Other Functions Of The Octave Shift Buttons - Behringer U-Control UMX25 User Manual

different banks. Considering the fact that each single bank
includes another 128 single programs, you get the unbelievably
large number of 2,097,152 programs for you to organize.
1) Press the ASSIGN button and keep it pressed.
2) Press the key.
3) Release the ASSIGN button.
4) Now define the SINGLE CHANNEL by entering a number
from 1 to 16 using the number keys (as described in chapter
4.2.2). In order to assign the GLOBAL CHANNEL, please
press instead.
5) Press the button. Press the number keys on the
keyboard to enter the BANK MSB number of your choice.
Only values between 0 and 127 can be entered. Higher
values are ignored by the device.
The BANK MSB is now defined.
Examples:
- To enter MSB 14, press keys
- If you want to select MSB 107, press
.
6) Now define the BANK LSB by pressing the
button. Use the procedure described above to enter the
BANK LSB value (see step 5). The entry follows the same
rules as were described for the BANK MSB.
In steps 5 and 6 you have defined the bank from which the
desired program will be selected. Now define the program
itself:
7) Press the button followed by the number keys
on the keyboard to enter the program number of your choice.
Only values between 0 and 127 can be entered. Higher
values are ignored by the device. That's all!
8) Confirm your selection with
assignments either press the
button again. In either case, the ASSIGN LED goes out.
Example:
You want to use the UMX25 to select preset #49 in bank #25 on
an external device over channel 14. Since the bank number of
sound modules is often smaller than 128, only the LSB is used to
define the bank. The MSB is 0 in this case.
1) Press the ASSIGN button and keep it pressed.
2) Press the button.
3) Release the ASSIGN button.
4) Define the MIDI channel by pressing keys
.
5) Press the button and then
6) Press the button and then keys
to select bank #25.
7) Define the program by pressing the
by keys and
8) Press the button.
c) Direct program selection using the OCTAVE SHIFT buttons.
1) Press the ASSIGN button and keep it pressed.
2) Press the one of the two OCTAVE SHIFT buttons to which
you want to assign the program change function.
3) Release the ASSIGN button.
4) Press the button. Press the number keys on the
keyboard to enter the preset number of your choice. Only
values between 0 and 127 can be entered. Higher values
are ignored by the device.
5) Confirm your selection with

4.2.9 Other functions of the OCTAVE SHIFT buttons

After power-up, the OCTAVE SHIFT buttons are set to their
initial state (see Table 3.1 on page 7). In addition to the program
change and octave shift functions already described, you can
assign a few special functions to the OCTAVE SHIFT buttons in
ASSIGN mode:
and .
a)
, and
b)
c)
a) Transposition by single semitones:
1)
2)
. To discard your
button or the ASSIGN 3)
4)
Pressing the right-hand button transposes the pitch up by one
half-tone, pressing the left-hand button transposes the pitch
down by one semitone. Pressing both buttons simultaneously
cancels any transposition made before.
and
.
and
b) Scrolling in program libraries:
Most sound modules allow you to store presets in a separate
button followed
bank, often referred to as user bank. If the order of the songs to
to select program #49.
be played during a gig is fixed, you can use the user bank to
store all sounds used in concert one after the other and
concentrate entirely on your performance. Thanks to the OCTAVE
SHIFT buttons you don't have to bother any more with searching
sounds in your various sound modules.
1)
2)
3)
. To discard your
4. OPERATION
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assignments either press the
button again. In either case the ASSIGN LED goes out.
If you have not yet assigned an individual MIDI
channel to the OCTAVE SHIFT buttons (see Chapter
4.2.2), the direct selection of programs always
refers to the GLOBAL CHANNEL!
As soon as you have assigned the direct program
selection feature to one of the two OCTAVE SHIFT
buttons, pressing both buttons simultaneously will do
NOTHING at all!
Transposition by single half-tones
Scrolling in program libraries
Various controller functions:
As soon as a function has been assigned to one of
the two buttons, the second button automatically
performs the same function—however with
limited functionality. As long as you have not
assigned a particular function to this button in
ASSIGN mode, it will not send any data.
Press the ASSIGN button and keep it pressed.
Press the button.
Release the ASSIGN button.
Confirm your selection with
assignments either press the
button again.
According to the MIDI standard, a keyboard
comprises a maximum of 128 semitones. When
you reach the lower and upper limits of this range
using the transpose function, any further key
press will not raise or lower the pitch any more.
This also applies to the transposition by octaves.
Press the ASSIGN button and keep it pressed.
Press the button.
Release the ASSIGN button.
button or the ASSIGN
. To discard your
button or the ASSIGN
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