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Chapter 15 Vintage B3 401
Change the default MIDI channels
Changing MIDI channels can be useful when you perform live and require quick access to
another sound module.
1 Click Main in the control bar, then click the Split button at the lower right.
2 Set the switch to the left of the keyboard in the central display to Multi.
3 Change the channel numbers for the upper, lower, and pedal manuals.
Set keyboard zones
1 Click Main in the control bar, then click the Split button at the lower right.
2 Set the switch to the left of the keyboard in the central display to Split.
3 Horizontally drag the split icons to create the pedal/lower zone and the lower/upper zone.
If you select the same value for both split points, the lower manual is turned o. If the lower/
pedal split is moved above the upper/lower split, the other split point is moved (and vice versa).
Transpose keyboard zones by octaves
You can make transpositions that are independent of the global Tune parameter or transposition
features of the host application. These have no impact on the preset keys which is particularly
important when you want to use preset switching (see Use Vintage B3 preset keys) when split
keyboard mode is active.
1 Click Main in the control bar, then click the Split button at the lower right.
2 Set the switch to the left of the keyboard in the central display to Split.
3 Choose an octave value (+/– 2 octaves) from the Pedal Transpose, Lower Transpose, or Upper
Transpose pop-up menu.
Use a single-channel controller
If you don’t have a master keyboard that allows multichannel transmission, you can use a MIDI
keyboard that is capable of transmitting on only one MIDI channel. You can use Vintage B3 Split
parameters to split the keyboard in order to play upper, lower, and pedal sounds in dierent
keyboard zones. Each keyboard zone can be transposed independently.
There are three keyboard modes: single, split, and multi.
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Single: Uses the entire keyboard. You can only play the upper sound.
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Split: Divides the keyboard into two. You can play the upper and lower sounds in dierent
keyboard zones.
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Multi: Divides the keyboard into three. You can play the upper, lower, and pedalboard sounds
in dierent keyboard zones.
Technically, Vintage B3 remaps the incoming single-channel MIDI data into two or three MIDI
channels when either split or multi keyboard mode is active.
Set the keyboard mode
1 Click Main in the control bar, then click the Split button at the lower right.
2 Set the switch to the left of the keyboard in the central display to Single, Split, or Multi.