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v.4 Fender® G-DEC™ MIDI Operations Fender’s Guitar Digital Entertainment Center (G-DEC) can communicate with computers or other G-DECs via a MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) connection. This document contains “how to” information for the following topics: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Playing external MIDI files, PC and Apple Mac Saving custom presets Loading custom presets Transferring G-DEC software updates from your computer to the G-DEC Copying G-DEC internal MIDI loops to a PC (Personal Computer) For programmers – Fender MIDI dump file format Most of this document is designed to help those with little or no MIDI experience. The last section is for experienced program developers who would like to write custom applications for G-DEC. An experienced MIDI/computer music composer will find most of this document familiar, even boring. A novice might find the document confusing. If you consider yourself a MIDI novice, then please take a deep breath and then dive in. The results are worth the effort. PC System types Examples are shown below for a few specific system types. The following document has information for both PC and MAC users. The PC examples assume Windows XP operating software. If you are using a different OS, don’t worry; most OS’s offer similar functionality. If you are using a different sound card or MIDI to USB adapter, you will need to adjust to your specific needs. The steps are roughly the same for most systems. MAC System types Every Macintosh has the ability to play MIDI files, but you will need a third party interface device and additional software. This procedure assumes your Macintosh is running Mac OS X, 10.2 or later. Mac OS 9.2.2 Considerations If you are using Mac OS 9.2.2, you must have Opcode OMS 2.3.8 installed before using an external MIDI device. This software package will most likely be freely available from the MIDI to USB converter device manufacturer if Mac OS 9 is supported by your MIDI device. Follow instructions provided within the OMS software setup procedure and device installation procedures in the device owner’s manual. If you are using any version of Mac OS X, then this step is not required. The applications shown here in this tutorial may not be available for Mac OS 9, but the procedure should be very similar. The biggest exception is that in Mac Os 9.2.2, the OMS software controls the MIDI ports system wide for all applications. So, you will have to set up external devices like the UNO in OMS as opposed to within the applications themselves. In Mac OS X, the MIDI configurations are left to the individual applications. PC and MAC SECTION 1 – PLAY MIDI FILES The G-DEC is the world’s first guitar amplifier that contains a MIDI synthesizer. The G-DEC synthesizer is a fully functional General MIDI (GM) wave table synthesizer and is capable of synthesizing many instruments. The G-DEC has MIDI music files built into its memory. These files are sent to the internal synthesizer when you select the front panel START/STOP button. The MIDI tracks that come with the GDEC represent a diverse range of musical styles and are varied enough to keep any user entertained for many hours. What are MIDI files? MIDI files contain instructions for playing music. Figure 1 below shows a capture of a small amount of MIDI. As you can see, it is a sequence of musical notes as played on instrument channels. The notes are switched on and off at the appropriate times. MIDI files do not contain the music signal the way that MP3 or WAV files do. MIDI files are simply a list of instructions that tell the synthesizer what instrument to play and how to play it. The MIDI interface transmits commands between MIDI devices. A synthesizer creates the musical sounds after reading and interpreting the commands. Figure 1 example of MIDI data Although MIDI is a standard, synthesizers vary in quality from poor to good. Don’t be surprised if the synthesizer in your computer sounds a bit different that the synthesizer in the G-DEC. OK, so what about the MIDI jacks? You can use the G-DEC front panel MIDI connections to transfer MIDI files to the G-DEC internal synthesizer. The files can come from your computer or any other MIDI device. PC How do I connect my computer? Most PCs have the ability to output MIDI data. The type of connection you have varies from PC to PC. Most people will need to buy an adapter or cable of some sort. That adapter/cable will usually take one of three forms: 1. Soundcards Most