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MIDI / Sound Backup
MIDI
MIDI
The Midi controls are related to all Midi Interface functions of
the Sledge, allowing it to control external units and/or to be
controlled by external units. The related pages (scrolled by
the navigation tabs under the display) are:
Channel: from 1 to 16 (the Sledge will send and receive Midi
data on the selected channel, or Omni (the Sledge will send
and receive data on all Midi channels)
Local: On (the instrument will play) – Off (the instrument will
only send Midi data, while the internal sound module is de-
activated)
Velocity Curve: this function allows to modify the touch sen-
sitivity of the keyboard, from 3 different factory curves (Low/
Mid/Hi) to a fixed midi value (from 003 to 127). When selec-
ting Low the keyboard feeling will be "easier" to control, while
it will require more effort to play if selected to Hi. Note: with
a fixed velocity value the keyboard has no more any dynamic
sensitivity and some other parameter could be effected by
this condition, such as the Velocity control of the AMP sec-
tion, that would no more be active if a fixed velocity is se-
lected !
Clock: Int (internal clock) – Ext (external clock) – Auto (auto-
matic selection of an external clock if sent to the instrument's
Midi/serial input.
Send / Receive Control: allow to activate or deactivate the
Control Change parameters both for the In and Out, separa-
tely.
Sound Backup By rotating the Value Dial, in the MIDI last page, you can se-
lect between the functions:
Send Current Sound: it allows to send only the current sound
data to the external devices.
Send ALL Sounds: it allows to send all the sounds data to the
external devices.
By pushing the Value Dial, the selected function is activated.
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Global
The Global function summarizes all general controls of the
instruments, not related to a specific sound or program. The
list of controls and their meaning is as it follows:
Master tune: it allows to tune the instrument in a range bet-
ween 430 and 450 Hertz, related to the standard A4 of the
keyboard, considering any sound on 8' (Octave control in the
middle, referred as 8' – pitch – Semitone control set at 00 –
Detune set at 00). The international standard refers to 440
Hertz for the A4 frequency, but sometimes the Master Tune
control allows to tune the instrument with other musical
instruments, possibly having a different pitch (for instance:
concert pianos tuned at 442 Hertz or old vintage instruments
tuned at lower pitches)
Transpose: allows to transpose the instrument + or – 12 semi-
tones (+ or – one octave) without the need of modifying the
separate VCO tuning parameters,
Bend Range: normally the Pitch Bend range is set at + and
– 2 semitones; the complete available range is up to 12 se-
mitones.
Pedal: when set to Mod Wheel the expression pedal (if con-
nected) has the same functions of the Modulation Wheel.
When Cutoff is selected, the Pedal controls the VCF Cutoff
frequency (for instance: setting the resonance to a mid-range
level, a kind of Wah-wah effect is controlled by the pedal)
Pot Mode: it allows to change the potentiometers handling
from Snap (the potentiometers are activated when the physi-
cal position reaches the same value of the current parameter)
to Direct (the potentiometers immediately change the value
of the related parameter). We suggest to set this control to
Snap, for a more stable live-use, or to Direct for a faster edi-
ting.
Display Time: this function controls the time of the display
showing a certain function, before going back to the main
display real-time page (values from 1 to 4 seconds)
Global Parameters
Global
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