Rocktron MIDI Mate Bank Programming Instructions for Controlling DMXIS Presets
If you use the Rockton MIDI Mate as your DMXIS foot controller, this will allow you to have any of your 9 presets (scenes) available at your feet. Note that each preset (scene) MUST be in the same DMXIS Bank. Also, when programming and when using the MIDI Mate to control your presets, you MUST have that particular bank selected.
You do NOT need to have your DMXIS USB box connected to your laptop/computer for programming, but you must have your Rocktron MIDI Mate connected to it (laptop/computer). Use a USB to MIDI cable for this, such as the "iConnectivity mio 1-in 1-out USB to MIDI Interface for Mac and PC". A web search will show various options to purchase one. These are currently about $40 (USD). Use the white Mio connector for connecting to the MIDI cable.
Make sure that your Rocktron MIDI Mate is connected to your laptop/computer and that you've first selected the hardware device in the DMXIS > Preferences section in the "Audio/MIDI Settings". The MIDI Mate will appear in "Active MIDI Inputs" and needs to be selected.
Open the DMXIS software application and launch the Preset Manager and select the bank that contains the presets that you want to program the MIDI Mate to control.
1. On the MIDI Mate, make sure Access (bottom left of pedal) is set to "Bank".
2. Press "2nd" button to activate edit mode.
3. For this particular programming, just set the Midi Mate to Bank "0", Press the Down (0) or Up (1) "Bank (Adjust)" button to show that you're editing Bank "0" (It will be flashing in the top left number display.)
4. Press "2nd" button to leave edit mode.
5. Press any of the numbered buttons to stop the flashing "0" in the top left screen.
6. Press "2nd" button to activate edit mode again.
7. Press Left "Edit Function Select" (5 button) so that "Programmable Patch Changes" appears - Wait for text to stop scrolling.
8. Press either the Down (2) or Up (3) "Edit Preset Select" button to select the Midi Mate foot pedal/button number that you want to program. (Note that the "0" pedal/button is not an option. Use buttons 1-9.)
9. Press the Down (0) or Up (1) "Bank (Adjust)" button to select the number of the DMXIS preset for the DMXIS preset that corresponds with what you want the Midi Mate to change to. (ie: If the DMXIS preset is the 7th one down in the preset list, set this number to "7". If it's the 35th one down, set this number to "35", etc.). You can continue to do this for each of the MIDI Mate 1-9 buttons.
10. Press "2nd" button to leave edit mode.
Note that rearranging any of the DMXIS presets in the DMXIS Preset Manager after programming the MIDI Mate will cause the Midi Mate buttons to activate whichever DMXIS preset was put into the new “slot” in the software application.
Rocktron MIDI Mate Title Editing
This will allow the Rocktron MIDI Mate display to correspond with the name of the DMXIS preset name when selected.
1. To edit the MIDI Mate preset name - Press "2nd" button to activate edit mode.
3. Press the EDIT FUNCTION SELECT "‡" button ("TITLE EDIT" will scroll across the display). Wait for the scrolling to finish.
4. Use the ADJUST buttons to select a character.
5. Press the EDIT FUNCTION SELECT "‡" button to advance to the next character position to edit
6. Use the ADJUST buttons to select a character. Repeat this process until all the characters are edited
Rocktron MIDI Mate Title Editing (from manual)
Enter the editing mode while in any access mode by pressing the 2ND
button so that the 2ND LED lights. Now press the EDIT FUNCTION
SELECT "‡" button so that "Title Edit" scrolls across the display. Allow
the scrolling to finish to enter the Title Edit mode. Once the scrolling has
finished, the title of the current preset will be displayed with the decimal
point of the first character of the title flashing. The BANK (ADJUST) buttons
may now be pressed to scroll through the available characters that maybe
used in the titles. When a character is selected, the EDIT FUNCTION
SELECT "‡" button can be pressed to store the character in memory and
advance to the next character for editing.
All of the characters in the title mode can be edited in this fashion.
The EDIT FUNCTION SELECT buttons are used to move the cursor
(flashing decimal point) to the character position that you wish to edit.
Pressing the EDIT FUNCTION SELECT "fl" button will allow the user to
edit the character one place to the left of the current character. If the far left
character has been edited and editing is complete, the EDIT FUNCTION
SELECT "fl" button may be pressed to enter the Programmable Patch
Changes edit mode. Pressing the Edit Function Select "‡" button allows the
next character to the right to be edited. If the far right character has been
edited and editing is complete, the EDIT FUNCTION SELECT "‡" button
may be pressed to enter the MIDI Channels edit mode.