older PCs, or newer PCs with add-on sound cards, have game port connectors, usually 15 pin ‘D’ connectors on the soundcard. This is the same connector that you would connect your joystick to if you are a gamer. The MIDI signals are usually included on this connector. In order to get the MIDI signals to the G-DEC you will need to break out the MIDI signals from the joystick signals. Most computer stores will carry a “breakout” cable as shown in Figure 2. One end of the cable connects to the sound card’s 15 pin connector. The other end of the cable will have MIDI IN and OUT connectors and one or two joystick connectors. Depending on the breakout cable you may also need a MIDI cable to go between the breakout cable and the G-DEC. Figure 2 soundcard MIDI/joystick breakout cable 2. USB Some newer PCs or laptops will not have the soundcard joystick connector. For these computers you can buy a USB–to-MIDI converter. An example of a USB-to-MIDI converter is the M-AUDIO Uno (see Figure 3). Figure 3 M-Audio Uno. USB to MIDI converter 3. Font panel DRIVE extensions Some “deluxe” soundcards will often have the MIDI IN and OUT available on a front panel breakout box. These connectors will often be a smaller version of the standard MIDI cable. Most deluxe soundcards will include the adapters. After choosing the port to use, connect the MIDI OUT cable from the computer to the MIDI IN connector of the G-DEC. You could also connect the G-DEC MIDI OUT to the PC MIDI IN; that will be useful for saving your presets but not needed to play MIDI files. MAC How do I connect my computer? The most common method for getting MIDI output from a Macintosh is through a MIDI USB interface device such as the M-Audio 1x1 Uno (see Figure 1). Figure 1 M-Audio Uno. USB to MIDI converter Some PCI sound cards may also have MIDI capability for higher-end Macs but USB is by far the most common method of transferring MIDI data to and from the Mac. So, the first step is to install any drivers that may have come with your USB to MIDI converter device. Simply follow the instructions for your specific device. It always best to check the website of the MIDI to USB converter device manufacturer for the latest driver software, usually available for free download. In our case, we will download the M-Audio Uno drivers from www.m-audio.com for Mac OS X - 10.2 (Jaguar). Follow the installation procedure after double clicking on the setup package for the Uno drivers. When completed, you should see the USB light on the Uno pulsing. That means the drivers and Uno device are working. Check and verify the installation procedures for your own device in the owner’s manual. Once the driver software is installed and the device is working on an available USB port, connect the MIDI Out from your converter device to the G-DEC MIDI In jack using a standard MIDI cable. Next connect from the MIDI In jack on your converter device to the G-DEC MIDI Out jack using another standard MIDI cable. PC OK, I am connected, how do I send MIDI music from my computer to the G-DEC? A computer typically lets you direct a MIDI file to several different places. By default, most computers send MIDI data to the computer soundcard. If you were to “play” a MIDI file right now, you probably would hear audio coming from your computer speakers. We will need to re-direct the MIDI data to the GDEC. To send MIDI data to the G-DEC you must tell the computer to direct the MIDI data to the MIDI connector you have attached to the G-DEC. Figure 4 shows the Windows XP control panel that selects MIDI ports. In XP you find this panel in “Control Panel/Sounds and Audio Properties.” Figure 4 shows that the MIDI file will be sent out through the “SB Live! MIDI UART” to the G-DEC. SB Live! is the name of the soundcard and the MIDI UART is the hardware device that will transmit the signal. Figure 5 is an alternate configuration for those who wish to use a USB/MIDI adapter to connect to the G-DEC. In Figure 5 the device is the USB MIDI 1x1. This is the name that M-Audio gave the driver for its Uno product. Figure 4 Selecting the soundcard port to send MIDI to G-DEC Figure 5 USB to MIDI adapter selected as connection to G-DEC Figure 4 and 5 are probably the most confusing part of getting Windows to send your MIDI file to the GDEC. Some of the device names are not obvious if you are new to computers or MIDI devices. Again, other computer operating systems may have different ways to set the MIDI data output. Next you will need a MID file to send to the G-DEC. Where do I find MIDI files? Do an Internet