The Clock interface

The first MIDI IN interface, “Clock”, sends the MIDI Clock as well Start and Stop messages.

Use it with software or hardware that can follow MIDI Clock, for example it can be a way to get your DAW to follow the Nome.

Do not use this if you are using U-SYNC.

The DAW Control

The second MIDI IN interface, “DAW Control”, is used to send special MIDI messages which you can map on your DAW to do specific actions. This is used together with U-SYNC to control the DAW (only available on certain DAWs - see the U-SYNC documentation)

The module interface

This will be used in the future, for when you connect a physical add-on module to your Nome. For example a MIDI IN module could forward data from its MIDI IN jacks to these interfaces.

MIDI Forwarding interfaces Out 1&2

Send MIDI data to “MIDI Out 1“ or “MIDI Out 2”, and that data will be forwarded to the corresponding DIN-MIDI port on the back of the device.

The MIDI data is merged with the MIDI generated by the Nome so that:

• The clock has the highest priority and is 100% unaffected by other data

• Start & Stop messages also have high priority and will be sent on time

MIDI System Common messages and MIDI System Realtime messages (which all start with 0xFn) are not forwarded, except Song Select message (0xF3).

All other MIDI messages, including Note On/Off, Aftertouch, CC, PC, Channel Pressure, and Pitch Bend are all forwarded.

System Exclusive (SysEx) messages are forwarded, but limited to 500 bytes. They have lower priority than realtime messages and could be interrupted and resent later if a higher priority message needs to be sent (for example Start).

MIDI Commands

You can send MIDI messages to the USB-MIDI “Commands” interface in order to control or change settings on your Nome.

Important: where a MIDI channel applies, use Channel 12, no other channel will work.

⁽¹⁾ Send CC 85 first, then CC 86. Examples:

• CC 85 value 1 followed by CC 86 value 42, sets the tempo to 170.

• Later, sending only CC 86 value 117 (and no CC 85) sets the tempo to 245 (=128+117).

⁽²⁾ CC 110 changes only the decimal part of the BPM; for example, if currently at 134.53, CC 110 value 27 sets the tempo to 134.27.
Note: CC 86, 87, 88, and 89 all reset the decimals to zero (i.e. set to x.00).

⁽³⁾ For example, CC 90 value 6 followed by CC 90 value 103 sets a time signature of 6/8.

⁽⁴⁾ CC 104 and 105 correspond to the and settings:

• 0 =

• 1-8 = “X ppqn”, from to

• 9-11 = , , and , respectively

• 12-109 = “X beats”, from to

See the list of basic settings for more details.

⁽⁵⁾ MIDI CC 106 and Program Change wait if the Play button is lit or the device is in Locked Mode, as when applying a preset on the device or with a pedal. CC 107 bypasses this and applies the preset right away.

On devices/software, CC values usually start from 0, while Program Change and Song Select start from 1. Whichever message you use, the number shown on your device should match the preset number.

⁽⁶⁾ Port X is the MIDI output port selected by the setting (both or output 1 only).

⁽⁷⁾ This is independent of the rES setting. But no resets or count-in are possible when syncing to an external clock (24P mode or U-SYNC, for example).

⁽⁸⁾ Start/stop commands act regardless of the current playing state and device configuration, including the and the settings. This means MIDI Stop can stop a sequencer started manually, and MIDI Continue can send a resync (the equivalent of holding down the Play button).

To avoid conflicts with DAW transport messages, MIDI Start/Continue/Stop are disabled when the device is both connected to a U-SYNC plugin and using auto-play. MIDI CC commands, including CC 103, are always enabled.