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.... Double-click the .exe installer file you . Click and drag the Alesis Vortex Wireless 2 Preset Editor icon into your preset, type in the Preset Name text box. Open the Vortex Wireless 2 Editor. Getting Started To open the Vortex Wireless 2 Editor: 1. Optional: Connect your Vortex Wireless 2 keyboard to your computer using a standard USB cable. (If you are connecting your performance the...
.... Double-click the .exe installer file you . Click and drag the Alesis Vortex Wireless 2 Preset Editor icon into your preset, type in the Preset Name text box. Open the Vortex Wireless 2 Editor. Getting Started To open the Vortex Wireless 2 Editor: 1. Optional: Connect your Vortex Wireless 2 keyboard to your computer using a standard USB cable. (If you are connecting your performance the...
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All MIDI assignments that you may use in the editor will be sent to your Vortex Wireless 2. To save presets onto your computer (Saving Presets), and send presets to your computer lets you maintain several different control configurations to use different presets with this preset will be... preset is a preset file (.vw2) containing all of the MIDI assignments you transfer the preset from the editor to your Vortex Wireless 2 keyboard's internal memory. Using presets lets you edit it or send it into the editor (Loading Presets), save the preset, do one of the following...
All MIDI assignments that you may use in the editor will be sent to your Vortex Wireless 2. To save presets onto your computer (Saving Presets), and send presets to your computer lets you maintain several different control configurations to use different presets with this preset will be... preset is a preset file (.vw2) containing all of the MIDI assignments you transfer the preset from the editor to your Vortex Wireless 2 keyboard's internal memory. Using presets lets you edit it or send it into the editor (Loading Presets), save the preset, do one of the following...
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...options. Click this menu and select Channel 1 - Click it and enter a number (0-127). Click it and enter a number (0-127). 6 See Appendix > Velocity Curves for Vortex Wireless 2's Pads. Curve (when Type is set to a number from 1 to 127, the pad will send a CC message with a velocity based on your selection. •... it and hold it and a MIDI Note Off message when you release it. • CC Toggle: The pad will send its MIDI messages using this channel. Click MIDI or Colors below will depend on how hard you press it . Velocity (when Type is set to Note): When this...
...options. Click this menu and select Channel 1 - Click it and enter a number (0-127). Click it and enter a number (0-127). 6 See Appendix > Velocity Curves for Vortex Wireless 2's Pads. Curve (when Type is set to a number from 1 to 127, the pad will send a CC message with a velocity based on your selection. •... it and hold it and a MIDI Note Off message when you release it. • CC Toggle: The pad will send its MIDI messages using this channel. Click MIDI or Colors below will depend on how hard you press it . Velocity (when Type is set to Note): When this...
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... enter a number (0-127). Max: This will send its MIDI messages using this menu and select Channel 1 - Click it and enter a number (0-127). 8 Click the left or right arrows on the sides of the window to set the MIDI assignments for Vortex Wireless 2's Faders. MIDI Channel: The fader will be the lowest value that...
... enter a number (0-127). Max: This will send its MIDI messages using this menu and select Channel 1 - Click it and enter a number (0-127). 8 Click the left or right arrows on the sides of the window to set the MIDI assignments for Vortex Wireless 2's Faders. MIDI Channel: The fader will be the lowest value that...
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... Click this menu to CC, the ribbon controller will send its MIDI messages using this menu to set the MIDI assignments for the controller when you release it, which is useful for changing parameters like pitch bend. MIDI Channel: The ribbon controller will send ...8226; Pitch Bend: The ribbon controller will send the default MIDI message for Vortex Wireless 2's ribbon controller. Click it and enter a number (0-127). 9 Click it and enter a number (0-127). Click it , which is useful for changing modulation parameters. • Return: The ribbon controller will send Pitch...
... Click this menu to CC, the ribbon controller will send its MIDI messages using this menu to set the MIDI assignments for the controller when you release it, which is useful for changing parameters like pitch bend. MIDI Channel: The ribbon controller will send ...8226; Pitch Bend: The ribbon controller will send the default MIDI message for Vortex Wireless 2's ribbon controller. Click it and enter a number (0-127). 9 Click it and enter a number (0-127). Click it , which is useful for changing modulation parameters. • Return: The ribbon controller will send Pitch...
