tc electronic NDR-1 Nova Drive MIDI Protocol.md

tc electronic NDR-1 Nova Drive

MIDI & System Exclusive (SysEx) Protocol

2024-04-04 Raphaël Doursenaud rdoursenaud@gmail.com

Sent

A 27 bytes SysEx message is automatically sent every 3.5 seconds.

Typical message captured:

F0 00 20 1F 00 55 56 01 01 06 00 00 01 4C 4B 71 46 50 50 7F 4B 00 33 36 32 00 F7

Bytes

1. F0 Start of SysEx
2. 00 Manufacturer ID (3-byte manufacturer ID, byte 1)
3. 20 3-byte manufacturer ID, byte 2 (European Manufacturer)
4. 1F 3-byte manufacturer ID, byte 3 (TC Electronics)
5. 00 Device ID
6. 55 constant (unidentified) - Probably model ID (According to M-ONE/D-TWO/C-THREE MIDI specification)
7. 56 constant (unidentified) - Probably message type (According to M-ONE/D-TWO/C-THREE MIDI specification)
8. 01 constant (unidentified)
9. 01 constant (unidentified)
10. preset (00: --, 01-12: 1-18 in normal and toggle mode or [A-I][1-2] in bank mode)
11. overdrive (00: off, 01: on)
12. distortion (00: off, 01: on)
13. routing (00: serial od->dist, 01: serial dist->od, 02: parallel)
14. distortion (00-7F)
15. bass (00-7F)
16. treble (00-7F)
17. mix (00-7F)
18. dist level (00-7F)
19. od level (00-7F)
20. tone (00-7F)
21. overdrive (00-7F)
22. switch mode (00: normal, 01: toggle, 02: bank)
23. 33 constant (unidentified)
24. 36 constant (unidentified)
25. 32 constant (unidentified)
26. 00 constant (unidentified)
27. F7 End of SysEx

Received

With a tc electronic G-System as source.

All messages on Channel 2.

• Preset: Program Change (00-11: 1-18)
• OD On/Off: Control Change 21 (00-63 [00]: Off, 64-7F [7F]: On)
• DS On/Off: Control Change 22 (00-63 [00]: Off, 64-7F [7F]: On)
• Routing: Control Change 51 (00-2A [00]: OD->DS, 2B-54 [32]: DS->OD, 55-7F [64]: OD|DS)
• ODGain: Control Change 23 (00-7F)
• ODLvl: Control Change 24 (00-7F)
• ODTone: Control Change 25 (00-7F)
• ODMix: Control Change 26 (00-7F)
• ODGain: Control Change 27 (00-7F)
• DSLvl: Control Change 28 (00-7F)
• DSBass: Control Change 29 (00-7F)
• DSTreb: Control Change 30 (00-7F)