System Manager Users Manual - Prostage

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System Manager Users Manual

Firmware version 2.00As at 19th July 2016

Table of Contents

1 Introduction 5

1.1 System Manager Features 51.2 The Prostage System 5

2 MIDI Crash Course & Definition for Guitarists 6

2.1 MIDI 62.2 StageWire 62.3 MIDI channel 62.4 Stompbox Mode (Instant Access) = > Direct On/Off Switches 62.5 Program Change | PC => Recall of Pre-Programmed Settings 72.6 Control Change | CC = > Real-time control with an Expression Pedal (e.g. Volume) 72.7 MIDI Mapping 72.8 Relay 72.9 Expression Pedal 7

3 Software-Installation 8

3.1 Installing the System Manager Software (Mac & PC) 83.2 Installing the USB Driver on Mac OSX 83.3 Installing the USB driver on Windows 8

4 First Steps 9

4.1 The User Interface of the System Manager 94.2 Communication with the XDS | XLS | XTMpro 94.3 The File Menu 104.4 The Edit Menu 104.5 The Window Menu 10

Easy Setup 11

5 Configuring the Guitar Rig 11

5.1 Define the MIDI devices you want to control 115.2 Foot Controller Settings 125.3 Rebuild Guitar Rig 13

6. Creating Sounds 14

6.1 Create and Delete a Sound 146.2 Edit Sounds 146.3 Rename Sounds 156.4 Sort Sounds 15

7. Creating Songs 16

7.1 Create and Deleate a Song 167.2 Edit a Song 167.3 Rename Songs 177.4 Sort Songs 177.5 Song CC Number 17

8. Creating Setlists 18

8.1 Create and Delete a Setlist 188.2 Adding Songs to the Setlist 188.3 Remove Song from the Setlist 198.4 Rename the Setlists 198.5 Sort Setlists 19

9. Recalling Sounds & Songs via a Sequencer | MIDI commands 20

9.1 Realling Sounds 209.2 Recalling Songs 209.2.1 Recalling Songs via SongSelect 209.2.2 Recalling Songs via Control Change Command 20

Advanced Settings 21

10 Loops | Switching Outputs 21

10.1 Switching the Loops | Switching Outputs using Program Changes 2110.2 Switching the Relays with Instant Access Switches (Stompbox Mode | Direct Switching w/o Presets) 2210.3 Linking Relais | Stereo Operation 2210.4 Switch Impulses 23

11 Tap Relay 24

11.1 Use as Tap Relay 2411.2 Use as Programmable Switch 24

12 MIDI Mapping 25

12.1 General Settings of the MIDI Mapping Table 2512.2 Defining Mappings 2612.3 Mapping Mode “Program Numbers (128)” 2712.4 Mapping Mode „Program Numbers (> 128)“ 2812.5 Mapping Mode “Control Change” 2912.6 Mapping Mode “Convert incoming CC” 3012.6.1 Scale and invert the values of Control Change commands 3112.7 Mapping Mode “Send Tap Tempo” 3212.8 Enable / Disable the Tuner by Preset Change 32

13 MIDI Switches 33

13.1 Sending CC On / Off Messages | Instant Access 3413.2 Receiving CC Messages | Switching the Relays with a standard MIDI Foot Controller 3413.3 The MIDI Switches list 35

14 Basic Settings 36

14.1 General Settings 3614.2 MIDI Thru (Data NOT processed by the MIDI mapping) 3614.3 Tap Function MIDI commands 3714.4 Loops | Switching Outputs 3814.5 Song Select via CC 38

15 Foot Controller 39

15.1 The Foot Controller List 3915.2 Rename the Foot Controller | Display 3915.3 Operating Modes 4015.4 Tuner Switch 4015.5 Tap Switch 4015.5 Sidekick (X05 & X10) 4115.6 Highest Switch that Sends Programs | Highest Switch that “On/Off“ (X07) 4115.7 Foot Controller Basic Settings 4115.8 Display Settings (X05 & X10) 4315.8.1 Display Settings (Tuner & Text Display) 4315.9 Remote Control via MIDI Commands 4415.10 Using the Default Settings 44

16 Remote WahWah 45

16.1 How to sync the Remote WahWah with the System Manager 4516.2 Store and Recall Presets 45

NOTE => This manual uses digital bookmarks. You can show them by clicking on the "flag" icon in the top left of Acrobat Reader. A click on a topic flips directly to that chapter.

17 Firmware Upgrade 46

17.1 How to Upgrade the Firmware of the XDS | XLS | XTMpro 4617.2 How to Upgrade the Firmware of a Foot Controller 46

18 Appendix A | Block Diagrams 47

18.1 Switching the Loops | Switching Outputs with Control Change commands (e.g. using a sequencer) 4718.2 Sending CC messages when a switch on the XDS | XLS | XTMpro is pressed manually 4818.3 Sending CC messages, when the Loops | Switching Outputs are switched by a preset change 4918.4 StageWire Flowchart 5018.5 MIDI In Flowchart 5118.6 Manual Operation Flowchart 52

19 App endix B | MIDI Implementation Chart 53

19.1 Control Change List 54

1 Introduction

Dear Customer

Thank you for buying the world's most advanced system for switching and controlling guitar rigs. The different Prostage units are part of a coherent system which you can manage using the System Manager software.

1.1 System Manager Features

•Available for Mac OSX and Windows.•Programming of the Prostage looper | switcher (XDS | XLS | XTMpro).•Programming of all Prostage foot controllers (X10 | X07 | X05 | X01).•Programming of the Prostage Tuner | Text Display•Programming of the Prostage Remote WahWah & Remote Volume (VCA).•Connects to the XDS | XLS | XTMpro via USB.•Firmware upgrades for the looper | switcher, the foot controllers and the Tuner | Text Display.•Offline Tool: The software also works without a connected device.•The settings can be saved to the computers hard drive and can be loaded from there.• It's freeware.

1.2 The Prostage System

A Prostage system usually consists of a looper | switcher and one or more foot controllers with which the looper | switcher and all connected MIDI devices are controlled remotely. This system differs from conventional pedal boards as only the switch (i.e., the foot controller) is placed at the front of the stage. The effects devices are firmly installed in a rack and located next to the amplifier. This brings great benefits:

•Higher reliability: There are no plugs you can tread on. The connectors on the foot controllers are positioned in a way that prevents the plugs from damage by treading.

•Better audio quality due to shorter cable runs.•Faster construction: You have to run only one cable between the rack | guitar amplifier and the foot controller.

Done!•The cable between your foot controller and the rack can be extended if required and the plugs are safe using a

lock

The devices are plug & play. That means you can plug them in and use them directly, without having to configure anything. If you press a switch on the foot controller, the loops and switching outputs of the XLS | XDS | XTMpro are switched. But the Prostage devices offer many possibilities more. You can, for example, create songs and setlists or send a wide range of MIDI commands to effect units and guitar amps. To configure these advanced features, you need the System Manager software.

The brain of each Prostage system is located in the XDS | XLS | XTMpro. These three devices have the identical brain. This means they use the exact same software, offer identical MIDI functions and can be programmed equally by using the System Manager software. The devices differ only by the housing and the connection options.

Within the foot controller, the setlist is stored (if you work with setlists) as well as a few basic settings such as the operation mode or the assignment of special switch functions. The fact that the cerebrum is inside the XDS | XLS | XTMpro is helpful especially if you work with multiple foot controllers. You do the programming (e.g. the MIDI mapping) only once and do not have to copy settings between the foot controllers.

The philosophy of Prostage is "control without limits". There are lots of things you can configure using the System Manager. Once the system is configured, you can control your equipment very easily and comfortably with a single tip of your toe.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us: [email protected]. We are also looking forward to your suggestions concerning new features. We are still working to improve the functionality of the system.

The Prostage team wish you lots of fun with your Prostage system and much success in your musical career.

Lukas TruningerFounder & Developer

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2 MIDI Crash Course & Definition for Guitarists

2.1 MIDI

MIDI stands for “Music Instrument Digital Interface”. MIDI is the global standard for transmitting notes and control commands to and from all kinds of electronic instruments and sound-processing equipment.

MIDI is a serial interface which transmits only control information - not audio data - between music instruments and devices. For example, if you connect a keyboard to a computer via MIDI, the computer - or the sequencer software - can play on the keyboard. The sequencer tells the keyboard which key to play with what velocity. In other words, the computer is practically pressing the keys. The sound is not transmitted by MIDI, but is formed by the keyboard. It is of course also possible, to connect several devices together.

Besides notes, MIDI can also transmit all kinds of control commands. For example, the sequencer tells the keyboard what kind of sound (e.g. piano, violin, etc.) the subsequent notes should be played with. To this end, the sequencer selects a certain program number in which the required sound is stored. Using these Program Change commands, numerous effects and settings can be recalled in effect devices. Program Change commands switchover the settings of the connected devices. The various sound settings of modern guitar amplifiers are usually switched using MIDI.

Control Change commands can control adjustable values - so called parameters (eg volume) - in real time. That is, the settings of the effect can be adjusted. Or they switch on and off certain functions (such as bypass ). The on-/off functions are also called "Instant Access" or "Stompbox Mode".

Detailed information about MIDI can be found on www.midi.org and many other sites on the internet.

2.2 StageWire

StageWire is a further development of MIDI. The connection has ben developed by Prostage specifically for use on stage. With only one microphone cable from one device to the next, multiple devices can communicate with each other (bidirectional). StageWire is four times faster than MIDI. Furthermore, the microphone cable supplies the foot controllers with power.

2.3 MIDI channel

Using MIDI, you can control up to 16 devices independently from each other. To do so, different commands are sent on different MIDI channels. Each device responds to commands from its MIDI channel. It's as if you could control 16 different TV-sets with one remote control.

Example:

•The guitar amplifier is set up to receive on MIDI channel 1.•An effect unit is programmed to MIDI channel 2.•The Prostage system is now programmed in a way that pressing a single switch on the foot controller simul-

taneously sends a command for the amplifier on channel 1 and another command for the effect device on channel 2. This list of commands is created in a so-called MIDI mapping (see chapter 2.7).

=> If the two devices shall follow the same commands, they can also be set to receive on the same MIDI channel, of course

The MIDI channel is set once within the sending unit and once at the receiver. Both settings must match, so that the receiver (e.g. the effects unit) responds to the commands from the transmitter (e.g. the foot controller).

