Editing The Status Of A Channel - Optimus MD-1200 Owner's Manual

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This chart shows the parts assigned to
each channel.
Channel
1 Main tone
2 Layered tone
3 Split tone
4 Layered/split tone
5 These channels only produce
sound when they receive
6
MIDI signals
7 Auto accompaniment chord
part 1
8 Auto accompaniment chord
part 2
9 Auto accompaniment bass
part
10 Auto accompaniment rhythm
part, drum pad
11 Memory Track 1
12 Memory Track 2
13 Memory Track 3
14 Memory Track 4
15 Memory Track 5
16 Memory Track 6
Notes:
• Normally, keyboard play is assigned
to Channel 1 and the drum pads are
assigned to Channel 10. When you
use auto accompaniment, each part
is assigned to Channels 7–10.
Part

Editing the Status of a Channel

You can edit the status (on, off, solo) of
a channel to delete a specific part or to
play a specific part by itself.
Follow these steps to edit the status of a
channel.
1. Press
2. Use
3. Press
4. Use
• When you use the MD-1200 as the
sound source for another MIDI
device, all 16 channels are assigned
musical instrument parts (Channel
10 is reserved for drum parts only,
per MIDI standard).
• The mixer settings also affect the
corresponding MIDI output.
. The MIXER indicator
MIXER
appears and the last selected chan-
nel appears on the display.
or on the keypad to select
+ –
the channel you want to edit.
or to display the current
status of the channel —
SoL (solo).
or to select the status you
+ –
want.
(default): Turns on the current
on
channel. A bar appears at the bot-
tom of the level meter for the
selected channel.
: Turns off the current channel.
oFF
The bar at the bottom of the level
meter disappears.
SoL : Turns the current channel on
and all the other channels off. A bar
appears over only the current chan-
nel.
, , or
on oFF
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