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MIDI Mapping


About MIDI Mapping

Most of the settings, parameters, and actions available in NGEN can be controlled, modulated, and automated via MIDI CC. This lets you automate parameters during a live set or even use an external MIDI controller to access certain parameters directly.

MIDI CC messages are routed to Tracks according to their IN CH (MIDI Input Channel) settings. The values received are processed depending on the behaviour of the parameter / setting / action (check MIDI chart below).
The different behaviours are:

  • Scaled: values 0-127 are scaled to the parameter's minimum and maximum range.
  • Action: values greater than zero trigger the action.
  • Absolute: the value is used directly according to the range described (values outside of the described range are ignored).

Because NGEN uses MIDI Channel 16 for global settings, tracks set to IN CH 16 will only receive MIDI notes.

Warning

In order to receive MIDI CC messages, you must first enable "MIDI CC RX" in Settings / MIDI sub-menu.


MIDI Chart

GLOBAL SETTINGS

Feature Parameter MIDI CC Number Behaviour
Scale Key 1 Scaled
Scale 2 Scaled
MIDI Clock Status 10 Scaled
Swing 11 Scaled
Free Clock Status 20 Scaled
Generate 21 Scaled
BPM 22 Scaled
Length 23 Scaled
Amount 24 Scaled
Bounce Clock Status 30 Scaled
Reset 31 Scaled
Speed 32 Scaled
Balls 33 Scaled
Width 34 Scaled
Height 35 Scaled
Perform Macro 1 40 Scaled
Macro 2 41 Scaled
Macro 3 42 Scaled
Macro 4 43 Scaled
Patterns Load Pattern 1 50 Action
Load Pattern 2 51 Action
Load Pattern 3 52 Action
Load Pattern 4 53 Action
Load Pattern 5 54 Action
Load Pattern 6 55 Action
Load Pattern 7 56 Action
Load Pattern 8 57 Action
Load Previous Pattern 58 Action
Load Next Pattern 59 Action
Load Pattern # 60 Absolute (1-8)
Save Pattern 61 Action
Generate Pattern 62 Action
Variate Pattern 63 Action
Tracks Select Previous Track 70 Action
Select Next Track 71 Action
Select Track # 72 Absolute (1-16)
Menu Open Track Settings 80 Actions
Open Generator 81 Actions
Open MIDI FX 82 Actions
Open Perform 83 Actions

GENERATORS

ACDGEN

Parameter MIDI CC Number Behaviour
Generate 1 Action
Variate 2 Action
Shift 3 Scaled
Length 4 Scaled
Density 5 Scaled
Algorithm 6 Scaled
KB Shift 7 Scaled
Octave 8 Scaled
Note Length 9 Scaled
Random Velocity 10 Scaled

ARPER

Parameter MIDI CC Number Behaviour
Generate 1 Action
Variate 2 Action
Shift 3 Scaled
Length 4 Scaled
Density 5 Scaled
Bass Shift 6 Scaled
Octave 7 Scaled
Note Length 8 Scaled
Bass Repeat 9 Scaled
Spread 10 Scaled
Octave Random 11 Scaled
Restart 12 Scaled
Lock Bass 13 Scaled
KB Shift 14 Scaled

DRUMGEN

Parameter MIDI CC Number Behaviour
Generate 1 Action
Variate 2 Action
Density 1 3 Scaled
Density 2 4 Scaled
Density 3 5 Scaled
Density 4 6 Scaled
Length 1 7 Scaled
Length 2 8 Scaled
Length 3 9 Scaled
Length 4 10 Scaled
Note 1 11 Scaled
Note 2 12 Scaled
Note 3 13 Scaled
Note 4 14 Scaled

INPUT SEQUENCER

Parameter MIDI CC Number Behaviour
Shift 3 Scaled
Length 4 Scaled
Probability 5 Scaled
Quantize 6 Scaled

MARP

Parameter MIDI CC Number Behaviour
Generate 1 Action
Variate 2 Action
Shift 3 Scaled
Length 4 Scaled
Density 5 Scaled
Offset 6 Scaled
Length 1 7 Scaled
Length 2 8 Scaled
Length 3 9 Scaled
Length 4 10 Scaled

