bit MIDI MASTER KEYBOARD Owner's Manual page 12

PRDBRANKJN& SPLITS
Dividing the keyboard
you'll have encountered
the BIT "ASTER KEYBOARD
extended ~pportunities
sounds!
into separate zones or splits is so•ething
before, what 1ight ~e neN - and exciting - in
is having three zones to play with, plus the
offered by overlapping zones and double
LEFT
CENTER
RIGHT
PATCH
ADDRESS
MIDI CH.
. KBD MAP
e
VALUE
BB BB BB BB
Ne'll start with a si•ple split Nith three zones: first put the "ASTER
KEYBOARD into Split Mode by pressing the SCROLL button until the SPLIT
LED lights. The LED displays noH show the pre-progra••ed split data -
don't worry if there are· letters in the CENTER LED, Ne'll be
explaining that in just a •o•ent.
You enter the Split Point like PRDSRA" or MIDI data, first pressing
the
Hhite
button
to
select the
zone and
entering the key nu•ber
(counting fro• the left on
the
keyboard), using the nu•eric
pad
or
the+/- buttons.
To save you the chore of counting keys, the BIT NASTER KEYBOARD Nill
also let you enter the Split Point
by
hitting the note you Nant on the
keyboard, Nhile pressing and holding the Nhite zone button. The
nu•eric value for the key chosen as Split Point will then be shown in
the display.
So, to program our straightforNard three zone split first press and
hold · the white button under the LEFT
ZONE·
display and play
•c3•
(the
third C fro~ the botto•> on the keyboard. The display will shoN •25•,
telling
you
that your
first split
point is
set
to the
25th key. FolloN
the sa~e procedure for the RIGHT ZONE,
this
ti•e playing
·c~·
on the
keyboard.
The display will
confirG with
•49•,
shoNing the second
split
point
set
to the 49th key. (The defined Split Points are the last note
in
the
LEFT ZONE, and the first note of the RIGHT ZONE>. But· Nhat
about the center
zone,
you ask7 A glance at the display will
find
two
'brackets', shoHing that
the
center zone has been defined
auto•atically by setting the left and right zone5. You can check this
out
by
playing a few
notes
in each
zonez
you'll find each instrument
responds according to the zone/channel number assigned. Before Ne go
on
to a more complicated Split we
should mention
that each zone can be
transposed individually, details in the TRANSPOSE section below!
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