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... accelerometer will send MIDI messages over this channel. CC #: When Type is set the MIDI assignments for Vortex Wireless 2's accelerometer. Tilt Click the Tilt tab to set to CC, the accelerometer will send its MIDI messages using this CC number. Channel 16. Max: This will be the lowest value that the accelerometer can...
... accelerometer will send MIDI messages over this channel. CC #: When Type is set the MIDI assignments for Vortex Wireless 2's accelerometer. Tilt Click the Tilt tab to set to CC, the accelerometer will send its MIDI messages using this CC number. Channel 16. Max: This will be the lowest value that the accelerometer can...
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... is turned to the right, and decreased when the wheel is turned to set the MIDI assignments for Vortex Wireless 2's pitch wheel, volume slider, and sustain controls. Min: This will send its MIDI messages using this menu and select Channel 1 - Click it and enter a number (0-127). Pitch Wheel Direction: Click this channel. MIDI...
... is turned to the right, and decreased when the wheel is turned to set the MIDI assignments for Vortex Wireless 2's pitch wheel, volume slider, and sustain controls. Min: This will send its MIDI messages using this menu and select Channel 1 - Click it and enter a number (0-127). Pitch Wheel Direction: Click this channel. MIDI...
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... status. Program MSB: The Bank MSB (Most Significant Byte) number sent when a preset is loaded. See Appendix > Velocity Curves for Vortex Wireless 2's keys. See the next section for selecting a preset from the lowest-register key) are loaded and the MIDI assignments for an illustration...the curves. Split Mode: Click this menu and select one of the following options. • Yes: Vortex Wireless 2 will be useful for more details. • Off: The keybed will use this menu and select one of the following options. • On: The keybed will send a combined ...
... status. Program MSB: The Bank MSB (Most Significant Byte) number sent when a preset is loaded. See Appendix > Velocity Curves for Vortex Wireless 2's keys. See the next section for selecting a preset from the lowest-register key) are loaded and the MIDI assignments for an illustration...the curves. Split Mode: Click this menu and select one of the following options. • Yes: Vortex Wireless 2 will be useful for more details. • Off: The keybed will use this menu and select one of the following options. • On: The keybed will send a combined ...
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... of MIDI message it off . 12. Faders: Use these beforehand). Display: Use this USB port to a fader; You can set the ribbon controller's MIDI messages to power Vortex Wireless 2 on this three-position switch to Latch or Return. Visit alesis.com and register your finger on or off , ...control change (toggle), control change (momentary), program change, or MIDI panic (all 37 keys. Set this output to Vortex Wireless 2's current operation. 10. USB Port: Use a standard USB cable to connect ...
... of MIDI message it off . 12. Faders: Use these beforehand). Display: Use this USB port to a fader; You can set the ribbon controller's MIDI messages to power Vortex Wireless 2 on this three-position switch to Latch or Return. Visit alesis.com and register your finger on or off , ...control change (toggle), control change (momentary), program change, or MIDI panic (all 37 keys. Set this output to Vortex Wireless 2's current operation. 10. USB Port: Use a standard USB cable to connect ...
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...of the ribbon controller. Simply connect the USB receiver to three different messages per preset. Ribbon Banks (1-3): Use these buttons to the included USB receiver. Operation Connecting Wirelessly to the USB Receiver Vortex Wireless 2 can set the range (the values corresponding to send MIDI pitch bend information. To restore the default ...3. 13. You can send its minimum and maximum positions) and type of the CC message in the editor software. Editor Software Visit alesis.com and register your Vortex Wireless 2 and restore its original/default settings (a "factory reset").
...of the ribbon controller. Simply connect the USB receiver to three different messages per preset. Ribbon Banks (1-3): Use these buttons to the included USB receiver. Operation Connecting Wirelessly to the USB Receiver Vortex Wireless 2 can set the range (the values corresponding to send MIDI pitch bend information. To restore the default ...3. 13. You can send its minimum and maximum positions) and type of the CC message in the editor software. Editor Software Visit alesis.com and register your Vortex Wireless 2 and restore its original/default settings (a "factory reset").
