Features

My general design philopsophy is

"Let's keep things simple"

During development of the different modes of operation a lot of care has been taken to make the handling as intuitive and user friendly as possible - you will quickly learn how to navigate your MISWINO midi switch!

MISWINO is the most advanced Midi Switch out in the market place - from a feature perspective as well as from usability point of view.

8 Switches, Channel Buttons & Status LEDs

The MISWINO Midi Switch has eight independent switches (channel 1-8) that can be controlled by corresponding channel buttons. The related channel status LED reflects if the switch is turned on or off.

Status LED - Midi Activity

Midi Activity = Red Pulses

The status LED by default is blue which means the first bank is selected and the power is turned on.

A very helpful feature to debug MIDI connection problems - like broken cables - is to be able to detect any MIDI activity received on the MIDI input.

As soon as a MIDI signal is received the status led turns red..

In this case you know that the connection to your MIDI equipment is working fine.

Midi Out/Thru

All midi messages received on the Midi Input of the MISWINO are repeated on the Midi Out (Midi Out/Thru would be a better labeling). If you have a Midi Effect Processor you could connect it to the Midi Out/Thru - the chain will be Midi Foot Controller => MISWINO => Midi Effect Processor.

If eight switches are not sufficient you could cascade multiple MISWINOs - the chain will be Midi Foot Controller => MISWINO => MISWINO => Midi Effect Processor.

The Midi Out/Thru is Phantom-powered on pin 1 and 3 of the midi connector - This means that devices connected to the Midi In of the MISWINO can be powered just by the midi cable and do not require a separate power supply. Consider the case of a Midi Foot Controller - if this device is able to receive power via the midi pins 1 and 3 all you need to do is power your MISWINO with a Power Supply and hook up the midi cable to the Midi In of the MISWINO and the Midi Out of your Midi Foot Controller. Please make sure that the Power Supply delivers sufficient current to power both, the MISINWO (~150mA) and the Midi Foot Controller. If your Midi Foot Controller does not support phantom power via the midi connector you can also create an adapter.

Causion: Some manufacturers use pin 1 and 3 for an additional midi channel - in this case you need to create an adapter!

Power

Right next to the midi out is the power connector (5.5mm/2.1mm barrel connector). You can connect literally any power supply that provides 8-28 V, AC or DC - very flexible!

Storing Switch Configurations

Storing switch settings is very easy - just set the switche state with the yellow channel buttons and press the mode button twice. You wonder under which midi program number the switch settings will be stored? Simply the last sent midi program number. Note that the last midi program number is remembered even if you turn off power.

If you unintended pressed the mode button once (mode LED is blinking in green) and don't want to store the actual settings, just hit any channel button to abort.

Note that you can manually (without sending a midi program change) increment/decrement or reset the midi program number:

decrement the midi program number by long pressing Channel Button 1
increment the midi program number by long pressing Channel Button 2
- set the default midi program number 1 by long pressing Channel Button 1 and 2

Backup your settings

You can dump the configuration settings of your MISWINO Midi Switch to a computer (e.g. using a USB to Midi cable) or to another MISWINO Midi Switch.

This makes it very convenient to keep a backup copy of your golden settings. In case of redundancy you can make an exact copy of your MISWINO Midi Switch and you are prepared if worse comes to worse.

To send or receive configuration settings hold the Control Button down while powering the MISWINO Midi Switch until the Status LED starts flashing in red. You are now in Send Receive State.

Receiving configuration settings:

Connect your computer via a USB to Midi Cable to the Midi Input of your MISWINO Midi Switch and start sending a previously stored Midi SysEx Dump (MidiOx is a very helpful tool in this context).

In case you have two MISWINO Midi Switches, connect the sending MISWINO to the Midi Out and the receiving MISWINO to the Midi In plug using a standard midi cable. Both MISWINOs need to be in Send Receive State as described before. At the sending MISWINO short press Channel Button 1 - this will start the transfer of all settings to the receiving MISWINO - both Status LEDs should turn green during the transfer. After the transfer completed both MISWINOs will return into regular Midi Switch Mode operation.

Sending configuration settings:

In order to receive the configuration of your MISWINO, you need a program on your computer that is able to capture so called Midi SysEx dumps (A very powerful program is MidiOx that can do all kind of midi related stuff).

Connect your computer via a USB to Midi Cable to the Midi Output of your MISWINO.

Start the program on your compute and put it into Midi SysEx Listening Mode (For MidiOx start from the menu under View => SysEx. In the dialog that pops up select "sysex => Receive Manual Dump)

MISWINO needs to be in Send Receive State. Short press Channel Button 1 to start the transfer of all all switch and configuration settings to your computer. After the transfer has been completed MISWINO will go back into the regular Midi Switch Mode operation.

Remember Last Settings

All settings will be stored in non-volatile memory - that means that settings are not lost when power is switched off.

Last Midi Program Number, Midi Bank, State of the Switches are always stored on a change - so even when worse comes to worst e.g. on a temporary power outage - as soon as power is back on, the previous settings will be applied and you can continue with your show.

Factory Reset

To reset all your settings to the factory defaults you have to hold the Control Button down while powering the MISWINO Midi Switch until the Status LED starts flashing in red. You are now in Send Receive State. Long pressing the Control Button will apply the factory settings - please note that all your stored switch combinations and switch configurations will be reset.

Bank Selection

The MISWINO Midi Switch has four banks. Each bank can store 128 combinations of switch settings.

If you use different amp or effect setups it is a convenient way to use a banks per setup to keep the switch settings organized.

The bank can be changed manually by Channel Buttons 3 and 4.

decrement the bank number by long pressing Channel Button 3
increment the bank number by long pressing Channel Button 4
- set the default bank 1 by long pressing Channel Button 3 and 4

Omni Mode

Midi equipment listens to a defined midi channel (1-16) for midi messages. If a midi message is send on a matching midi channel as configured in the midi equipment, a certain action is triggered. MISWINO Midi Switch also supports a mode called "Omni Mode" which means an action is triggered independent of the midi channel. In this mode you can send e.g. a program change message on any midi channel and MISWINO Midi Switch will execute the defined action.

Continous Controller

MISWINO Midi Switch supports Continous Controller, which is a special midi transmission mode. Usually a midi message consists of a status byte followed by one or two data bytes. The status byte describes WHAT data will be submitted next, and then the actual DATA is send.

The default midi transmission mode is that the sequence <STATUS> <DATA> or STATUS> <DATA> <DATA> is repeated all the time.

In order to speed up transmission there is another midi transmission mode called Continous Controller that sends the first <STATUS> byte followed by a stream of <DATA> <DATA> <DATA> <DATA> ...

MISWINO Midi Switch supports both midi transmission modes so can be combined with any midi equipment.

For detailed instructions on how to setup your MISWINO Midi Switch see the MISWINO Setup Page.

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