Controls And Features - Studiologic SL-880 User Manual

SECTION 2.
Features:
A guided tour through the Studio Logic 880's Controls and Features,
THE KEYBOARD ^P
The Studio Logic 880 has a 88 key FATAR semi-weighted piano action. It is a new, improved
version of the classic FATAR action. It is an extremely musical feeling piano style action that
has a very dynamic yet quick response to it. The velocity sensitive action can be modified with
several VELOCITY CURVE response settings that will be discussed later in this manual. The 88
key action of the SL-880 will transmit channel AFTERTOUCH on all ZONES.
THE WHEELS ^
The PITCH and MODULATION WHEELS are the standard style, however, they are made with a
new rubberized texture. They have been designed to give the player a more solid tactile sen-
sation during performing and programming for a more musical response.
THE ZONES ^
The SL-880 has (3) three independent ZONES with each of them capable of being assigned
to any range of keys across the SL-880's keyboard. As discussed in the introduction to this
manual, the ZONES are the heart of creating musically useful Layers and Splits. Each of the (3)
ZONES consists of:
1. ZONE ENABLE/DISABLE BUTTON: Located on the front panel above the keyboard itself.
These are used to turn the ZONES on and off in PERFORMANCE mode. Each switch functions
independently of each other. In other words, you can have any combination of ZONES on or
off at any point by accessing these ZONE switches.
While in EDIT mode, the ZONE BUTTONS are used to select the desired ZONE to be edited. While
editing, only one ZONE at a time can be selected and the buttons now toggle on and off as
you select each ZONE SWITCH for editing.
2. MIDI CHANNEL SELECT: While in EDIT mode each ZONE can be set to transmit on any of
the 16 MIDI channels available. Only one MIDI channel can be transmitted at a time per ZONE.
3. BANK SELECT: After selecting a MIDI channel to transmit on, and while in EDIT mode, you
can initiate or select BANK Changes. The commands are different depending on the external
sound module you are accessing. More on BANK SELECT later in this manual.
4. PROGRAM CHANGE: Patch selection can be made for each ZONE while in the EDIT mode.
Each ZONE can be set to select (send) patch changes 1 to 128 (some manufacturers use a numbe-
ring scheme 0 to 127, so you may need to add (1) to each patchtt to achieve the desired results).
5. SPLIT or KEY NOTE RANGE: This edit function allows you to select the range of active notes
(keys) for each ZONE. The ZONES are completely independent of each other and their split
points can overlap thus creating LAYERS.
6 .TRANSPOSE: Each ZONE can be set to transpose its key range up or down 24 semitones. In
other words, up or down 2 octaves from the synth module's original setting.
7 .SUSTAIN PEDAL ENABLE / DISABLE SELECT: You can set each ZONE to respond or not
respond to sustain pedal information. This is done in the EDIT mode for each ZONE.
8. WHEELS ENABLE / DISABLE SELECT: You can set each ZONE to respond or not respond to
PITCH and MODULATION WHEEL information. This is done in the EDIT mode for each ZONE.
9. AFTERTOUCH ENABLE / DISABLE SELECT: You can set each ZONE to respond or not respond
CHANNEL AFTERTOUCH information. This is done in the EDIT mode for each ZONE.
10. SHAPE: Velocity curve settings specific to each ZONE. These setting will alter the way
velocity information from the keyboard will be transmitted to the receiving MIDI channel.
There are 8 preset velocity curves to choose from that vary the dynamic response of the key-
board. Again, these settings are specific to each ZONE and are accessed while in the EDIT
mode.
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