User manual FENDER G-DEC MIDI GUIDE

[. . . ] v. 4 Fender® G-DECTM 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. 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. [. . . ] 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. 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. [. . . ] 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). [. . . ]