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Playing and editing Combinations
Editing Programs from within a Combination or Song
If you want to dive in deeper than Tone Adjust allows, you
can also go directly into the editing pages of a Program from
within a Combination or Song—while still hearing all of the
other Timbres or Tracks.
Tone Adjust lets you change the way the Program sounds
in a specific Combination or Song without affecting the
original Program. In contrast, the method described
below changes the original Program, and will affect any
Combinations or Songs which use that Program.
To edit a Program within a Combination or Song:
1. Go to the Home– Mixer page.
2. Select any parameter in the column of the Timbre or
Track which contains the Program you'd like to edit,
and then select the Edit Program command from the
Page Menu Command.
The system will then display the Home page for the
selected Program.
3. Edit as desired.
Eventually, if you want to keep your changes, you'll need
to Write the Program. However, while you're working,
you can go back and forth between the edited Program
and the Combination or Song.
You'll notice that some Program pages and tabs will be
grayed out; for more information, see "Parameters
unavailable while editing in context," below.
To return to the COMBINATION or SEQUENCER
mode:
4. Press the MODE buttons.
The normal rules of editing apply: if you select another
Program, all edits to the previous Program will be lost.
So, make sure to save your work:
5. While on the Program edit pages, use the Write menu
command to save your edits.
Note that you must be on the Program edit pages in order
to Write the Program edits. Writing the Combination or
Song will not affect the Program.
If you Write the Program to different bank/number, the
Combination Timbre or Song Track selected in step 2,
above, will be updated to reference the new location. In
this case, if other Timbres or Tracks use the Program,
they will not be updated automatically (since you may
want them to continue to play the original Program); you
can change them manually if desired.
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Parameters unavailable while editing in context
When editing a Program in context, you'll hear the
Combination or Song's effects, EQ, and ARP/DRUM.
Because of this, related pages, tabs, parameters, and
functions within the Program will be grayed out and
unavailable, including:
• Home: EQ, or ARP/DRUM
• Audio Input/Sampling
• Controllers
• Program EQ (HD-1: EQ or EXi: EQ)
• EXi Program: Program Basic: EXi1 and 2 Instrument
Type
• IFX
• MFX/TFX
• Tempo
Playing the Program during editing, from the
keyboard and MIDI
While editing a Program in context, input from the keyboard
and MIDI continues to play the Combination or Song
exactly as it did before. For instance, MIDI Channels, Key
and Velocity Zones, Solo and Mute, etc. continue to apply.
This is important, since it lets you hear the Program exactly
as it will play in the finished Combination or Song.
Note that this means that if the local keyboard does not play
the selected Program in COMBINATION or SEQUENCER
modes (for instance, if you're in a Combi and the Timbre is
not on the Global MIDI Channel), then the keyboard will
still not play the Program during editing. If the sound is
being played by other means—for example, from the
NAUTILUS sequencer, ARP, or an external DAW or MIDI
controller—then this may not matter. If necessary, you can
use various means to route the keyboard to the Program,
such as:
• Use MIDI Thru on an external DAW
• In SEQUENCER mode, set the Keyboard Track to play
the desired Track
• In COMBINATION mode, temporarily change the
Timbre/Track's MIDI channel, and/or adjust Key or
Velocity zones
Of course, if you want to edit the Program by itself,
unaffected by the context of the Combination or Song,
simply go to PROGRAM mode and edit the sound there!
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