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BASIC CONCEPTS
6. Controller block
About the controller block
• The controller block lets you use the microkeyboard, pitch
wheel, assignable wheel, foot switch etc. to play music and
control the tone generator block via the sequencer block, or
to directly control the tone generator block or effect block.
external MIDI device,
MIDI tone generator
external MIDI device,
MIDI keyboard
MIDI IN
Sequencer block
MIDI
MIDI OUT
messages
MIDI messages
• In addition to transmitting note data to the tone generator
block and to the sequencer block, the microkeyboard are
also used to specify chord roots or chord types, and to input
fingered chords.
• Utility mode System settings allow you to specify the con-
trol numbers that the pitch wheel and the assignable wheel
will output.
Relationship to other blocks
• In Song mode and Pattern mode, the controller block is con-
nected to the various parts of the tone generator and to the
MIDI OUT connectors via the keyboard track (recording
track) of the sequencer block.
• Data from the controller block passes from the keyboard
track to the parts of the tone generator block and to external
MIDI devices in accordance with the Out Channel settings
"TO TG," "MIDI OUT-A" and "MIDI OUT-B."
• From the controller block, you can record sequence tracks
or user phrases, or play the tone generator block or external
MIDI devices.
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Tone Generator
Effect block
block
audio
signals
Controller block
Sequencer block
Track
Track
Keyboard track /
Recording track
• When Fingered Chord is ON (FINGRD), musical data will
not be output from the keyboard range below the specified
Fingered Zone (
• The "keyboard track" is the track which is highlighted in
the Song Play and Pattern Play pages.
• The "recording track" is the track selected by the cursor in
audio
signals
the Recording Standby page. If the cursor is in a location
other than the track display, the track number will be high-
lighted.
Chapter 1
Tone generator
block
Part
Effect block
Part
Controller block
p.299) area.
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