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

Last update: 2024-02-05