Waldorf Q Keyboard User Manual page 137

Local Control (Local Ctr)
Determines, if the keyboard (only Q keyboard), pitch bend and modulation wheel are coupled to the
internal tone generation. When set to On, the Q sends all note information and controller data to the
tone generation and eventually over MIDI. When set to Off, the Q doesn't send any note information
to its tone generation but works similar to a MIDI master keyboard.
This is one of the most important parameters when working in a MIDI setup. As soon as you
connect the Q to a sequencer by MIDI, you should set Local Control to Off. The MIDI data
flow then is as follows: when you play a note on the Q, it is send to the sequencer. The
sequencer eventually maps the note to a different MIDI channel and sends it out through a
specific MIDI port. With this method you can control your whole MIDI setup and also play the
Q's tone generation if you set the sequencer to send MIDI notes to the Q.
Arpeggiator Send (Arp. Send)
Determines, if Arpeggiator MIDI notes are sent by the Q over MIDI.
• If Off is selected, no notes are sent.
• If On is selected, all notes are sent over MIDI Out (in case of the Arpeggiator is active).
Controller Send (Ctl. Send)
Determines how Real-Time Sound Parameter Changes are sent by the Q over MIDI.
• If Off is selected, no data is sent.
• If Ctl is selected, only controller messages are sent. Parameters without a dedicated
controller are not sent at all.
• If SysEx is selected, all Sound parameters are sent as system exclusive messages. This has
the advantage that the parameter change is not channel based but instrument based,
which can avoid unwanted parameter changes of layered sounds. The disadvantage is a
larger amount of data that is transferred.
• If Ctl+SysEx is selected, all Sound parameters with a dedicated controller assignment are
sent as controller messages. All other Sound parameters are sent as system exclusive
messages. This is the recommended setting.
Set Controller Send to Ctl+SysEx during normal operation. Only switch it to SysEx when you
work with layer Multis or to Ctl, when your sequencer can't work with system exclusive data
anyway.
Controller Receive (Ctl. Recv)
Determines if Real-Time Sound Parameter Changes are received over MIDI by the Q.
• If Off is selected, no Sound Parameter Changes are received.
Local Ctr!Arp. Send
off ! off
Off / On
Off / On
Ctl. Send!Ctl. Recv
Ctl+SysEx! on
Off / Ctl / SysEx / Ctl+SysEx
Off / On
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