User Manual

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Program Mode
The LAYER Page
Low Key (LoKey)
Thissetsthelowestactivenoteforthecurrentlayer.Thisparametersvaluecannotbesethigher
thanthevalueforHiKey.ThestandardMIDIkeyrangeisC1—G9(0127).MiddleCisC4.
High Key (HiKey)
Hereyousetthehighestactivenoteforthecurrentlayer.Thisparametersvaluecannotbeset
lowerthanthevalueforLoK ey.
Low Velocity (LoVel)
Withthisparameteryoudefinethelowestattackvelocityatwhichthelayerwillbeenabled
(generateasound).Thevaluesforthisparameterandthenextareexpressedinthestandard
musicaldynamicsmarkings,similartothevaluesavailableforthevelocitymaps.Attack
velocitiesthatarebelowthisthreshold
willnottriggernotes.Ifyousetthisparametersvalue
higherthantheHiVelvalue,thelayerwillnotplayatall.
High Velocity (HiVel)
Similarly,thi swillsetthehighestattackvelocityatwhichthelayerwillbeenabled.Attack
velocitiesabovethisthresholdwillnottriggernotesinthislayer.
UsingLoVelandHiVel,youcansetupvelocityswitchingbetweenuptoeightlayers.Ifyou
needevenmore,youcandoit
usingtheEnableandEnableSense(S)parameters(page 619).
Pitch Bend Mode (Bend)
ThisdetermineshowPitchbendcontrolmessageswillaffectthecurrentlayer.AvalueofAll
bendsallnotesthatareonwhenthePitchbendmessageisgenerated.AvalueofKeybends
onlythosenoteswhosetriggersarephysicallyonwhenthePitchbendmessageisgenerated
(notesheld
withthesustainpedal,forexample,won’tbend).Thisisgreatforplayingguitar
solosontopofchords—playachord,holditwiththeSustainpedal,thenplayyourlicksand
bendthemallyouwant;thechordwon’tbendwithit.AvalueofOffdisablesPitchbend
forthe
currentlayer.ToapplythesamePitchBendModesettingtotheentireprogram,makesuretoset
thesamesettingforeachlayer.
Trigger (Trig)
SetTrigtoRvrstohavenotesofthecurrentlayertriggeredonkeyup.Theinitialvelocitiesof
notestriggeredthiswayaredeterminedbythereleasevelocitiesofthekeysthattriggerthem.
ThedefaultsettingisNorm.
Delay Control (DlyCtl)
Hereyouselect,fromtheControlSourcelist,acontrolsourcethatwilldelaythestartofallnotes
inthecurrentlayer.ThelengthofthedelayisdeterminedbyMinDlyandMaxDly(described
below).YoullassignacontinuouscontrollikeMWheel fortheDlyCtlparameterwhenyou
wantto
varythedelaytime,andaswitchcontrolifyouwantthedelaytoeitherbeitsminimum
value(switchoff),oritsmaximum(switchon).Thedelaycontrolwillaffectonlythosenotes
triggeredafterthedelaycontrolsourceismoved;thedelaytimeiscalculatedateachnote
start,
basedonthestatusofthedelaycontrolsourceatthattime.