For the MIDI receive channel, there is the option "Omni". This means that the unit receives all MIDI commands - regardless of the MIDI channel. This means, the unit responds to all commands. In other words, if you use this setting, it does not matter on which channel the command was sent. The Prostage system is factory set to "Omni". That's always the right setting, as long as you do not want to control individual devices with different commands.

2.4 Stompbox Mode (Instant Access) = > Direct On/Off Switches

StageWire allows you to use up to eight switches on the foot controler as direct on/off switches - for example, to switch the loops of the XDS. These on/off switches work like an analog foot switch connected directly to the amplifier. Thus, the button on the foot controller switches directly a switch on the looper | switcher.

An Instant Access (on/off switch) command consists of:

•MIDI channel (1-16)•Switch number (1-8 )•Switching state (on/off)

Using standard MIDI pedals, these functions are made with Control Change commands (see chapter 2.6 )

2.5 Program Change | PC => Recall of Pre-Programmed Settings

With Program Change messages, previously saved settings (presets) are recalled. Using MIDI, you can manage 128 different presets by default. On MIDI-equipped guitar amps, the various sounds are switched like this.

Example:•The guitar amplifier is programmed as follows: Preset 1 => Clean channel Preset 2 => Crunch channel Preset 3 => Lead channel• In the effect device, the following presets are stored: Preset 1 => Chorus Preset 2 => Bypass Preset 3 = > Delay•At the foot controller you can now access the presets by pressing the buttons 1-3 and you will get the sounds

listed in the table.

Using presets, not only individual functions are turned on and off, but all devices can be switched with a single foot step. When using the Prostage XDS, you can switch all eight effects pedals at once. Your live-performance will no longer be interrupted by tap-dancing on several devices. We use the short form “PC” in the System Manager software for MIDI “Program Change” message.

A Program Change consists of:

•MIDI channel (1-16)•Program number ( 0-127 ; many devices show them as 1-128 )

There are also devices that can handle more than 128 presets. They use so-called "Bank Select" commands to switch to the next level with additional 128 presets.

2.6 Control Change | CC = > Real-time control with an Expression Pedal (e.g. Volume)

The abbreviation CC stands for MIDI "Control Change." Control Change are commands with which parameters (eg volume) are controlled in real time. To this end, an expression pedal sends - as long as it is moved - so called Continuous Controller and tells the effects device its position. Control Changes can also switch functions at the receiver device on and off.

A CC- command consists of:

•MIDI channel (1-16)•Controller number (0-120) => This defines which parameter is controlled. The most commonly used controller number is 7 which controls the volume.•Controller value (0-127) => 0 = "low", 127 = "high". Using switching commands, the value 0 means "off",

127 means "on". Often, equipment interpret the value 1 as a switch-on command.

2.7 MIDI Mapping

A MIDI mapping allows you to send several MIDI messages by pressing a single switch. Different program numbers and commands are sent on different MIDI channels to various devices. The mapping will be programmed in a table. The Prostage system offers eight columns. This means that eight different commands can be sent simultaneously.

2.8 Relay

The Prostage looper | switcher are using relays for switching the audio loops and switching outputs. Relays are switches which can be controlled remotely.

2.9 Expression Pedal

An expression pedal is a kind of volume pedal that is connected to a MIDI foot controller (or which is part of the foot controller). However, the expression pedal does not control a guitar signal, but generates MIDI Continuous Controller, with which for example the volume, the effects mix or the delay time can be adjusted in an effects device. The expression pedal controls a parameter of the effect unit in real time.

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Program in the effects unit Sounds:

Preset 1 o o o Chorus Clean Sound with Chorus effect

Preset 2 o o o Bypass Crunch Sound without effect

Preset 3 o o o Delay Lead Sound with Delay

3 Software-Installation

Please download the newest version of the System Manager software and the latest USB driver from our website:

www.prostage.eu => Support => Downloads

3.1 Installing the System Manager Software (Mac & PC)

•Unzip the downloaded file.•Move the folder “Prostage System Manager xxx” into your local application folder. (DO NOT move any files

inside the folder to other locations).

3.2 Installing the USB Driver on Mac OSX

•Double click the downloaded file (.dmg) and follow the on-screen instructions.

3.3 Installing the USB driver on Windows

•Unzip the downloaded file.•When you connect the XDS | XLS | XTMpro for the first time, the assistant will ask you for a driver => Here, you have to select the path where you stored the unzipped folder with the USB Driver before.

If the wizard does not open automatically, you need to install the driver via the “Device Manager”. Unfortunately, this is different from Windows version to Windows version:

Windows 2000: Start / Settings / Control Panel => System => Hardware / Device ManagerWindows 7: Windows icon left corner below / Control Pannel => System & Security => System => Device Manager

The XTMpro should now appear under “Com & LPT” or “USB” or “Other Devices”. Double click “XTMpro”. This will open a new window. Click the button “Update Driver”. Select “Manual Installation”. This opens the file dialog window. Select the file “XTMpro USB driver” (the previously unzipped driver, NOT the zip file!). Now the driver should be installed.

NOTE => The USB driver may install and appear as “FTDI Driver”.

IMPORTANT => Make sure that you install the latest firmware on the devices. Otherwise some (newer) features that you can setup via the System Manager, will not be supported by the device. You will find further information about the firmware update in chapter 17.

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4 First Steps

4.1 The User Interface of the System Manager

The Prostage System Manager software offers two windows in which you can make your settings:

•Easy Setup: In the Easy Setup window you can configure your system and create presets in a simple manner. In addition, you

are managing your songs and set lists in the Easy Setup window.

•Advanced Settings The Advanced Settings window offers you extended access to all functions of the system. Here you can setup

many additional and special functions as well as complex MIDI mappings.

=> We recommend that you start making your settings in the Easy Setup window and use the Advanced Settings only for things you can not do in the Easy Setup.

IMPORTANT NOTE => The screen shots in this manual do not show the factory settings of the devices, but a ready programmed setup. This should help you to better understand the possibilities and the programming of the system.

4.2 Communication with the XDS | XLS | XTMpro

Connect the XDS | XLS | XTMpro using a USB cable to the computer. The System Manager is an offline tool. In order to show the current settings of the XDS | XLS | XTMpro, they must be read out first. This happens automatically when you launch the software given that the XDS | XLS | XTMpro is properly connected with the computer. Otherwise, you have to read out the XDS | XLS | XTMpro manually: [File] => [Read XDS | XLS | XTMpro].

Changes made in the System Manager are not automatically applied by the connected devices, but have to be sent to the system. Thus, you can create settings quite easily at home, and submit them in the rehearsal room later:

=> In the Easy Setup window:

•[Rebuild Guitar Rig] configures the entire system and sends all settings to the XDS | XLS | XTMpro and the foot controller(s). But here, no setlist is sent.

•[Update Sound Settings] sends all settings (without set list) to the XDS | XLS | XTMpro

•[Send setlist to Foot Controller] Sends the currently selected setlist and the settings of the used songs to the foot controller.

=> In the Advanced Settings window:

•[Update XDS | XLS | XTMpro] sends all settings of Loops | Switching outputs, the Tap Relays, the MIDI Mapping, MIDI Switches Settings and Basic Settings to the XDS | XLS | XTMpro.

•[Update Foot Controller] sends the settings of the selected foot controller to the foot controller

•[Update WahWah] sends the complete WahWah settings to the Remote Wah

•[Store Preset] sends a single preset to the Remote Wah

TIP => If you are working with two or more XDS | XLS | XTMpros, you have to read out the settings each time you plug the USB cable into a different device. Otherwise, you will mix the settings of the different devices.

NOTE => The preset names, the description of the eight MIDI Mapping columns and the names of the relays are only saved to your hard disk. They are not stored in the XDS | XLS | XTMpro. Thus, we recommend to save your settings to the hard disk as well (see chapter 4.2, "The File Menu").

4.3 The File Menu

[Open Configuration] Loads the settings for the XDS | XLS | XTMpro stored on the local hard drive into the System Manager (file extension .pcf)

[Save Configuration] Saves the settings from the System Manager to your local hard disk; the current file is overwritten. (The "Default Settings" for the foot controller are saved with the file, but not the settings of each individually connected foot controller. The setting of the Remote WahWah are also not stored in the configuration file.)

[Save Configuration As] Same as [Save Configuration], but a new file will be created.

[Read XDS | XLS | XTMpro] Loads the settings from the connected XDS | XLS | XTMpro into the System Manager.

[Update XDS | XLS | XTMpro] Sends the current settings from the System Manager to the XDS | XLS | XTMpro.

[Disconnect] Disconnects the XDS | XLS | XTM. Execute this command before you unplug the USB cable.

[Reset >] * Restores the factory defaults for selectable sections inside the System Manager.

[Open WahWah Presets] * Loads the presets of the Remote WahWah | Remote Volume stored on the local hard drive into the System Manager (file extension .pwf).

[Save WahWah Presets] * Saves the presets for the Remote WahWah | Remote Volume to your local hard disk; the current file is overwritten.

[Save WahWah Presets As]* Same as [Save WahWah Presets], but a new file will be created.

[Page Setup ...] Allows you to adjust the paper size for printing the [MIDI Mapping] table and the Setlist.

[Print Patch List ...] * Prints the entire [MIDI Mapping] table (patch list).

[Print Set List ...] ** Prints the currently selected Setlist

[Quit] Closes the software.

4.4 The Edit Menu

[Toggle Preset] * Opens a dialog box where you can interchange the current selected preset with another preset. The settings in [Loops | Switching Outputs], [Tap Relay] and [MIDI Mapping] of the two presets will be exchanged.

4.5 The Window Menu

[Easy Setup] Switches to the [Easy Setup] window

[Advanced Settings] Switches to the [Advanced Settings] window

* These menu commands are only available in [Advanced Settings] window.** This menu command is only available in [Easy Setup] window.

Easy Setup

5 Configuring the Guitar Rig

First, you have to create your Guitar Rig within the software. In the [Guitar Rig] tab, you let the Prostage system know which MIDI devices you want to control. Thus, you are building your guitar rig. The settings will not take effect immediately. To take effect, you have run the command "Rebuild Guitar Rig" (see chapter 5.3).

5.1 Define the MIDI devices you want to control

To define a new device, click the buttom "New" on the bottom left. This opens a window where you need to name your device. You can define up to eight devices. To delete a device, select it in the list and click on "Delete". Confirm that you really want to delete the device.

=> Important: The Prostage system can switch on/off the tuner at the Kemper Profiler or Fractal Axe-FX and display the tuner on the big Prostage Tuner | Text Display. Therefore, the guitar amp must be placed on top of the list. To change the order of the devices, click on a device in the column "No" and move it to the new location with the mouse button held down.

