Modes And Menus; Using Menus; Entering Text - Novation X-Station User Manual

Modes And Menus - Using Menus - Entering Text

Modes And Menus

The X-Station has five modes of operation. Each mode is selected by
pressing a button in the Main display of the front panel. The LED above
each button indicates which mode is currently active.
Template Common Mode
Template common mode is used when editing settings which apply to
the Template as a whole such as the Keyboard MIDI channel. This
mode is selected by pressing the TEMPLATE COMMON button. See
page 15 for details.
Template Edit Mode
Template Edit Mode is used to edit / change how each individual pro-
grammable control functions within a Template. This mode is selected
by pressing the TEMPLATE EDIT button. See page 16 for details.
Global Mode
Global mode is used to edit the various settings which apply across all
Templates. This mode is selected by pressing the GLOBAL button. A
second press of the global button will display the KS synth specific
global features. See pages 26 -27 and page 52 for details.
Play Mode
Play mode is used for used for normal performance. All control values
will be seen when any controls are moved in Play Mode. This mode is
selected by pressing the PLAY button. Play Mode is also automatically
selected when the X-Station is switched on.
KS Synth Mode
In this mode, the X-Station can be used as a Novation KS Synthesizer.
This mode is selected by pressing the PLAY button once more while
already in Play Mode. Pressing the PLAY button once more toggles
back to Template Play Mode. KS Synth Mode is discussed in detail in
The KS Synthesizer chapter on pages 34 to 53.

Using Menus

All operational modes except Play Mode allow various settings to be
altered from within menus. There is only one menu available in each
mode and they are all accessed in the same way using the controls
shown above.
When Play Mode is initially accessed, the standard Template display
shows the Template's name and location. For example :
Novation
V-Station
In all modes, the first menu page is automatically selected when the
mode is activated. In Template Edit Mode for example, the first menu
page would be :
In menus, the current value of a setting is always shown on the bottom
line of the display, justified to the right. The value of a setting is always
edited by turning the DATA / VALUE encoder.
Sometimes, a menu page will have several settings shown together on
the bottom display line. For example, in the sysex editing menu :
Here there are five settings shown simultaneously. A cursor indicates
which one is currently selected for editing with the DATA / VALUE
encoder. The CURSOR LEFT / RIGHT buttons are used to move the
cursor and select a different setting for editing.

Entering Text

When entering text, a cursor indicates the character in a name currently
selected for editing. For example, when naming a control :
The DATA / VALUE encoder alters the character at the current cursor
position. The CURSOR LEFT / RIGHT buttons select a different charac-
ter in the name for editing.
While editing text, the five TRANSPORT buttons provide the following
useful functions :
REWIND button
FAST FORWARD button
STOP button
START button
RECORD button
A further press of the BANK / PAGE UP button allows the next menu
page to be selected. In the Template Select & Global menus, once the
last menu page has been reached, the BANK / PAGE UP button will
have no further action. Similarly, the BANK / PAGE DOWN button re-
selects the previous menu page.
In the Template Edit menu, once the last menu page has been reached,
pressing BANK / PAGE UP loops the menu around to the first page
again.
Note : The content of some menu pages will vary according to a set-
ting's value elsewhere. This particularly applies to the Template Edit
Mode menu where the types of pages available will vary according to
the current value of the Control Type setting found on the first menu
page.
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Each of the menu pages for the various operational modes will now be
described in detail.
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DETAILED OPERATION
Control Type:
CC
SYSEX MESSAGE:
F0 30 2A 20 4D
Control Name:
Filter Cutoff
: Upper Case Alphas
: Lower Case Alphas
: 0 - 9 Numbers
: Special Chars
: Replaces current character
with a space character