MIDI PLAYER

Parameter MIDI CC Number Behaviour
Shift 3 Scaled
Length 4 Scaled
Density 5 Scaled
Direction 6 Scaled
Quantize 7 Scaled

POLYFORM

Parameter MIDI CC Number Behaviour
Generate 1 Action
Variate 2 Action
Shift 3 Scaled
Length 4 Scaled
Density 5 Scaled
Delay 6 Scaled
Pitch Probability 7 Scaled
Gate Probability 8 Scaled
Chord Probability 9 Scaled
Inversion 10 Scaled
Trigger 11 Scaled
Chord Quality 12 Scaled

POP

Parameter MIDI CC Number Behaviour
Generate 1 Action
Shift 3 Scaled
Length 4 Scaled
Density 5 Scaled
Velocity 6 Scaled
Type Probability 7 Scaled
Chord Length 8 Scaled
Inversion Probability 9 Scaled
Balance 10 Scaled
Mode 11 Scaled

SAMBA

Parameter MIDI CC Number Behaviour
Generate 1 Action
Spread 3 Scaled
Length 4 Scaled
Density 5 Scaled
Random 6 Scaled
Rotate 7 Scaled
Probability 8 Scaled

SHUFFLER

Parameter MIDI CC Number Behaviour
Generate 1 Action
Variate 2 Action
Repeats 3 Scaled
Length 4 Scaled
Density 5 Scaled
Mode 6 Scaled
Note Length 7 Scaled
Random Probability 8 Scaled
Quantize 9 Scaled
Start 10 Scaled

THRU

Parameter MIDI CC Number Behaviour
Shift 3 Scaled
Max Velocity 4 Scaled
Probability 5 Scaled
Random Velocity 6 Scaled
Quantize 7 Scaled
Delay 8 Scaled

TURING

Parameter MIDI CC Number Behaviour
Write 1 Action
Clear 2 Action
Shift 3 Scaled
Length 4 Scaled
Probability 5 Scaled
Loop 6 Scaled
Octave 7 Scaled
Spread 8 Scaled
Range 9 Scaled
Voices 10 Scaled

MIDI FXS

ACCENT

Parameter MIDI CC Number Behaviour
Generate 101 Action
Length 103 Scaled
Intensity 104 Scaled

CHORD

Parameter MIDI CC Number Behaviour
Interval 1 103 Scaled
Interval 2 104 Scaled
Interval 3 105 Scaled
Interval 4 106 Scaled
Quantize 107 Scaled

ECHOES

Parameter MIDI CC Number Behaviour
Delay Time 103 Scaled
Feedback 104 Scaled
Probability 105 Scaled
Falloff 106 Scaled
Octave Random 107 Scaled

GLITCH

Parameter MIDI CC Number Behaviour
Repeats 103 Scaled
Gate Length 104 Scaled
Probability 105 Scaled
Random 106 Scaled
Pitch Mod 107 Scaled

HUMANIZER

Parameter MIDI CC Number Behaviour
Delay Probability 103 Scaled
Velocity Probability 104 Scaled
Max Delay 105 Scaled
Max Velocity 106 Scaled

MODULATOR

Parameter MIDI CC Number Behaviour
Sequence Amount 103 Scaled
Length 104 Scaled
Offset 105 Scaled
Depth 106 Scaled

PROGRAM SEQUENCER

Parameter MIDI CC Number Behaviour
Generate 101 Action
Length 103 Scaled
Hits 104 Scaled
Max 105 Scaled
Step 1 106 Scaled
Step 2 107 Scaled
Step 3 108 Scaled
Step 4 109 Scaled
Step 5 110 Scaled
Step 6 111 Scaled
Step 7 112 Scaled
Step 8 113 Scaled

SHAPER

Parameter MIDI CC Number Behaviour
Pitch Minimum 103 Scaled
Pitch Maximum 104 Scaled
Velocity Minimum 105 Scaled
Velocity Maximum 106 Scaled

SPRAY

Parameter MIDI CC Number Behaviour
Max Delay 103 Scaled
Max Repeats 104 Scaled
Probability 105 Scaled
Falloff 106 Scaled
Octave Random 107 Scaled
Velocity Random 108 Scaled

STRUM

Parameter MIDI CC Number Behaviour
Max Delay 103 Scaled