When you have selected your device in the list on the left side, you can make the settings for this device on the right side:

Manufacturer & Model

Using the settings "Manufacturer" & "Model", you define what kind of device it is. If you, for example, want to control a Kemper Profiler, you choose "Kemper" under Manufacturer and "Profiler" under Model.If your device is not in the list, you have to choose "Generic" as manufacturer. If this device manages its presets on different banks, you have to choose the model "more than 128 presets". Otherwise, choose "max. 128 presets".

MIDI channel

The setting "MIDI Channel" tells the Prostage system which MIDI receive channel the connected device is set to. If you work with multiple devices, we recommend that you assign an individual MIDI channel for each device and do not work with "Omni".=> Note: If you want to control more as eight devices, you need to control some devices using the same MIDI channel and you have to program these devices in a way that they all use the same preset number for a certain sound.

Special Functions

If you have selected "Generic" as manufacturer, you need to specify whether the controlled device starts counting at Preset 0 or Preset 1.If you have selected a particular manufacturer, then various special functions may be available depending on the model.

5.2 Foot Controller Settings

In the [Foot Controller] settings, you define the function type of your Prostage foot controller. The graph on the right shows you which switch does what function.

Model

Under "Model" you choose which foot controller you are using. If you work with different models (typically X05 & 07), choose your main foot controller here (typically X05).If you are using a foot controller of another manufacturer, which is connected to the MIDI In, you need to select "MIDI In" here. The following settings are obsolete in this case.

Tap Switch

You can assign the tap function to a foot controller switch. If you work with "Songs | Setlist", this is a default setting which you can adjust later in the song settings individually for each song. In the other modes, the switch is assigned permanently.The tap function lets you set tempo-based parameters such as delay times by rhythmically tapping on the foot controller's switch. If you want to control a device which is defined as "Generic", you need to make further settings for the tap function in [Advanced Settings] => [Basic Settings]. (For more information see chapter 14.3)

Tuner Switch

=> Currently, the Prostage system supports the tuner of the Kemper Profiler and Fractal Audio Axe-Fx.Here, you define which button you want to use to activate/deactivate the tuner. If you work with "Songs | Setlist", this setting is a default setting which you can adjust later in the song settings individually for each song. In the other modes, the switch is assigned permanently.Depending on the setting of your guitar preamp, the guitar signal will be muted if the tuner is active. Pressing the tuner switch, tuner/mute is activated. By pressing it again or by pressing a different switch (selecting a preset/song), the tuner is switched off again.

Operating Mode

The operating mode is how the foot controller works. Depending on the model, different operating modes are available. The different operating modes are described in the foot controller manual.

Expression Pedal

You can connect two expression pedals to the foot controller. The expression pedal settings determine what each pedal should control:

"None"The expression pedal is not used.

"Always control the same function of device =>"In this setting, the expression pedal always controls the same function. A window opens where you must select the device and which parameter of the device (for example, volume) you want to control.

"Use for different functions of the device =>"In this setting, the expression pedal controls, with each preset, one individually selectable parameter of the device. A window opens where you must select the device you want to control. The parameters are set later in the [Sounds] settings.

"Use for different functions of different devices"Using this setting, the expression pedal controls, with each preset, one individually selectable parameter of any of the connected devices. Which device and which parameter you want to control is set later in the [Sounds] settings.

5.3 Rebuild Guitar Rig

Up to this point, the settings have been made only on the screen. The command "Rebuild Guitar Rig" is needed to configure the whole system and transmit the settings to the XTMpro | XDS | XLS and the foot controller(s).=> Note: If you've made some settings in the "Advanced Settings", certain settings might be overwritten by "Rebuild Guitar Rig". Therefore our recommendation: As far as possible, configure your guitar rig using the Easy Setup and use the Advanced Settings only after you have configured your guitar rig correctly.

6. Creating Sounds

In the [Sounds] tab you create your Sounds. This means you define for on each of the connected MIDI device, which preset will be recalled at what sound. In addition, you can set what the expression pedals will control (assuming you use this function; see chapter 5.2 => Expression Pedal). And you determine for each sound which Relays | Loops are active on your XTMpro-R, XDS or XLS. You can create up to 128 sounds.

6.1 Create and Delete a Sound

To create a new sound, click "New" on the bottom left and give the sound a name. By clicking on the button "Delete", the selected sound in the list will be deleted. But you can only delete sounds that are not used in any song.

6.2 Edit Sounds

To edit a sound, select it in the list on the left side. On the right side, you can then set which preset will be recalled for each device in your guitar rig. If the device manages commands without bank select, you can only set the preset number 1-128 (0-127). If the device operates with bank select, you must also specify the desired bank. Further, the first device accepts the letter "T" as preset number. The preset will then switch the tuner on.

If you have defined an expression pedal that controls different parameters, you can also set which parameter the expression pedal(s) control in the selected sound. If no parameter is selected, the expression pedal has no function in this sound. You can delete the parameter by clicking on the trash icon.

On the bottom of the window you determine by simple clicking on the bullet which Relays | Loops are active in the selected sound. In addition, you can lable each Relay | Loop with a representative name (for example: Compressor, RC-Boost, ...) This label is global and applies to all presets.

6.3 Rename Sounds

You can rename a sound directly in the list by clicking its name. Alternatively, the name can also be changed by clicking on "Rename". The name must not be empty.

6.4 Sort Sounds

By selecting the column [No] or [Name], your sounds are sorted either by number or by name. If the sounds are sorted by number, you can move them in the list to reorder them. To do so, select a sound and move it to the new location while holding down the mouse button.NOTE => The [No] of the sound corresponds to the preset number. If your foot controller works with preset numbers (and not with songs|setlists), this is the number that you need to select on the foot controller for each sound.

=> Important: To make the settings take effect in the XTMpro | XDS | XLS, you need to click the button [Update Sound Settings].

7. Creating Songs

=> Note: You can only work with songs and setlists if you are using a Prostage X05 or X10 foot controller and the foot controller's operation mode is set to "Songs | Setlists" (see chapter 5.2).

In the [Songs] tab you create your song. You define for each song which sounds and switching functions you will use. You can define any number of songs.

7.1 Create and Deleate a Song

To create a new song, click "New" on the bottom left and give the song a name. By clicking on the button "Delete" the song selected in the list will be deleted. But you can only delete songs that are not used in any setlist.

7.2 Edit a Song

To edit a song, select it in the list on the left side. On the right side you can now select what each foot controller switch controls (Buttons used in this Song):

Sound | Preset

The switch recalls the sound you select in the drop-down menu

Instant Access Switch

"Instant Access" buttons allow you to switch on/off certain functions of the connected devices directly. You can use the "Instant Access" switches to control the four or eight relays/loops of the Prostage XTMpro, XDS and XLS. The display on the foot controller indicates on the most-left digit the switch number, the most-right digit indicates the switching state (0="off", 1="on")Using MIDI Control Change commands you can also control freely selectable functions of the connected MIDI devices. Control Change messages will be transmitted on the MIDI channel to which the foot controller is set. "Switch on" is indicated on the foot controller's display as "111" (MIDI value "127" is sent), "Switch off" is indicated as "000" (MIDI value "0" is sent).

Tuner

If the switch is defined as "Tuner", it turns on and off the tuner of your Profiler or Axe-FX.

Tap

The tap switch can be used to set tempo-based parameters such as delay times by tapping rhythmically on the tap switch. What the Tap switch exactly does and how these commands are forwarded to the device to be controlled is explained in chapter 11 and chapter 14.3.

None

The switch has no function

7.3 Rename Songs

You can rename a song by clicking its name directly in the list. Alternatively, the name can also be changed by clicking on "Rename". The name must not be empty.

7.4 Sort Songs

By selecting the column "No" or "Name", your songs are sorted either by number or by name. If the songs are sorted by number, you can reorder them by simply moving them inside the list. To do so, select the number of a song and move it to the new location while holding down the mouse button.

7.5 Song CC Number

You can assign a unique Control Change value to every song at which the song can be recalled. For more information see chapter 9.2.2.

=> Important: The revised song settings are sent to the foot controller together with the setlist. Therefore, the changes are not active until you click on the button [Send Setlist to Foot Controller]. If this button is grayed out, you have not selected any setlist. Information on this is found in the next chapter.

8. Creating Setlists

=> Note: You can only work with songs and setlists if you are using a Prostage X05 or X10 foot controller and the foot controller's operation mode is set to "Songs | Setlists" (see chapter 5.2).

In the [Setlists] tab you arrange your songs to setlists. A setlist includes all the songs for a concert in the order in which the songs are performed. You can define any number of set lists in the System Manager. But you can store only one setlist in the foot controller.

8.1 Create and Delete a Setlist

To create a new setlist, click the button "New" on the bottom left and name the setlist. By clicking on the button "Delete" you can delete the setlist selected in the list.

8.2 Adding Songs to the Setlist

To edit a setlist, select it in the list on the left side. The menu at the right shows all existing songs. By simply drag and drop, you can copy your songs to the middle list. Thus, in the middle list "Songs used in this Setlist" you create your setlist.

Here, a song can occur multiple times. If your list is sorted by "No" you can easily change the order by selecting a song and moving it to the new location while holding down the mouse button.

8.3 Remove Song from the Setlist

To remove a song from the setlist, you must select it first. Then you can remove the song by pressing "Backspace" or by clicking on "Remove Song".

8.4 Rename the Setlists

You can rename a setlist directly in the left list by clicking on its name. Alternatively, the name can also be changed by clicking on "Rename". The name must not be empty.

8.5 Sort Setlists

By selecting the column "No" or "Name", your setlists are sorted either by number or by name. If the setlists are sorted by numbers, you can easily reorder them by moving them in the list. To do so, select the number of a setlist and move it to the new location while holding down the mouse button.

=> Important: To send the selected setlist to the foot controller, you have to click the button [Send Setlist to Foot Controller]. If this button is grayed out, you have not selected any setlist. In this case you have to select a setlist from left list first.Sending the setlist will store the order of the songs as well as all song-related settings in the foot controller.

9. Recalling Sounds & Songs via a Sequencer | MIDI commands

Sounds and songs can be accessed not only with a foot controller, but also with MIDI commands. Typically, this is done by a MIDI sequencer connected to the MIDI In of the XTMpro | XDS | XLS.

9.1 Realling Sounds

Sounds are recalled with Program Change commands. The MIDI channel has to be the same channel on which the foot controller sends (see chapter 15.7). The preset number corresponds to the sound number in the [Sounds] tab. Or in other words: the order of the preset numbers corresponds to the listorder of your sounds.

9.2 Recalling Songs

Songs can be accessed using Song Select commands, but also using Control Change commands (CC).

9.2.1 Recalling Songs via SongSelect

Songs can be recalled with Song Select commands. The Song Select number corresponds to the song position in the setlist (the one that is currently stored in the foot controller). This means that Song Select 1 recalls the first song in the setlist, Song Select 2 the second song in the setlist, and so on.

If you have enabled the feature [ Song select recalls first Sound of Song] in your foot controller, the foot fontroller automaticaly recalls the first sound (switch „0“) of a song as soon as the foot controller receives a Song Select command. With this function disabled, the song will just be preselected, but no sound will be recalled. See chapter 15.7 => [MIDI In Control] for more info.

9.2.2 Recalling Songs via Control Change Command

Songs can also be selected via MIDI Control Change commands. To make it work, you must setup the "Song Select via CC" settings in [Advanced Settings] => [Basic Settings] (see chapter 14.5). You must define which controller number you use to select the songs and on which MIDI channel this command is sent to the XTMpro | XDS | XLS.

The CC value determines what song is recalled. They are allocated to each song in the songlist in the [Songs] Tab.

=> Note: CC allocations are absolute. If you e.g. allocate CC Value 1 to your song "My Song", CC value 1 will always recall "My Song", independent from its position in the setlist. However, you can only recall songs that occur in the setlist stored in the foot controller.

Advanced Settings

10 Loops | Switching Outputs

NOTE => This are the optional Relays of the XTMpro-R, respectively, the Loops and Switching Outputs of the XDS | XLS. If you're using a XTMpro without relay option, you cannot do anything in this tab. „Relay B1 - B4“ are only available if you are using an XDS or XLS system with both groups equipped.

10.1 Switching the Loops | Switching Outputs using Program Changes

The [Loops | Switching Outputs] tab allows you to easily make presets for the eight loops | switching outputs by enabling/disabling the check boxes. This is the same what you can switch directly on the device. The relays may work independently from each other or they can be combined in “radio button” groups (see chapter 14.4).

Controlled Unit | Preset Name

You can label the relays in order to know which function each one controls. You can also name each of the 128 presets. The preset names also apply to the [Tap Relay] and [MIDI Mapping] tab. The names will not be stored to the XDS | XLS | XTMpro, but they will be saved with the file saved to the hard disk [File] => [Save Configuration].

MIDI RX Channel

•IA: (Instant Access) => This is the MIDI receive channel setting for Instant Access (on/off switch) commands.•PC: (Program Change) => This is the MIDI receive channel setting for program change commands.

The relays only respond to MIDI messages if the MIDI receive channel matches the MIDI channel of the foot controller. When set to "Omni", all 16 MIDI channels are accepted; this means it does not matter on which channel the foot controller sends.

The MIDI channel "IA" will also be used to send an “on/off” command to the foot controller when a relay at the XDS | XLS | XTMpro is switched. Thus, the LEDs on the foot controller always show the current switch positions. If the MIDI channel is set to “Omni”, it will send on MIDI channel 1.

Page

Since the screen is too small to display all 128 presets simultaneously, it shows only ten presets at a time. Use the [Page] pull-down menu to flip through all preset numbers.

Show

There are MIDI devices that work with preset numbers 0-127. Others work with 1-128. Therefore, there may be an offset of 1 between different devices. The setting [Show] helps you to avoid this. If the lowest number of your foot controller is 0, choose [Show] “0-127”. If the lowest number of your foot controller is 1, choose “1-128”. This way, you avoid an offset of 1. If your foot controller works with songs instead of presets, you can also display the song and sound numbers here.

10.2 Switching the Relays with Instant Access Switches (Stompbox Mode | Direct Switching w/o Presets)

You can control the Loops | Switching Relays in a “Stompbox Mode”. This means, a switch on the foot controller directly turns a relay on and off.

Foot Controller Switch

If you have connected a Prostage foot controller to the StageWire Input, you can assign each relay directly to a switch of your foot controller. The foot controller has to be setup to send this button on/off messages. If you do not want to assign a relay to any foot controller switch, choose "None". The relay will still switch by preset changes and when you switch it manually at the XDS | XLS | XTMpro.

Below the pull-down menu, the software displays how the switch is labeled on the foot controller. For example, if you use the X01, the names of the switches are “A,B,C,D” instead of “1,2,3,4”.

•Example: You like to use the upper row of the X07 (switches 4-7) to switch the four relays on the XTMpro, while using switches 1-3 of the foot controller to control something else.

To do so, you have to set the following: Relay A-1 => Switch 4 Relay A-2 => Switch 5 Relay A-3 => Switch 6 Relay A-4 => Switch 7

If you like to switch the relays using a standard MIDI foot switch connected to the MIDI In of the XDS | XLS | XTMpro, you have to setup [MIDI Switches]. Please refer to chapter 13 for more information.

10.3 Linking Relais | Stereo Operation

You can link two or more relays by assigning them to the same foot controller switch, for example, to make a stereo pair. If several radio buttons are assigned to the same foot controller switch, you can step through the radio buttons by tapping the switch on the foot controller. If two radio buttons are linked, you can toggle between the two radio buttons using the switch on the foot controller.

Radio buttons are explained in chapter 14.4.

10.4 Switch Impulses

Send Pulse

Some units require a brief impulse (momentary) to switch on and another impulse to switch off instead of a constant on/off signal. To control such units, enable the [ Send Pulse] check-box. After you have switched on the system, make sure that the switches of the controlled unit are in the correct on/off position. If this is not the case, change them manually directly at the controlled unit once. Otherwise, the on/off state of the device switch(es) will be reversed.

11 Tap Relay

In the [Tap Relay] tab you decide whether you want to use the relay output from the XDS | XLS | XTMpro as tap relay or as a programmable switch.

11.1 Use as Tap Relay

If the relay is used as tap relay, the tap command of the foot controller (see chapter 15.5) is sent on this connection. Thus, the tap command is forwarded to the connected effects device.

You can choose whether the tap relay should work as a momentary switch or as a latching switch:

Momentary => When you press the tap switch on your foot controller, the tap relays will switch on. When you release the switch, the relays will switch off - like a doorbell switch.

Latching => When you press the tap switch on your foot controller for the first time, the relay will switch on. When you press it a second time, the relay will switch off, and so on - like a light switch.

The correct setting for it depends on the connected device. Usually, [ momentary] is the correct setting. Just try which setting is the right one!

Furthermore, the tap relay can be switched by a MIDI Control Change command. Please see chapter 14.3 for more information about this.

11.2 Use as Programmable Switch

If the relay is used as a programmable switch, this output works the same way as "Loops | Switching Outputs". The operation is described in chapter 10. However, the tap relay can only be programmed with the System Manager software, there is no button at the device for manual operation of the relay.

MIDI Receive Channel

The tap relay has its own MIDI receive channel settings. [IA:] is the MIDI receive channel for Instant Access commands, [PC:] is the MIDI receive channel for Program Change commands.

Page | Show | Preset Name

These are the same settings that you also do in [Loops | Switching Outputs] or [MIDI Mapping]. Please refer to chapter 10 for more information.

12 MIDI Mapping

The MIDI mapping of the XDS | XLS | XTMpro is a very powerful tool, with which you can do all sorts of things. Most likely you'll never take advantage of all the possibilities. Therefore, it is not mandatory that you understand all the details of the MIDI mapping. The mapping mode [Program Number] is certainly interesting for every guitarist. So read at least through chapter 12.3.

The MIDI mapping allows you to send up to eight different MIDI commands when you recall a preset. If you select a preset number on the foot controller, the program number is not simply forwarded to the MIDI OUT A and B of the XDS | XLS | XTMpro, but the commands defined in the [MIDI Mapping] are sent. All the commands in the row of the preset are sent. Tthis means, that for each preset you can send eight different program numbers or other commands to eight different devices, each on its own MIDI channel. The table can manage up to 128 presets.

If the complete [MIDI Mapping] tab is disabled or if the MIDI channel of the received MIDI command does not match the setting of [Receive PC on MIDI CH], the MIDI command will be sent unchanged to the MIDI Outs based on the MIDI thru settings in the [Basic Settings] tab (see chapter 14.2).

You can print the [MIDI Mapping] table: [File] => [Print Patch List]

Controlled Unit

You can label each controlled unit with a meaningful name. The names will not be stored in the XDS | XLS | XTMpro, but they will be stored if you save the settings to the hard disk.

12.1 General Settings of the MIDI Mapping Table

Receive PC on MIDI CH

The [MIDI Mapping] tab processes only program changes with a matching MIDI channel. All Program Change messages on other channels will be sent to the MIDI Out A/B according to the settings in the [Basic Settings] tab. "Omni" means that all 16 MIDI channels are accepted.

The MIDI channel is independent from the MIDI receive channel of the relays. [Loops | Switching Outputs], [Tap Relay], [MIDI Mapping] and [MIDI Switches] all have their own independent MIDI receive channel.

Page | Show | Preset Name

These are the same settings you do in [Loops | Switching Outputs] or [Tap Relay]. Please see chapter 10 for more information.

12.2 Defining Mappings

You can choose between five different mapping functions for each of the eight columns (see chapter 12.3 to 12.7), or you can disable the column.

Each mapping has its own transmit settings:

Send on MIDI CH

Chooses the MIDI transmit channel for the commands of this mapping column. If you use several columns for "Program Change" mappings, they have to use different MIDI channels. You cannot send several program changes on the same MIDI channel simultaneously. Different MIDI devices have to use different MIDI channels in order to control them independently.

To Out A | Out B

Selects on which MIDI Out(s) the commands will be sent. In the mapping mode "Control Change", MIDI messages can not only be sent to MIDI Out A and B, but also to the foot controller. "XLR" stands for the StageWire bus.

0-127 / 1-128

If the controlled unit’s preset numbering starts with 0, choose “0-127”. If the unit’s lowest preset number is 1, choose “1-128”. Doing so, you will prevent an offset of 1.

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12.3 Mapping Mode “Program Numbers (128)”

In this mode, Program Change mappings are defined. This means that you can allocate an individual preset number of the controlled device to each preset number on the foot controller. If you setup Program Change mappings for multiple devices, you can recall another preset number in each connected device with a single button on the foot controller.

