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Mesa/Boogie TC50 User Manual

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MIDI CHANNEL
A rear-panel rotary DIP switch is used to select which Midi Channel the amp will receive Midi messages on.
Changing the Midi Channel will briefly illuminate the STORE LED as a confirmation that a change has been made.
USER PRESET
The amp can receive Midi messages from any Midi Footcontroller. By saving different presets, or “patches” for
different Midi Program Change Numbers, you can automatically recall a saved preset by sending the correct Midi Program Change
Number from your Midi Footcontroller. You can assign which channel and other functions are on or off, for each and every preset. The
amp allows saving up to 256 presets, using Midi Program Change Numbers 1 through 128, in two banks.
Bank 1 is the power-on default, and Midi Program Change Numbers will recall presets in this bank.
Bank 2 is accessible using the Midi Bank Select Message, which is Midi Control Change Number CC#0.
Sending the amp Midi Control Change Number CC#0 with a Control Value of 0 from your Midi Footcontroller, will select Bank 1.
Sending the amp Midi Control Change Number CC#0 with a Control Value of 1 (or greater) from your Midi Footcontroller, will
select Bank 2.
Bank selection on the amp is semi-permanent, meaning any subsequent Midi Program Change Numbers received, will recall
a preset in the selected bank. For example; after selecting Bank 2, all subsequent Midi Program Change Numbers will recall
presets (129 through 256, which are) in Bank 2. After selecting Bank 1, all subsequent Midi Program Change Numbers will recall
presets (1 thru 128, which are) in Bank 1.
To save a preset for a Midi Program Change Number;
Select the Midi Program Change Number on your Midi Footcontroller.
Manually select the TRIPLE CROWN Channel and other functions you would like on or off in the preset, using the amp’s toggle
switches.
Engage the STORE SWITCH, and the STORE LED will illuminate briefly as an indication that the preset has been saved.
PRE-STORE “Reset” Required: Continuing with the Mesa/Boogie tradition of robust toggle switches to select the amp’s channel, and
on/off functions, instead of the ever so common momentary push-button switch, requires sophisticated software algorithms that allow
Midi to control the amp at the same time. The mix of these control methods requires that toggle switches be double-actuated before
it will have an effect (be allowed to be STORED). For example; if the amp’s Channel Select toggle switch has CLEAN selected, but
LO is active (ON) as a result of a Midi preset or command, and you would like to change the channel to CLEAN, the amp’s channel
toggle switch will need to be moved to the LO position, then back to the CLEAN position, in order to activate it. All Features must also
be reset in this manner before the STORE toggle will commit (write) them to a Midi Program Number.
MIDI CHANNEL SELECTION
Rotary DIP
Switch Position
Selected
MIDI Channel
Rotary DIP
Switch Position
Selected
MIDI Channel
0 1 8 9
1 2 9 10
2 3 A 11
3 4 B 12
4 5 C 13
5 6 D 14
6 7 E 15
7 8 F 16
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Mesa/Boogie TC50 Specifications

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BrandMesa/Boogie
ModelTC50
CategoryAmplifier
LanguageEnglish

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