHOT MODE DELAY) 83 gen. controller 8 lsb NON-SYNC LFO2 SPEED 84 portamento control SYNC LFO2 SPEED 0…34 (non-sync, 32 Triplet…12 Bars) 85 undefined LFO2 DELAY (GRADUAL ONSET TIME/ONE-SHOT MODE DELAY) 86 undefined --- 87 undefined ARPEGGIATOR SYNC SETTING 0…15 (32 Triplet…1 Bar) 88 undefined ARPEGGIATOR GATE TIME *** (+64 GIVES TIED NOTE IN MONO MODE) 89 undefined --- 90 undefined DISTROTION LEVEL 91 effects 1 depth REVERB SEND LEVEL 92 effects 2 depth DELAY SEND LEVEL 93 effects 3 depth CHORUS SEND LEVEL 94 effects 4 depth PAN MOD DEPTH 95-97 --- 98 nrpn lsb NRPN LSB NUMBER

100 rpn lsb --- 101 rpn msb --- 102 undefined FILTER FREQUENCY LFO2 MOD DEPTH *** 103 undefined FILTER Q NORMALISE (127=zero filter drive at max resonance) 104 undefined FILTER OVERDRIVE 105 undefined FILTER FREQUENCY 106 undefined FILTER RESONANCE 107 undefined FILTER FREQUENCY MOD ENV DEPTH 108 undefined AMPLITUDE ENVELOPE ATTACK 109 undefined AMPLITUDE ENVELOPE DECAY 110 undefined AMPLITUDE ENVELOPE SUSTAIN 111 undefined AMPLITUDE ENVELOPE RELEASE 112 undefined AMPLITUDE ENVELOPE VELOCITY DEPTH *** 113 undefined --- 114 undefined MOD ENV ATTACK 115 undefined MOD ENV DECAY 116 undefined MOD ENV SUSTAIN 117 undefined MOD ENV RELEASE 118 undefined MOD ENV VELOCITY DEPTH *** 119 undefined MIX OUTPUT LEVEL (controls pre-effects signal level) 120 all sounds off ALL NOTES OFF WITH FAST RELEASE (receive only) 121 reset controllers --- 122 local on/off LOCAL ON/OFF 123 all notes off ALL NOTES OFF (receive only) 124 omni off ALL NOTES OFF (receive only) 125 omni on ALL NOTES OFF (receive only) 126 mono mode setup ALL NOTES OFF (receive only) 127 poly mode on ALL NOTES OFF (receive only) MIDI NRPN LIST The XioSynth uses NRPNs as detailed below. NRPNs 104-106 are used to access multiple parameters. The value sent determines which parameter the NPRN message will control. 0 OSC 2>3 FM FIXED LEVEL 1 OSC 2>3 FM AD ENVELOPE DEPTH *** 2 AD ENVELOPE VELOCITY DEPTH *** 3 AD ENVELOPE ATTACK 4 AD ENVELOPE DECAY 5 OSC 1,2,3 MODWHEEL DIRECT PITCH DEPTH *** 6 OSC 1,2,3 AFTERTOUCH DIRECT PITCH DEPTH *** 7 OSC 1,2,3 BREATH DIRECT PITCH DEPTH *** 8 OSC 1,2,3 MODWHEEL LFO1 PITCH DEPTH *** 9 OSC 1,2,3 AFTERTOUCH LFO1 PITCH DEPTH *** 10 OSC 1,2,3 BREATH LFO1 PITCH DEPTH *** 11 FILTER KEYBOARD TRACKING (0=NONE, 127=PRECISE PITCH TRACK) 12 FILTER MODWHEEL DIRECT FREQUENCY DEPTH *** 13 FILTER AFTERTOUCH DIRECT FREQUENCY DEPTH *** 14 FILTER BREATH DIRECT FREQUENCY DEPTH *** 15 FILTER MODWHEEL LFO2 FREQUENCY DEPTH *** 16 FILTER AFTERTOUCH LFO2 FREQUENCY DEPTH *** 17 FILTER BREATH LFO2 FREQUENCY DEPTH ***

19 AMPLITUDE AFTERTOUCH DIRECT DEPTH *** 20 AMPLITUDE BREATH DIRECT DEPTH *** 21-28 --- 29 EQ BASS *** 30 EQ MID *** 31 EQ TREBLE *** 32-35 --- 36 FILTER SHAPE 37-39 --- 40 X-GATOR SYNC SETTING 0…19 (64 Triplet…1 Bar) 41 X-GATOR MODE (0…5=mono 16, mono-alt 1, mono-alt 2, stereo 16, st-swap 1, st-swap 2) 42 X-GATOR LEVEL 43 X-GATOR EDGE 44 X-GATOR DECAY 45 X-GATOR DELAY *** 46-49 --- 50 OSC1 WAVEFORM (0…31) 51 OSC2 WAVEFORM (0…31) 52 OSC3 WAVEFORM (0…31) 53 LFO1 WAVEFORM (0…31) 54 LFO2 WAVEFORM (0…31) 55 LFO1 UNIPOLAR (0=centre-zero, 1=all positive) 56 LFO2 UNIPOLAR (0=centre-zero, 1=all positive) 57 LFO1 KEYSYNC START PHASE (0…357 degrees) 58 LFO2 KEYSYNC START PHASE (0…357 degrees) 59 LFO1 SYNC DELAY TIME 0…34 (non-sync, 32 Triplet…12 Bars) 60 LFO2 SYNC DELAY TIME 0…34 (non-sync, 32 Triplet…12 Bars) 61 --- 62 FILTER TYPE (0…2 = LP, BP, HP) 63 OSC1 LFO1 LEVEL MOD *** 64 OSC2 LFO2 LEVEL MOD *** 65 OSC3 AD ENV LEVEL MOD *** 66 NOISE LFO1 LEVEL MOD *** 67 RING1*2 LFO1 LEVEL MOD *** 68 AUDIO INPUT LFO1 LEVEL MOD *** 69 OSC123 WAVEFORM KEYSYNC START PHASE (0…357 degrees) 70 NOISE TYPE (0…3 = white, hp, bp, hp*bp) 71 ARPEGGIATOR PATTERN (0…32 0=off, 32patterns) 72 FILTER FREQUENCY VELOCITY CONTROL *** 73 ARPEGGIATOR PATTERN VELOCITY MODE (0=use note-on velocity, 1=use velocity in pattern) 74 FIXED NOTE CONTROL (0=off, 1-127 fix the note to midi 1…127 i.e. C#-2…G8) 75 LFO1 OUTPUT LEVEL VELOCITY CONTROL *** 76 LFO2 OUTPUT LEVEL VELOCITY CONTROL *** 77 OSC1 LFO2 LEVEL MOD *** 78 OSC 2>3 FM LFO1 DEPTH MOD *** 79-103 --- 104 AMP ENV MONO TRIGGER MODE (0=single, 1=multi) MOD ENV MONO TRIGGER MODE (2=single, 3=multi) AD ENV MONO TRIGGER MODE (4=single, 5=multi) OSC 1>2 SYNC (10=off, 11=on) LFO1 DELAY MONO TRIGGER MODE (12=single, 13=multi) LFO2 DELAY MONO TRIGGER MODE (14=single, 15=multi) LFO1 ONE-SHOT (16=off, 17=on)

LFO1 COMMON (20=off, 21=on) LFO2 ONE-SHOT (22=off, 23=on) LFO2 KEYSYNC (24=off, 25=on) LFO2 COMMON (26=off, 27=on) ARPEGGIATOR KEYSYNC (30=off, 31=on) ARPEGGIATOR LATCH (32=off, 33=on) CHORUS TYPE (34=chorus, 35=phaser) LFO SELECTOR (42…43=lfo1…2) X-GATOR ON/OFF (44=off, 45=on) X-GATOR KEYSYNC (46=off, 47=on) X-GATOR LATCH (48=off, 49=on) 105 OSC POLY MODE (0=mono, 1=mono ag, 2=poly 1, 3=poly 2) OSC 1 OCTAVE (16…19=-1…+2) OSC 2 OCTAVE (20…23=-1…+2) OSC 3 OCTAVE (24…27=-1…+2) ARPEGGIATOR OCTAVES (36…39=1-4 octaves) ARPEGGIATOR NOTES DESTINATION (40=internal, 41=external, 42=int & ext) CHORUS LFO SYNC INITIAL POSITION (44…47=off, left, mid, right) PAN LFO SYNC INITIAL POSITION (48…51=off, left, mid, right) OSC SELECTOR (56…58=osc1…3) 106 OSC UNISON (0…7=off, 2…8 voices) REVERB TYPE (8…13=chamber, small room, large room, small hall, large hall, grand hall) EFFECTS SELECTOR (16…21=delay, reverb, chorus, distort, EQ/vol, panning)