•Taken the example above, the following happens when you select preset no. 5 on your foot controller: First, the XDS | XLS | XTMpro checks if the [MIDI Mapping] is enabled and if the MIDI channel of the foot

controller matches the [Receive PC on MIDI CH] setting. If one of these conditions is not given, the Program Change is forwarded to MIDI Out A/B according to the [Basic Settings].

If both conditions are true, the following program changes will be sent: - Preset no. 3 to the Profiler (e.g. Lead channel) - Preset no. 5 to the Axe FX (e.g. Delay) - Preset no. 0 to the Remote WahWah (Bypass)

• If you recall preset no. 8 in this example, the following commands will be sent: - Preset no. 0 to the Profiler (e.g. Clean channel) - Preset no. 99 to the Axe FX (e.g. Mute) - Preset no. 3 to the Remote WahWah (Contour Wah)

NOTE => If the box is empty, no preset number will be sent at all.

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12.4 Mapping Mode „Program Numbers (> 128)“

This mode is very similar to “Program Numbers (128)”. However, not only a preset number has to be defined but also a bank number. You will have to use this mode if the device to be controlled has more than128 presets. Thus you also have to specify for each preset, in addition to the preset number, the bank in which the desired preset is located.

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12.5 Mapping Mode “Control Change”

You can also send Control Change messages instead of program changes.

For example, you have connected a TC G-Major to the XDS | XLS | XTMpro, but you like to work with the same preset all the time and only turn on/off the effects (e.g. Delay, Reverb, Flanger, Compressor), as you would use stompboxes. You can do so by sending CC commands. Besides the controller number, you also have to send a controller value. Value 0 means “off”, value 127 means “on”. Of course the TC G-Major also has to be programmed properly in order to work this way.

•Taken the sample above, the following happens when you recall preset no. 1. If the MIDI mapping is enabled, and the MIDI channel matches, the following MIDI messages are sent: => CC 82 with value 127 to the G-Major (Chorus = On). => No command to the Remote WahWah, since no number is defined. (If you recall any other preset, the chorus is turned off => Control Change 82 with value 0).

• If you recall preset 8, the following MIDI messages are sent: => The Chorus is turned off (CC 82 with value 0) => The frequency of the Remote WahWah will be set to approximately 1,1kHz (CC 93 = WahWah frequency).

This will result in a lower WahWah effect than the standard WahWah (For any other preset no CC command is sent to the WahWah because the CC # field is empty).

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12.6 Mapping Mode “Convert incoming CC”

With this mapping, an expression pedal can be used for something else at each program number. Different effect parameters can be controlled depending of the selected preset.

Mapping Control Changes (Continuous Controller) is a unique feature of the Prostage XDS | XLS | XTMpro and works a little differently than the other mappings. At preset change, no command is sendt at all. Instead, Continuous Controller commands such as “Volume”, are converted to other CC commands in real-time.

The setting of [Receive PC on MIDI CH] has no influence on the Continuous Controller commands. Decisive is the MIDI channel set in the mapping column [On MIDI CH:].

The following example assumes that an expression pedal that sends CC # 10 is connected to the foot controller.

• In preset no. 8 you like to use the expression pedal to control the "Contour Boost" frequency of the Remote WahWah instead of the normal WahWah effect.

=> Therefore, you set the CC no. to 94 (this is the Contour Boost frequency of the Remote WahWah).

• In preset no. 6, you like to control the normal WahWah effect of your Remote WahWah. => Thus, you send CC no. 7.

In this example, if you select any other preset than 6 or 8, your expression pedal is inactive because the “CC#” field is empty (incoming Control Change commands will be filtered / muted).

NOTE => Incoming Control Change commands that are not subject to convert in any of the eight colums will be sent to MIDI Out A/B according to the [Basic Settings] (see chapter 14.2). In our sample, this means that only CC no. 10 on MIDI channel 16 is processed by the MIDI Mapping. All other CC commands received by the XDS | XLS | XTMpro will be sent via MIDI Out A/B without any modification of the data.

12.6.1 Scale and invert the values of Control Change commands

In the mappingmode "Convert incoming CC", Control Change values can also be inverted and scaled. This means that you can invert the direction of your expression pedal and scale it, for example, to affect only 50% of the effect at full movement of the expression pedal.

If a CC number is defined, a click on the [ Scale] check-box to the right of the number opens the dialog box for entering this additional settings.

• In this example, the resolution of the Control Change value is scaled to 50%. This means that, instead of 128 possible values, only 64 values will be sent. Because lowest value is set to "31", the values received from the expression pedal (0-127) will be forwarded to the Remote WahWah as 31 to 95. In this example, the expression pedal controls the middle frequencies of the Contour Boost, while not reaching its very low and very high frequencies.

• In this example, the direction of the expression pedal is inverted. That means, if you want to make the guitar louder, you have to move the expression pedald down. To make it quieter, you have to move it up.

In bank 5-8, you can further set an individual MIDI channel for each preset on which the modified CC is sent. This means you can even control different devices with the same expression pedal. If this field remains empty, the CC will be sent on the same MIDI channel on which it has been received.

You can also use this feature if you want to use an Instant Access (on/off) switch of your foot controller for different things, depending on the selected preset number. Thereto, the output assignment for this switch in the [MIDI Switches] tab has to be set to “use MIDI Mapping”.

•For example, you use switch 5 to turn on/off the distortion in the Fractal Audio AxeFX. But on one preset, you want to switch a different function instead. Therefore, convert the incoming CC in this specific preset to send the required command to the AxeFx. Of course, you have to program the AxeFx accordingly.

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12.7 Mapping Mode “Send Tap Tempo”

In mapping mode “Send Tap Tempo”, the XDS | XLS | XTMpro sends impulses on each preset change. These commands can be used to adjust (tap) the tempo of effects devices (e.g. for delay). The pulses can either be sent as MIDI CC commands to MIDI Out A/B, or using the tap relay.

CC #: This is the MIDI CC number that is used to send the tap pulses. The turn-on pulse is sent with value 127, the turn-off pulse with value 0. This setting has no effect to the tap relay output.

Pre Delay: Usually at a preset change, the effects device must load the new preset first before it can receive tap commands. Therefore, the tap command can be delayed. Settings from 0 milliseconds to 996 milliseconds are possible. This setting affects both the output via MIDI as well as the tap relay.

m. / la:. This defines whether the tap is sent as a “momentary” or as a “latching” command. The difference between “momentary” and “latching” is explained in chapter 14.3. Usually, [m.] is the right setting. When set to [m.] the XDS | XLS | XTMpro sends three pulses. When set to [la.] it sends two on and two off commands.

BPM: The time between pulses is set as song tempo BPM (beats per minute). It can range between 20 BPM (= 3 sec) and 274 BPM (= 219ms).

Note => The CC number, the pre-delay and setting [m.]/ [la.] are global. They are identical for all presets.

12.8 Enable / Disable the Tuner by Preset Change

The Prostage system can switch on/off the tuner on the Kemper Profiler or the Fractal Axe-FX and show the tuner on the big Prostage Tuner | Text display. In the first slot, you then can not only use numbers, but also write the letter "T". Using "T", the preset activates the tuner. The tuner is switched off again as soon as you recall another preset (with a number).

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13 MIDI Switches

StageWire offers eight Instant Access switches that allow you to switch the loops and switching outputs directly. In order to make these switching functions also available via MIDI, you can allocate a Control Change number to each of these switches in the [MIDI Switches] tab. These CC commands are used if you want to switch the relays of the XDS | XLS | XTMpro with CC commands received at the MIDI In.

The same commands can also be sent to the MIDI Outs when you switch the loops manually or by a Prostage foot controller (via StageWire). In addition, you can send notes numbers or special functions (e.g. System Realtime Start/Stop).

Prostage foot controller

Standard MIDIfoot controller

13.1 Sending CC On / Off Messages | Instant Access

Send CC to MIDI Out

When an Instant Access Switch on the Prostage Foot Controller is pushed (StageWire) This box must be checked if you want that the assigned command is sent when pressing an Instant Access switch

on the Prostage foot controller. [Foot Controller MIDI Channel] must match the MIDI channel of the foot controller to send the commands

defined in the list to the MIDI Outs.

When a Loop | Switching Output is switched manually at the XDS | XLS | XTMpro By default, pressing a button on the XDS | XLS | XTMpro only switches the relay. If you want to send a MIDI

command as well by pressing this buttons, activate this checkbox. Then, the CC message from the foot controller switch associated with this relay is sent. You can find the detailed logic diagram of this in Appendix 18.2.

When a Loop | Switching Output is switched by Recalling a Preset If you want to send the new on/off state of the relays after a preset change, activate this check-box. Each relay,

which has changed its on/off state sends the CC command assigned to its foot controller switch. You can find the detailed logic diagram of this in Appendix 18.3.

13.2 Receiving CC Messages | Switching the Relays with a standard MIDI Foot Controller

Switch the Loops | Switching Outputs and Tap Relay when a CC has been received via MIDI This check-box must be selected in order that the [Loops | Switching Outputs] respond to CC messages at the

MIDI In. If a CC assigned to a foot controller switch is received, the relay(s) allocated to this foot controller switch are switched. You can find the detailed logic diagram of this in Appendix 18.1.

13.3 The MIDI Switches list

Foot Controller Switch Name

The Instant Access switches of the foot controller are listed here. Depending on the model used, the names are different. If the label does not correspond to your foot controller, see chapter 14.1.

You can only access those switches which exist on the foot controller. If you are using an X07, only switches 1-7 are accessible. If you are using a X10, switches No. 5-9 are available because you can use the X10 in the operating mode "5 Programs + 5 Instant Access”.

If you like to access all eight switches, independently from the connected foot controller, you have to choose the setting „Other“ in [Basic Settings] => [General Settings] => [Used Foot Controller] (see chapter 14.1).

Function | Control Change / Note Number

You can assign a function and a CC or note number to each of the eight switches. Using "Special Function", you can assign a special feature to the switch instead, such as a system real-time command. You can see which parameter is controlled by the command on the right of the pull-down menu. You can find a list of all CC messages in the MIDI implementation chart (appendix B | chapter 19.1).

On Value | Off Value

Here, you define which CC values will be sent for the on and off state of the switch. Usually, on is "127" and off is "0". But you can also send other values.

For example, CC95 controls the output gain of the Prostage Remote WahWah. If you are using a MIDI switch with the settings CC = 95 | on value = 24 | off value = 0, you can turn a boost of 6 dB on and off. The controler value 24 corresponds to 6 dB increase in volume in the Remote WahWah.

Using "Special Functions", you can invert the switch position instead.

