Configuring Program Midi Options - Akai Z4 User Manual

Configuring Program MIDI Options
The MIDI options for Keygroup and Drum Programs can be configured as follows.
Select a Program as explained on page 48, and then press "MIDI."
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The MIDI page appears, as shown below.
Select the parameters, and use the JOG dial to set them.
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Polyphony:
gram can play simultaneously.
Reassignment:
the limit set by the Polyphony parameter is reached. When set to "QUIET," voices are
stolen from the quietest notes first. When set to "OLDEST," voices are stolen from the
oldest notes first.
Scale: (USER, EVEN-TEMPERED, ORCHESTRAL, WERKMEISTER, 1/5 MEAN-
TONE, 1/4 MEANTONE, JUST, ARABIAN) This selects the keyboard scale.
When you press the WINDOW button while the "Scale" parameter is selected, the Pro-
gram Scale window opens, as shown below, which allows you to view the selected scale
and create your own scale.
To create a custom scale, Use the "Scale" parameter to select a preset scale, then press
"->USER" to open the Copy Scale window. Press "DO IT" to copy that scale to the User
Scale. Select the keys and use the JOG dial to set the note intervals as required. Press
"CLOSE" to save your settings as the USER scale.
Loudness reduction:
when a MIDI Soft Pedal message is received.
Attack stretch:
received.
Filter close:
Soft Pedal message is received.
Pressing the WINDOW button while a parameter other than "Scale" (or the Program
name) is selected opens the MIDI Monitor window, shown below, which indicates MIDI
reception activity for the 32 MIDI Channels.
(1–64) This can be used to limit the maximum number of voices that a Pro-
(QUIET, OLDEST) This determines how voices are reassigned when
This determines the degree of level reduction that is applied
This sets the attack time delay for when a MIDI Soft Pedal message is
This determines the degree of Filter closure that is applied when a MIDI

Configuring Program MIDI Options

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