Mode Selection - Roland MKS-50 Owner's Manual

2.
MODE
SELECTION
Usually, the
MKS-50 can be
set to either
the Poly
or the
Mono mode
by
taking initializing
procedure
as
explained
"Initialization"
in "[|]
Playing".
The
initialization
automatically turns
all
the Patches
either to
Mono
or Poly
modes. The
following
Mode
Selecting
procedure allows to set
the
mode
of
each Patch individually to
Mono
or Poly.
The
Display
shows which
mode
is
selected:
- "
—
"
represents
Poly,
and
Mono
Before going
to
the
Mode
Selection procedure,
study
the following explanation
on
Mono
and
Poly
modes.
•
Mono Mode
MIDI
Mono Mode
is
the function that
enables
to
play
different
sounds on
'an
instrument
by an
external controller
using that
many
MIDI channels.
In this
way, each channel can be separately
con-
trolled,
therefore, the
bender and the
portamento
effects
can
be
more
effectively
used
creating
more
delicate
performance. Taking Strings as
an exam-
ple,
each
of
the
first
violin,
the
second
violin, viola,
cello
and
contrabass can have
its
own MIDI chan-
nel individually,
allowing to play
each part
more
delicately.
*
The MKS-50 allows
to
use
up
to six
MIDI chan-
nels.
*
If
the external MIDI device can transmit only
Poly
Mode
signal,
the
Mono Mode
will
turn the
MKS-50
to a
simple
monophonic
synthesizer.
• Poly
Mode
Poly
Mode
is
the usual polyphonic
mode
that
allows to
receive
up
to six
voices
on
one MIDI
channel. Usually,
a
keyboard can transmit the
message only
on one
MIDI channel, therefore,
should be
set to this
mode.
When
playing several
MIDI instruments
at
a
time
with a
computer
or
sequencer, the
Mono Mode
is
not appropriate as
it
could
easily
requier
more
than 16 MIDI channels.
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