Starr Labs Clipper User Manual page 11

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In our LED fingerboard instruments, this has been created as a default and you should
not need to create this map yourself. It is also available as a Sysex file on our website.
String#1,Fret#1- Fret#24 : LED locations 1-24 ; Channel 15 MIDI Notes 24-47(*)
String#2,Fret#1- Fret#24 : LED locations 25-48 ; Channel 15 MIDI Notes 48-71
String#3,Fret#1- Fret#24 : LED locations 49-72; Channel 15 MIDI Notes 72-95
String#4,Fret#1- Fret#24 : LED locations 73-96; Channel 15 MIDI Notes 96-119
String#5,Fret#1- Fret#24 : LED locations 97-120; Channel 15 MIDI Notes 120-144(**)
String#6,Fret#1- Fret#24 : LED locations 121-144; Channel 16 MIDI Notes 24-47 (*)
*Due to the way Octaves are implemented on the Ztar, in order to enter a MIDI Note#-0 (for any
channel), you must set Note-24 as the lowest available note#, then transpose the ZONE down by two
octaves, or -24 half-steps to offset the entire keymap to start at MIDI Note-0..
**While ordinarily "127" (decimal) is the highest allowable note# in MIDI, because of the
aforementioned reason, the top note on String#5 becomes "144" and the Zone-offset of -24 adjusts the
top-note back to a correct value of "120".
3) Create two Zones that use this special Keymap.
commands for each key as it corresponds to a clip in the Ableton session.
Zone2: Low Boundary= String1,Fret1; High Boundary = String5,Fret24.
Set this Zone to MIDI Channel 15.
Zone3: Low Boundary= String6,Fret1; High Boundary = String6,Fret24.Set this Zone to MIDI
Channel 16.
If you are not using Ableton, or simply want to play guitar on the Clipper, but have the LEDs
light the keys as you play:
Set the Fingerboard to use three Zones -
1) Zone #1 uses a keymap with an assigned "Guitar" or other selected tuning of your choice and
directed to MIDI Channel#1 or any channel other than 15 or 16. This will map the notes that you
hear.
2)
Set two other Zones to use the special Lighting keymap that assigns a unique note-message to
each key/LED using channels 15 and 16. This map assigns Notes 1-120 for channel 15 and Notes
1-24 for channel 16.
Moving the RedBox
Up ----- Note 110
These will be used to send the control
Channel 16
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