Play Modes - Polyphonic Keys; User Chord Creation In Quick Mode; Notes For Entering User Chords, Quick Mode - ISLA Instruments KordBot User Manual

Play Modes – Polyphonic Keys
Polyphonic key mode turns all the MOD keys into single note keys . This is useful
for working with a destination unit which allows you to set up triggers based on
a MIDI note . For instance, you might trigger a bank of 16 sound samples with the
MIDI notes from 0 to 15 . In that case, the top 2 MOD key rows would be set up to
play notes 0-15 . Also, since each key is capable of having its own MIDI channel and
destination, you could have the top row of notes 0-7 assigned to different chan-
nels on a USB port and 8-15 assigned to output over channel 10 on the MIDI DIN .
Up to 6 notes can be played at once, so you could trigger hits and still play a
melody at the same time on yet another MIDI channel . The KordBot was de-
signed to be flexible and configurable for most things you can imagine .

User Chord Creation In Quick Mode

The storing of MEM key chords is a bit different in this mode .
Essentially, you will be "recording" up to 16 notes that are stored
in KordBot chord format . Therefore, the process is:
1 . Press SHIFT and the MEM key you want to store the chord
to . Note that the MEM key will stay lighted .
2 . Play up to 16 single notes from the NOTE keys . The sequence that you enter
them in is the sequence they will be played back in an arpeggio, when the ar-
peggiator is set to note pattern 0 and the U or Up arpeggio style is used .
3 . On the 16th note, the recording will stop automatically and save
the chord . If you desire fewer notes in the chord you may press
the lighted MEM key to stop recording and save the chord .
4 . Optionally, for less than 16 notes, you can use one of the inversion keys to
make a saved inversion of the chord you entered . Just make sure to hold the
desired inversion key down as you press the MEM key to stop recording .
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You may also save a custom chord as a template . Again, inversions cannot be used if
you wish to save the chord as a template . The big advantage in having a custom tem-
plate comes when you use this chord in the KEY+MOD mode because it expands on
the 32 MOD keys already provided . To enter a custom chord and save it as a template:
1 . Press SHIFT and the MEM key you want to store the chord
to . Note that the MEM key will stay lighted .
2 . Play up to 16 single notes from the NOTE keys . The sequence that you enter
them in is the sequence they will be played back in an arpeggio, when the ar-
peggiator is set to note pattern 0 and the U or Up arpeggio style is used .
3 . Before reaching the 16th note, press and hold the ALT key . After the 16th note
is entered, the template version of the chord you designed will be saved .
4 . Optionally, for fewer than 16 notes, press and hold the ALT key
while stopping the recording by pressing the lit MEM key .

Notes For Entering User Chords, Quick Mode:

You can enter a minimum of 1 note to a maximum of 16 notes per MEM key .
To replace a stored chord simply record over it .
The chords you create in this mode will remain in the MEM key
even if you go to another mode . This way you can bring cus-
tom chords quickly into Diatonic strum mode, for instance .
When you play back your chord, since it has no name, the chord type status will
show as "polySave" . Also the note status will show the first note in the sequence .
Changing octaves in the Polyphonic mode is simple . Pressing the octave up
or octave down changes the octave of the notes played on the NOTE keys as
well as the notes of the MOD keys . Holding ALT and pressing the octave up
or down keys shifts the octave of whatever is stored in the MEM pads .