The Edit Buttons In Play Mode - Kenton Control Freak STUDIO EDITION User Manual

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What the edit buttons will do for you in PLAY MODE

What to expect from the [SHIFT] button in PLAY MODE

1 Pressing [SHIFT] will stop the sliders and buttons sending any MIDI until it has been released.

SHIFT

ACCEL

2 Pressing [SHIFT] while turning the Data Wheel will accelerate the Data Wheel by a factor of 4.

3 Pressing [SHIFT] and any of the 4 function keys below the LEDs will give you access to

4 Pressing [SHIFT] and [STORE] will send a 'Reset all controllers' message on the current Global

BUTTON OFF

What to expect from the [STORE] button in PLAY MODE

Pressing [STORE] will send the current slider positions to MIDI Out as a Snapshot.This is great for

STORE

sending data to a sequencer – just move the sliders until your synth sounds cool, press record on

SNAPSHOT

your sequencer and press [STORE] to send the snapshot.

RESET

What to expect from the left edit button [< ––] in PLAY MODE

Pressing the [< ––] button takes you into the Real-time menus.These all operate on MIDI in

EDIT

real-time.The Data Wheel can be used alone or with the [SHIFT] key to alter data. See the

GLOBAL

C H A N N E L

following page for an explanation of the Real-time menus.

What to expect from the right edit button [–– >] in PLAY MODE

Pressing the [–– >] button takes you into EDIT MODE. This causes the edit LED to light up and

EDIT

will disable MIDI transmission until you exit from EDIT MODE.

The first time you go to the edit menus after power up, the first page of the edit menu will show:

EDIT`SLIDER`NAME

Push`>`to Select

All subsequent visits to the edit menus will show whichever page you last accessed.

This is useful if you want to know which slider or button does what. Press and hold [SHIFT],

then push one of the buttons above the sliders.This will display the button name on the top

line of the LCD, and the slider name on the bottom line.The Button On name is displayed when

pressed.The Button Off name, if used, is displayed when released.

Holding [SHIFT] also allows you to move a slider to a new position without actually sending

any MIDI.

F keys 5-8.

MIDI Channel to MIDI Out.This is useful if you need to restore your synth to the original

version of its present patch.