The V256 has a standard 5 pin MIDI input jack. You can play the V256’s internal synthesizers using a MIDI keyboard or sequencer. Out of the INST output jack, the internal synthesizers will be heard the same way an instrument input will be heard. If the INST output jack has the blend set 100% dry, only the dry internal synthesizer, “played” by a MIDI controller, will be heard. If the INST output jack has the blend set at noon, a mix of the dry MIDI controlled internal synth and the wet vocoded effect will be heard. With the INST output jack at 100% wet, the dry MIDI controlled internal synth will no longer be heard, only the vocoded effect will be heard.
Additionally the V256 can receive control messages from a MIDI controller or other MIDI device so that every function in the V256 is MIDI controllable. Below is a list of the MIDI control parameters. The default setting for the V256 from the factory is OMNI OFF, set to channel 16.
PATCH CHANGE
Program numbers 1 to 9 (1= VOX ROBO 1, 9 = REFLEX-TUNE) select V256 modes with presets loaded.
Program numbers 11 to 19 (11 = VOX ROBO 1, 9 = REFLEX-TUNE) select V256 modes without presets loaded.
CONTROL CHANGE
CC 1 Modulation Depth: 0-127
CC 7 Internal Synth Volume: 0-127
CC 14 Maximum Pitch Bend in Semitones: 0-12
CC 15 Fine Tuning: units of 1.5625 cents. 0=-100 cents, 64=0
cents, 127=98.44 cents
CC 20 BLEND Knob: 0=CCW 127=CW
CC 21 BANDS Knob: 0=CCW 127=CW
CC 22 TREBLE Knob: 0=CCW 127=CW
CC 23 GENDER Knob: 0=CCW 127=CW
CC 24 PITCH Knob: 0=CCW 127=CW
CC 25 INST. Out Jack Blend: 0=100% INST.; 127=100% Effect.
CC 26 LFO rate: 0=stopped to 127= Maximum Modulation Rate
CC 27 Effect On/Bypass: On = 127; Bypass= 0
CC 28 MIC BYPASS/Freeze FSW: 127 = pressed, 0 = released
CC 29 PRESET FSW: 127 = pressed, 0 = released
CC 30 ENCODER PRESS: 127 = pressed, 0 = released
CC 64 Internal Synth Sustain: 0-127
CC 124 Omni off (Only when received on default channel = 16) send “0”
CC 125 Omni on (Only when received on default channel = 16) send “0”