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CONTROL
ARM may operate over any range of pitch bend that
you choose. Also,
you may still set the MC1's bend range to
the amount
determined by the previous procedure (Bend
Range Selting).
There are, however,
two disadvantages with this alternative.
First, the actual
string bend will be less smooth than if the
ranges
on
the synth
and the MCI where equal.
Second,
the
"Bend Data Setting
Chart" will not be usable since the chart
provides the bend
data for equal range set on the synth and
MCI. You may
still use the other two methods for setting the
MCI's bend data
(these are all described in the following
porocedure).
With all that said, you
may set the pitch wheel range on your
synth. Most synths use
"half-steps"' (or semitoneslto describe
the pitch wheel range. This is
what the MCI
uses,
to
matching pitch bend ranges
is merely a matter of matching
the amount of
half-steps. However, if your synth uses another
measure of pitch
bend, yOU'll have to convert it over to
half-
steps before you
match
the
synth'S rangetothe
MC1·srange.
Fulluw tht! IJruct!dure
in yuur sYllth's Hlalluallu Stlllht!lJitch
wheel range
on your synth.
We are now finally ready
to enter "bend data" into the Mel.
Sl8rtbYPlessing@ ENTER
and
®
TUNEKEYasdeSClibedin
the flow charI. This causes the
@
MIDI CHANNEL DISPLAY
to read "'01"',
which corresponds to one
half-step.
Also, the
MCI sends a
command tothe synth: "Play and hold an A-flat
note that is
being
bend
up by one half-step to an A-natural"'
This is the
"reference tone" that is used
throughout
this
procedure
Finally, the
®
STRING
ASSIGN DISPLAY reads the MC's
"pitch increment".
indicating how much pitch bend the MCI
is calling for.
We are ready to
enter
the
bend data for the first half-step in the
MCI's bend
range (half-step "01 "). This is simply done by
"tuning'" the reference
tone to "A-natural'" With the
@
INCREMENT/DECREMENT
KEYS, you may tune the refer-
ence tone using
one of three available methods'
If the MCI bend
range and the synth'S pilCh wheel range
are the same, and
if your synth is
listed
in the "'Bend Data
Chart'" (shown below),
simply match the MCI's pitch
increment
with
the
number given in the chart. If you
cannot use the
chart, you may'
Use a tuning device,
such as a standard "guitar tuner" to
tune the reference
tone
to
"A-natural" (5th
string).
Or, you
may:
Match the reference
tone
'"by
ear"' to the open A-string on
the guitar. Make
sure the guitar is in tune before
at-
tempting to
tune
the reference
tone.
If the note dies away while
you are
tuning,
Just play an A-flat
on the keyboard
(since
it is
being '"bent up" one half-step)
when you need to
hear the
reference
tone. Pressing the
@
INCREMENT/DECREMENT KEYS
once will cause the pitch
increment to go
up or
down
by one increment. Pressing and
holding these keys will
cause
the
pitch increment to go up or
down more rapidly.
When the reference tone has
been tuned. you are ready to go
on lothe next
interval of bend. Press
@
+lQOCENTKEY.
ThiS
will cause the MCI to
advance to the next interval and to send
Ihe command for
the next
reference
tone.
Again, the tone is
bent up by the
interval displayed by
@
MIDI CHANNEL
DISPLAY to an A-natural.
Use the same tuning procedure thai
you used
before. Continue
this
luning cycle for each half-step
interval in Ihe MC1'sbend
range. When all olthe intervals
01
bend are tuned, press
@
ENTER. This puiS all of the bend data
into
memory and
turns off the reference
tone.
013
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