Note Latch Mode; Latch Mode, Zones Disabled - E-Mu Xboard 25 Owner's Manual

Basic Operations

Note Latch Mode

This is a performance mode in which a selected range of keys can be set to Latch. A
latched key remains on when pressed once. Pressing the key again turns the note
off. Latched notes can be useful to trigger loops or repeating rhythmic patterns
without having to hold the key.
Latched notes work differently depending on whether Zones are enabled or
disabled.

Latch Mode, Zones Disabled

Any range of keys (0-127) can be specified as latch notes. Therefore, you could set
a range of latch keys that are only accessible with the keyboard transposed down,
so as to be out the way in normal operation. Note that you cannot set a low key
number higher than the high key, or a high key number lower than the low key.
Note latching is independent per MIDI channel. Notes can remain latched on a
given channel while you switch to a different channel, either via direct channel
setting change or via patch load. Additional notes can be latched on the new
channel.
Turning Latch Mode off manually with the Latch button switches off all latched
notes, regardless of their channel or the sequence in which they were latched.
Latched notes are NOT switched off upon loading a new patch in which Latch
Mode is OFF. To turn these notes off, either return to the original MIDI channel
and play the same notes again, or manually switch Latch Mode ON and then OFF.
Latching Notes
Latch
Low Note High Note
To Select Latch Mode:
1. Press the Latch button. The Latch LED illuminates.
2. Press the button again to exit Latch Mode. The LED goes off.
Xboard
These notes play normally
Latch
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