MIDI Channel | MIDI Outputs

The command is sent on the assigned MIDI channel on MIDI Out A and / or B.

CC commands from the [MIDI Switches] can also be processed further using the [MIDI Mapping]. If [ Use MIDI Mapping] is selected, the command is not sent directly to the MIDI output A or B, but according to the settings in [MIDI Mapping] => [Convert incoming CC]. If, in this case, the CC number is not allocated to any [Convert incoming CC] mapping, or if the MIDI channel does not match, no CC is sent at all (see chapter 12.6 for more information).

If you have not selected any output, no command will be sent for this switch.

14 Basic Settings

In the [Basic Settings] tab you set the elementary operation of your Prostage system.

14.1 General Settings

Used Foot Controller

This setting only concerns the inscription within the System Manager. For example, if you select "X07", the switches will be labeled 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. If you select "X01", the switches will be labeled A, B, C, D. This setting does not affect the functionality of your system. However inside the software, there are only those switches available that also exist on the foot controller. If you want to make all the switches available, you have to set it to “Other”.

XDS|XLS|XTMpro LED show

Foot Controller detection The Power LED on the XDS | XLS | XTMpro is blinking if no foot controller is detected at the StageWire connection.

If you are working with a standart MIDI foot controller (connected via MIDI In), you can disable the flashing LED here.

MIDI Data receive The Power LED indicates the MIDI communication on the Stage Wire bus. In rare cases, this can result in audible

noise. In this case, you can disable the activity monitor by this checkbox.

14.2 MIDI Thru (Data NOT processed by the MIDI mapping)

Here you determine what happens with incoming MIDI data NOT processed by the MIDI mapping. This is the case when the MIDI mapping is "Disabled" (the MIDI mapping is not used), or if the MIDI channel does not match.

Send Data from StageWire to

Here you choose which Out’s the data from StageWire (by a Prostage foot controller) is routed to. The selected outputs will work as MIDI Thru.

Send Data from MIDI In to

Here you choose which Out’s the data from MIDI In (e.g. from a standard MIDI foot controller) is routed to. The selected outputs will then work as MIDI Thru. You can also send the data from MIDI In to StageWire. This is, for example, useful if the show is controlled by a sequencer which switches the presets for you. The preset numbers are then displayed on the foot controller.

MIDI Thru Filter Out A | MIDI Thru Filter Out B

You can filter the different types of MIDI data at the MIDI Out A and B. For example, you can set Out A to send Program Change only. This can make sense if you connect a tube amplifier with a MIDI interface which only accepts program changes.

IMPORTANT => The MIDI Thru filter only affects data sent directly from the StageWire or MIDI In to the MIDI Out(s). MIDI commands programmed in the [MIDI Mapping] and [MIDI Switches] tab will always be sent to the MIDI Out(s) assigned in the tab, regardless of the MIDI Thru filter settings.

This means for example, if you setup a MIDI mapping, which sends a Program Change to Out A, but the check box [MIDI Thru Filter] => [MIDI Out A] => [Send Program Change] is disabled, the program changes from this MIDI Mapping are sent even though.

14.3 Tap Function MIDI commands

Tap allows you to adjust tempo-based parameters like delay time by rhythmic tapping onto the tap switch of your foot controller (see chapter 15.5). The tap command is sent to your effect unit either analogously using the tap relay connector of the XDS | XLS | XTMpro (see chapter 11) or digitally by a MIDI command.

Send as MIDI

The tap command from the StageWire input can be sent as a MIDI-CC command or even be used for System Realtime messages (start/stop). Select a CC number, a MIDI channel, and enable one or both MIDI Outs.

If you like to send different CCs to various effects units, choose “multiple” for the MIDI channel. This opens a pop-up window where you can define up to eight individual tap commands. You can send eight different CC commands, each on its own MIDI channel. Tap switch “on” will be sent as value 127. Tap switch “off” will be sent as value 0.

Further, you can choose if the tap should be sent as a momentary command, or a latching command:

momentary => When you press the “Tap” switch on your foot controller, the chosen CC command with value 127 will be sent. When you release the switch, the CC command with value 0 will be sent. This works like a doorbell.

latching => When you press the “Tap” switch on your foot controller for the first time, the CC command with value 127 will be sent. When you press it for the second time, the CC command with value 0 will be sent. The next time, the CC number is sent again with value 127, and so on... When you release the switch, nothing is sent. This works like a light switch.

The correct setting for this depends on how the connected unit works. Try it out!

Receive as MIDI

The tap relay can not only be controlled by StageWire, but also by a MIDI Control Change command on the MIDI In. Therefore, choose a Control Change number and a MIDI channel. If you do not want the tap relay to be switched by any CC command, set [CC No.] to “Disabled”.

14.4 Loops | Switching Outputs

NOTE => If you use an XTMpro without relay option, these settings are not available. “Group B” is only available if you are using an XDS or XLS system with both groups equipped.

Group A | Group B

Here you define if the relays inside the group shall work independently, or if you like to make radio-button groups (channel switching).

Radio buttons means that only one switch is turned on at the same time. This makes sense for channel switching on guitar amps. Let's assume you have an amplifier with three channels: Clean, Crunch & Lead sound. If you switch between the channels of the amplifier - that is, between the three sounds - the channel used before will automatically turn off. So there's only one sound switched on at a time - not the Clean, Crunch and Lead sound together. This relationship is called "radio buttons".

Channels (Radio Buttons): Independent Switches:

•For example, if you choose ”3 Channels + 1 Independent Switch”, it works as follows: One of the switches 1 to 3 is always "On". Therewith, you control the channels of your amplifier. Switch 4

operates independently from the other switches. Therewith, you control, for example, a boost function or a reverb that can be switched on and off in each channel.

If [ Allow Off] is enabled, the active radio button can be switched off. This could be useful when switching channels in an amplifier that can be muted when no channel is active.

If you have an eight-channels system, you can also link the radio buttons of both groups by enabling [ Link channels of Group A and Group B].

Soft X-Fade

This feature only affects the audio loops. It has no effect on switching relays. You can enable or disable the Soft X-Fade feature for Group A and B independently. Soft X-Fade is a very short fade out / fade in at the Output of the group which suppresses the click that relays can cause. It also makes the preset change sound softer. If you have connected eight stompboxes in series, enable the Soft X-Fade feature only on group B.

14.5 Song Select via CC

You may want to recall your songs with Control Change commands (via MIDI In), e.g. with a sequencer that controls the live show. Therefore, yaou can assign each song an individual CC value in the Easy Setup.

For this feature, you must also define in the [Basic Settings] next to [Receive as MIDI:] which controller number and which MIDI channel you use for this command.

XDS | XLS | XTMpro Firmware: see chapter 17.1

15 Foot Controller

The big brain of the system is in the XDS | XLS | XTMpro. For the foot controllers, there are only some basic settings. The settings you make in the [Foot Controller] tab are stored in the foot controller. They are not stored in the XDS | XLS | XTMpro. The XTD display is handled by the system like a foot controller.

IMPORTANT => After you have made some changes in the [Foot Controller] settings, you have to click the button [Update Foot Controller] to transfer the new settings to the foot controller / display.

15.1 The Foot Controller List

Foot Controller

On the left side, you can see a list with the "Default Settings" for each model. Below, all connected foot controllers are listed. To search for recently connected foot controllers / displays, click [Refresh List]. Select from this list the device you like to setup.

15.2 Rename the Foot Controller | Display

Rename Foot Controller

You can rename the selected device by clicking the button [Rename Foot Controller]. This makes sense if you have connected several foot controllers. So you can give an individual name to each foot controller to distinguish them better. In order to save the new name in the foot controller, you have to click [Update Foot Controller] after renaming it.

15.3 Operating Modes

Operating Mode

The Operating Mode is the general manner how the foot controller / display works. Depending on the model, different operating modes are available. The detailed functionality of the operating modes is described in the manual of the foot controller / display. Depending on the model and the selected operation mode, not all features mentioned below might be accessible.

There are two fundamentally different types of commands that can be sent by the foot controller:

•Program Change => are used to recall presets of e.g. multi-effect units or a MIDI-capable guitar amplifier.

•Instant Access => on/off switches which directly switch a function at the receiving device, e.g. the switching outputs of the XTMpro or the loops of the XDS | XLS.

15.4 Tuner Switch

The Prostage system can switch on/off the tuner on the Kemper Profiler or the Fractal Axe-FX and show the tuner on the big Prostage Tuner | Text display.

You can enable/disable this function and select a switch which shall be assigned to this function*. If one of the switches 0-9 is defined as tuner, it is no longer available, neither for sending Program Change commands nor as an Instant Access switch.

15.5 Tap Switch

The tap function allows you to set the delay time as well as other song-tempo specific parameters of your effect units in real-time. By rhythmically tapping on the the tap switch, the tap relay of the XDS | XLS | XTMpro will switch like a metronome, and MIDI Control Change commands can be sent (see chapter 14.3 for details). This allows a connected effect unit to learn the song tempo.

You can enable/disable this function and select a switch which shall be assigned to this function*. If one of the switches 0-9 is defined as tap, it is no longer available, neither for sending Program Change commands nor as an Instant Access switch.

The X07 indicates tapping by the switch’s LED. X05 and X10 indicate tapping by the dot on the display.

•Tap Switch “Last Used” (Only operating modes which send Program Change commands) If you define [ Last Used] as tap switch, the tap function is always assigned to the last pressed number switch.

In other words: When you press the number switch for the first time, the program number is sent. Any more presses on the same switch sends the tap command.

•Tap Switch “Enter (arrow down)” (Only X05 & X10 in operating mode "Keyboard Style") Tap switch [ Enter (arrow down)] works as follows: If no new program number is preselected (the display

does not flash), then the tap command is sent each time you press the [q] switch. If a new preset number is preselected (display flashes), the switch sends the program number.

* In the operating mode "Songs | Setlist", the tuner and tap switches are not assigned globally, but individually for each song. See chapter 7.2

15.5 Sidekick (X05 & X10)

You can define one switch as a sidekick. This works the following way: When you press the sidekick switch, the program number will be sent. When you release the switch, the previous program number (the one selected before using the sidekick switch) will be restored. Sidekick works in all banks (e.g. 4 - 14 - 24 ....).

This feature is very handy if you like to play a fill or a short solo. You stay on the switch as long as the fill / solo takes. If you release it, you're playing again with the previously selected sound. You can enable/disable this function and assign a switch to it. Active sidekick is indicated by the dot on the display.