search for “MIDI files.” Many website links will appear for all manner of MIDI sites, legal and otherwise. Fender discourages you from downloading any file without permission from the copyright owner PLAY!!! You are now ready to “play” a .MID file to the MIDI port. In most OS’s the easiest way to this is to double click the .MID file of choice. This will usually start some sort of MIDI capable player (like a Media player) which in turn will stream the MIDI data to the output port you selected above. Please be aware that although the G_DEC will play these files, it cannot store them. There are many other good programs that you can use to play .MID files from. In more advanced MIDI editing applications, you will be able to control each track within the song and even compose your own songs. If your system is properly configured, you should hear the song being played through the G-DEC on-board synthesizer. Choose or create a performance preset to get an appropriate guitar tone, and jam away! MAC OK, I am connected, how do I send MIDI music from my Macintosh to the GDEC? First, we will need some software to play MIDI files. For demonstration purposes only, we will use the Demo version of Metro 6.2.5 SE available for download at http://www.sagantech.biz/products.htm or at the Apple website http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/audio/metrose.html. After downloading the application, find and double click the Metro SE Demo icon. When Metro starts up, the first thing to do is set up the application to identify your MIDI device. Go to the “Setup” menu and select “MIDI Setup…” as shown in figure 2. This will bring up a window that allows you to select devices for which to send and receive data. The M-Audio Uno should show up as “1x1” in the pull-down menus next to each parameter (see figure 3). If the device does not show up, try the “Rescan MIDI Devices” button. Once all fields are set to “1x1”, press “OK”. The last part of the application setup is to switch off MIDI throughput. Go to the menu item “Switches” and uncheck the “Automatic MIDI Thru” menu item (see figure 4). If this is not done your G-DEC will not properly play MIDI files. Now we are ready to load a MIDI song file. Do an Internet search for “MIDI files.” Many website links will appear for all manner of MIDI sites, legal and otherwise. Fender recommends the use of copyright licensed files only; the downloads will often cost you a small fee, but they tend to be of better quality than “bootleg” versions of copyrighted songs. Next, go to the “File” menu and select “Import MIDI File…” and “Import MIDI File…” again (or select from recent imports also listed) as shown in figure 5. Select a MIDI file using the file browser window. When selected, the MIDI file and all of its tracks of data should show up in the Metro windows (something like that shown in figure 6). Now simply press the Play button on the transport bar, the green triangle. You should see a marker line progress through the song file graphically in the application and simultaneously hear the song being played through the G-DEC. Now you can mute certain tracks, isolate them, or even create your own using the more advanced features of the Metro application. So, now you can pick up the guitar, plug into the G-DEC and jam along with any MIDI song! Other commercially available applications should have similar features and requirements as demonstrated here. The Metro SE Demo application is indeed a demo version of the software and will end your session after an allotted amount of time. This allows you to evaluate the software before purchasing it. If you find this or another application useful, do consider purchasing it. These applications are great extensions to the usefulness of the G-DEC. Figure 2: MIDI Setup in Metro SE Demo application. Figure 3: Setting up for the Uno 1x1 in MIDI Setup. Figure 4: Turning off Automatic MIDI Thru. Figure 5: Importing a MIDI file. Figure 6: Tracks of an imported MIDI file. PC SECTION 2 – SAVE YOUR CUSTOM PRESETS. With the G-DEC you can save up to 50 custom amp setups in the user memory area. This area contains the presets that begin with ‘U’. For instance U00 “ Rockin G DEC” can be changed and renamed to anything you like and saved in the G-DEC on-board memory. If you would like to back your presets up, or post them on the Internet to share with friends, you can use the MIDI interface to transfer this data from the GDEC to your PC. Or you could transfer your presets directly to another G-DEC. Copying presets from one G-DEC to another One very cool option that should be mentioned first is the ability of the G-DEC to copy presets from one GDEC to another. You can choose to copy a single preset or all of the user presets. First, connect a MIDI cable from one G-DEC to another G-DEC. The G-DEC that you want to copy from should have the MIDI cable connected to its MIDI output. The G-DEC that will be copied to should have the MIDI cable connected to its MIDI input. To send the preset, go to the G-DEC that has the preset to copy and press the UTILITY button several times until the DUMP PRST function is highlighted. Press the SAVE button. The preset will then be copied to the other G-DEC. After the copy process is complete, the destination G-DEC will ask you to choose which user storage location to save the copied preset to. Copying all presets from one G-DEC to another is similar except the DUMP ALL function is used. The destination G-DEC will have all of its user presets overwritten by the source G-DEC. Saving and loading presets using a PC This section assumes that you have already worked through section 1 above and can play MIDI files from your PC to your G-DEC. Sending presets to or from the G-DEC is somewhat different than playing MIDI files. Presets are not instructions to the synthesizer and need to be handled with a special MIDI function called System Exclusive, or Sysex, for all of the cool people. Using Sysex. the G-DEC can transmit presets or any other non-musical instruction. Most home computers do not come with programs that can directly handle Sysex files. Luckily there is no end to programs available that can handle Sysex. As with MIDI files, you might do an Internet search for companies that carry Sysex products. Some products are bundled with many useful MIDI tools, others are more simplistic. Generally, the programs you pay for are of better quality, although there are some fine shareware programs available. For the purposes of this example we will demonstrate preset saves and loads using a shareware program called MIDI-OX. Fender does not distribute or recommend this or any other program for this purpose and is not connected with MIDI-OX. With that said, let’s try a preset save. Setting up MIDI-OX, the SYSEX Configuration Download MIDI-OX (http://www.midiox.com/index.htm) and install it. After starting MIDI-OX go to the third toolbar selection, a folder called “Show the System Exclusive Window.” This will bring up the “Sysex View and Scratchpad” window. In this window, go to the “Sysex / figure” area. There are three items to change here. See Figure 6. Change the circled parameters to the settings shown in Figure 6. Figure 6 Sysex / Configure window, change the circled settings Changing the delay number from the default of 60ms to 180ms helps the PC meter out the MIDI data at a slow enough pace to not overwhelm the small buffers inside the PC. Checking the “Save Dump directly to a file” box causes MIDI-OX to automatically ask for a filename. The above settings have worked well on test PCs, although your PC may be different. Selecting MIDI-OX IN/OUT In section 1 we covered the issue of setting Windows XP to redirect the MIDI file to the G-DEC. MIDIOX has a similar mechanism and needs to be told where to direct MIDI traffic. Figure 7 shows an initial MIDI device window from MIDI-OX. Select “Options / MIDI Devices…”. Initially MIDI_OX will have no entries in the port mapping window. Go to the MIDI Output window and select the device name through which you will be transmitting data to the G-DEC. This selection should then appear in the “Port Mapping” window. Go to the MIDI Input window and select the device with which you will use to receive G-DEC messages. The selection should appear in the “Port MAP objects” window. See Figure 8 for an example. Figure 7 Initial MIDI OX device window Figure 8 MIDI OX device window after devices have been selected Transferring a single preset from the G-DEC to the PC 1. In the “Sysex View and Scratchpad” window (third icon in the toolbar) go to the “Sysex/Receive manual dump” menu. You will be prompted for a filename for your preset. Enter the name and press SAVE. A window will appear indicating that MIDI-OX is waiting for a dump. 2. Press the UTILITY button on the G-DEC three times, which will take you to the DUMP PRST function. 