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Welcome

Thank you for purchasing a Hot Hand USB Wireless MIDI Controller. Hot Hand USB is the

latest innovation in music motion control from Source Audio. Hot Hand USB consists of a

small wireless 3-axis motion and tilt-sensing Ring and a USB Receiver. The Receiver

installs without drivers and appears as a MIDI device to your Windows or Mac PC. The

MIDI output from the Receiver can be assigned to control an infinite number of

parameters in your DAW (digital audio workstation) or live performance audio software

to help you bring dynamic motion control to your music.

Demo Projects

As a starting point, we have created sample projects and songs for a variety of software

packages using Hot Hand to control various parameters. The project files can be

downloaded from the Hot Hand USB product page:

http://www.sourceaudio.net/products/hothand/hothand_usb.php

User’s Guide

Getting Started

CHARGE.

SA116

Charging

To get started using Hot Hand, first you need to charge your

Hot Hand Ring. The Ring can be charged by connecting the

included AC adapter power supply to the charging jack on

the back of the Ring. The Ring features a fast-charging and

high performance Li-ion battery. When the charger is

connected, the blue LED on the Ring will blink quickly.

When the charge is complete, the LED will turn off.

Charging time is around 1.5 hours. On a full charge, the

Ring can be used for around 6 hours.

Charging Port

Status LED

CUSTOMIZE.

CONNECT.

CONTROL.

Summary of content (9 pages)

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SA116 User’s Guide CHARGE. CONNECT. CONTROL. CUSTOMIZE. Welcome Thank you for purchasing a Hot Hand USB Wireless MIDI Controller. Hot Hand USB is the latest innovation in music motion control from Source Audio. Hot Hand USB consists of a small wireless 3-axis motion and tilt-sensing Ring and a USB Receiver. The Receiver installs without drivers and appears as a MIDI device to your Windows or Mac PC.
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Connections and Wireless Linking Connect the Hot Hand USB Receiver to any open USB port on your Windows or Mac PC. Drivers will install automatically. The Hot Hand USB uses built-in drivers on your computer for MIDI and requires no custom driver installation. Once the Receiver is installed on your computer, the blue status LED on the Receiver will begin to blink slowly. A slow blink means that the Receiver is ready to pair with a Ring.
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To understand the basics of Hot Hand motion control, it’s helpful to know how to move or position the Ring to get the most reliable signal output.
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Controlling continued… The motion data from the Ring is sent to the Receiver where it is processed and converted into MIDI signals. MIDI is a very common means of sending control information from audio hardware to audio software or vice versa. MIDI is even used for a number of non-music purposes since it is very simple to use and implement. Most Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) software, soft synths, or virtual instruments will allow users to assign MIDI controls to a variety of parameters.
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When you first start the software editor it will connect automatically to the USB Receiver and load a 3-axis basic preset that matches the default configuration which was preloaded on the USB Receiver. You can use the application to edit, save, load, and burn presets to the USB Receiver. Once a preset is burned, it will be automatically loaded when the USB Receiver is connected to the computer without having to open the software editor.
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The MIDI modules take the output from the processor modules and converts it into a MIDI message. The MIDI modules can also be used to edit MIDI parameters, limit values or set up trigger events based on the input signal. Solo Output Output ON/OFF The basic controls of the MIDI modules are: • Input selects which processor block output will be used as the input to the MIDI module. Any of the six processor modules can be used.
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Additional Software Features Toolbar Controls: Reload – refreshes the current settings from the Editor to the USB Receiver. This function will NOT burn settings to the flash memory. Monitor ON/OFF – Enables or disables the monitor graph for each module. The graphical updates require a small amount of CPU cycles so you might want to turn them off in some cases. Collapse – shrinks all open modules down to their minimum size. The monitor graphs are still visible.
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Advanced Features - MIDI Control In addition to creating MIDI output, the Hot Hand USB Receiver can also receive MIDI messages from the computer. These incoming MIDI messages can be used to automate settings for a performance by enabling or disabling any of the 10 MIDI output modules or by recalling an entirely different preset from the onboard flash memory.
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Specifications Radio Frequency: 2.