15.6 Highest Switch that Sends Programs | Highest Switch that “On/Off“ (X07)

These settings affect only the X07 in the operating modes [ Programs & Instant Access] or [ Instant Access & Programs] respectively. In this operating mode, the X07 is split. This means the first few switches send program changes and the remaining switches send Instant Access commands, or vice versa. Here, you define the number of switches used to send program changes or Instant Access commands respectively.

15.7 Foot Controller Basic Settings

MIDI Channel

MIDI Channel sets the MIDI-transmit channel for the switching functions. The foot controller will also receive MIDI commands on the same channel. If the check box [ Receive Omni] is selected, the foot controller will receive on all MIDI channels. Otherwise, it will receive on the selected channel only.

Expression Pedal 1 | Expression Pedal 2

For the two expression pedals, an independent MIDI transmit channel can be set for each one. In addition, you have to definie which CC number shall be sent when using the expression pedal. No. 1 is the expression pedal connected to the tip of the Jack connector. No. 2 is the expression pedal connected to the ring. If you connect only one expression pedal with a standard mono-Jack cable, No. 1 prevails.

If you use an expression pedal with a switch to control the Remote WahWah, set [CC No] of expression pedal 1 to “Hi Res”, [CC No] of expression pedal 2 to “74”.

Special Commands:

•"Hi Res" => This is a special format used by Prostage. The resolution is eight times higher than a CC command. We recommend to use "Hi Res" to control the Remote WahWah. Please note that this command is not handled as a Control Change message. To send this command to MIDI Out A or B, [Basic Settings] => [MIDI Thru Filter] => [ Send All Other Data] must be enabled.

•"Tap | SW 7 | SW 8" => SW means "switch". If you have connected a switch to the expression pedal socket, you can use it, for example, as tap or you can use it to add switch 8 to the X07. If you have connected a momentary switch, select “SW x (m)”. If you have connected a latching switch, select “SW x (l)”. The tap function requires a momentary switch.

IMPORTANT => The expression pedals have to be calibrated to work correctly. You will find the information about this in the users manual of the foot controller.

•Error Sup

The potentiometer inside the expression pedal (the electronic component that reads the movement) always “scratches” a little. This depends on the potentiometer’s quality and age. This “scratch” can cause errors. However, the Prostage foot controller can suppress these errors.

Set the [Error Sup] value initially to “2”. If you notice that the expression pedal sends values (e.g. 103, 105, 103, 105, ....) even if you do not move the pedal, choose the next higher value (the pedal must not be in the lower or upper dead stop for this test, but somewhere in the middle). Do not forget to click [Update Foot Controller] after each change. If the expression pedal still sends data without being moved, set the next higher value, and so on. Usually a value of 2-4 should do the job.

You do not need to connect a sequencer to the XDS | XLS | XTMpro in order to determine if the expression pedal sends these error messages or not. You can also check the red LED at the XDS | XLS | XTMpro. If it flickers without having touched anything neither on the foot controller nor the expression pedal, the pedal probably sends these errors.

If you are using Prostage Hi Res data, you can adjust this error suppression from 1 (almost no error suppression) to 8 (strong error suppression). Control Change messages only support even numbers. If the value 8 still does not solve the problem, it is highly recommended to replace the expression pedal or the potentiometer inside it.

IMPORTANT => Higher error suppression values have the consequence that the resolution of the expression pedal movement is reduced.

Preset Numbers

•Lowest [0 1] There are MIDI devices that work with preset numbers 0-127. Others work with 1-128. Thus in some cases, there

will be an offset of 1. You can choose whether your foot controller starts counting at 0 or 1 in order to eliminate this offset. If you like to use 0-127, set [Lowest] to "0". If you prefer to use 1-128, set [Lowest] to "1".

•Highest Number | Number of Banks (X05 & X10 only) If you are not working with „Songs | Setlists“, you can determine how many program numbers the foot controller

should work with. If you choose to work with more than 128 program numbers, a Bank Select command will be sent in advance of each Program Change. (This has nothing to do with the [] [q] buttons. Please do not confuse!)

If you like to use only presets number 0-9 at the X10 foot controller, you can disable the [] [q] switches. Therefore set the value of [Highest Number] to "9". In this case you can use the [q] switch as "Tap" and the [] switch as "Tuner On/Off"

In the operating mode [24 Banks with 5 + 5 presets] (X10), you define the number of used banks instead of the number of presets.

Bank Select

If you use more than 128 presets, you can define the Bank Select command.

•CC No [0 32] You can specify whether the the Bank Select message should use the CC number "0" (default) or CC number

"32" (a few special devices require CC number 32).

•First Bank Sel. No There are some units that do not start counting the banks at zero but require, for example, bank no. 64 to be

the first bank number. You can enter this offset here.

NOTE=> The Prostage [MIDI Mapping] does ignore the Bank Select command.

Special Features

•Allow Program Off (X07 only) With this feature enabled, you can turn off the current preset. To do so, just press the switch where the LED is on.

The LED goes off and the foot controller sends the program number which is defined under [Send Program No]. The number must be higher than 7! For example, you have defined program number "99". On the controlled device you have to store a mute program for preset no. 99. Thus you can mute your gear if you have not selected any preset on your foot controller.

•Jiffy Bank Change (X05 & X10 only) With this feature enabled, the foot controller sends - when switching banks - the new program number as soon

as you release the [] [q] switch. If disabled, you have to press a number switch first after a bank change in order to send a new preset number.

15.8 Display Settings (X05 & X10)

Blink off Time

If you press a bank up/down switch [] [q] on the foot controller, the display shows the new bank and starts blinking. If you do not press a number switch after this, the display will stop blinking after the time set here and will revert to the recently sent program number. If you set the slider to "Never" (all the way to the right end), the display will keep on blinking until you press a number switch and a new program number is sent.

Numbers

•Show Leading “0” You can choose whether the display, for example, shows “001” or just “1”. If you disable this check-box, the foot

controller will use less power. This makes sense if you have several X10 foot controllers connected and/or if you use very long cables.

•Enable Scroll Function If this feature is enabled, not only can you step up and down through banks or songs by pressing the [] [q]

switches, but you can also scroll through banks or songs by pressing and holding the switch.

15.8.1 Display Settings (Tuner & Text Display)

Brightness

Using the fader “Brightness”, you can adjust the brightness of the display. The brighter, the more power the display uses.

Orientation

The display can show the text horizontally or vertically. In general, the display is used “Horizontal”. However, it may e.g. also be set up on edge to a microphone stand. If the orientation is set to “Vertical”, the letters are displayed below each other.

Song/Sound Delay

When you recall a song, and right after recall a preset (sound), then the display shows the song name first, and only after the time set here, the display switches to the preset / sound name.

Numbers

•Show Program # If “Show Program #” is active, the display not only shows the name but also the number of the song or preset.

•Enable Scroll Function If “Enable scroll function” is active, the preset number disappears after the time set in “Song / Sound Delay” and

the name is displayed in full length.

15.9 Remote Control via MIDI Commands

Prostage MIDI foot controllers can be remote controlled using MIDI commands (e.g. using a sequencer).

Sound Recall (only X05 and X10 in operation mode „Songs | Setlist“)

If [ Song select recalls first Sound of Song] is activated, the foot controller automatically recalls the first sound (switch „0“) of a song as soon as the foot controller receives a Song Select command. With this function disabled, the song will just be preselected, but no sound will be recalled.

Switch Buttons

If [ Use CC No:] is enabled, the number buttons can be remotely controlled by CC commands. You can setup here which CC commands (in a row) are used to switch the buttons. For example, the slots of a Kemper amp are recalled using CC 50-54. If you are controlling your Kemper by a sequencer using these CC commands, select here CC number „50“. Like this, the foot controller is listening to the same CC commands like the amp and thus is synchronised with the Kemper.

15.10 Using the Default Settings

In the list on the left, you see the "Default Settings" for each type of foot controller. If you have connected several foot controllers of the same type to your system, you can edit the default settings and copy them to your foot controllers instead of setting up each foot controller separately.

•Select the "Default Settings" for the corresponding foot controller model from the list.•Adjust the settings to your wishes.•Select your first (physical) foot controller from the list.•Click the button [Use Default Settings] to copy the default settings to the selected foot controller.•Click [Update Foot Controller] to send the new settings to the foot controller.•Select the next foot controller and repeat the two last steps.

Foot Controller Firmware: See chapter 17.2

16 Remote WahWah

The Prostage Remote WahWah and the Remote Volume can be edited very easily using the System Manager software. Here we will briefly survey the most important information. The individual parameters are explained in detail in the users manual of the Remote WahWah.

The Remote WahWah / Remote Volume can be controlled using Control Change no. 7 (Volume) or Prostage Hi Res.

IMPORTANT => The Remote WahWah is not automatically synchronized with the System Manager software. The presets are stored in both, the software and the WahWah. Therefore, maybe the System Manager window does not show the settings stored inside the WahWah. To synchronize the WahWah with the System Manager software, the WahWah must be read first:

16.1 How to sync the Remote WahWah with the System Manager

•One of the MIDI Outs of the XDS | XLS | XTMpro has to be connected to the MIDI In of the Remote WahWah.•WahWah MIDI Out | Thru has to be connected to the MIDI In of the XDS | XLS | XTMpro.• In the software, in the [Remote WahWah] tab in the upper left, select which MIDI Out you are using [WahWah

is connected to MIDI Out A B]•Then set [MIDI Out Thru] to "Out“•Now, you can read the WahWah by pressing the button [Read All]. This will read all presets and the global (basic)

settings.

Now, the System Manager window shows all the parameters stored inside the WahWah. The Remote WahWah and the System Manager are now synchronized. You can also edit the WahWah’s parameters without synchronization. In this case, you only need one MIDI cable from XDS | XLS | XTMpro MIDI Out to WahWah MIDI In. However, you have to be aware that the settings on the screen do not necessarily match the settings in the Remote WahWah.

16.2 Store and Recall Presets

Store Presets

You have to save your changes using the [Store Preset] button. Otherwise, they will be lost as soon as you change the preset. You always store what you hear, in other words, the current settings inside the WahWah.

Recall Presets

If you recall a preset by selecting it from the list in the System Manager window, all parameters from the System Manager window will be sent to the WahWah and the current preset in the WahWah will be overwritten temporarily. If you like to store the settings permanently, you have to click [Store Preset] now.

If you recall a preset with a foot controller connected to StageWire or MIDI In of the XDS | XLS | XTMpro, the preset stored inside the WahWah will be recalled, and the settings in the System Manager window are ignored.

