Keyboard Zones - Novation ReMOTE SL COMPACT User Manual

16 KeYBOARD ZONeS

As mentioned in the Template Menu section, pressing the TEMPLATE button whilst already in the Template Menu accesses
the Keyboard Zones Menu. In this menu, you can split the keyboard into up to four zones and set the MIDI channel, port
routing and other settings separately for each zone. For example, this feature could allow you to set one half of the
keyboard to trigger a soft-synth running on your computer and the other half to trigger a hardware synth connected to the
SL compact MIDI Out port. There are two pages of settings available in the Keyboard Zones Menu, which you can scroll
between using the PAGE UP/DOWN buttons. The first page is as follows:
Zones: This option turns the Keyboard Zones ON or OFF.
Zone: This selects the keyboard zone that you are currently editing.
Low Note: This sets the lowest note of the selected keyboard zone range. It is possible to set this value using the
keyboard. To do so, edit the setting using the encoder or buttons in line with it on the display so that a flashing cursor
appears next to the value, indicating that you can use the keyboard to set it.
HighNote: This sets the highest note of the selected keyboard zone range. It is possible to set this value using the
keyboard in the same way as for Low Note.
Transpose: This sets the transpose amount in semitones for the selected keyboard zone (range -64 to +63 semitones).
VelCurve (Velocity Curve): This option defines the Velocity curve for the keys within the Keyboard Zone to either SOFT 1-
2, MEDIUM 1-3, HARD 1-2 or a fixed velocity value between 8 and 127.
MidiChan (MIDI Channel): This sets the MIDI Channel of the Keyboard Zone (range 1-16).
Ports: This sets the port(s) on which MIDI data from the selected keyboard zone (note and aftertouch messages) are sent
from the SL Compact. The options for this setting are as follows:
OFF – MIDI data is not transmitted
U1 – Sent to USB Port 1
U2 – Sent to USB Port 2
M1 – Sent to SL Compact MIDI Out Connector
U1 M1 – Sent to USB Port 1 and MIDI Out Connector
U2 M1 – Sent to USB Port 2 and MIDI Out Connector
The second page of the Keyboard Zones Menu is as follows:
Zones: This a duplicate of the Zones setting on the first page of the Keyboard Zones Menu and turns the keyboard zones
ON or OFF.
Zone: This a duplicate of the Zones setting on the first page of the Keyboard Zones Menu and selects the keyboard zone
that you are currently editing.
AfterTch (Aftertouch): This sets whether or not aftertouch messages will be sent using the MIDI Channel and Ports
setting for the current zone. Note that SL Compact has a channel aftertouch mechanism (not polyphonic aftertouch)
meaning that any keyboard key you press, whether it is within the zone range or not, will cause aftertouch messages to
be sent using the MIDI Channel and Ports setting for that zone.