Manual: Software

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Desktop Editor Software Manual
Legato Detection
When you transition between two notes and there is no obvious change in level, for
example by hammer-ons, pull-offs, and slides, normally the new note will be detected as
a pitch-bend from the first note (assuming the pitch-bend range allows this and
chromatic mode is not active). This is often undesirable when you want the attack of the
MIDI instrument to occur on each new note you play. When legato detection is enabled,
these notes are detected and sent as new
MIDI notes rather than pitch-bend messages.
Sometimes sending pitch-bend data is preferred, for example when using a guitar
tremolo to “dive bomb”. In this case, simply disable legato detection.
MIDI Configuration (Zones)
The basic element in a MIDI configuration is a zone. For MIDI to be generated, at least one
zone must be active. Six zones are provided to allow you to create elaborate sonic
textures by layering different sounds from different MIDI instruments, or by creating
harmonies on the same
MIDI instrument.
Zone Enable (on/off)
Zones can be turned on and off independently. There is no restriction on which, nor how
many, zones are enabled or disabled. Indeed you can have all zones disabled which can
be a convenient way to allow a “no
MIDI” Operating Mode to be selected.
By default, only one zone is active to provide basic
MIDI output functionality. Using
additional zones can be a good way to control multiple
MIDI instruments which require
different settings.
Note Gate
The Note Gate acts as an input filter to block or allow notes from your instrument from
being processed by the zone, and then sent as
MIDI messages. This lets you be creative
where, for example, you can have some zones that only respond to bass notes and others
that only respond to treble notes. Each of these zones could be configured for different
MIDI channels and then connected to different MIDI instruments. Then when you play your
instrument, different
MIDI instruments can be triggered when you play different notes.
By default, the Note Gate is configured to accept all notes (range = C
−1
–G
9
).
Top Tip: When editing a MIDI Configuration, you usually want to hear the
changes you make as you make them. The currently active
MIDI
Configuration is indicated by a hilight on the appropriate MIDI
Configuration tab (see Figure 1). When you edit a MIDI Configuration,
always check if the one you are editing is the active one, otherwise
you may edit the wrong configuration and not hear any change to the
MIDI output if that configuration is not currently active.