3. Press the SAVE button on the G-DEC. You should see some data activity in the Monitor MIDIOX screen and an indication that data was sent. See Figure 9. The Sysex Receive window shows 62 bytes received. Figure 9 Dump a single preset to the PC Congratulations, you have now saved a preset to the PC. Saving all presets at once Now would be a good time to preserve all of your presets. The above procedure also can be used to save all of the G-DEC user presets. The only difference is you must use the DUMP ALL G-DEC function rather than the DUMP PRST function. Try it. The Sysex Receive window should indicate a much larger dump has occurred. See Figure 10. In this example 2463 byes were received. Figure 10 DUMP ALL example, note the bytes received MAC Saving Your Custom Presets to the Macintosh So you’ve created some great tones with your G-DEC, saved them to your own presets, and you want to back them up or maybe share them with a friend. Well, to do this, we will dump a preset to the Macintosh from the G-DEC and all of the preset parameters will be stored in a SysEx file. SysEx stands for System Exclusive and is another file format used with the MIDI protocol that is device specific. A G-DEC SysEx file will only work with another G-DEC. So, in order to receive the preset information in SysEx format onto the Macintosh, we need an application. For this purpose, we will use a freeware application called “SysEx Librarian” available for free download at http://www.snoize.com/SysExLibrarian/. Download the application and double click on the SysExLibrarian icon. For demonstration purposes, we will continue to assume use of the M-Audio UNO 1x1 USB-MIDI converter and will assume that the drivers are properly installed. The first thing to do once the application appears is to select “Port 1” from the pull-down menu next to the “Play” icon (see figure 7). This selects the UNO as the device to which we will send and receive SysEx data. Figure 7: Setting up SysEx Librarian for an external MIDI device. The next step is to set the application into Record mode. Because the G-DEC uses three separate SysEx messages (a header, the body, and a footer) to transfer preset data, click on the “Record Many” icon in the upper right of the application window. You should now see a temporary window show up telling you that the application is waiting for SysEx messages as shown in figure 8. Now we go to the G-DEC which should be properly connected to the UNO via standard MIDI cables. To dump one preset, select the preset you would like to store on the Macintosh using the large data wheel. Then press the Utility button three times until the “DUMP PRST” menu item is highlighted. Then press the Save button to dump the preset. The SysEx Librarian application should immediately respond and after the preset is dumped should show that three messages have been received for a total of 62 bytes (see figure 9). If less bytes have been received then the preset was not properly dumped. Try again. Figure 8: SysEx Librarian waiting for SysEx messages from an external device. Figure 9: SysEx Librarian waiting for SysEx messages from an external device. After clicking “Done” on the message window, a new file called “Untitled” will appear in the main application window showing Fender as the manufacturer containing 3 messages and 62 bytes as shown in figure 10. If you would like to rename the file, click on the “Show File” button in the lower right corner of the main application window. This should locate the file in Finder. Simply rename the file as you would any file in Finder. When you return to the SysEx Librarian application, the new name of the file should appear in the listing (as shown in figure 11). You have now successfully dumped a preset to the Macintosh. If you want to email your preset to a friend, simply attach the SysEx file you just renamed as a normal email attachment. If you want dump all of your presets to the Macintosh, simply repeat the above procedure. Only this time, hit the Utility button on the G-DEC four times so that the “DUMP ALL” menu item is highlighted. The resulting SysEx file size will be considerably larger. Figure 10: SysEx Librarian showing the dumped preset. Figure 11: SysEx Librarian showing the renamed preset SysEx file. PC SECTION 3 – SENDING PRESETS FROM A PC TO THE G-DEC Sending a preset from the PC to the G-DEC. Please be sure that you backup all of your presets before you try the next two steps. Transferring a preset from the PC to the G-DEC is very simple. In the MIDI-OX “Sysex view and scratchpad “ window, select “File / Send Sysex File.” You will be prompted for the name of a preset file. Choose a file with a single preset in it. This would be a function created by the DUMP PRST function. Then press the OPEN button in MIDI-OX. A progress bar will appear