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. [. . . ] This will bring up a window that allows you to select devices for which to send and receive data. The M-Audio Uno should show up as "1x1" in the pull-down menus next to each parameter (see figure 3). If the device does not show up, try the "Rescan MIDI Devices" button. 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). 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. 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. If you find this or another application useful, do consider purchasing it. Most home computers do not come with programs that can directly handle Sysex files. As with MIDI files, you might do an Internet search for companies that carry Sysex products. Some products are bundled with many useful MIDI tools, others are more simplistic. Generally, the programs you pay for are of better quality, although there are some fine shareware programs available. For the purposes of this example we will demonstrate preset saves and loads using a shareware program called MIDI-OX. Fender does not distribute or recommend this or any other program for this purpose and is not connected with MIDI-OX. [. . . ] The procedure for sending all of the G-DEC presets from the PC to the G-DEC is similar to the above step. In the MIDI-OX "Sysex view and scratchpad " window select "File / Send Sysex File". Choose a file that was created using the DUMP ALL function, then press the OPEN button in MIDI-OX. A progress bar will appear and show your presets being loaded to the G-DEC. [. . . ]