The Template Common Menu - Novation X-Station User Manual

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The Template Common Menu

The menu in Template Common Mode is used to alter settings which
apply to the Template as a whole and are not specific to a single pro-
grammable control.
The menu pages available are :
Template Common Menu
Page Function
1 Keyboard Velocity Curve
2 Keyboard MIDI channel
3 Keyboard MIDI Port
4 Overide MIDI Channel
5 Touchpad X Type
6 Touchpad Y Type
7 Auto Snapshot Send
8 Not Synth Type Template
Keyboard Velocity Curve (Menu Page 1)
Selects one of eight velocity tables governing the velocity response
when playing the keyboard. The velocity curves available are :
Curve selection No. 3 is the default setting for the factory pre-pro-
grammed templates and should be acceptable for most playing styles. If
a softer touch is required (lighter key strokes give the same velocity
output) then curve No.2 or even No.1 would be suitable. If a harder
response if required, then selecting No. 4, 5 or 6 would give the desired
result.
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Keyboard MIDI Channel (Menu Page 2)
Sets the MIDI channel used for transmission when the keyboard is
played. Note: The MIDI channel used for the Pitch and Modulation joy-
stick is programmable within the
This channel value is over-ridden if the Override MIDI Channel setting
on page 4 of this menu or in Play Mode is used.
Display Value
Velocity Curve: 1...8
Keyb MIDI Chan: 1...16
Keyb MIDI Port: ---...U12
Overide MIDI Ch: Off, 1...16
Touchpad X Type No Spring..Spring Centre
Touchpad Y Type No Spring..Spring Bottom
Auto Snapshot On, Off
Not Synth: On, Off
Force
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The Template Common Menu
Keyboard MIDI Port (Menu Page 3)
Determines which MIDI / USB port is used to send the MIDI information
generated by playing the keyboard.
Eight different combinations of output ports can be selected, with any
multiple combination possible. A 'U' shown on the display indicates the
MIDI will be sent to the USB port, a '1' that the MIDI OUT (1) port will
be used and a '2' indicates that the MIDI OUT (2) port will be used.
Override MIDI Channel (Menu Page 4)
This setting provides an override MIDI channel that is used instead of
the channel defined for each of the programmable front controls. The
override channel also affects the X-Station keyboard and Modulation /
Pitch Bend joystick.
When this is set to Off, the channel override feature is disabled and
each control will transmit using its own MIDI channel settings.
Note that the MIDI Inst Chan setting in Play Mode always has a higher
priority than the value of this setting as defined here.
Touchpad X Type (Menu Page 5)
Sets how the touchpad behaves when a finger is placed on the pad.
The X type defines the horizontal plain.The data / value encoder scrolls
through three types of 'Spring' modes.
No Spring - As soon as a finger is released from the touchpad, the
value of the touchpad will remain. A subsequent touch to the pad will
result in a slew to the new touch value.
Spring Left - As soon as a finger is released from the touchpad, the
value of the touchpad will slew back to the Start position ie to the 'Low
Value' (see page 16 for details).
Spring Center - As soon as a finger is released from the touchpad, the
value of the touchpad will slew back to the center position. ie the mean
value of the low and high values. (this can be found by adding the low
and high values together and then dividing by two).
Touchpad Y Type (Menu Page 6)
This display is identical to touchpad X type above except that the Y
type defines the behavior in the vertical plain with the appropriate dis-
play messages.
Auto Snapshot Send (Menu Page 7)
Specifies whether a snapshot of all control data values are transmitted
as soon as Play Mode is activated.
For each control, the snapshot data is sent to whatever USB or MIDI
port that is defined for the control in the Template data. Any MMC func-
tions assigned to buttons are not sent in a snapshot.
Note that when the X-Station is turned on, it always automatically starts
up in Play Mode. However, at this time, an auto snapshot is not trans-
mitted, even if this setting is On.
Not Synth Type Template (Menu Page 8)
With certain templates such as a Mixer and Drum machine type it is
more convenient to have a configuration where the four buttons above
the AMP ENV sliders and the five buttons above the MOD ENV sliders
are all switched to a second function by pressing the MOD / ENV but-
ton.
For example, with any Drum type templates, pressing this button
(Renamed SOLO/MUTE) re-assigns all nine buttons to SOLO's or
MUTE's for each channel. When creating a 'Not synthesizer' type tem-
plate, set this to 'On' for this alternative function to be active.
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