and show your preset being loaded to the G-DEC. When complete, the G-DEC will ask you to select a user storage position in which to store the preset. Rotate the large preset selection knob to select which preset location to store the newly loaded preset. Then press the G-DEC SAVE button. Sending all of the G-DEC preset from the PC to the G-DEC. The procedure for sending all of the G-DEC presets from the PC to the G-DEC is similar to the above step. In the MIDI-OX “Sysex view and scratchpad “ window select “File / Send Sysex File”. You will be prompted for the name of a preset file. Choose a file that was created using the DUMP ALL function, then press the OPEN button in MIDI-OX. A progress bar will appear and show your presets being loaded to the G-DEC. The G-DEC LCD will show a “LOADING PRESETS” message. Once the loading is finished the G-DEC will return to normal mode. MAC SECTION 3 - SENDING PRESETS FROM A PC TO THE G-DEC Loading A Custom Preset into the G-DEC So, now we need to learn how to load a preset into the G-DEC. Let’s say you received a custom preset in a SysEx file from a friend. For demonstration, we will just load the file we just created in the dump back into the G-DEC. First, make sure the file you want to send is highlighted as shown in figure 11. If the file you want to load into the G-DEC is not located in the main application window, then simply click on the “Add…” button in the lower left of the application window or select “Add to Library…” in the File menu (shown in figure 12). Then select the file you want to send to the G-DEC (a valid G-DEC preset SysEx file only). The file will then appear in the SysEx Librarian listing. Select the file listing and then click on the “Play” icon in the upper left of the main application window. This will send the file to the G-DEC. Now the G-DEC should be prompting you to save a preset. Select a location to save the new preset and press the Save button. Your new preset is now saved into the G-DEC. SECTION 4 – UPGRADING G-DEC SOFTWARE From time to time Fender may release newer versions of G-DEC software. These upgrades will be transferred from your PC or MAC to the G-DEC. Exact procedures for these upgrades may vary and exact instructions will be included with the upgrades when they appear. In general the process will be very similar to the process used for preset downloads, except that it will use the G-DEC AMP UPDATE function. SECTION 5 - COPYING INTERNAL G-DEC MIDI TRACKS TO A PC or MAC It is possible to capture the internal MIDI tracks that the G-DEC generates internally. When playing a built-in MIDI track, that track is also available at the MIDI out jack to drive external synthesizers, PCs, and other G-DECs. There are general purpose MIDI editors that have the ability to capture this signal and store it to disk. Again, check around on the Internet for MIDI tools or visit your favorite store for suggestions on buying good MIDI tools. SECTION 6 – FENDER MIDI DUMP FILE FORMAT The following section outlines Fender’s MIDI preset dump file format. This information can be used to develop G-DEC specific programs for loading, saving, and interpreting G-DEC preset files. This section is not for the novice. It is intended only for those with computer programming skills. It is not necessary to understand any of the below information to load, save or use the G-DEC presets under normal operating conditions. MIDI Preset Dump File Format for G-DEC EXAMPLE dump of Preset U00: Rockin G DEC F0 08 21 41 02 F7 F0 08 21 41 02 00 00 00 00 52 6F 63 6B 69 6E 20 03 47 20 44 45 43 1C 71 30 7F 2A 1C 0C 01 72 30 00 78 02 05 3B 31 55 2B 60 7C 35 6E 64 00 00 27 F7 F0 08 21 41 02 7B F7 Detailed decoding of what information the above dump includes: System Exclusive Header F0 – Start of System Exclusive Message 08 – Fender ID 21 – Device ID (Omni) 41 – G-DEC ID 02 – Function ID (One Preset Message) WARNING: Function ID should only be 2 or 3. No other number should be used. 2 is one preset, 3 is all presets F7 – End of System Exclusive Message The Following section is sent for each preset downloaded. One of these sections for a “DUMP PRST” and 50 of these sections for a “DUMP ALL” System Exclusive Data Packet F0 – Start of System Exclusive Message 08 – Fender ID 21 – Device ID (Omni) 41 – G-DEC ID 02 – Function ID (One Preset Message) 00 – Packet Number 00 – Most significant byte for preset number 00 – Least significant byte for preset number (Preset 0) 00 – Packed most significant bits for subsequent 7 bytes (000 0000) 52 6F 63 6B 69 6E 20 03 47 20 44 45 43 1C 71 