Yamaha aw16g Manuale Utente
MIDI and utility functions
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Transmitting the AW16G’s settings via MIDI
(Bulk Dump)
In the BULK page of the UTILITY screen, you can trans-
mit various internal settings of the AW16G (scene memo-
ries, libraries, settings of the UTILITY screen, etc.) as bulk
data from the MIDI OUT/THRU connector. If you record
this bulk data on a MIDI sequencer or similar device,
you will then be able to restore these settings whenever
desired.
mit various internal settings of the AW16G (scene memo-
ries, libraries, settings of the UTILITY screen, etc.) as bulk
data from the MIDI OUT/THRU connector. If you record
this bulk data on a MIDI sequencer or similar device,
you will then be able to restore these settings whenever
desired.
To access this page, repeatedly press the [UTILITY] key
or hold down the [UTILITY] key and use the CURSOR
[
or hold down the [UTILITY] key and use the CURSOR
[
]/[
] keys.
This page contains the following items.
1
SCENE button
Selects scene memories for bulk dumping. Use the
scene number field located at the right of the button
to specify the scene(s) that will actually be transmit-
ted.
scene number field located at the right of the button
to specify the scene(s) that will actually be transmit-
ted.
B
Scene number field
Here you can select the scene number(s) that will
be transmitted. You can select from the following
choices.
be transmitted. You can select from the following
choices.
CURRENT .................. The current mixing settings (the
current scene)
01–96......................... A scene number 01–96
ALL ............................ Scene numbers 01–96 + current
ALL ............................ Scene numbers 01–96 + current
scene
C
LIBRARY button
Selects libraries for bulk dumping.
D
SYSTEM button
Selects the settings in each page of the UTILITY
screen for bulk dumping.
screen for bulk dumping.
E
REMOTE button
Selects the settings of the REMOTE screen (
F
PC TABLE button
Selects the settings of the SCENE screen PC TABLE
page (
page (
G
ALL button
Selects (in one step) all items that can be bulk
dumped.
dumped.
H
INT
Specifies the interval at which bulk data will be
transmitted, in a range of 0–300 ms (10 ms steps).
transmitted, in a range of 0–300 ms (10 ms steps).
I
RX DISABLE button
Selects whether bulk data sent from an external
device will be received (button = on) or ignored
(button = off).
device will be received (button = on) or ignored
(button = off).
J
REQUEST button
When you move the cursor to this button and press
the [ENTER] key, a bulk dump request message will
be transmitted from the MIDI OUT/THRU connec-
tor.
A bulk dump request message is a MIDI message
that requests an AW16G to transmit the settings you
selected in items
the [ENTER] key, a bulk dump request message will
be transmitted from the MIDI OUT/THRU connec-
tor.
A bulk dump request message is a MIDI message
that requests an AW16G to transmit the settings you
selected in items
1
–
7
.
When two AW16G units are connected, you can
use this to copy data such as scene memories or
libraries from the other AW16G.
use this to copy data such as scene memories or
libraries from the other AW16G.
● Bulk dump request message transmission
K
TRANSMIT button
Move the cursor to this button and press the
[ENTER] key to execute the bulk dump.
[ENTER] key to execute the bulk dump.
Tip!
Tip!
• The time required for bulk data to be transmitted will
depend on the type of data.
• An error may occur on the receiving device while bulk
data is being transmitted. In this case, try increasing the
INT setting. When transmitting and receiving bulk data
between two AW16G units, leave the INT value at zero.
INT setting. When transmitting and receiving bulk data
between two AW16G units, leave the INT value at zero.
Note
Note
In order to actually perform a bulk dump, you must turn
on the MIDI button located in the MIDI OUT area of the
MIDI page in the UTILITY screen, so that MIDI messages
can be transmitted from the MIDI OUT/THRU connector
(
on the MIDI button located in the MIDI OUT area of the
MIDI page in the UTILITY screen, so that MIDI messages
can be transmitted from the MIDI OUT/THRU connector
(
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K
5
6
8
1
2
9
4
3
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AW16G
AW16G
MIDI OUT/THRU
MIDI IN
MIDI IN
MIDI OUT/THRU
Bulk data
Request message