17 Firmware Upgrade

The firmware is the operating system; the software inside the XDS | XLS | XTMpro or foot controller respectively. You can upgrade the firmware yourself. New firmware versions bring more functionality to your system.

Important Note for the Firmware Update from Version 1.xx to 2.xx:

When upgrading from firmware version 1.xx to 2.xx, you must be sure to update the foot controller(s) first, and the XTMpro | XDS | XLS only after that. Disconnect the foot controllers while updating the XTMpro | XDS | XLS.

Firmware version 2.00 provides a greatly improved StageWire communication. Therefore, a XTMpro | XDS | XLS with firmware version 2.xx does not recognize a foot controller with firmware 1.xx (and vice versa). Thus, once the firmware version 2.xx runs on the foot controller, this is no longer recognized by a XTMpro | XDS | XLS with version 1.xx. Once the XTMpro | XDS | XLS also has been updated the latest firmware, the units communicate with each other again.

IMPORTANT=> Neither power-off nor disconnect anything during the upgrading process. This could damage the unit permanently.

17.1 How to Upgrade the Firmware of the XDS | XLS | XTMpro

WARNING: Before upgrading the firmware, please read the settings from the XDS | XLS | XTMpro and save them to the local hard disk!

If you own a XTMpro WITHOUT relay option, please contact us before the update: [email protected]

•Make sure that the XDS | XLS | XTMpro is powered on and the USB connection is working properly. • In the System Manager, select the [Basic Settings] tab.•On the right side at the bottom, you see which firmware version is currently installed in the XDS | XLS | XTMpro.

If it says “not available” you have to read the XDS | XLS | XTMpro first: [File] => [Read XDS | XLS | XTMpro].•Check the website www.prostage.eu => Support => Downloads for later firmware versions and download it to

your hard disk. If there is no higher version, your XDS | XLS | XTMpro is already working with the latest version. Thus, do not proceed the next steps.

•Unzip the downloaded .zip file.•Remove all USB devices (except the XDS | XLS | XTMpro) from the computer.•Click the button [Update Firmware] in the System Manager. An open dialog window appears. Open the file

“XTMpro.img” inside the recently unzipped folder. You are now ready to upgrade the firmware.•Confirm that you like to upgrade the firmware. Do NOT perform any other action on the computer during

the upgrade!

If the LEDs are blinking crazily after a firmware upgrade, you have to press the relay-button No.1 three times. This will re-initialize the XDS | XLS | XTMpro.

17.2 How to Upgrade the Firmware of a Foot Controller

•Make sure that the XDS | XLS | XTMpro is powered on and that the USB connection is working properly. •Connect ONLY the foot controller to the XDS | XLS | XTMpro you want to upgrade. Use a short, high quality XLR

cable.•Select the [Foot Controller] tab in the System Manager. •Click [Refresh List]•Select the connected foot controller from the list on the left side.•On the right side at the bottom, you can see which firmware version is currently installed in the foot controller.•Check the Website www.prostage.eu => Support => Downloads for the latest firmware version and download

it to your hard disk. If there is no higher version, your foot controller already uses the latest one. Thus, do not proceed the next steps.

•Unzip the downloaded .zip file. •Remove all USB devices (except the XDS | XLS | XTMpro) from the computer.•Click the button [Update Foot Controller Firmware] in the System Manager. An open dialog window appears.

Select the recently unzipped folder. Inside this folder, open the .img file that has the same name as your foot controller model. For example, if you want to upgrade the firmware of an X07, choose "X07.img". You are now ready to upgrade the firmware. Note: You can only upgrade firmware that matches the type of the connected foot controller.

•Confirm that you want to upgrade the firmware. Do NOT perform any other action on the computer during the upgrade!

If the display (X05 | X10) or the LEDs (X07) are blinking crazily after a firmware upgrade, you have to press the first number switch (X05 | X10 => No. 0; X07 => No. 1) three times. This will initialize the foot controller.



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Manufacturer: Prostage Model: XDS | XLS | XTMpro with X10 | X07 | X05 | X01 Date: January, 2014

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1. Basic Information

MIDI Channels A1 - A16B1 - B16

1-16 Channel 1 is set by default

Note Numbers Yes NoProgram Change Yes YesBank Select Response Yes No Sends any bank number

Uses bank MSB onlyNote-On Velocity No NoNote-Off Velocity No NoChannel Aftertouch No NoPoly (Key) Aftertouch No NoPitch Bend No NoStageWire Instant Acces Switches 1-8 1-8 Prostage unique featureActive Sensing No NoSystem Reset No NoTune Request No NoUniversal System Exclusive No NoManufacturer System Exclusive Yes Yes Manuf. ID: 00 20 75NRPNs No No

2. MIDI Timing and Synchronization

MIDI Clock No NoSong Position Pointer No NoSong Select No NoStart Yes NoContinue Yes NoStop Yes NoMIDI Time Code No NoMIDI Machine Control No NoMIDI Show Control No No

3. Extensions Compatibility

General MIDI compatible No NoDLS compatible No NoStandard MIDI Files No NoXMF Files No NoSP-MIDI compatible No No

19 App endix B | MIDI Implementation Chart

Control Number Information

Control # Function Transmited Recognized Remarks

0 Bank Select (MSB) Yes Yes1 Modulation Wheel (MSB) Yes Yes2 Breath Controller (MSB) Yes Yes3 Undefined Yes Yes4 Foot Pedal (MSB) Yes Yes5 Portamento Time (MSB) Yes Yes6 Data Entry (MSB) Yes Yes7 Volume Yes Yes Remote WahWah8 Balance (MSB) Yes Yes9 Expression-Pedal Yes Yes

10 Pan (MSB) Yes Yes11 Expression Controller (MSB) Yes Yes12 Effect Control 1 (MSB) Yes Yes13 Effect Control 2 (MSB) Yes Yes14 Tap (latching) Yes Yes15 Tap (momentary) Yes Yes16 General Purpose Controller 1 (MSB) Yes Yes17 General Purpose Controller 2 (MSB) Yes Yes18 General Purpose Controller 3 (MSB) Yes Yes19 General Purpose Controller 4 (MSB) Yes Yes20 Undefined Yes Yes21 Undefined Yes Yes22 Undefined Yes Yes23 Undefined Yes Yes24 Undefined Yes Yes25 Undefined Yes Yes26 Undefined Yes Yes27 Undefined Yes Yes28 Undefined Yes Yes29 Undefined Yes Yes30 Undefined Yes Yes31 Undefined Yes Yes32 LSB for CC 00 Yes Yes33 LSB for CC 01 Yes Yes34 LSB for CC 02 Yes Yes35 LSB for CC 03 Yes Yes36 LSB for CC 04 Yes Yes37 LSB for CC 05 Yes Yes38 LSB for CC 06 Yes Yes39 LSB for CC 07 Yes Yes40 LSB for CC 08 Yes Yes41 LSB for CC 09 Yes Yes42 LSB for CC 10 Yes Yes43 LSB for CC 11 Yes Yes44 LSB for CC 12 Yes Yes45 LSB for CC 13 Yes Yes46 LSB for CC 14 Yes Yes47 LSB for CC 15 Yes Yes48 LSB for CC 16 Yes Yes49 LSB for CC 17 Yes Yes50 LSB for CC 18 Yes Yes51 LSB for CC 19 Yes Yes52 LSB for CC 20 Yes Yes53 LSB for CC 21 Yes Yes54 LSB for CC 22 Yes Yes55 LSB for CC 23 Yes Yes56 LSB for CC 24 Yes Yes57 LSB for CC 25 Yes Yes58 LSB for CC 26 Yes Yes59 LSB for CC 27 Yes Yes60 LSB for CC 28 Yes Yes61 LSB for CC 29 Yes Yes62 LSB for CC 30 Yes Yes63 LSB for CC 31 Yes Yes

19.1 Control Change List

Control Number Information

Control # Function Transmited Recognized Remarks

64 Sustain Pedal Yes Yes65 Portamento On/Off Yes Yes66 Sostenuto Yes Yes67 Soft Pedal Yes Yes68 Legato Footswitch Yes Yes69 Hold Pedal 2 Yes Yes70 Sound Controller 1 Yes Yes71 Sound Controller 2 Yes Yes72 Sound Controller 3 Yes Yes Wah: Do Not Change73 Sound Controller 4 Yes Yes Wah: Curve Select74 Sound Controller 5 Yes Yes Wah: Bypass75 Sound Controller 6 Yes Yes Wah: VCA / WahWah Mode76 Sound Controller 7 Yes Yes Wah: Enable WahWah77 Sound Controller 8 Yes Yes Wah: Enable Contour Boost78 Sound Controller 9 Yes Yes Wah: Enable Auto Wah79 Sound Controller 10 Yes Yes80 General Purpose Controller 5 Yes Yes81 General Purpose Controller 6 Yes Yes82 General Purpose Controller 7 Yes Yes83 General Purpose Controller 8 Yes Yes84 Portamento Control Yes Yes85 Undefined Yes Yes86 Undefined Yes Yes87 Undefined Yes Yes88 Undefined Yes Yes89 Undefined Yes Yes Wah: Lowest VCA Value90 Undefined Yes Yes Wah: Input Gain91 Effects 1 Depth Yes Yes Wah: Q Factor92 Effects 2 Depth Yes Yes Wah: Coil Rating93 Effects 3 Depth Yes Yes Wah: Frequency94 Effects 4 Depth Yes Yes Wah: Contour Boost Frequency95 Effects 5 Depth Yes Yes Wah: Output Gain96 Data Increment Yes Yes97 Data Decrement Yes Yes98 Non-Registered Parameter Number (LSB) Yes Yes99 Non-Registered Parameter Number (MSB) Yes Yes

100 Registered Parameter Number (LSB) Yes Yes101 Registered Parameter Number (MSB) Yes Yes102 Undefined Yes Yes103 Undefined Yes Yes104 Undefined Yes Yes105 Undefined Yes Yes106 Undefined Yes Yes107 Undefined Yes Yes108 Undefined Yes Yes109 Undefined Yes Yes110 Undefined Yes Yes111 Undefined Yes Yes112 Undefined Yes Yes113 Undefined Yes Yes114 Undefined Yes Yes115 Undefined Yes Yes116 Undefined Yes Yes117 Undefined Yes Yes118 Undefined Yes Yes119 Undefined Yes Yes120 All Sound Off No No121 Reset All Controllers No No122 Local Control On/Off No No123 All Notes Off No No124 Omni Mode Off No No125 Omni Mode On No No126 Poly Mode Off No No127 Poly Mode On No No

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