The System Setting Menu - GEM genesys xp Owner's Manual

owner's manual
The SYSTEM button give access to the system setting menu to configure the instrument and provide information about the
current configuration. In most cases, the SYSTEM settings are global, and once they are set, they will remain the same. They
can be considered as the MASTER SETTINGS of the instrument.
SELECT ENTER MENU
KEYBOARD SENSITIVITY
This function sets a global velocy response for an external MIDI keyboard. Use a
harder setting if you have an hard touch style approach. For a softer touch, use a
softer setting. The TOUCH setting allows you to choose the aftertouch sensitivity for
the keyboard. Aftertouch is an effect featured in some sounds which allows certain
effects to be introduced when you press down harder on a key which is already being
held down. Setting it to SOFT allows the effect to be obtained with little additional
pressure while HARD requires greater pressure to achieve the effect.
PEDAL POLARITY
The Genesys xp can accept up to three footswitches which you will connect to the
DAMPER, PED 1 and PED 2 jacks. There are two different types of footswitches
available called Normally Open and Normally Closed. You may need to adjust the
settings in this screen so that your footswitches will work correctly. You don.t need to
be a technician to decide which are the correct settings. If you connect a footswitch
and find that it works backwards, (for example a damper pedal which sustains when
you don.t press it and stops sustaining when you do), it should be clear that you need
to change the setting for that switch.
PC KEYBOARD/COMPUTER
Enables or disables a standard PS2 PC keyboard connected to the Genesys xp.
COMPUTER
Enables or disables the MIDI transmission to a PC (PC1-PC2) or a Macinosh, via the serial
trasmission. The features and the transfer speed of the data are the same as MIDI.

The system setting menu

THE SYSTEM SETTING MENU
TUNING & SCALE
Allows to completely rearrange the tuning and the temperament of the Genesys xp.
MASTER PITCH shift in a value range of +/-64 the global tune of the instrument
KEYBOARD SCALE select a preset temperament : EQUAL, INVERSE, MEANTONE,
WERKMEISTER, PERSIAN 1,PERSIAN 2, USER 1-to 8. Selecting a USER tune to re
tune the octave frequency space.
DATE & TIME
This function sets the system date and time
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