Encoders, Select And Page - JLCooper Electronics MCS-3800 User's Reference Manual

Encoders, Select and Page

The top row of Channel buttons are the Select buttons 1 - 8.
The Select buttons are user assignable, and pressing them can
result in transmitting a MIDI command. But they also have an
important function relating to the operation of the 5 rotary
encoders.
Select a channel by pressing a Select button. This makes the
LCD indicate the names and values of 5 rotary encoders
associated with that channel.
For a given selected channel, the user can also press 1 of 8
Page buttons above the LCD. Each button selects a different
"Page" of rotary encoders associated with that channel.
Since there are 5 encoders, times 8 pages, that means each
channel can have 40 independently named and assigned
"virtual" encoders.
The encoders are also bank switchable. For each bank there
are 40 times 8 or 320 virtual encoders.
Since there are four banks, the MCS-3800 presents a control
surface with 1280 virtual encoders, providing convenient
"hands-on" control of knobs to adjust DSP parameters in real
time, while using a compact control surface.
(Please note: If an already selected Page button is pressed, the
LED will turn off and the LCD will blank. In the release version,
the LCD will show the Bank name and possibly additional
information. Press any Page button to restore the LCD.)
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