
3. Making A Sound
PLAY MODE DISPLAY:
If you are in PLAY MODE (you’re in PLAY MODE whenever you’re not
depressing the EDIT footswitch) the display will look like:
(Normal,
Dampen or
Aftertouch)
(Program #)
F001 Hang Norml
Controller1 Poly
Bth Vibraphone
Bk01 Pg012 Vo080
(001-128)
(000-127)
(Poly or
Mono)
(Factory/User)
(Hang,
Split or
Double)
(Bank #)
(Sound
Name)
(1 or 2)
(Both,
Internal,
External)
This PLAY MODE screen actually tells you a lot about how your
malletKAT PRO is set up. The most important settings are shown
here. So, as you try each Setup, this screen will give you an
overview of what is happening in each Setup on whichever
Controller you last selected.
The top line shows which Setup the malletKAT PRO is in. A Setup is a
collection of performance settings that describe a total “setup” of
the malletKAT PRO With Sounds. There are 128 Factory Setups &
128 User Setups in the malletKAT PRO With Sounds. The “F” or
“U” at the beginning of the top line tells you whether Factory or
User Setups are selected. The three digit # following the F or U
tells which Setup your malletKAT PRO With Sounds is currently
using. (see p.13)
The next entry shows which Layer Mode is currently selected. The
Layer Mode defines how the two independent controllers are
currently being utilized. The possible Layer Modes are: HANG,
SPLIT
, or DOUBLE.
In Split, the keyboard is split into a right and left side. Controller
2 plays on the pads on the left side of the split and Controller 1 is
the right side of the split. You can access two sounds, separately on
one keyboard.
In Double both Controller 1 and Controller 2 are played by every
pad on the keyboard. You get two sounds (or pitches) on each pad.
Hang
is a special mode where you play Controller 1 on the whole
keyboard unless you have the Sustain 2 footswitch depressed -
then
you play Controller 2 on the whole keyboard. The added
twist is that you can have the Controller 2 notes sustain until you
re-depress the Sustain 2 footswitch again - so the notes “hang”
while you play other notes on Controller 1. (Re-depress the Sustain
2 footswitch and the hung notes stop “hanging”.) (see p.40-p.41)
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