3. Flexiports Introduction

welcome back to another Bridge six a

bridge 4 MIDI controller tutorial the

bridge 6 and Bridge 4 midi controllers

have some great features today we're

going to talk about our flexi ports on

the back here you can see we have two

TRS Jacks which are labeled as flexi one

and flexi 2 and that's the same on the

bridge four you can see flexi one and

flex

MIDI Out Modes

flexi ports have a number of modes

they're very versatile you can have four

different types of TRS midi out type A

type B tip active and ring active that

covers all of the standard midi

implementations of TRS that you'll find

on pedals like Chase Bliss Alexander

Maris and others next we have our own

Device Link Mode

special device link and that allows you

to connect two or more Bridge

controllers via the flexi ports with a

TRS cable device link has a number of

great features which make it easy to

connect two or more Bridge controllers

and make it manageable

first is the synchronization settings so

you can synchronize the bank changes so

that you change Bank on one device and

it changes Bank automatically on the

other devices connected and then you

have the bank name synchronization which

will actually copy the bank name of the

master device over the bank name of the

satellite devices after the

synchronization settings there's also

settings which combine the switch groups

to interact across the device link

Network and the midi transmission

settings which allow midi to pass

through devices one to the other really

quickly including midi through settings

and sending messages from one device out

the outputs of another Bridge device

Expression Modes

next we have the expression pedal inputs

the flexi ports can by default take one

TRS expression pedal per flexi port or

using our expression doubler device you

can plug two expression pedals into one

flexi Port making up to four expression

pedal inputs possible on each Bridge

controller next there's the auxiliary

Aux Switch Mode

switch in mode which allows you to plug

in a triple auxiliary switch into each

flexi Port giving you up to six extra

external switches a triple external

switch will need to be a TRS switch each

of the switches on an auxiliary switch

can have a message assigned to a toggle

off stack a toggle off stack press and

hold so you can have up to four messages

on each of your auxiliary switches

including smart messages so that's 24

different messages including smart

messages per bank for your auxiliary

switches but then there's also the

global auxiliary switch messages so then

you can assign another four of messages

to each switch at a global level next we

Switch Out Mode

have switch out mode which can be used

to send 3.3 volt analog switching

signals to devices like a boss Giga

delay dd20 which has a tab Tempo input

for an external switch but if you plug a

TRS cable from the flexi Port into the

boss Giga delay you can use your bridge

to automatically control the tap tempo

as well another form of that is our MS

MS Relay Mode

relay mode now this controls the

Morningstar omniport relay interface

which is by default only really able to

be used with Morningstar controllers

however we have designed a flexi Port

mode which will send the correct control

signals to the Morningstar relay

interface so that you can use that with

Tap Tempo Out Mode

your Bridge controller and last but not

least midi clock there are two different

midi clock output modes that aren't

sending midi messages but are linked to

the midi clocks on board the bridge 4 or

the bridge 6. they are tap Tempo out and

pulse clock out tap Tempo out mode sends

that analog 3.3 volt switching signal

in the tempo of the onboard midi clock

that you've chosen clock a or clock B

and then also the pulse clock mode sends

Pulse Clock Mode

a square wave pulse which is able to

control the midi clock on devices like

the teenage engineering pocket operator

series or the Korg volca series of

mini synths that covers all of the flexi

Choosing Flexiport Modes

Port modes in their basic function so

now let's see how to set them on the

device we'll do it on the bridge six

this time we enter the menu

go to Global

flexi ports

and then we want to set the motor flexi

Port 1 or flexi Port 2. let's choose

Flex support one as you can see there's

no mode set by default so let's choose a

mode there's the four midi out modes the

device link mode expression doubler

expression

auxiliary switch switch out Ms relay tap

Tempo and pulse clock let's choose midi

MIDI Out & Expression Example

out type A that's the standard midi TRS

type for the midi organization now let's

choose flexi Port 2 and for this one

we'll plug in an expression pedal which

I have over here

to exit the menu and you'll see here in

the extended UI we have an icon showing

that we're using midi out type a mode

for flexi Port 1 and on flexi Port 2 we

have a bar graph which shows the

expression pedal movement which is

really great for knowing that your pedal

is actually working and then if you're

having trouble with it you can

troubleshoot whether it's the pedal or

the midi messages that aren't maybe

configured correctly let's look at some

Expression Doubler & Aux Switch Example

Switch Out & Relay Example

I've set this to switch out mode which

is the analog switch and simulation of

3.3 volts and here on flexi Port 2 I've

set the Morningstar relay mode which has

the same icon which shows the tip and

ring of a TRS connector and will fill in

the tip or the ring based on what

settings you've set for each switch

action or message so that you know that

the messages are set up correctly and

MIDI & Pulse Clocks Example

now to the clock for flexi Port 1 mode

here we have the tap Tempo out and for

flexi Port 2 mode here we have the pulse

clock out these icons will be updated in

the future to be a little bit more

helpful and that's all we have for the

flexi Port modes we will have future

videos expanding on how to practically

use each of those modes but for now

hopefully that gives you an overview of

how to use them and maybe even some

creative ideas see you next time

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3. Flexiports Introduction

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Basic Introduction

0. Unboxing

1. Basic Navigation

2. Interface Settings

Overview of Features

3. Flexiports Introduction

4. Expression Pedals

5. Switch Modes

6. Sequential Mode

7. Scrolling Mode

8. MIDI Settings

9. Switch Groups

10. Factory Reset & Checking Firmware

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