How The Controls Work; Master Volume Section; Data Entry / Program Section - Novation Bass Station Rack Owner's Manual

HOW THE CONTROLS WORK

MASTER VOL SECTION
Volume - Rotary
This knob allows you to adjust the output volume of the BassStation Rack.
Turn to the left to reduce the volume and to the right to increase the volume.
This control affects both the Line level output on the rear panel and the
Headphone output on the front panel.
Portamento - Rotary
This knob controls the speed of the glide between the last pitch and the next. All the
way to the left, the pitch changes instantaneously so you will not hear any glide. As
you move the knob to the right, the time taken for the pitch to change between notes
is increased and you begin to hear the glide. At the far right, this takes 5 seconds. The
position of this knob is saved with each sound.
Write - Switch
This switch protects your sounds from accidental erasure. During normal operation it
should be left in it's 'Protect' position however, when you have edited or created a new
sound that you want to save, moving it to the 'Enable' position will allow you to "write"
over an existing sound - see "Writing a Program Into Memory" on page 10.
Headphone - Socket
Use this 1/4 jack socket to monitor the output of your BassStation Rack via head-
phones. This output will drive any type of headphones.

DATA ENTRY / PROGRAM SECTION

This is where you select the sounds you have previous-
ly created on the BassStation Rack, set the MIDI
transmit and receive channels, set the various utility
functions and store newly edited sounds. When editing
a stored sound, the current position of a knob or
switch will probably be totally different to that of the
memory sound selected, so when you turn a rotary
control more than a few degrees or move a switch
expect the sound to "ping" to the new position.
Mode -Button
This button is used to select which of the five main parameter 'Modes' are accessed
by the 'Data Entry' keypad. The current mode is indicated by one of five LED's on the
right hand side of the display panel. NOTE: When the BassStation Rack is switched
on, 'Program' mode is automatically selected. Each time the Mode button is pressed
the next 'Mode' in the menu will be selected i.e. MIDI RX Channel, MIDI TX Channel,
Utility and Save. From 'Save', the next press will loop the menu back up to the
'Program mode'.
Audition/Demo - Button
This button is used to trigger a note from the currently selected sound. It provides a
convenient way of monitoring a sound whilst working at the control panel. The trig-
gered note can also be transpo~ed up or down to suit the sound (higher notes for lead
sounds, lower notes for bass ) as follows:
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