Uploaded October 2017 | Updated September 2026, 20 hours ago

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here's how to setup ortho remote as a BLE-MIDI device.
online guide: https://teenage.engineering/guides/or-1#ble-midi
order here: https://teenage.engineering/store/ortho-remote/

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further configuration: 
- compose sysex message in hex editor (e.g. hexfiend.com/) 
- save as .syx 
- send to remote over BLE MIDI (e.g. snoize.com/sysexlibrarian/) 

sysex spec: 
strt | TE or1 | cmd addr values | end 
-----|--------------|------------------|---- 
F0 | 00 20 76 02 | xx xx xx ... | F7 

cmd 
00 write 
01 read 

addr setting default 
00 midi channel 0 
01 midi cc 1 
02 midi cc abs (0 or 1) 1 
03 midi note 60 
04 midi velocity 100 

values 
write list of values for consecutive addresses after addr 
read number of consecutive addresses to read after addr (0 = read all) 
- response msg can be used to write those values back 

examples 
F0 00 20 76 02 00 01 0e F7 set send cc 14 
F0 00 20 76 02 01 00 00 F7 read all 


sysex identity response 

strt | TE or1 | ver color reserved | end 
---------------|----------------|----------------------|---- 
F0 7E xx 06 02 | 00 20 76 02 00 | xx xx xx xx | F7 

colors 
blue 0 
green 1 
orange 2 
red 3 
black 4 
grey 5 
yellow 6 
white 7