External Settings - bit MIDI MASTER KEYBOARD Owner's Manual

EXTERNAL BETTlNBB
EXTERNAL SETTINGS
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OMNI ON/OFF
2 2
PROGRAM No.
1 ...-128
I
O"NI <21)
Here the blinking LEDs in the •atrix show at a glance Hhich NIDI
channels will be sent an
•oMNl
ON• command when switching to the
current patch, Those that stay dark will receive an "OMNI. OFF"
co~•and. You should of course check the MIDI i~pleaentation ctiart for
your slaves, as not all synthesizers and MIDI units are capable of
switching to OMNI OFF mode.
Changing values follows the well knoHn route: in KBD KAP •ode select
para•eter (21); enter the "IOI CH you want to change (press white HIDI
CH button and
use
nu•eric pad or+/- buttons to enter nuaber}; change
VALUE c·1·
=
OMNI ON, ·o·
=
OMNI
OFF>.
~hat difference does it 1ake? You reae~ber our exa•ple using three
Split
Zones
with
a
MIDI channel assigned to each? Well, if you have•
fourth synthesizer, you can aake it use a different NIDJ channel (i.e.
not •2•, •4• or
•b•,
which were assigned to the three Split Zones in
our example>. Now you can give it the freedoe to play!.!..!.. the notes
pressed
on
the NASTER
KEYBOARD by
programaing
ftONNJ OM"
for this
fourth channel. After making sure that that channel is active (see
para•eters (171 and (18) I, and that the synth is receiving on the
right channel - as if you'd ever forget a little detail like that!
I PRD6RAK ND (22J
When setting up the Split Zones earlier, we selected a Sound Progra•
nuaber for the "IDI channels assigned to each zone. That was fine, as
far as it goes - but it didn't go too far ••• well, now para•eter (22)
goes all the way! · ·
Here you can assign an individual sound progra• change for each and
every MIDI channel in all the 64 Patches you have at your disposal!
The display shows you "21• under ADDRESS; then the MIDI CH numberJ and
under VALUE you can enter your SOUND PROGRAM (nu~bered 1 - 128).
(Anyone Nho still can't reaeaber Nhich buttons to press can check out
an earlier section:
J
refuse to type it all out again! And folks, you
•u•t ad•it, it ain't that difficult •••
>.
People who know a bit about MIDI already will now be sitting back
saying •That won't work, •Y 'slave' is in NIDI DHNI •ode,
so how on
earth can I send an individual prograa change??•. Nell, this is just
one of the (not· so little l details that make the BIT "ASTER
KEYBOARD
a
true state-of-the art instru•ent! Our R & D departaent aren't sitting
in so~e ivory toMer, but are genuinely concerned with building a
keyboard that •usicians will love to Nork with! So the operating
system in the
nASTER
KEYBOARD is carefully prograamed to •eet real
needs - independent sound program changes being one of the$. Here's
the way it works: whenever the HASTER KEYBOARD 9hould send a progra•
change over a MIDI channel that is in ONNION aode
1
it prefaces that
ussage with a "OMNI OFF" couand.
Then it sends off
the required
sound program change data, followed by an "OMNI ON" co••and to return
things to their original status. Neat and - given the. speed of the
electrons in the 1icroprocessor - very fast indeed.
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