Key Mode Alteration - Roland V-Card VC-1 Owner's Manual

Key Mode Alteration

Poly Mode or Mono Mode is an element that determines how to output the Upper and Lower Tones.
Mono Mode, Poly Mode
There are two ways of the The VC-1 can use either mode.
Name
Poly Mode
Mono Mode
Select Poly or Mono mode depending on the type of Mode Message sent from the external MIDI device.
When Mono mode messages are received by the VC-1, the messages can now be received on a channel
group (= eight consecutive MIDI channels, the basic channel being the lowest number).
* The Mono mode of the VC-1 allows it to receive only the note and bender messages for each channel, therefore it is
NOT possible to set a different sound for each note separately.
Using the V-Synth
When the VC-1 (V-Synth) is being controlled by an external MIDI device, the Key mode selected in each
Patch affects how the Tones are played and how the control messages run as shown in the following
pictures.
Key Mode
WHOLE
WHOL-S
(Whole Solo)
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Allows the control of more than one Key message on one channel at a a time.
The VC-1 is 16 or 8 voices polyphonic (depending on the patch used). So the Poly Mode
can be used the VC-1 is controlled by a keyboard or sequencer.
Allows only one MIDI massage on one channel. The VC-1 is 8 voices polyphonic using
8 MIDI channels. The Mono mode is ideal for a MIDI Guitar System (GR-33, GR-20,
etc.) hat has Mono mode, and transmits the messages of each string separately on a
different channel. In the other words, Mono mode makes it possible to reproduce
guitar sounds without spoiling the natural characteristics of the instrument.
Poly Mode
Mode Message Off
Upper
Receive Channel
Upper
Receive Channel
Functions
Keyboard
Receive Channel
Keyboard
Mono Mode
Upper
Keyboard
(Group)