EssenceFM MIDI implementation

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In green, messages that have hard-coded behaviors in the synth

Message type	As matrix source	Can be filtered out	Description	Comment
Note ON			Triggers a note	Matrix: note number, velocity, note count
Note OFF			Stops a note	Matrix: release velocity
Program change			Selects a Voice or a Patch from the current bank. (see CC 32 for bank selection)
Pitch bend			Changes the pitch of the sound	Range controlled by RPN 0 (can be disabled if set to zero)
Aftertouch
Polyphonic aftertouch
Meta event			Ignored
Sysex MIDI Reset			GM, GS or XG-type reset
DX7 1-voice dump			Converts DX7 voice parameters to EssenceFM	You need to be on the voice edition page to decode this SysEx. Rough import.
Realtime event 0xF0			Begin SysEx receive (max. 512 bytes)
Realtime event 0xF7			End SysEx receive
Beat Clock (Realtime event 0xF8)			Used to sync Voice Sequencer and LFO to MIDI clock
MIDI Reset (Realtime event 0xFF)			Cut all notes and reset controllers
CC 0			Bank Select MSB	Unused, use only CC 32
CC 1			Modulation	No default behavior. Generally this CC controls a vibrato effect (pitch, loudness, brighness), but it's up to you to setup a behavior using the Modulation Matrix
CC 2-4			No default behavior
CC 5			Portamento Time	Controls portamento rate to slide between 2 notes played subsequently (mono mode only)
CC 6			Data Entry Most Significant Bit(MSB) RPN 0: Pitch Bend Range RPN 1: MIDI channel transpose	Controls Value for NRPN or RPN parameters.
CC 7			Volume	Controls the channel's volume
CC 8			Balance	In the EssenceFM, it's the same as CC10 Pan
CC 9
CC 10			Pan	Controls the panning. 0 = hard left, 64 = center, 127 = hard right
CC 11			Expression	Expression is a percentage of volume (CC7).
CC 12 – 31			No default behavior
CC 32			Bank select LSB	Allows user to switch bank for patch/voice selection. Program change is used with Bank Select. Range is from 0 (bank A) to 25 (bank Z).
CC 47-48			FX1 & FX2 type	Selects the effect type for each effect processor.
CC 51-55			FX1 parameters control	Controls the parameters of the first effect processor, parameters 1 to 5 (number of parameters depends on the effect)
CC 56-60			FX2 parameters control	Controls the parameters of the second effect processor, parameters 1 to 5 (number of parameters depends on the effect)
CC 61			FX1 output level
CC 62			FX2 output level
CC 64			Sustain Pedal	On/Off switch that controls sustain. 0 to 63 = Off, 64 to 127 = On
CC 65				No default behavior
CC 66			Sostenuto pedal	On/Off switch that controls sostenuto. Sostenuto only sustains notes that where held before pressing the pedal.
CC 67 – 89				No default behavior
CC 90			Dry level	Amount of dry sound sent to the output, bypassing the effects
CC 91			FX1 send level	Amount of sound of the part sent into the first effect processor
CC 92			Effect routing mode	Controls the way the two effects processor are connected. 0: parallel, 1: chained, 2: chained hybrid. A value greater than 2 simply wraps around.
CC 93			FX2 send level	Amount of sound of the part sent into the second effect processor
CC 94-95				No default behavior
CC 96			(+1) Data Increment	Same as pressing the INC key (increments value of the focused element)
CC 97			(-1) Data Decrement	Same as pressing the DEC key (decrements value of the focused element)
CC 98			Non-Registered Parameter Number LSB (NRPN)	For controllers 6, 38, 96, and 97, it selects the NRPN parameter.
CC 99			Non-Registered Parameter Number MSB (NRPN)	For controllers 6, 38, 96, and 97, it selects the NRPN parameter.
CC 100			Registered Parameter Number LSB (RPN)	For controllers 6, 38, 96, and 97, it selects the RPN parameter.
CC 101			Registered Parameter Number MSB (RPN)	For controllers 6, 38, 96, and 97, it selects the RPN parameter.
CC 102 – 119
CC 120			All Sound Off	Stops all sound. Notes releases are cut.
CC 121			Reset All Controllers	It will reset all controllers to their default.
CC 122				No default behavior
CC 123			All Notes Off	Sends notes off on all channels.
CC 124-125				No default behavior
CC 126			Mono Mode	Sets the channel mode to Monophonic.
CC 127			Poly Mode	Sets the channel mode to Polyphonic.

Additional MIDI filters: per channel

MIDI global transpose: -60/+60 semitones

MIDI velocity scaling: 6 curves (Linear, Exp1, Exp2, Log1, Log2, Fixed) with offset and scaling parameters

MIDI global channel configuration: 1-16 / Omni / Omni+MPE