{"id":14150,"date":"2002-03-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2002-03-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/?p=14150"},"modified":"2007-04-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-27T00:00:00","slug":"d-beam-trigger-external-devices","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/d-beam-trigger-external-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"Using the D-Beam to Trigger External Devices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We can make a few modifications in the above steps to trigger an external MIDI sampler, sound module, or keyboard. Needless to say, waving your hand in mid air to trigger a sound or phrase can be very cool. Use the following procedure to trigger a sample from the Boss SP-202 Dr. Sample using the D-Beam: <\/p>\n<p>0. Connect audio cables from the L\/R LINE OUT jacks of the SP-202 into the corresponding inputs of your external mixer, amplifier, or receiver. <br \/>1. Connect a MIDI cable from the MIDI OUT jack of the MC-505 to the MIDI IN jack of the SP-202. <br \/>2. Power on the SP-202 while holding PAD 1 to set it to receive on MIDI channel 1. <br \/>3. Verify that a sample has been recorded and assigned to PAD 1 of your SP-202. <br \/>4. On the MC-505, press PART SELECT and use the PART SELECT buttons to select Part 1. <br \/>5. Use the OCTAVE &#8211; and + buttons to select &#8220;OCT -2&#8221; in the LED display. <br \/>6. Verify that KEY PAD 2 on the MC-505 triggers the sample assigned to PAD 1 on the SP-202. <br \/>7. While holding the D-BEAM CONTROLLER SELECT button, use the VALUE dial to select &#8220;26:Note+Bend [A4].&#8221; <br \/>8. While continuing to hold the D-BEAM CONTROLLER SELECT button, use the OCTAVE &#8211; and + buttons and KEY PAD 2 to select &#8220;26:Note+Bend [C2].&#8221; <br \/>9. Release the D-BEAM CONTROLLER SELECT button. <br \/>10. Press the D-BEAM CONTROLLER ON\/OFF button so it is lit. <br \/>Tip: When the octave is set to &#8220;OCT -2&#8221; on the MC-505. KEY PADS 2-9 will normally trigger pads 1-8 of the SP-202. Keep this in mind if you have multiple samples assigned to the pads of your SP-202. <\/p>\n<p>As you move your hand over the D-Beam Controller, the sample assigned to PAD 1 of the SP-202 will be triggered. Now, we will set the Part that is playing the MC-505 Patch so only the external sampler will be played. <br \/>12. On the MC-505, hold SHIFT and press KEY PAD 12. <br \/>13. Use the PAGE < \/ > buttons to select &#8220;SYS:MIDI LocalTX.&#8221; <br \/>14. Press PART SELECT and use the PART SELECT buttons to select PART 1. <br \/>15. Use the VALUE dial to select &#8220;EXT.&#8221; <br \/>16. Press EXIT. Now, the D-Beam controller of the MC-505 will only play the external sampler for Part 1. <br \/>Note: Some samplers receive MIDI pitch bend messages. Therefore, your samples may speed up or slow down (and change in pitch) depending on the distance of your hand from the D-Beam controller lens. If this is not desired, set both the Pitch Bend Range Up and Pitch Bend Range Down in the Patch section of the MC-505 to a value of 0 (as previously described). Once you have made these settings, the sample will always play back at a standard default tempo and pitch. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[],"tags":[34660],"storecat":[],"itemids":[],"manufacturers":[33684],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out the Using the D-Beam to Trigger External Devices page at Sweetwater \u2014 the world&#039;s leading music technology and instrument retailer!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/d-beam-trigger-external-devices\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Using the D-Beam to Trigger External Devices - SweetCare\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We can make a few modifications in the above steps to trigger an external MIDI sampler, sound module, or keyboard. 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