Editing Midi Parameters - Pearl Red Box RBM 20 Owner's Manual

• OTHR (F3, 2nd page):
• Output: The output through which the Voice or
Accompaniment will be sent. When "MAIN" is selected, the Voice or
Accompaniment will be sent out of the MAIN OUT. When "AUX" is
selected, the Voice or Accompaniment will be sent out of the AUX OUT.
Note: If your UTILITIES Menu setting for the "Output" is set to
"Main>Aux," the "AUX" option here will show up as "AUX (N/A)." This
is because the AUX OUT signal is "mirroring" the MAIN OUT signal.
See the GENERAL menu part of the UTILITIES MENU section for more
information.
• Priority: How high the Voice's or Accompaniment's "polyphony
priority" is – "LOW," "MEDIUM," or "HIGH." "Polyphony" is the
simultaneous sounding of Instruments (e.g., if you strike multiple
triggers at the same time, like the hi-hat, snare, and kick drum). The
RBM-20 has 64-voice polyphony, meaning up to 64 voices can sound
at the same time. After exceeding that limit, Voices or Accompaniment
with lower polyphony priority may be silenced so the ones with higher
priority can sound.
• MuteGroup: The MuteGroup the Voice is assigned to, if any (01-09
or "OFF"). When two or more triggers are assigned to a MuteGroup,
a Voice that is currently sounding will be silenced when another Voice
from that MuteGroup begins. There are nine available MuteGroups.
Example: If your "Kick1" (kick drum) and "SnrHd" (snare drum head)
are assigned to the same MuteGroup, the decay of your snare drum will
be cut off when you hit the kick drum andvice versa.
• Playback: Indicates whether repeated strikes of the same trigger will
be considered polyphonic (POLY) or monophonic (MONO). When set
to "POLY" (the default), successive strikes of the same trigger will be
allowed to sound simultaneously as polyphony (see "Priority" above).
When set to "MONO," successive strikes of the same trigger will
silence previous ones.

EDITING MIDI PARAMETERS

This page allows you to edit various MIDI-related settings for
each trigger. To edit them,
1. Press KIT SELECT to go to the Main Screen.
2. Press DRUM/LAYER. The top of the screen will show the
number and name of the Kit whose Instruments (drum
voices) you will be editing.
3. Select MIDI (F2). The top of the new screen will show the
trigger Voice you are editing. You can select another
trigger by pressing PAD ID then striking the desired
trigger. Alternatively, you can highlight the Voice (next to
the Kit number) using the CURSOR UP / DOWN buttons
to highlight it and use the DEC- / INC+ buttons or
VALUE / TEMPO DIAL to change it.
Note: You can also change the current Voice in this
fashion in any of the subsequent menus.
4. When you have selected the Voice you want to edit, select either of the options at the
bottom of the LCD using the F-BUTTONS. Use CURSOR UP / DOWN to move through
the menu items and DEC- / INC+ or the VALUE / TEMPO DIAL to adjust the settings:
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Note: The MuteGroup function is
especially useful for setting up
multiple sounds shared by the
same instruments, like "open"
vs. "closed" triangle sounds or
struck vs. stroked güiros.
Note: The default Playback set-
ting is POLY, which is more natu-
ral for acoustic drums. MONO is
a useful setting for synth drums
or for emulating older drum
machines.