User Guide

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Setups 1-88. Changing Setups with the Value
control is simply a matter of placing the cursor
under the current Setup number and rotating the
knob – clockwise to increase, counterclockwise to
decrease. The PianoBar can also respond to MIDI
Program Change commands – setting the base
channel on which it responds is set in “Options” (p.
30); default is MIDI channel 16.
Changing Volume on Channels 1-4:
The Volume of channels 1-4 can be set by
pressing the corresponding channel button below
the display and using the Value knob to change
the value. The Values are 1 to 10. This is useful for
quick adjustment of a Setup’s sounds during a
performance. When in the Main Setup page,
pressing a channel button “solos” that channel
(turns off all other channels) as well as provides
access to the volume adjustment for that channel.
Be aware that if you are holding a note and press
a channel button, that note will not turn off,
because the MIDI channel it is on is deactivated
and can’t receive the information that the note
has been released. Simply put, don’t use the
Channel buttons while playing, or you are likely to
get hung notes. If this does happen, pressing
Escape will turn the hung notes off.
All Notes Off:
In case of stuck notes, in the Main Setup Page, the
Escape button doubles as an “All Notes Off”
button. All Notes Off is a MIDI command that does
just that – turn off any notes that are on, on any
active channels.
What is a Setup?
A Setup determines what happens to the PianoBar
when a key on the Piano is played. A Setup can be
configured to play the PianoBar’s internal sounds,
or send MIDI through the MIDI output. There is
much more to what can be in a Setup. A Setup
contains the following global parameters that are
independent of the 16 MIDI channels: