3 MIDI
TubeMeister Deluxe 40 is equipped with a 7-pin MIDI port. The two
additional pins (first and last pin) serve as a phantom power supply,
providing 20 volts of direct current to power a device such as the Hughes
& Kettner FSM-432 MIDI board without requiring an additional wall-wart.
A standard 5-pin connector does not tap this phantom power feed, so you
can use a cable equipped with this type of plug to connect any standard
MIDI board. With the TubeMeister Deluxe 40's MIDI facility, command
and control is an exercise in convenience with lots loads of intriguing
switching and storage possibilities. Given a MIDI-enabled controller, foot
board or multieffector multi-FX processor and a fistful of MIDI presets
(see below), you can dip into the TubeMeister Deluxe 40's deep sonic
well and pull up any conceivable combination of the following functions
at the tap of a toe:
One of the 3 channels: Clean, Lead, Crunch
+ FX-loop on/off
+ The full 40 watts of power, or one of the Power Soak stages: 20W, 5W,
1W or Speaker Off
Programming
Programming couldn't be any easier. If you want to save a configuration
such as Crunch with the FX Loop and 20W activated, simply activate
this combination on the TubeMeister Deluxe 40. Arm the amp by briefly
pressing the Midi Learn button (Learn lights up), and then send the
number of the program slot where you want to store this setup by pressing
the appropriate switch on your MIDI board. The Learn light extinguishes
to indicate that the TubeMeister Deluxe 40 has saved this configuration to
one of the 128 internal program slots and assigned it to a preset on your
foot board. To discontinue programming without saving settings, simply
press the Learn button again.
Now when the TubeMeister Deluxe 40 receives a program change
message via the selected MIDI channel (more on this below), Learn
flashes briefly and the TubeMeister Deluxe 40 is configured accordingly.
Tip: This lets do some pretty exotic stuff on stage: for example, you could
use the same killer tone at 20 watts for your rhythm work and at 40 watts
for leads, and switch between the two on the fly. Or, you could assign a
different power stage to each channel, say the full 40 watts to Clean, 5
watts to Crunch and 20 watts to Lead.
Setting the MIDI Channel and Switching OMNI On/Off
Flip the Play/Standby switch to Standby. Now press and hold the FX Loop
button first, then press and hold the Learn button simultaneously for at
least two seconds. The FX Loop button will start flashing to indicate that
the amp is now in programming mode. This assigns special programming
functions to the following buttons:
"Speaker Off" now serves as a +1/up button. The factory default
is MIDI channel 1.
"20 W" now serves as a -1/down button.
20 W
Learn: Switches Omni on/off. Learn lights up to indicate TubeMeister
Deluxe 40 is configured to receive incoming program changes via all
MIDI channels (Omni on, default). If the LED is not illuminated the amp
receives messages via the selected channel only (Omni off). To change
settings, just press the Learn button.
Note: Omni enables reception on all channels. In practice, this means
that the MIDI channel you use to send commands does not matter, as
the amp will recognize MIDI commands on any channel. This option is a
good choice if you're unsure which channel your foot board uses to send
messages.
Heads Up: Because the amp reacts to any MIDI channel, this may cause
trouble when you use a complex MIDI system that uses different MIDI
channels simultaneously. If the amp reacts, switches unexpectedly or
needs too long to switch programs, switching OMNI off and using a
dedicated MIDI channel is the solution for most MIDI issues.
When configuring MIDI setups, the four Power Soak LEDs serve to
indicate the MIDI channels. Consult the table below for the MIDI channel
assignments. They are shown in what in tech-speak is called binary code:
MIDI Channel
20 W
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To save the settings and quit the programming mode, press and hold the
FX Loop button first, then press and hold the Learn button simultaneously
for at least two seconds. The buttons will stop flashing to indicate the amp
is back in normal operating mode.
Factory Settings and How to Restore Them (Factory Reset)
To reset the amp to the factory default settings, press and hold the MIDI
Learn and FX Loop On buttons simultaneously for five seconds until the
MIDI Learn button lights up. After you release MIDI Learn button, it will
flash once to confirm that the reset has been executed properly.
The factory defaults are:
• Omni On
• MIDI Channel 1
TubeMeister 40 Deluxe – Manual 1.3b
5 W
1 W
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