Editing The Parameter; Using The Custom Tone Synthesizer - Optimus MD-1600 Owner's Manual

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5. To edit other channels, press
to return to the channel selection
screen and repeat Steps 2–4.
To exit the edit mode, press
display shows the performance status of
the channels as edited.

Editing the Parameter

You can change the settings of six pa-
rameters such as tone, volume, and pan
(relative position of the tone between the
left and right speaker channels) for the
selected channel.
Follow these steps to edit the parame-
ters.
1. Select the channel you want to edit
as described in Steps 1 and 2 of
"Editing the Status of a Channel" on
Page 23.
2. Press under
CURSOR ENTER
enter the parameter edit mode.
3. Repeatedly press
the parameter you want to change.
Program Change Number (000 to
199) — sets the tone assigned to
the channel.
Note: Channel 10 is reserved for
percussion, so only tone numbers
160 (DRUM SET1) through 167
(DRUM SET 8) can be set for Chan-
nel 10.
Volume (000 to 127) — controls the
volume of the selected channel.
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or
. The
MIXER
4. Use the number buttons or
5. To edit other channels, press
to
6. To exit the parameter edit mode,
or to select
USING THE CUSTOM
TONE SYNTHESIZER
The MD-1600's custom tone synthesizer
lets you create up to 32 of your own
original tones. To create a "user" tone,
you simply select one of the keyboard's
preset tones, change its parameters,
then store the new tone in any memory
location from 168–199. You can select
and use a user tone the same as a pre-
set tone.
Pan (000 to 127) — controls the
pan. 000 is fully left, 64 is the center
position, and 127 is fully right.
Fine Tune (–50 to +50) — fine
tunes the pitch of the selected chan-
nel in cent units. A cent is one hun-
dredth of a semitone. There are 12
semitones per octave.
C (Coarse) Tune (–12 to +12) —
coarsely tunes the pitch of the
selected channel in semitone units.
Express (Expression) (000 to 127)
— controls the volume of the
selected channel. Similar to the vol-
ume setting, this is often used to
control crescendo/decrescendo.
change the parameter setting.
return to the channel selection dis-
play, select the channel, then repeat
Steps 2–4.
press .
MIXER
or to
+ –
to