30 7F 2A 1C 0C – – – - Preset Name ASCII Character (R) using MSB 0 Preset Name ASCII Character (o) using MSB 0 Preset Name ASCII Character (c) using MSB 0 Preset Name ASCII Character (k) using MSB 0 Preset Name ASCII Character (i) using MSB 0 Preset Name ASCII Character (n) using MSB 0 Preset Name ASCII Character ( ) using MSB 0 Packed most significant bits for subsequent 7 bytes (000 0011) Preset Name ASCII Character (G) using MSB 0 Preset Name ASCII Character ( ) using MSB 0 Preset Name ASCII Character (D) using MSB 0 Preset Name ASCII Character (E) using MSB 0 Preset Name ASCII Character (C) using MSB 0 Channel Volume Amp Gain Packed most significant bits for subsequent 7 bytes (011 0000) Tone Stack Bass Value Tone Stack Mid Value Tone Stack Treble Value Compressed Compression/Amp type Compression Level/Amp Type byte format: CCCA AAAA C – Compression Type A – Amp Type 01 – Noise Gate Noise Gate byte format: 0000 0NNN N – Noise Gate Type 72 - Compressed MIDI Key/Timbre Type MIDI Key/Timbre Type byte format: KKKK TTTT K – MIDI Key T - Timbre Type 30 – MIDI Pattern 00 78 02 05 3B 31 55 2B 60 7C 35 6E 64 00 00 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Packed most significant bits for subsequent 7 bytes (000 0000) MIDI Pattern Tempo(Valid Tempos range from 30-> 240) FX1(Modulation/Dly/Stompbox) FX2(Reverb) FX1 Level (Modulation/Dly/Stompbox Lvl) FX2 Level (Reverb Lvl) FX1 Parameter 1 FX1 Parameter 2 Packed most significant bits for subsequent 6 bytes (110 0000) FX1 Parameter 3 FX1 Parameter 4 Drum Level (0->127 because it is a midi level) Bass Level (0->127 because it is a midi level) Accompaniment Level (0->127 because it is a midi level) 0 (Reserved) 27 – Checksum byte - The checksum is the sum of all of the bytes from the Fender Id(08) to just before this byte which is then masked by 0x7F: The checksum value is calculated with the following data: 08 21 41 02 00 00 00 00 52 6F 63 6B 69 6E 20 03 47 20 44 45 43 1C 71 30 7F 2A 1C 0C 01 72 30 00 78 02 05 3B 31 55 2B 60 7C 35 6E 64 00 00 F7 – End of System Exclusive Message End of preset section System Exclusive End of File Message F0 – Start of System Exclusive Message 08 – Fender ID 21 – Device ID (Omni) 41 – G-DEC ID 02 – Function ID (One Preset Message) 7B – End of System Exclusive File Byte F7 – End of System Exclusive Message AmpTypes: 0 - TWEED 1 1 - TWEED 2 2 - TWEED 3 3 - BLACKFACE1 4 - BLACKFACE2 5 - BLACKFACE3 6 - DYNATOUCH1 7 - DYNATOUCH2 8 - DYNATOUCH3 9 - DYNATOUCH4 10 - BRITISH 1 11 - BRITISH 2 12 - BRITISH 3 13 - MODERN 1 14 - MODERN 2 15 - MODERN 3 16 - ACOUSTIC Compression Types: 0 - LOW 1 - MEDIUM 2 - HIGH 3 - SUPER 4 - OFF NoiseGate Types: 0 - OFF 1 - LOW 2 - MEDIUM 3 - HIGH 4 - SUPER MIDI Key: 0-A 1 - A# 2-B 3-C 4 - C# 5-D 6 - D# 7-E 8-F 9 - F# 10 - G 11 - G# Timbre Types: 0 - NONE 1 - FULL BODY 2 - FULL STACK 3 - RAZORS EDGE 4 - BRIGHT LITE 5 - BASS BOOST 6 - NU METAL 7 - SUPER BRITE 8 - ACOUSTIC MIDI Patterns: 0 - 1 DROP 1 - 16 HATS 2 - 32 HATS 3 - 4 BEAT 4 - 5 ON 4 5 - 50 SHUF 6 - 80 FUNK 7 - 80S HOP 8 - AERWALK 9 - BALLAD 10 - BEASTLY 11 - BOSSA 12 - CHICAGO 13 - CLAVE 14 - CLASSIC 15 - COUNTRY 16 - DBLKICK 17 - DBLSHUF 18 - DISCO 19 - DR HOP 20 - DRIVE 21 - EURO 22 - FEVER 23 - FIESTA 24 - FUNK 25 - FEELIN 26 - GRIND 27 - GRUNGE 28 - HALVES 29 - HARDROC 30 - HAZE 31 - HIPHOP 32 - JAZZ 33 - KID 34 - LATIN 35 - LATPONY 36 - LEVEE 37 - LILITH 38 - MAMBO 39 - METAL 40 - METRONO 41 - MIAMI 42 - PARTY 43 - POP 44 - POPSTAR 45 - PUNKPOP 46 - REGGAE 47 - RIDE 48 - ROCK101 49 - ROCBELL 50 - ROCBLUZ 51 - ROCK 52 - ROCKER 53 - SALSA 54 - SAMBA 55 - SHAKER 56 - SHUFFLE 57 - SKA 58 - SMOKE 59 - SO BELL 60 - SOUL 61 - SPEED 62 - STEELY 63 - SURFTOM 64 - SWEDES 65 - SWING 66 - TRAIN 67 - TROUBLE 68 - VIKING 69 - WALTZ 70 - WESTERN FX1 (Modulation/Dly/Stompbox): 0 - NONE 1 - MONO DELAY 2 - TAPE DELAY 3 - STEREO TAPE 4 - DUCKING DLY 5 - REVERSE DLY 6 - AUTOPAN DLY 7 - SINE CHORUS 8 - TRI CHORUS 9 - SINE FLANGE 10 - TRI FLANGE 11 - PHASER 12 - TREMOLO 13 - RINGMOD DLY 14 - PITCH SHIFT 15 - TOUCH WAH 16 - FIXED WAH 17 - VIBRATONE 18 - AUTOSWELL 19 - ALIENATOR 20 - RESOLVER 21 - FUZZ 22 - OVERDRIVE 23 - TWAH FUZZ 24 - FUZZ DELAY 25 - OVRDRV DLY 26 - CHORUS DLY 27 - FLANGE DLY 28 - PHASER DLY 29 - ALIEN DELAY FX2 (Reverb): 0 - NONE 1 - AMBIENT 2 - SMALL ROOM 3 - LARGE ROOM 4 - SMALL HALL 5 - LARGE HALL 6 - ARENA 7 - SMALL PLATE 8 - LARGE PLATE 9 - SPRING 10 - 63 SPRING ©2005 FMIC The Trademarks referenced herein, not owned by FMIC, are trademarks owned by their respective owners. 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