Zones - Physis Piano K4 User Manual

5.5 ZONES

From the INFO MODE and EDIT MODE menus, press [F1] to access the setting pages, containing the parameters for the
8 Zones of each Scene. These parameters have been described in chap. 3.3 under the "Zone" paragraph.
CONFIG
The first page of the menu, called CONFIG, and contains settings about MIDI channels and sound selection messages:
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The following parameters can be modified:
Status: Zone status, can take the following values:
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DIS (Disabled): the Zone is disabled. The notes of the keyboard, the messages assigned to controls, initialization
messages and those received by the MIDI input are not transmitted. The Zone is not activatable.
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CTRL (Control): the Zone is a control one. Are only transmitted messages assigned to controls, those of sound
selection and auxiliary, and those received by the MIDI input ports, while the notes of the keyboard are not
transmitted. The Zone is not activatable.
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OFF: the Zone is inactive. Are only transmitted messages assigned to controls, those of sound selection, auxiliary
messages, and those received by the MIDI input ports, but the notes of the keyboard are not transmitted. The
area is still activatable.
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ON: the Zone is active. The notes of the keyboard, the messages assigned to the controls, the messages of sound
selection and auxiliary, and those received by the MIDI inputs are transmitted in accordance with what is set for that Zone.
The status of the Zone is also indicated by the color in the first column, under the rule of the LEDs of the buttons on the
front panel ZONE section.
Output: MIDI data transmission port. The name for this port is the same of the rear panel MIDI port, or of the Virtual
Instrument (see chap. 3.3, "Virtual Instruments" paragraph). Virtual Instruments can be created through the DEVICES
function under the SYSTEM operating mode.
Even when a Virtual Instrument has been disabled, it is still assigned to its zone, although that Zone will note send any
MIDI message. Disabled Virtual Instruments appear in grey on the display.
In K4 EX / K5 EX models, the expansion board
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On the Physis EX expansion board, the
for MIDI channel 2. When trying to transmit these messages on the said channel, the system ignores the message.
Ch / Channel: MIDI channel.
Bank MSB - LSB: Bank Select MSB (Control Change 0) and LSB (Control Change 32) MIDI messages. These
messages are sent when a Scene is selected, to the MIDI channel and port assigned to the Zone. These messages
select the sound banks. Read the user manual to check what Bank Select messages and values work with the external
device. When one or both messages are not necessary, select the "OFF" status.
If the Zone port is a Virtual Instrument, for which Program Bank Tables have been created (through the PROGRAM
BANKS under the SYSTEM operating mode, see chap. 7.4) and these Instruments have been assigned names, these
names appear beside the Bank Select MSB and LSB numbers. If no names have been assigned, a line of dashes ("---
") will appear.
Program Change: Program Change MIDI message. This message is sent to the MIDI channel and port assigned to a
Zone, when a Scene has been selected. It is used to select sounds. If this message is not necessary, select the "OFF"
status.
If the port is a Virtual Instrument, for which Program Bank Tables have been created (through the PROGRAM BANKS
under the SYSTEM operating mode, see chap. 7.4) and these Instruments have been assigned names, these names
User Manual – Checking and modifying a Performance (Info and Edit Mode)
Physis EX is written "PHYSIS
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