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FXpansion GURU
FXpansion's GURU software is a very flexible and creative beat-making tool. GURU comes preset with default MIDI note and controller
note mappings that serve several purposes. Notes can be set to trigger sounds, map a sound chromatically and play it from a keyboard,
trigger different Patterns, and trigger different Scenes.
8 MIDI controllers are set up for use with the individual voice engines called "Pad Groups," and 8 more are set up for use with any of
the FX Group. Please see the GURU manual for information on assigning these functions to the different parameters.
MAX49's GURU preset lets you take advantage of the software's most-used functions. This preset is meant to be used with GURU's
Generic Controller map in the Options menu.
FX Guru
KEYBOARD: The keyboard is set to trigger pads from middle C up 16 notes. The default is set to control Engine 1 on MIDI Channel 1.
By editing the keyboard MIDI channel, you can select which voice engine you are controlling. We set middle C to be the pads so that if
you have Pattern keys play selected pad chromatically in the Options/MIDI page, you will hear the currently selected pad played
chromatically on the bottom two octaves of MAX49's keyboard. If you press the OCTAVE UP button twice, the drum pads will play on
the lowest 16 notes of the keyboard and the notes from middle C up will trigger different Scenes.
TRANSPORT CONTROLS: GURU makes use of MMC for its transport controls. If you have the latest version of GURU it will
automatically make use of MMC messages. GURU assigns the button to the Commit function and the button to the Undo
function.
MIDI Controllers: We created 4 different options for continuous controller mapping with GURU. Since the MIDI controllers are color-
coded in the software, we will call them as follows:
Red = 1
Orange = 2
Yellow = 3
Green = 4
Lt Blue = 5
Blue = 6
Purple = 7
Grey = 8
Controller Bank 1–8
TOUCH FADERS 1–8: FX Group 1–8
S-SWITCHES 1–4: Pad Group 5–8
S-SWITCHES 5–8: FX Group 5–8
Controller Bank 9–16
TOUCH FADERS 1–8: Pad Group 1–8 (reversed
from
Controller Bank A)
S-SWITCHES 1–4: Pad Group 5–8
S-SWITCHES 5–8: FX Group 5–8
Controller Bank 17–24
TOUCH FADERS 1–4: Pad Group 1–4
TOUCH FADERS 5–8: FX Group 5–8
S-SWITCHES 1–4: Pad Group 5–8
S-SWITCHES 5–8: FX Group 5–8
Controller Bank 25–32
TOUCH FADERS 1–4: Pad Group 1–4
TOUCH FADERS 5–8: FX Group 1–4
PADS: We intentionally mapped the pads to be chromatic. The pads can be customized for so many uses in GURU that we didn't want
to make them too specialized. Currently, the 12 pads in Bank A and Pads 1-4 in Bank B will normally play the GURU pads. We left
these set to the Common MIDI channel so that you could quickly change them to different voice engines by changing the Common
Channel in Global Mode (see the GLOBAL MODE section of the included MAX49 Quickstart Guide).
Depending on how you are using GURU, if you want to change the pad note and channel mappings, keep this in mind:
Recording Patterns: You may want to leave the way they are, allowing you to play your drum sounds and to shift engines via
changing the Common Channel.
Playing Live: You may want to assign the pads to different MIDI channels and notes so as to trigger Scenes or Patterns in a
real-time DJ style work flow.
FXGuruKS
This Program is almost the same as the GURU Program described above, but this version allows you to turn MAX49's Sequencer
on/off by pressing keys on its KEYBOARD. To do this:
1. Press SEQ SELECT so it is lit.
2. Press ON/OFF so it is lit.
3. Press and hold a key on MAX49's KEYBOARD. The Sequence will play (in that key) while the key is being held. When you release
the key, the Sequence will stop.
Note: (To "latch" the Sequencer, press [LATCH] so it is lit. When this button is activated, Sequencer playback will continue even
after the key is released.)
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